The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-17
A QUEER SORT OF BoARoER
a Story of Felegrepher Murray Who
Killed Farmer Fowler.


Killed Farmer Fowler.
The other day tall, fine looking young
man, apparently not over p or % years
of age walked into a ell-known restaurant
and after clat with the proprietor. took a
seat at table. and one of the best walters
was given him. The waiter got his usual
tip but he never could understand
the young MAJ, he said. Every
him out in sna ches of a
conversation the yong man invariably cut
him off by sending him back to the kitchen
Tor another dish. Nobody noticed the
freak of the newco uer except the waiter
Tie proprietor was safe, or at least he CO -
sidered himself so, and he did not worry
about his bill When the young man en-
gagged board ne presented the restaurateur
a lette from one of the proprietOr's friends,
telling him that if the young man did not
co ne up with his board bill to notify the
writer, AID it would be promptly paid
Ine pro, rietor let the ma ter run on day
after day md ,oOk no special notice of his
boaTder until the waiter approached him
one afternoon, just as the que was going
out the door, and asked in who the man
was and what made him act $50 Guy is"
The reStaurateur laughed and snt him
along about his WORK. The walters q iery
had, however, excited a curio ity, and the
restaurant man coucluled to keep his eve
on the guest the next day and see if there
was any peculiarly about him.
A few minutes before the usual
time for the young man to
came in he seated hims If Dehind the coun-
ter in full view of the table where the guest
sat, and waited for his arrival. The
hours came and went, but his boarder did
not show up Dinner hour came, but the
young man was not on hand. Supper was
on and the prop ietor watched the door TO
see If the next man that entered it was the
newcomer, but he did not come
Just after supper wasoverald the walters
had gone a rough looking country
man stepped in he doc. quickly,
and has, lily casting his eyes about
the room, where few people were
seated eating a lunch, he stepped hurriedly
up to the desk, a1d asked where that
fellow" was. The proprietor was bowl
dered, and he asked the countryman to
whom did he refer
That man; you know him. The man that
YOU have been sheltering here" thundered
hack e countryman.
You are off of your base, old man. If
you have any bus ness let me know it, or
you must get out of here faster than you
came in" sharply replied the restaurant
man.
seeing that the restaurateur was equal
~ Uio Occdslo = Tue counCryman SnoOK MS
mead, and as ne turned and went out, said:
'Never mind, Pll fix you"
The next day detective called at the res
taurant ana requested an interview with
the proprietor. The first question was
Where is Murray, the telegraph operatorg"
The proprietor told him that young man
oy tie name of Murray had been bo riding
there, but that he had not shown up for The
last two or three days. The officer taon ex-
Dta cd for
young man. "He is a murderer" the Off
Ger sid He shot a man named Fowler
with double-barreled shotgun His home
is at StOc~ton, where the shooting occurred.
Murray was at the time telegraph operator
there.
Fowler was a respectable white man, but
seemed to be of al over ing disposition
an1 wa drunk when the difficulty occurred
One night he and Murray had personal
encounter and the operator snot Fowler ii.
the stomach as Fowler was advancing upon
aim with deadly weapo !. The shot took
effect in Fowler's add .mel and he died
instantly. Murray fled and came to SavaA-
nah it is SUI posed, and got position as
telegraph operator here In some of tue
offices. He was seeh in this re .taurant by
a gentleman from Stockton who knew him,
and the Ulcers It Stockton were informed.
The detective then told the proprietor
t at the sheriff had been in Savannah fo.
two days looking for the murderer, but
chat he was unable e. get any trace of him.
rhe officer said that the countryman ha
told hum Of the bluff game that he triel to
play on the proprietor the day before to get
i formation about Murray and laughed
over the failure that he made.
The proprietor said t1at the young man
left the day before the sheriff cama. a d tue
operator at the other end must have kept
MIN posted as to the movements of the
officers.
An old sleuth hound who sat by listening
to the CONVEX sation chimed in tn 1T the m ist
glaring mistakes that be had ever made
were il tracking up telegraph operators
who were charge with cri .inal offenses.
1t is the rarest thing in the world that they
are caught, he said. The est medium OF
comm inication belongs wholly to them.
MurraY's b ard bill is till nnnaid