The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-02
EDDLEMAN AT CONYERS.
HE DENIES THAT THE JURY IN THE
CASE WAS PACKED.

A Claim That He Was Not Intimately
Acquainted with Single Man
Among the 12-Albritton Still In Jail
His Counsel Says He Is Suffering
Unjustly.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 1.-George H. Ed
dleman, who was acquitted of the crime Of
murder few days ago, for the killing Of
Thomas c. Gresham, and who left the city
quietly the day that he was given his Free
dom, intending TO remain away until the
excitement had subsidized has been heard
from. He is at Conyers with some Of his
relatives.
A correspondent writing to Atlanta says:
II have just returned from Rev. c. G.
Whites, three miles from Conyers. where
interviewed George Eidleman who was
there with his wife and son, bis wife being
a niece of Rev. Mr.. White.
WHAT EDpLEMAN SAYS.
Eddleman said: 81 never used dollar on
the Jury or a witness, and neither did my
friends. l do not know just when will |
return to Atlanta. / am taking the recreai
tion which | very much need after my con-
tinemont and trial. | shall return in few
days, or as soon as my health has been re-
cruitod, and open business as usual. have
lived IN Atlanta for thirty-six years, and
expect to make it my home the balance of
my life. In regard to what has been pub
lished about the jury being packed, win
state In justice to the gentlemen who COM
posed the jury, that it is infamously false.
no ACQUAINTANCE WITH THEM.
"'I did not know but one man on the
jury, except that was casually introduced
IL a
versation with him, and the case was not
pentioned. / don't Eemember to have ever
seen any of the other jurymep. So far as
Albritton Is concerned, | did not know
him, and don't remember to have ever seen
him. ] see in the papers where q lawyer,
who visits the Jail often, says that
Fleming told him that Eddelman said he
hal the jury fixed. This is upqualfiedly
false, and don't believe Fleming ever told
the mob who burned the jury in effigy
have nothing TO say, and have no idea
that the good people of Atlanta approve
any suoh riotous demonstration"
ALBRITToN STILL IN JAIL.
Juror Albritton, who was sent to jail
yesterday by Judge Richard Clark for
having by fraud palmed himself off as q
regular subpoenaed juror and gotten on
the Eddleman jury, is still in jail. lie is
Killing Time by reading MS BiDle TO the
blind higamist Fleming ]. N. McAffee. His
council will take the case to the supreme
court on the ground that his client was
jerked up and tried without having been
given an opportunity to make defense.
WHAT HIS COUNSEL SAYS
His counsel says: "Albritton is a con-
sistent member of the church aud just as
sure ns your standing here he was sum-
moned by some one at the corner of
Marietta and Peachtree streets, and sum-
moned without any effort on his own part.
Young Abernathy, who was with him,
swore to that and he is one of the most up
right young men in this county. Solicitor
Hill was very particular about summoning
Jurors from the southern end of the county,
where Mrs. Gresham's sister lives, but he
was also very particular not to summon
any from the northern end where Eddie
mans zlster lives.
NOT GUILTY.
"Albritton is suffering from contempt of
court, but he is not guilty Of it. There's
not one man out of every dozen who would
know 1t was not proper to serve two weeks
summoned by some bailif or other man,
and would have gotten off IL he could, but
he had heard the judge repeatedly refuse to
excuse any one unless for sickness or some
other urgent reason, and hence he did not
ask to bs excused. No. sir, il Albritton was
guilty Of contempt he did not intend to be.
and he y only suffering for the rascality Of
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