The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30
WAITING T0TAKEANGELL
SHERIFF PEARCE THINKS HE IS
THE RIGHT MAN.

Inc daDeaS corpus ProceeOlngs BE-
fore Judge Adams This Morning
Angel Refuses to Talk - Sheriff
Pearce's Proposition to the Prisoner
Angel to be Photographed To-Day
He Carries the Marks Described by
the Missouri Authorities.
Whether Eugene Angel is to be dis
charged under the writ Of habeas corpus
or held either for further inquiry or to an
swer for murder, will be determined in the
Superior Court this morning.
Sheriff Pearce, of Tallahassee, arrived
yesterday and saw Angel for the first time
The sheriff said that Angel corresponds il
every particular with the description of the
man advertised as the Missouri refugee. IL
an interview with MORNING NEWS reporter
Sheriff Pearce said that ne was very much
surprised when he reached here to find that
there was any serious thought that he con
templated taking Angel out of the State,
except after conforming to the law in such
cases. He believes that he has taken as
many prisoners to and from Florida, and
has had as much experience in the laws gov
erning such cases, as any sheriff in Georgia
or Florida.
ANGEL WILL NOT TALK.
~ have no DESIRE" said Sheriff Pearce,
ito unreasonably deprive any man of his
liberty, and where there is the least doubt
of the identity of prisoner, have always
extended him every facility to establish his
innocence. If Angel is not the man Carter
| do not want to hold him moment. With
this view of the case, ] had conference
with Angel at the barracks this morning
in the presence of Lieut.. Green, and | pro-
posed to Angel that if he would give me
the name of any one in whose employ
he had been on or about June
IS last, or the name of anyone
who knew when and by whom he had been
employed about that time, ! would telegraph
at once and pay for the kilograms both
ways, and if the dispatches corroborated his
statements ] would order his immediate re-
lease. He declined to accept the offer,
which ink an innocent man ought not
to hesitate to accept. He said to Inc that
he would make no statement to me, and
whatever he had to say would be said to-
morrow morning in court"
THINKS HE is THE RIGHT MAN.
Sheriff Pearce says he is satisfied that
Angel is the man wanted in Missouri, and
Lieut.. Green informed MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday that Angel has admit
ted being in Missouri and he said that he
passed through jefferson City.
Abiding to the description, Sheriff Pearce
said that Angel has the identical scar an
swering to that on Carter, which beginning
on the bridge of the nose extends diagonaly
to the cheek and half an inch on the cheek
The laUtooed figure, the Sheriff said, cor
responds accurately with that on Carriers
arm.
Sheriff Pearce was in close conference
wi h Solicitor General DuBignon yesterday,
and steps have been taken looking to the
retention of Angel in custody until all
doubt is cleared up. 1t begins to look as if
there is likely to be as much
of fight over Angel if he should
prove to be Carter, as has now de-
veloped to release him by his friends
here. The fact that the reward is much
greater than Sheriff Pearce offered for him
has added to the interest in the case. On
this subject, Sheriff Pearce said that he has
spent some $65 in telegraphic and other
expenses, and having tracked his man
down, and had him arrested, he cannot see
how any one else can lay claim to
a reward greater than he himself offered.
AS to his authority to take the prisoner
that has been determined upon, and he
showed dispatch from the Governor OF
Missouri, deputizing him agent of the State
to convey Carter from Savannah to Mount
Vernon, under the requisitlon papers which
the sheriff says will arrive this morning.
ANGEL UNDER THE CAMERA.
1t is Sheriff Pearce's intention to have
| photographs taken of Angel to-day, fol-
more certain Identification, if he is not per-
mtted to convey his man tc
Missouri. Pearce is a quiet man, but
he seems to be a determined one, and does
not intend to let Angel slip through his
hands until he is thoroughly satisfied that
he IS not the one wanted. In alluding to
the execution of Alex. Jones at Tallahassee
ON Friday he said, Although Jones foully
murdered boy and killed a fellow pris-
oner, it was painful task to me to read
| the death warrant, and to feel that | had
| to take the life of a fellow being. l never
had such depressed feelings as when l was
! reading the death warrant"
Sheriff Pearce will be in the Superior
| Court this morning when the habeas corpus
case comes on for a hearing, and while he
has not employed counsel, it is understood
| that he has taken steps to protect his inter.
ests in the matter. Whether Angel is, OF
is not the man, the case has attracted G
| great deal of interest, and the events of the
next few days will be calculated to keeE
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