The morning news., 1892-03-29


house. and when he saw the prisoner he told
him things looked pretty bad for him with
the watch found where i was Gay said
some one must have put it there. Justice
MoDermott told the negro that he would
have 70 give some better explanation or il
would 90 hard with him. Next morning
after Gay was arrested Justice Nc
Dermott and Detective Wetherhorn went
TO the barracks and took him out on q war
rant 70 incarcerate him in jail. After get
ting inside the jail yard Gay told Justice
McDermott If he would take him down 70
his Office he would tell all be knew. Gay
was taken 20 Justice Naughtin's Office,
where Dir. Murphy Of the Press was called
10, 60 whom he made a complete and volun-
tary confession Of bis participation in the
crime.
Mr.. Murphy went upon the stand after
Justice McDermott and testified to the con-
| fesston Gay made to him. The prisoner. he
said. voluntarily told him that several
weeks before the murder Gus Williams
spoke to him about raising a stake by rob
bing some one, and wanted him TO 60 into
the scheme. BE agreed at the time.
but nothing more was heard OF
the affair until few nights before the
killing OF MIR. Meyer when Gus Williams
| said they were going to get Meyers roll
Sunday night. Gay remarked. Haven't
you given that idea up yetf but afterward
| Gay agreed to meet the crowd Sunday
night at Duffy street lane and West Broad
street. All were on hand at the appointed
time and Hayward, Blois and Bacon went
into the factory and seoreted themselves.
Williams remained outside until after
Meyer passed, when be followed. Gay re-
mained on watch for a policeman. but after
awhile he went down the lane
and looked through a window
to see what Yves going on.
He told MIR. Murphy that he saw
Marion Hayward cut Meyers throat, and
also saw Bacon, Williams and Blois strike
him with soda water bottles. Williams
came up to Gay few minutes after and
said Hayward had got the money and
wanted Gay to go to Lie Faulk's house TO
get his divide, but he refused and made an
appointment to meet Williams next day at
store on the Ogeechee. but he didn't keep
the engagement.
ROW THE CRIME WAS PLOTTED.
J. ]. Doolan testified TO confession made
to him by Gay after the one he made to Mr..
Murphy. Gay told the witness that the
plan TO murder Mr.. Meyer was
arranged by Marion Hayward, Charley
Bacon. Joe Blois and Gus Williams, Sun
day morning. Jan. "a, in Lie Faulk's yard,
on Grapevine avenue. Williams came TO
Gay and told him that he knew Mr., Meyer
had roll OF money and he was going to
have it or blood. Williams asked Cav TO
being connected with the magistrates
offices he would be able TO throw che de-
tectives Off the track. Gay met the four
men at Duffy street lane and West Broad
street about z o'clock Sunday night.
After talking over the matter for awhile
Hey ward, Bacon and Blois went down
TO the factory and slowed themselves away.
Williams was walking up and down the
street waiting Tor Mr.. Meyer to come out Of
Garwes' store. When Mr.. Meyer passed Gay
on his way to the factory. Williams came
along behind him and said: II am going in
now, jim you watch tor US" Gay said be
replied, "If the policeman says nothing to
me, I'll say nothing to him." Then Will
ians went down the lane aud jumped the
fence.
SAW MEYERS THROAT CUT.
Gay waited awhile and walked down
to see what was taking place. There
was dim light burning in the factory and
Gay said he looked in the window in time
to see Marion Hayward stick knife in Mr..
Meyers throat. Gay also told Reporter
Doolan that Williams on coming out OF the
place said to him: ''We've done the work
Jim. / held Meyer and Bacon knocked
water bottle and Hayward took my
knife and cut his throat" Hayward
took the money and Bacon got the watch.
Gay said Williams asked him to go out to
Lie Faulk's TO see how much money Hey
ward had. He declined, saying he didn't go
to that woman's house, and Williams then
told Gay to meet him at Burgers store on
the Ogeechee road next morning, and he
would have some money for him.
Mr.. Garwes next told how Gay had said
TO him on the car on his way to jail after
being told that Bacon had given everything
away: "That's strange, when Bacon got
most of the money"
The state rested at this point and an adj
iournment until O'Clock was taken. On
reoonvening the defense began its testi-
| mony.
EXPLAINING THE BLOOD AWAY.
Bosy Williams undertook TO explain the
blood upon Gays shoes by saying that he
was cut IN a row Saturday night previous
| to the murder of Mr.. Meyer, and that Jim
Gay, while assisting in dressing his wound
at Josiah Murray's house, was spattered
/ with blood.
Murray and his wife corroborated Will
iams' story, as did also Tink Coleman and
Oracle Williams 10 a certain extent.
At 10 o'clock last night Judge Failigant
| ordered an adjournment until 9 o'clock this
morning. Cots were provided for the Jury
men and they spent the night locked up in
| the third story. The defense has about ten
| more witnesses and the state has several In
| rebuttal.
| ArALEsmAN FROM THE GRAVE
| A singular coincidence of the trial oc-
CURED just after the adjournment for din
| ner. Judge Falligant called for the jury box
| to draw talesmen for the other trials which
| are to follow Gays, and among the first
names picked from the box was that Of Au-
gust W. Meyer. the murdered man. It was
certainly a strange thing that the name OF
the murdered man should come out of the
box just at the time his alleged murdersrs
are On trial.
An interesting figure at the trial was
John II. Toomer. a little 13-year-old mu.
iatto boy. who occupied a reporters desh
as a representative of the Savannah
Tribune, the oolored organ. The youthful
reporter is a bright boy.
TO TAKE AN UPWARD TURN.