The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-18
MTRDERED HIS FATHER.
M OLD MAN KILLED WITH a
hoe HANDLE BY his SON.

rbs slayer Arrested and on His Way
N Jsil-Evidence at the Inquest.
ouarreled About a Piece OF Calico.
The Deadly Assault Made In the
presence of the Victims Little Son
and Daughter.
CoRpELE, GA, Oct. III. B. Morris,
q 7O-vear-old farmer living about five
miles from this place, had a difficulty with
his son John, age 81, yesterday, when the
latter strnck the former several times with
tine handle of grubbing hoe. from the
oFects of which he died last night. John
was arrested this morning and brought to
ssordele. where he waived a commitment
trial and is now on the road to Vienna,
,,bere he will be lodged in Jail to await trial
in the superior court.
THE INQUEST.
This afternoon jury was called and an
inquest he'd. At the inves igation Mrs. J &.
r Morris testified: At the breakfast table
Mr.. Morris aud my son began to quarrel
about a piece of calico Mr.. Morris had
bought and had charged to my son. They
left the house abusing each other, and
fearing that there might be trouble, hid the
Ak. They went out to haul corn. l knew
nothing more of them until after the
trouble.
The son Of the deceased, ~ years of age
testified: Pa and Buddy John were in the
lot unloading a wagon of corn and were
ouarreling. Pa was standing between the
wagon and the barn. Buddy went to the
fence, where gruboing hoe handle was
leaning, aud returning with it said: 81 can't
stop your mouth, and - you,
81 WILL KILL YOU"
Buddy knocked pa down and / went
behind the barn to keep from seeing him
kill pa. he had the handle raised to strike
another blow. When I turned aside he
struck pa several blows.
It seems that John had stated to several
that his father had an ak drawn on him,
and from the evidence the jury must have
been questioning witnesses concerning the
GX
HAD BEEN QUARRELLING SOME TINE.
daughtersof the deceased, IA years of
age swore they had been quarrelling some
time, and at the time of the difficulty her
father had an ak. She did not see the diff
Guilty nor hear the blows. She afterward
stated she did not know whether her father
had an ak or not
The jury's verdict was that the deceased
came to his death from the blows of
grubbing hoe handle in the hands of his
son. John Morris.
/ This statement was gotten from one of
the jurors who sat on the case.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MACON, GA, Oct. 17.-One of the most
horrible crimes on record in Georgia was
reported from Dooly county yesterday.
Old man }. b. Morris, one of the best known
men IN the county, and a farmer of some
wealth, was engaged with two sons-John,
aged about 20 years, and william
Saged 13, in hauling corn from the
Held. They had been working
together for some time when John. the
elder son, began to sulk. Several times the
4 old man reproved his son, kindly at first.
ana then more sharply. John grew restive
unoer these reproofs and worked less and
less until the old man, angered at his sons
lazlness, told him he was good-for-nothing
anyhow, and deserved whipping.
THREATENED TO KILL HIM.
ms reproof threw the young man in
rage, and with al cath told his white haired
Il iether II he said that again he would kill
nm. The Old man, now thoroughly angry,
repeated what he had said. Hardly had the
words left his mouth than his
Son, true to his word, jumped
down from the wagon where thew
lad been loading corn in a frenqyy
u rage, picked up the heavy handle of a
grubblng hoe lying Lear by, and, adyano-
ne on his aged parent. struck him on the
ead. The white haired old man called
ut piteously, but the son, deaf to the c,Is cries
ms father and younger brother VINO
Iood by, belabored the father over the head
'iTh C the club until he fell dead.
Inc murderer was arrested and con-
Rltted to Jail in Cordele TODAY. The
naracter of the murdered man mas causeS
eeing to run high against the parracide
io lynchlng may occur at any moment
Is sad that the quarrel between father
"a son was only an apparent cause of
me; and that the real reason was the
nS aesire to inherit the fathers property,
~ Iather had willed him all his wealth
S3MAIJ lew weeks apo and tha& g..