The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-14

WueTb the DulloL eQUeT6Q. SeCODu, IudL IL
| Mellow had been Knocked down he can ex-
hibit no marks of such implied violence,
and, thirdly, if it were self-defense, why the
| tell-tale grave beneath tue stairs2 Mellow
reached the Central station at 6:15 O'Clock
and surrendered to Lieut.. Heidi. He was
Immediately transferred to the county Jail.
THE INQUEST POSTPONED.
Coroner Deveraux was promptly notified
and went up and viewed the body, on which
post mOrtem examination was held by
| Dr. Middleton Michel Coroner Deveraux
Immediately impaneled a jury. of which
| George W. Williams is foreman, and
which, having viewed the body, adjourned
until tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
RACKED BY CONSCIENCE.
DR.. McDow, when seen last night in Jail,
| bore all the evidences of man atfrighted
| by consciousness of a crime without an eX-
cuse. He was ashen pale, trembled visibly,
| and perspiration was thick upon his forehead
and face. Among other things he desired
| it stated that he had killed Capt. Dawson in
self-defense. Capt. Golden, chief OF police,
said to a reporter for the Ne,US and Courier
last night that the first information that he
had received of the murder of Capt Daw-
son was about $50 o'clock.
CAPT. GoLDEN's STORY.
Being asked if he knew anything that
| might account for the murder, Capt.
| Golden said that he doubted whether it
would be correct to publish in advance of
the inquest what he knew about the matter,
but finally made the following statement:
ION Friday of last week." said he,
"Capt Dawson asked me to oome
to his Office, saying that he desired to ask
my advice and assistance. l went
to see him and he then told me
that he had French or Swiss maid-servant,
and that he had heard that she had been
detected in disreputable company he
asked me to detail a mau to shadow her and
find out if the reports were true or false,
saving that he did not desire a servant about
his household who was not honest and up
right.
sHADowED BY A SERGEANT.
II accordingly detailed Sergt. Dunn,
who, under my instructions, went out yes
| terday (Monday) morning. Sergt. Dunn
reported in writing that the maid had
! taEen an uptown car at Rutledge street,
and that he had followed her; that DR.. Nc
| Dow had also boarded the car and had
ridden with her to the upper terminus;
that the two had got out of the car there
and had strolled around unfrequented streets
in the northwestern section of the city. All
the details were submitted by me to Capt.
| Dawson this morning. | also told him that
he must be careful, that DR.. McDow'S rep
utation was not of the best, and that it
would be perhaps as well to take no notice
| of him. This is all know of the case. This
afternoon, about o'clock or little after,
while l was riding my rounds, policeman
| on duty in the west end of the city told me
that somebody had heard the report of
pistol shot In Rutledge street near Bull
street.
A DENIAL AT MDow's.
"It occurred to me that perhaps some.
thing was wrong and l rode around, rang
hn Han Of H. IN z,,I
| asked if anything was the matter. | was
told that there was nothing the
| matter, and then went off
Thinking that there was something wrong,
rode down to the Office of the NelUs aud
Courier to see Capt. Dawson. Then l
found that he had left for home shortly
after o'clock. l asked one Of the clerks
to telephone to his residence and ask if he
had reached home. The answer was that
Capt. Dawson had not yet come home This
| rendered me still more suspicious and | i'm
| mediately went uptown again. Arrived
at the station house, found that a report
had been sent in that there was trouble in
Rutledge street. | at once communicated
with the mayor, telling him that suspected
foul play, and received orders to enter DR..
McDow's office and ascertain the truth of
| the matter. In the meantime, about $50
o'clock DIR. Mellow had come to the station
house, and surrendered,himself,s saying that
he had shot Capt. Dawson"
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Capt. Dawson took place
this afternoon. The weather was wretched
Very shortly after the murder was dis
| covered last night, heavy wind and rain
storm set in. This continued all day. The
funeral took place this afternoon at the
| Cathedral chapel. Notwithstanding the
| severe storm the church was crowded to its
utmost capacity, and in addition TO this the
entire city seemed to have turned out to
honor the memory of the dead. The SER
vices were conducted by Bisop Northrop of
the diocese of Charleston, who was assisted
by Bishop John Moore of the diocese of St.
Augustine, Fla. All the Catholic clergy Of
the diocese were in the sanctuary. The
Sisters of Mercy, the ladies of the convent
Of 'Our Lady of Mercy" and the orphans
under their charge, attended the funeral.
THE BISHOPS EULoGY.
Bishop Northrop delivered the eulogy.
He called attention to the fact that the
murdered man had always been consistent
member Of the church. He alluded to the
fact as developed in the statement of the
murderer that the deceased had lived for
nearly an hour after the fatal shot had been
fred. "Knowing the man" said Bishop
Northrop,n lying down in the presence Of
his murderer almost within tho sight of his
wife and children, with nobody by him
but the man who had taken his life, l am
satisfied that those last moments were d.
voted to the purpose of making his peace
with his Godn There has never been in the
history of this city such funeral as that Of
f. W. Dawson to-day. In spite OF the rain
storm almost the entire population turned
out TO do honor to his memory. Flags were
displayed at half-mast over the public
buildings in the city, the commercial
exchanges, and on many Of the ships In the
harbor. The streets of the city along
which the funeral procession passed were
thronged with citizens. Members of the
editorioal, reportoriil and business staff of
the Nel0S and Courier acted as pall-b bearers.
FEARS OF LYNCHING.
The inquest will be held tomorrow.
The murderer is still in Jail. 1t is proba-
BILE that he will be lynched should
he be brought out of the jail tomorrow to
attend the inquest. 1t is probable, however,
that he will be brought out. The
community is still very much
excited. IL has transpired since
the murder, that Mellow had a housekeeper
in his home, with whom it is said he had
had intimate relations, and it is also said
that this woman was the instigator OF his
attempt TO bury the body in the premises
and to conceal the crime Neither this
woman nor the French maid, in defense Of
whose honor Cap. Dawson was murdered,
has been arrested, but both are accessible
to the authorities.
M'Dows TROUBLE AT HOME.
As An incident of the affair, IL Is learned