The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-17
FACKLER TURNED LOOSE.
HIS WIFE's DEATH ATTRIBUTED
10 HEART FAILURE.

ouinz-scene at the Funeral of the
Dead Woman-Fackler's Staten ent
Before the Coroner's Jury-Some
Things That Did Not Harmonic but
Eleven OF the Jury Exonerated
Fackler from the Charge of Murder.
Samuel a. Fackler was exonerated BY
the coroner's jury yesterday from any COM
plicity in the death Of his wife, aud was
discharged by order of Coroner Dixon.
The verdict Of the jury was that Mrs.
Fackler came to her death from hsart fail
ure. Juror Butler voted in the negative.
After the discharge of the prisoner be
Immediately went home TO attend the
funeral Of his wife.
There was quite number Of ladies in the
front room where the coffin, containing the
dead woman, was placed. The lid of the
coffin was removed so that the husband
could take last look upon the face of his
dead wife. He paSsionately covered her
face with kisses, and with sobs called on her
to come back to him. One of the women
present answered in reply: "After you have
murdered her you call for her to come
back" Fackler paid no heed to the re-
X,
and pleaded for his wife to come back 70
him. He was persuaded to turn aside, the
lid was again replaced on the coffin and
secured and it was borne to the hearse
which with two carriages made up the fu-
neral cortege to Laurel Grove where the
remains were laid TO rest
THE coRoNER's INQUEST
There were two sessions of the coroneF's
jury, one at the house in the morning and an
afternoon session in the court room at the
police headquarters. The jury was COM
posed OF Herman Winter, foreman; W. G.
Cannadey, Sidney Lilienthal, Robert J.
Ebbs, II. p. Greenwood, j. T. Campos, W.
Titcomb, II. w. Morton, W. j. Harris, l.
G. Schwarzbaum, l.. Butler, and w. d.
Thompson.
A post norton examination was made by
Dr. 7. B. Chisholm, Dr. Bulloch being pres
ent.
The first witness called at the inquest was
J. A. Ashley, who testified that he is a
cousin Of the deceased, and since he has
been in Savannah, four weeks or longer, ne
had not known Fackler 70 be sober. Fack-
Ter and his wife were quarreling most of the
time The witness said that about
three weeks ago, or a little longer,
Fackler had knife and threatened to kill
her. Whenever Fackler would take glass
of whisky be would go home and abuse
in the week, draw 81 or IS and get drunk
Fackler told the witness that he had carried
poison in his pocket for over a year to kill
himself with. Ashley said that he had
tried to get Fackler to give up the use Of
liquor, but it was no use: he would
swear off one night and the next day he
would come home drunk and quarrel with
his wife. Ashley was asked if ne had ever
seen Mrs Fackler drink, and he replied
that he had seen her take a toddy, but had
never seen her drink to excess or under the
influence Of liquor.
TOOK AN oPIATK.
In answer to the question if he had ever
seen Mrs. Fackler take laudanum, choral,
or other poison, Mr.. Ashley said that he
saw her take something on Tuesday, but he
did not know what it was. 1t was a white
looking substance. She told him, in an
swer to his inquiry, that it was choral that
she was taking for nervousness. This, the
witness said, was the first time he had ever
known her to take anything of the kind.
DR.. Chisholm testified that he had made
post mortem examination, and he re-
ported in writing that he found no evidence
as to the direct cause of the death.
Daniel Jones (colored) testified that Fack-
Ter left the house in the morning with his
medicine, saying he was sick and was going
to the hospital, and Mrs. FacKler went out
on the street and sat down on a lumber pile.
something Jones had never seen her do be-
fore. Fackler came back, walking rapidly,
after he had been gone about an hour, and,
Mrs. Roche corning along, said she wanted
to see Mrs. Fackler at the house. Mrs.
Fackler went to the house, ana Jones said
that he went there soon after, and, looking
through the blinds, saw Mrs. Fackler living
on the floor and Mrs. Roche by her side.
Mrs. Fackler was groaning, and Mrs. Roche
was looking at her. At this point Foreman
Winter suggested that Mrs. Roche be called,
and as she was witness in the city court a
recess was taken until o'clock, but Mrs.
Roche was not excused from court until
the verdict of the coroner's jury had been
brought in.
POLICEMAN FLoYD's STORY.
Policeman B. g. Floyd was the first wit
ness called at the afternoon session. He
detailed the particulars of the arrest of
Fackler. He said that when he reached the
Fackler home he found everything quiet.
He knocked once, and then twice, but got
no answer until he had raped the third
time, when he heard footsteps inside the
house. He called for the party to come to
the door. Fackler answered that he would
not come to the door, but would come to
the window. The officer peeped
through broken pane of glass
and saw the woman lying on the floor. He
then told Fackler to open the door, which
Fackler refused to do. The officer threat
ened to break open the door if it were not
opened, and Fackler dared him to do it; the
officer then threw himself against the door
and broke it open. Fackler had an infant
in his arms. The officer took the infant
and put it on the bed and placed Fackler
under arrest. Floyd said that he asked his
prisoner why he had killed
the woman, and Fackler replied
that it IS only fake; that she had been
subject to swoons and fits ever since he had
married her, and had been taking lauda-
NUN for the last twelve months, using 20
cents worth day, and had taken dose of
chloral which DR.. Bulloch bad prescribed
for himself. Officer Floyd said that he felt
of the woman's face, and it was yet warm.
but there were no pulse beats. He then
took the prisoner TO the barracks. Fackler
was very feeble, and said he was under the
attendance of DR.. Bulloch. He was weak
and nervous, and smoked all of the way
down to the barracks, lighting his pipe
several times.
FACKLER'S STATEMENT.
The jury requesting to hear from Fackler.
was brought in. and Coroner Dixon
sked him if he desired to make any state
ment, and he replied that he did. He said:
Yesterday about 10 o'clock / was very
SICK, and had been sick for week, DR..
BullOch having attandad ma tvac lt-;nrr