The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-23
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ran, The Ne1o York Sun

= Accused There OF a Murder
SS,--Jch He Says He Did Not Com NIT.
From The NesO York Sun
.,r.-,ss Alexander Farmer. I'm Jackson
,,v. Georgy. sab, and it Is tn fust time
- sab been in coaht."
80 Patrick Duffy at the Tombs court
s~5sv with the sand OF his recent
oa'..srn trip not yet shaken out OF his
SOU sou. looked down on q man wearing a
snoe' hrtteruut overcoat, a suit of gray
bo..l.f .oirt. The man was tall aud lanky.
Ssir was long and tangled. his face was
h1ssa-sd with months growth of stubby
co bssrd. Beneath his eyes were heavy
-. lines In his right hand he held a
t--oi. trimmed SLOUGH hat. Beside him.
I'll and straight, stood Detective Sergeant
Reap c-.;. ~ srr,,a+ba,;..,,.
,ha iniqe. land from jackson county, too.
80 man, unfortunate individual. And
VIA. brings you hereF
Detective Reap answered:
,IVour honor, Mr.. Farmer has been in
,,onbe down south. He was forced to fiy
sacsuse be could not prove his innocence.
q has now decided TO return and fight it
rnt He reached New York last night and
..Ead 10 see the high constable He has
- wrongly accused of murder"
ACCUSED of murder aud asking to see
x.w York's high constable?" said the
;.stice. unfortunate man. But here
IN. What is it you wantT
ISah, want to go back to Georgy. am
t,Dahcent, and sab, will stick TO it befoah
The whole south,
Now, Mr.. Farmer. a few personal remi-
niuences just at this point will De very
"a" said Justice Duffy.
swell, sab, wes boahn May 3, 1871, sab.
and have lived all my life in Georgy up to
last May On Sunday night. May 4, an ac-
cidsut happened that has served to change
NV life. The next neighbor TO my father
Is Thomas Drake. He lives nigh two miles
away. His only child was Ira Drake, lad
of ~ and my friend. On Saturday night,
NAV l. a singing was held at Raystown
school. Ira was there. So was /. So was
Dora Mackelheimer. was with Dora: Ira
was not Twas turning 10 when we started
was clear. Dora and l went home along
the Black Bridge road. Ira, too, and five
others followed US. Ira walked alone. l
took Dora to her home aud left her. l went
straight home and TO bed.
"When awoke the next day my father
said: James, tits bad, tits too bad He
left me without another word, About an
hour short of noon. Sheriff Collyer drove
up to the barn and said : You'll have to
come, Jimmy, it's too bad He told me
then that Ira Drake had been found dead
with two bullets In him on the Black Bridge
road. He said, too that was accused. I
went with him without another word.
Deputy Sheriff Sertis took me, and we
started to Jefferson for the county Jail in a
buggy. / watched my chance and jumped
and ran, Not that was guilty Init that
ny liberty is mine until 1 forfeit it.
II walked twelve miles by night to a
Eation and went to Athens, and worked on
farm. left there on the advice of my
iither and travelled to St. Louis. worked
IN an iron foundry there until 1 tired out,
when went to Illinois. From Illinois
pde to Washington, and from Washington
vest. l reached New Jersey last Tuesday,
nd came over here yesterday. 1 want to
back to Georgy. My father has a
M-acre plantation there, aud l want to
g."
Farmer crossed the Desbrosses street ferry
from Jersey City on Saturday night and
asked a hackman to direct him to the "high
colstable." He was sent to Sergt Mccoy
Otthe Leonard street station who took his
revolver and turned him over to Detective
James Dunn. Dunn took him to police
headquarters. He had $85 and long, old
fashioned horse pistol.
Justice Duffy remanded him until Monday
in order to give the jackson county author
tiles time to answer telegram sent to them
last night. Sheriff Collyer lives fifteen
miles from telegraph station.