The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-18
A DRUNK ENDS IN MURDER
TIE SON OF THE CHEF OF POLICE
OF AMERICUS SUSPECTED.

The Victim Nomad who Had Been
TrAmping over the Country With q
Woman-The Latter Held as Access
sorry TO the Orime-She Claimed the
Dead Man " Was Her Brother.
GRIFFIN, Ca, Feb. IA brutal murder
was committed here this morning about
o'clock. and for the commission Of the deed
George A. Lingo Of Americus is held, with
strong evidence to establish bis guilt while
Sallie Walker. a white woman, who claims
20 be a sister to the dead man, whose name.
she says, is Henry Smith, is sheld as ac4
cessory TO the crime. From statements OBJ
tanned from the police IL seems that Smith
and the alleged sister were Ia the habit Of
making annual pilgrimages through
the city, aud struck the town yes-
terday on their return from Burke county,
whittier they went about year ago. Both
we're fond of firewater, and owing TO its
abundance here they were not long in
getting under its influence. Lingo Game
into town later, he says about 3
o'clock, and struck up with Smith and the
woman after dark, aud that they had
regular lark from then till after midnight,
o
to be regsined only on being arrested by
policeman about s o'clock this morning.
Lingo is the son OF the chief OF
police OF Americus, and will he readily
remembered by an episode which occurred
In the Columbus car shed about year ago
In which his young wife, red~headed dude,
and fashy brunette with heavy mustaohe
figured On his person were found clips
pings of newspaper notices OF the affair,
together With postal card from A. z. Lingo
OF Americus, telling him to get out OF
the state at once and write him and be
would send him some money. Lingo, the
prisoner, says his wife is the cause OF his
downfall. He is intelligent aud shows the
result OF his early training by his good
manners and correct language.
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Tho woman shows signs of dissipation.
Once pretty ,hardships aud debauchery have
dulled the luster OF her black eyes and
Drowned the skin that was once fair TO look
upon. She is only 2o. and yet she has drunk
deeply Of the cup of sin. The murdered
man was about 30 years OF age. stout of
build. with black hair. His dress indicated
him 10 be tramp. The killing was re-
ported TO the coroner this morning, who
tmpaueled jury 10 investigate ID. All
day they labored, examining about twenty
witnesses. who they thought could throw
the first witness. She testified that about
$3.50 o'clock this morning some one knocked
at her door, stating that her brother had
been killed by the train. She admitted the
woman, whom she found intoxicated. The
! woman had on no clothes except her under-
| clothing. She told several tales about the
| killing, which caused the witness to send
| for the police, who arrested her and brought
| her TO town. The woman herself then made
| a statement, in which she claimed that her
| brother left her and came back to town for
some whisky, and that she did not see him
again until, In her wanderings, she ran
upon him in dying condition, lying, as
she thought, by the side OF the railroad.
Eliza Banks, a colored woman, then
swore that about 10 O'Clock a woman and
| two men came in her yard and were cursing,
when she arose and went TO the window
and asked them not to disturb her In that
manner. The woman said they would not
harm her, and Lingo. whom she recognized,
went TO the window and offered her some
whisky, which she refused. The trio went
of In the direction Of where the body was
found this morning. The woman was sings
ing and dancing up and down the road In
front Of the men.
THE MURDER.
Later In the night she heard the woman
say, Don't do that don't do that and
then scream, "You have killed my best
friend. This she kept up for quite a while,
walking up and down the road. Finally
she heard the voice OF a man telling her not
TO come down there. Soon after she beard
heavy snoring, as IL some one was sleeping
soundly. She did not hear any more scream
ing.
Forest Parker, an operator at the mill,
said that about 2 O'clock some one
knocked on his door and asked him Co come
out, that he had something to tell him. He
refused to get up and the man went off, but
returned in twenty minutes and asked him
10 open the window, saying man was
about breathing his last out there. Parker
asked, "Who are youF and he answered,
"My name Is Lingon From Parker's the
man went to Allen Crawford's and gave his
name as Lingo when asked, and stated there
was a man out there with the stuffing
knocked out of him. Just then the scream
| ing began. Joe Brown saw the woman and
a man aud went 10 them, but could not fully
identify either as the parties. but heard the
woman say: my brother was killed on tho
railroad, and you are responsible for it.p
The woman was bareneaded. The man
asked him to act as an officer and bring him
to town and get him out of that trouble.
Lingo then made a statement, 10 which
he corroborated all Of the witnesses as to
the early events, but said he got too drunk
TO remember anything after he and the
woman returned from town with the
whisky.
The case has excited good deal OF inter-
est, and every effort will be made to con.
vict the guilty pair, who are now under
arrest and In jail.