The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-10
SENT TO THE CHAIN GANG
r. R. KICKS ASSAILANTS GIVEN
THE EXTREME PENALTY.

Up for Twelve Months for an Out
rageous Assault-The Grand Jury's
Indictments - The Court Adopts
Eastern Standard Time, and the
Court Room Clock Set Ahead.
Yesterday was busy day in the Supc-
rior Court. There were three jury trials.
Owing to the indisposition of Solicitor Gen
eral duBignon. w. w. Fraser. Esq, was
appointed Solicitor General pro TEN.
The first case tried was that of Louis
Kruse, charged with assault with intent to
murder. Kruse was one of the assailants of
K. R. Kicks As there was no evidence to
show that the defendant had any weapon,
the charge of assault with intent to murder
was not sustained, but the jury, after
being out but a short time, found Kruse
guilty of assault and battery.
The case of the State VS.. George Keckley
was more bitterly contested, it requiring
three panels to secure a jury to try the case.
Two We're excused for cause, the State OBJ
jected TO five and the defense to thirteen.
The State called X. r. Kicks as its wit
ness. Mr.. Kicks testified to the unprovoked
and aggravated assault upon him as he was
going home to supper from the MORNING
NEWS Office on Sunday, Feb. 10. Keckley
he testified, was the aggressOr, and Kruse
had subsequently come up and the two
knocked him down. While one held hand
over his mouth to drown his cries for help,
the other beat and kicked him. For two
weeks he was incapacitated from labor, and
he suffered for three weeks after returning
to his work.
WITNESSES OF THE ASSAULT.
Mr.. J. L. Gallagher testified to coming
to the relief Of Mr. Ricks, and that Kruse
had tried to set a dog on him, and Kecklev,
leaving Mr.. Kicks, came toward him, and
with an oath wanted 30 know what he was
doing there, and that kruse, recognizing
witness, interposed, Or Keckley would
have assaulted him. As Keckley was going
| away Mr.. Kicks laid his hand on Keckley's
shoulder and told him not to go away,
| that he wanted to have him ar
came up when Kecbley turned on him and
knocked him down again and kicked him
Mr.. Gallagher testified that the men would
have murdered Mr. Kicks if he had not
| come up, As they had beaten him until he
was black and blue, and his face was such a
mass of bruises that there was not a white
| spot about it.
The testimony of DR.. Elliott showed the
character of the injuries to his patient, Mr.
Kicks.
When the ca Q was given to the jury it
was not out over five minutes ami brou ght
IN verdict of assault and battery.
FULL PENALTY OF THE LAW.
Judge Adams in passing seDte zee said it
was the most brutal and cowardly assault
that had ever come uuder his ob.ervatlon,
| in which two men, either .of whom was
| physically stronger than the prosecuting
witness, without provocation had made the
| unprOvoked assault upon peaceful citizen
| physically inferior to them While it was
always painful TO the court to intlict . in
upon Others, the interests of so
| ciety demanded that such violations
of its laws should not go unpublished. The
| court then seAte1ced the prisoners at the
bar, infiicting the eXtrems penalty of the
law, twelve mouths on the chain-gang at
hard labor. Toe verdict and the / enalty
were universally commended, the only re-
greet expressed being one that they could
not be convicted tor the graVer Offslse
charged in the indictment.
Richard Jackson, shooting with intent to
| kill, was also triel. On Feb. 1t last Jack
son shot Richard Thompson in the leg
with a shotgun. The State est b.
| ished the fact that the shooting WAS not
n self defense, the witnesses being three
colored persons, the prosecuting witlt IS
among the number. The defendant ha ~ 10
witness $, but made a statement, in which he
| alleged that Thompson was advancing upon
| him with a lOlg-bla1ed knife, when he shot
| him in the leg to save his own life The
! State, in rebuttal, showed that there was no
truth in the stat ment. TAe jury fou d tho
| defendant guilty and the court sentenced
| him to ten years in the pententiary at hard
labor.
john jenkins (coloredl was tried for bur-
glary. The Defendant plead guilty to break
ing into the dwelling houses Of Ernest Lin
wood and Peter f. Cary on the light of
| March II. The court ntencad jenkins to
seven years in the penitentiary at hard
| labor.
| SEVEN NEW INDICTMENS
At o'clock the grand jury reported the
| following indictments and adjourned to
| Wednesday, April Is, at 4 O'clock, Eastern
| time:
State VS. Carrie Davis; larceny from the
house of over $50
State VS.. tie rge Robert Burnet; larceny
| from the house of over $50. Burnett is the
mau who robbed his employer, Patrick.
William Smith; burglary and receiving
| stolen goods.
John s. johnson; burglary.
Harry Archie; burglary.
The three cases .ast mentioned were
worked up by Detective Wetherhorn.
johnson ana Archle, II Is aUege I, burglar
lied the store of Henry Berg, on Marcn Is,
| from which were taken twenty pounds of
tobacco. 1850 cigars five dozen pipes and
other articles.
James Dillon (colorcG), who assaulted Mr..
Carr, the keeper of the pest house. came i'll
for two ind,ctments-1ne for assault with
intent to murder, and the other for rob
berry.
The court granted a charter Of incorpo"a-
ton to tho Jaspervlle Land aud Improve
ment Company. The names of the officers
have been heretofore published i'll the
MORNING News.
Jul an M. Salon was commissioned a
Commercial Notary Public.
EASTERN TINE ADOPTED.
The court took occasion to announce dur
ing the session that it had adopted Eastern
time, in the hope that it would lead to n
general adopti) IN of Eastern instead OF the
Central time. BY q Eastern time "a mill
utes would be gained, while by the Central
time 50 minutes would he lost.
Later on the clocE in the Superior Court
room was changed to + lstern time, which is
one hour faster than Central time, and
court adjourned last night ut O'clock
Eastern time until 10 O'Clock this morning
Eastern timcl, which means . o'clock Cen-
tral time, or 9:36 o'clock old city time.
Juries and witnesses will have to figure it
out.
THE UNITED STATES COURTS.