The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-06

be brought in suppressed excitement Yves
visible on every face. Kitchen TOOK seat
by the side OF his lawyer, and as tne July
men fled into their seats be eagerly Sc1tnod
every face, apparently seeking cons iAtl1n'
Tho usual formalities were gone III ouR u
and when the words We eno Jul o y
find the prisoner guilty we're ie9A
by Clerk Carr, Kitchen perceptibly shud-
dered The court ordered tae clerk TO pre-
mare a death sentence, and while 1t was In
preparation perfect stiffness Ieis1ed
throughout the court, every one realiZInS
fully The solemnity Of tie occasion. %
| oriet was everything that the scratch
tho cIark,s men could be distinctly
- for.nfno the fatal words During
49, ,1raTerstio9 II the dea b order, Kitchen
az tg,tb Eig hands crossed and looked
sta,4iI11 toward Judge Faliga1t in an ap-
naalinS way Only once did he remove
his ewes from the bench, and that was when
Attorney Kin ckle whispered 70" words
TO him. -.
AN APPEAL FOR MERCY.
After Judge Falgant had carefully read
the document he turned to Kitchen and
( said; albert NJ. Kitchen. alias Albert
( Morea. stand up. You have been convicted
of murder. Have you anything to say why
the sentence Of the law should not be pro-
nounced upon you"
81 only ask you for mercy," replied
Kitchen.
~ am afraid" said Judge Falligent
"that you will have to appeal to higher
tribunal than this for mercy. You have
had an exceedingly fair trial, with every
opportunity for defense. Nothing has been
done not justified by law. Your attorney
has ably performed the duty incumbent
upon him as a member OF this bar
in conducting your defense. Nothing now
remains to be done but for me to pronounce
the sentence of the law upon you. 1t is
most solemn occasion for me; more solemn
for you. Every pulse of my humanity
goes out to you in this hour. The laws have
been framed for the preservation of peace
and good order and for the punishment OF
offenders, and they must be upheld You
have appealed TO this court for mercy, and
if it were left to my impulses the feelings
Of my heart might prompt me to accord 1t
TO you. But for mercy you must look to
him who sits upon the throne above, who
sent his son upon earth for the redemption
Of mankind. hope you will find the mercy
there that you crave. The crime
Of which you have been convicted has been
one Of the most pitiless that has ever come
under my observation, and you showed
your victim no mercy. You sent that IN
fortunate woman to meet her Maker with
out a moments warning or prepa-
ration, but to you the law is more
merciful by giving you an oppor-
tunity to make your peace with God. |
advise you to make the most of that time, |
for there is not possible chance of your |
escaping the penalty for your.orimes. Your |
record for crime is a bad one. This is not |
the only life that has been charged to you, |
bus l hope for your own sake that you are |
guiltlsss."
Then turning to the spectators Judge |
Falligant continued: 80 long as sit upon |
this bench no crime shall 60 unpublished. |
Be the offender white or black, rich or poor,
the law will follow him like a sleuth hound |
and bring him back to answer at the bar Of
justice for his crime"
THE DEATH SENTENCE.
The sentence was then formally pro-
nounced and when the judge said changed |
by your neck until you are dead, and may
God have mercy upon your soul, y the con-
demned man dropped into his chair in
detected manner, while several women in
the gallery said audibly, Thank God"
Kitchen didn't have q sympathizer in all
the crowd that watched his trial, and it
was generally agreed that the penalty was
The feeling against him among
the negro women is intensely bitter, and it
was evident from their actions and rem rks
work of the murderer if they could have
gotten their hands upon him for a few |
KITCHENS CRIME.
The crime for which Kitchen will suffer |
the death penalty was one of the most brutal |
that has ever stained the criminal annals of |
Chatham county. Kitchen and a woman |
named Rhena Singleton had been living to-
gether for some time in South Carolina.
She adopted Kitchens name and passed for
his wife. He treated the woman
"a hadlV- hak oh 1afA &c
to live with her people. Kitchen
followed her and brought razor with him.
he staid two nights with her at Europe
Fraser's house on Liberty street, and some
time during the second night he got her
10 60 ont into the yard to talk
about returning to live with him, and then
be cut her throat from ear TO ear with the
razor, threw the weapon under the house,
and made his way back to Charleston,
where he was captured April 20 by Detective
Miller.
Kitchens real name in Albert Morea. He
killed one wife in almost thu same manner
IS the last on Now 1879, In the servants
quarters of Capt. J. T. Brooks residence,
No. IS Gwinnett street. He fed to the
phosphate mines of South Carolina and
while there met his last victim.
THREE TIMES a MURDERER.
The negroes also claim that Kitchen
killed a wife previous 70 the one at
Capt. Brooks in Brownsville about
four years ago by hitting her in the head
with an iron pot His desperate character
was so well known to the colSred residents
of the little village that they were afraid to
inform upon him, and he was allowed TO go
of justice.
In 1887 Morea Kitchen cut a negro named
Jake Hendricks with turpentine ak and
went to the penitentiary for two years
He had only been out three days when he
murdered dis wife at Capt. Brooks.
Kitchen will hang without doubt Sept.
IS, unless death from natural causes takes
him off before that time. Attorney
Kinckle is so satisfied that his client is de-
serving of death that he will make no APP
peal but will let the law take its course.
Capt Brooks was an interested spectator
during the trial, and Lieut. Satterlee occu-
pied seat on the bench with Judge Falli-
CANT Rev. G. f. Dowmon, pastor of the
Wesley Monumental church, also occupied
a seat Oh the bench.
Morea Kitchen will be the first criminal
hanged in the new Jail The last hanging
in Chatham county was that of George
Wallace (colored), in 1888. The execution
took place in the old jail yard, at Hall and
Whitaker streets.
HIS STOMACH RIPPED OPEN.