The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-16
r.7TNALL's MURDER CASE.

rha Trial OF Futon LOT tne Ailllng OF
n y5on1edv postponed Until Nov. so.
~. rial of Henry L. Futch for the
- of Alfred Kennedy in Tattnall
mu!s has been postponed until Nov. 80
Gu .o.a was set for trial Monday, but on
LUG 1, If the absence of witnesses Judge
@anhIe postponed the trial until yesterday
morning. -. ,.z.
.ounrv. aud the court room was
tne ,rSed with people anxious to see the re-
suit Tho oaoe was ca1Ied Hon r. q
,.pjgnon. counsel for the defendant, moved
uu.ontinuance, in support OF which he read
l-ritten statement from Futch &C
,iadging the killing, but claiming that
,. 1roe done in self-defense, and generating
~ ~ mel zach women, who are in Jail,
..h5 o with being accessories.
IT. du Bignon read the prisoners state
~ in n slow and deliberate tone 50 that
....,n-yhody present could hear it. Futch
e,.aysod into the circumstances of the crime
ri.h GREAT particularly. Not only did ha
Snsgate the women from completely in
.bs murder, but also from any connection
I'm the concealment OF the body.
Wa u told OF his employment by Mrs. De-
71aob,s husband first as a laborer and after
80 az renter upon his place, of the old
va constant absence from home, and of
liz hong asked by him to guard and pro-
.ao, his family and property during his
eIsance Upon more than one occasion
T",nb said while DeLoach was away ne
Gas aroused at night by the presence of
son1e one upon the premises seeking to force
ON entrance into the house. Kennedy was
of,en seem around the house, and tried more
.bsn once to induce DeLoach's daughter to
nm away with him to Savannah.
Erfch said that Kennedy had been
warned about his conduct, and had been
tnid that Futch would kill him and had
soid that he was tired OF Futch's being
eroupd DeLosch's homo anyway, and that
he woujd fix him the fl; st time he caught
him watching his movements. He everred
his love for DeLoach's daughter
and his engagement to her. He said he had
watched her growth to young womanhood
with the hope of making her his wife and
that she had promised to marry him as
soon as he was able to support her. He had
reason to hope that the fruits Of his hard
and honest toll would enable him in the
near future to take her TO q modest and
humble home of his own as his wife.
/ Kennedy, he charged, had ruined her
Oldest sister and ne felt satisfied and con-
yinced that it was the fixed and foul pur-
pose Of the dead man to debauch and
Prostitute his intended wife Futch said an
sbseat witness. Nelson r. johnson. had told
him of the threats of Kennedy and that he
had offered Johnson S. to let him know
when Mr.. and Mrs. DeLoach were away
from home so that he might get their
dsughter away.
Inc night of the murder Futch ssaid he
vss just retiring when he was startled by
the barking of the dogs and the steps OF
some one walking around the house. He
vent out OF his room with the states wit
nes William Spencer, who suggested 10
him to take his gun. AS they went they
saw the figure of a man walking Oft from
the house, VINO, upon being hailed, stopped,
turned and fired upon them with his pistol.
When the man turned Futch said ne saw
he was Alfred Kennedy, and he was
convinced that he intended to kill
him, Then he fired with his gun to
protect his life He hoped that he had only
wounded Kennedy. but upon approaching
the body he found that the shot had been
fatal and the man was dead. When he
found that no had taken human life,
although feeling that he was Obliged to do
soiu defepse of bis own. he was greatly ex
citei 1t was mis- impulse at the time To 60
at cnce and report the killing. and this he
felt he would have done but for the COUNSEL
aud suggestion Of Tire negro Spencer, who
was Standing by and who told him that to
do so would certainly get them into serious
trouble and require them to go TO jail at
least until after court. .-...
Futch claimed that he refused at first to
yield to the commands Of the negro, ard
that they then went back into their room,
the negro again ms sted that they should
hide the body, and in his excited state OF
mind he finally yielded to his
He Cd satisfied
tia all tpe members of tle household wer 9
asleep, and with the assistance of the negro
carried the body to the creek, where 1t was
found
Mr.. duBignon closed his motion for con-
tinuance on the ground that great prejudice
existed against his client owing TO the orr
cuation Of the widest and most unfounded
rumorS, and deciarded that the principle of
justice demanded continuance.
Judge Gamble granted the request, but
ordered a special term of court for Nov. 30,
81 when Futch and the LeLoach women will
be tried .-....-.
81 Despite the statement of Futch admitting
the killing, no one believes his story ex-
onerating the DeLoach women, or his
attempt to connect Spencer, the states wit
ness, with the case They believe that old
woman DeLoach planned the tragedy, aud
mat Futch killed Kennedy by her direction.
npencer's story is that Futch killed Ken
4Iedy from an elevated shelter. Mrs. De-
Leach is quite sick in jail.
mere were three other murder cases
lried at this term OF Tattnell court and two
were convicted aud one acquitted.
james Holt (colored) was found guilty of
murder. motion for a new trial was
made The sentence of death will be pro-
nonnced later.
henry O'Neal (coloredl was convicted Of
murder and recommended to life imprison-
meut.
W. d. Coleman, who killed Abe Powell
Sf Is months ago, was acquitted. case
VI seli-defense was made out.
80 gTuuRe Gamble is well liked by thelpeople
a''nall for the business-like manner in
/ WHICH he eXnedites ,attara