The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-23
SLAYER OF TWO WIVES.
ALBERT KITCHEN TURNS OUT TO
BE ALBERT MoRsA.

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| Kitchens Story.
The slayer Of two wives was lodged in
the county Jail last night.
Albert Nj. Kitchen, the Yamacraw wife
murderer, who was captured in South
| Carolina this week, turns out to be Albert
Morea, the notorious ex-convict who cut
his young wife's throat from ear to ear Nov.
| z, 1889, in the servants quarters of Capt.
J. F. Brooks residence. No. 6S Gwinnett
street.
1t has been the theory Of Detective
| Hanley all along that Kitchen and Morea
were one, and the same person. This he
based on the fact that the maiden name of
Rhena Morea was Kitchen, and the muir
derer simply added the latter name and
| styled himself ALERT VI. Kitchen.
Kitchen has not admitted that he is
/ Morea, but in confessing his recent crime
last night to a MORNING News reporter he
admitted that be was sent to the peniten-
tlary from Chatham county several years
ago for stabbing negro named Jake Hen
| bricks
This fact was reported to Police Sergt.
| Mock, who SAID at once: "WelI, if he has
admitted that, he is Albert Morea, for ar
rested him for committing the assault"
Sergt. Mock described Morea, and the
description fits Kitchen perfectly. What
clenches his identity more than sanything
else is that he admitted working at one
time for j. T. Wells & Bro, naval stores
men, and it was while in their employ that
he tried to kill Hendricks, who was also an
employe of the firm.
CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER.
The capture Of the murderer is due to the
efforts of Detective Hanley, who, while
confined to his bed with sickness, directed
the South Carolina authorities whore to
look for Kitchen. The detective was salts
fed that the negro would make his way
back to his old haunts in the phosphate
mines, and he opened a correspondence
with Detective Miller Of Charleston with
view to the fugtIves capture. About two
weeks ago TIE Charleston detective spotted
Kitchen, and he sent to Detective Hanley
for the warrants. They were for
warded, and on Monday morning Kitchen
was arrested on laborers' train
while on his way to Meads phosphate
mines.
Detective Hanley went over to Charleston
Monday night and returned last night with
| his prisoner. A crowd of colored people,
mostly women, was at the depot TO meet the
train, and the detective bad considerable
difficulty in making his way through it.
The women rushed in front of the prisoner,
to get look into his face,
showed that could they get hold of him he
would be made short work OF. Several re-
| marked, as they peered into his face: 30,
yes, yuse de man dat killed de oman, is
your The streets ia the neighborhood of
the jail were filed with curious
R ioof at the so104 murderer sG Detective Sss
Hanley was expected in on the noon train
with Kitchen" and there was as big a
crowd at the depot then and outside of tho
| jail as there was last night. When the
crowd found tha5 the detective had not
arrived 10 dispersed reluctantly. An hour
before the train was due last night the
| crowd was on hand again. Detective Han
| ley tried to get his prisoner out on the east
| ern side of the train, but one of the train
hands posted the crowd on the officers
movements, and as he emerged with
| Kitchen the crowd was waiting for him.
| THE MURDERER's CONFESSION.
The murderer made a full confession of
| his last murder to a MORNING News re-
porter. He started his story by saying that
although he called Rhena Kitchen his wife
he was never married to her. while living
in Charleston" said he, Il ran an eating
house and barber shop. One day missed
| $50 which left in the house to pay collect
or. l asked Rhena what had become of it,
and she said it had been stolen while she was
| out. She also bought bed spread and sofa
| on the installment plan from Browns furni-
ture store on King street, between George
and Liberty, and gave the name Of Phyllis
| Singleton. While | was away she packed
| up these and my other furniture and sent it
| to her folks in Beaufort. | went to Drayton
Station and opened a cook shop and put
| Rhena in charge. l left her $40 60 and
went down to Cooper river to attend to
some business. On my way back to Dray-
| ton met boy who worked for me, and he
told me that Rhena had gone off to Beau
fort. hurried to Drayton and found it
was SO, and my money was gone. She had
left word that she bad gone to Savannah
II started after her. At Yemassee was
told she had gone to Beaufort, and [ went
| there, but couldn't find her because she was
| hidden by her relatives. | then went before
Justice White and swore out warrant for
her arrest for stealing my money. The
constable then tried 20 lind her, but didn't
succeed. went back home, and in few
days heard that Rhena was at Beaufort
Island with her aunt. went there and saw
her. She said all the money was at Dray-
ton with a cousin. She agreed to 20 back
home in day or two if 1 would leave her
enough money. l gave her IS 60 and went
home. The day l expected her l hired a
wa wagon hr,1 to go go to to the depot
| The driver came back and told me she was
| not at the train. l then went to Beaufort
Island to see what was the matter, and
found she had left tor Savannah. l came
here and found she was working at the lower
rice mills. l told the mill boss about her
robbing me. He promised to discharge her,
and then hunted up Pledger Doctor, with
whom l heard Rhena was living He told
! me | could find her at house in Indian
street lane. When l went to the house the
people said she wasn't there, and then
| went to Fraser's house, on Lumber street
and asked for her. Fraser's wife told me
that Rheua was in the city, but was afraid
to see me for fear I would want her to pay
back the money.
| FOLLOWED HIS WIFE HERE.
81 fooled her by saying that the money
business was all right, and only wanted to
see Rhena. Fraser sent man after her to
Indian lane but she wouldn't come with
him, aud Fraser himself went and brought
her. 1 shook hands with her and she asked
me TO dinner. l asked her if she thought
she had treated me right, aud she said she
had not. l then asked her to go
back home, and she promised
she would as soon as she finished making a
dress that she was working on. l said
An right, I'll trust you this time, although
you have burnt me several times already
| Then ! went back to Drayton and in a few
days received a letter from Rhena, in