The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-26

which Williams lives with the rear OF the
| houses facing each other. Quinn had just
returned from long search Of the neigh
norhood south Of the city for suspicious
c iaracters endeavoriaZ 20 make their es-
cape, and hoping 70 discover some trace Of
the murderers. he was unsuccessful aud
returned 20 bis house about
10 o'clock. He was preparing to
90 to bed, as he was 70 be on duty at night.
He had taken OF everything except his
underclothes, when he heard ccmmotion
outside, aud looking out of bis window, he
saw negro break away from the rear Of
the HOUSE. opposite. He concluded at once
that 1t was one of the men wanted for the
murder OF Meyer, and, dsshing out OF his
house without waiting to put on his clothes,
he jumped into buggy that was standing
In the street without asking the owners
permission and dashed after the fleeing
negro. he pursued him down tbs Ogeechee
road for some distances.
RUN UNDER DE LAUGHTER's HOUSE.
Williams then took a turn up by Laurel
Grove cemetery, still pursued by Quinn,
and dashed down Cemetery street into West
Broad and down to Henry street lane
where he ran under house at No. 260 Henry
street lane, tho house where the DeLaughter
gang made It's headquarters. Quinn was
some distance behind, but as he came up be
was told by woman that a man had just
run under the house. He jumped out of
the buggy and ran after him. He found
Williams orouohed against the wall and
brought him out Williams exclaimed as
Quinn came up 10 him:
BOSS, dere's lot of men after me wild
pistols. / amt done nothin'."
PUT UNDER GUARD.
Quinn hauled Williams out and took him
I'D 70 Henry street where they met Detect
i've Wetherhorn's party, who had also been
in pursuit, but had been handicapped by
being on foot
AS Quinn was in his night clothes and
Detective Wetherhorn had pair of hand
cuffs with him he turned Williams over to
him and the detective brought him down
town to Justice Naughtin's Office, where he
was kept under guard until committed to
jail.
Quinn then went back to his house on
First street, dressed himself and proceeded
to make thorough search OF the house on
Mulberry avenue. His discovery was most
successful and unearthed absolute evidence
VI tue pdTuClpbtlOn Oh bn6 inmates IN the
crime
THE MURDERERs' WEAPONS.
One Of the first discoveries was two new
axhelyes that had evidently been consider
ably handled and with large blood stains on
the fiat end where the handle is shaped
to enter the eye of the AK, showing
that they had been used for some desperate
work The axhelves had evidently been
washed, but the tell-tale blood stains were
there. A coat with some blood stains on II
aud pair Of old shoes with spots on them
that looked like blood and a pair OF panta-
looms that had been recently washed were
found in the house.
A search under the house revealed a
bundle Of old clothing packed away under
q joist.
MEYERS WATCH FOUND.
This bundle was unwrapped and was
found to contain the dead mans watch.
This IN itself might be regarded as oonclu-
sive evidence almost. The inmates told va
rious stories to account for the presence Of
the watch and the bloody axhelVes They
declared that the axhandles had been
bloodied In fight between one of the women
OF the house and another colored woman
few days before, and that the woman
whose head was split could be produced to
prove 1t.