The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-26
LOVE TURNS UP A THIEF.
A southville Happy Family Broken Up
by Detectives.

by Detectives.
Carrie Murray is a colored woman living
in Southville, who has achieved considerable
noteriety in her day. She was committed
to Jail last night on warrant issued from
Justice Molina's court charging her with
receiving stolen goods, and her quondam
| lover, Will Henry was also committed on
| the charge of larceny. All the principals
who figure in a story of crime are colored.
Ten years ago Carrie Murray was arrested
| for some trivial offense, and while being
| taken to jail by Constable jim White,
man stepped out from behind tree, and in
| the darkness fired upon the officer, shooting
| him in the back. The prisoner ran scream
| ing into the Jail, and claimed that
| she did not know whether the man was
| shooting at her or at the officer White
| was taken home for treatment and recov-
cred. Officer Wetherhorn was put on the
| case and arrested a negro by the name Of
Frazer as the one who had shot Officer
White, and Frazer was convicted and sent
up for ten years. Carrie, who was widow,
promised Frazer that she would remain I'M
married until his return, or until she heard
of his death. About ten months ago VIII
Henry, a ragged negro from Charleston,
came over to Savannah, and by crooked
work, soon began to wear good clothes, and
as Carrie wanted a protector without the
He stolo a silver watch and chain from
F. Keller, third engineer Of the steamship
Norfolk, and pair af pantaloons and
a gold watch from G. g. AbbIe, tho stewart
of another vessel. TO quote Henry: II
stole some and worked some" His steal
ings among the shipping embraced quite
variety of things, and Carrie shared the
plumber and was made a present of the gold
watch. They lived together until the ro-
nance came in.
One night last week, while Carrie was
down town, Frazer knocked at the cabin
and was invited in. After a friendly col
loquy Ffazar remarked: "By rights l
ought to be where you isl but, without ex-
planning, took his departure. Last Sunday
night Frazer came when both Henry and
Carrie were in. He had his hat pulled down
over his eyes. Carrie approached
the stranger, and, lifting up
his hat, recognized Frazer and
remarked, "Dat man haz a better right
heah dan you, win. He loved me well huff
to shoot a man for me, and done promise
to marry him If evan he comes back alive"
When Frazer left, Henry aud Carrie quar-
relied, and as a result of Carries refusal to
marry him, Henry demolished four lamps
and logged off his wife's best clothes, which
he had given her from time to time She
had him arrested for malicious mischief
but efore leaving her he turned over
silver watch that he was carving When
he was brought to Justice Patterson the
fact was reported to him, and Officer Coll
man called in Detective Wetherhorn to
work the case. After overhearing an in
terview between Henry and Carrie, Weth-
erhorn satisfied himself that Henry was
the thief he was after for the two
watch thefts. Officer Goldman got the
silver watch from the woman, aud yester
day Detective Wetherhorn got The reward
offered for the recovery Of the watch and
turned it over to Goldman. Wetherhorn
then took out q search warrant and found
HenrY's trunk III a house occupied by
Albert Washington in Southvile, and in
the trunk were the pants stolen from Stew
ard Abbie, aud miscellaneous lot of stolen
articles. Henry persists in saying that
Carrie has the gold watch or can get it,
When she found that she was in box, she
tried by signs to get Henry to say no more,
and promised to bond him out in the charge
preferred in Justice Patterson's court