The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-14
FORSYTR's MURDERRRs.
Two of the Prisoners Acknowledge
Their Guilt.
From the Macon (Gn. Teleornpl.

1n9lr Gullt.
From the Macon (Go.) Telegraph.
A tale Of dark plots, secret Vaccinations
and murder was unfolded in Bibb county
jail Tuesday.
Two of the conspirators charged with
the murder of John G. Forsyth on Oct. Z
made a full confession of their share in the
murder, and, it is rumored, implicated
each and every one of the men now IN JAIL
When asked as to the truth of this report
yesterday. the district attorney said that it
was fact that a confession had been made
by two Of the conspirators, but that he did
not care to give any particulars as to the
story told by the two men.
One of the confessions was made volun-
tarilv; the other turned states evidence
Charles Clements made a voluntary con-
ieSSion, and it is reported that Lem Birch,
the man who VAS brought in sick and who
has continued in a state of prostration, has
turned states evidence Whether his illness
Is the outcome OF nervousness, caused by q
guilty conscience, or is due to some physical
allmen5, has not.yet been ascertained.
THE ACTUAL MURDERER.
While it is thought thai the confessions
are very full and that all the men now in
jan are implicated, it is not known that the
peTLetra5or OF the deed is not in jail nor
mas MS name been mentioned, although the
crime has been laid to the do,r of Charles
Clements, who was arrested on Sunday.
ne man who shot and killed John G.
69ofsytl on the night of Oct. Z was
hich Lowry, sometimes known as Rich
Herring.
Lowry was hired by the conspirators to do
tne deed, and he carried out the dastardlv
work OF his employers well.
Inc actual murderer is bright mulatto.
e sl is unfortunately still at large. He takes
sne name OF Herring on occasions, because
s se Is the nephew of John Lowry, a noted
e'auo, ontlawed from North Carolina
THERE WAS ANOTHER.
nu1 Lowry or Herring, the hired assassin,
was not alone in his fiendish work on that
t hlgnC when John G. Forsyth was killed; he
h hau a companion who stood by and watched
r LII 10 MS work to make sure that the
money had been earned.
- Cnaries Clements, who now lies handcuffed
a. a separate room from the other prisoners.
$1,000 out in the garden, saw the shot fired
h heafu with fiendish delight the cries of the
tb aou WIFE and the inmates of the house.
o rGn speo away into the darkness with equal
H. a'iV oh MS soul, and just as deeply dyed in
s soe olood OF the victim as the ruffian who
accompanied him. '-
THE PRICE WAS $500.
ra :" Is turther rumored that the sum of 5000
. VS. oIIered to the man who would kill For
%eu, the collection of which was mainly
IUg 70 the work of Lem Burch and Andrew
.ba I I1s himself, it is said, undertook to do
daud niIing' and actually visited the resi-
bjc ' So vi Forsyth on several occasions, but
A. NeHrC tailed him. and he decided IN Ian %
sle matter for Others to carry ont Eou
known. 'u'"y uohe ALREADY
~ another report is, that on the night of
Ucr ., while the body of John G. Forsvth
ffty t5lng In the house ready for burial,
tb NO. men met in the fields and swore that
boyy t would burn the house and body, but
srsd Lar THIS may be true cannot be discov-