The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-09

have the road ready to operate on Feb. I. on
I Friday 100 Italian labOrers went through nero
! TO work on the road. and yesterday l65 more
/ went down. The railroad receives bonus or
I $4,000 II the line is completed by Feb. J. me
4 bonus is subscription. raised by properly
I owners about Lake Worth, who want 10 see
| the road finished this season.
| W. F. Watts. who was arrested at Starke
on charge OF forgery. was given nearing
! before the county judge Monday. ana suDSe-
/ quently committed to jail in default OF sou
| bond. Watts made a very straight statement
/ In his own defense. claiming that man by
/ the name OF Crawford. an eX-emplOye OF the
/ firm Of f. W Agnew s. Co, gave him the
! check in question in Jacksonville. Inc
| check which had the signature Of f. ". Ag
new & Co, was for $50, and Watts claims that
| he gave in EXCHANGE for it si5. Crawford stat
| ing that he wished TO leave Jacksonville at
once and could not be identified at the banks.
But Watts had no witnesses to bear him out
in his statements, and must await the action
Of the spring term OF the circuit court.
The Marot murder trial is still in progress
at Orlando. Tuesday the court ru led out all
the evidence Of the confessions made by
Walker to W L. Palmer acting state at
tOrney) and the marshal and police OF Or
lando on the ground that improper induce
ments were held out. The state then intro
duced cumulative evidence as TO
movements Of the accused on Sunday
evening etc. Joseph Whitlow and
Frank Jackson, colored, were introduced.
They were confined in Jail in July. Jackson
charged with burglary. Of which he was not
guilty. Both testified to confessions made
by Walker in jail in conversation with them
selves and Fudge. In these confessions
Walker told no particulars, but admitted
that we" (talking to FUDGE might have
been a'ishing If we had not killed old man
Marot" Whitlow told him that his father
was a'fishing. Hunter r. Fudge was then
put on the stand After telling OF his earlier
mOvements-he said that he started to go to
prayer-meeting about O'Clock Blocker
and Walker met him near the school house,
took him out to the log where the tracks
have since been found, and told him that
they were going to rob or kill old man MarOt
They had with them an axe with a
part OF the handle sawed off.
They told him that he had to go with
them. He refused. They threatened to kill
him He started with them. but broke away
and ran back. He met people coming from
prayer-meettng and went home. He was at
the log only few minutes. He learned next
morning that Marot had been killed. He did
not tell this till after he was arrested. He
identified the AK found by Robertson found in
the scrub as the one that Blocker had that
evening. He was afraid to tell till he was ar
rested. He would still be afraid If Walker
and Blocker were at large, or would be afraid
among their relatives very severe cross
examination failed to shake him, though he
admitted that he had reduced his testimony
to writing, had studied and then burned ii. He
had not been promised immunity from pun
ishment, He had never talked with either
Blocker or Walker about robbing Marot be-
fore. He is not yet II years old.