The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
MURDERED WITH A BILLY.
Isaac Young brushes the Skull of
Lucy Wallace and Leaves Her in a
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Isaac Young brushes the Skull of
Lucy Wallace and Leaves Her in a
Ditch.
Coroner Dixon empaneled a jury and
went down to Wilmington Island last night
TO hold an inquest over the body Of Lucy
| Wallace, the negro woman VINO was found
dead at an early hour yesterday morning
on one of the roads of the island. The
murdered woman, it seems, had been liv-
ing with Young as his wife for sometime
past and the difficulty between them
which led to her murder grew out of
| jealousy on the part of Young on account
Of another man in the case. A short
while ago Lucy Wallace began to go down
to one of the brush camps on the island
engaged in collecting brush for the jetty
work on the river, where she got into the
habit of cooking for the men who worked
there,
NOT THE FIRST QUARREL.
Young forbade this and attempted to
put stop to these proceedings in short
order. Once before they had a difficulty
with regard to this same matter in which
the woman was badly bruised up, but this
did not seem to stop her going to the
brush camp and doing the cooking for the
other men.
Sunday night about o'clock Young
met the woman on the road leading to the
brush camp, or rather came up behind
her as she was on her way down the
road. There were no witnesses to just
what transpired after that, but the
woman and man were seen together on
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STRUCK WITH BILLY.
All the evidence that could be gathered
at the coroner's jury, pointed to the fact
that the murderous blow had been dealt
with billy, or heavy piece of lead, such
as is used for sinker on a large fish line.
The woman was struck over the right
temple and the left ear, and in both
places her skull was crushed in by the
heavy blows that were dealt her. Young
first knocked her down with the billy
into ditch on the side of the road, but
this ditch being rather shallow and some
what exposed, he carried her to a deeper
ditch on the other side of the road, where
he left the body among some brush.
THE MURDERERs ESCAPE.
A negro named Montgomery johnson
was with Young after the murder had
been committed and while he was going
down the road from where he had COM
mitted the deed. johnson was unaware,
however, at the time, of the crime which
had been committed, and he was told by
Young that the woman had left him fur
Their up the road and had gone into the
woods. Young continued his course down
the road, stole a boat at the landing and
escaped to South Carolina. 1t is sup
posed that he viii get on to some of the
sea Islands wherein pursuit and capture
Will be next to impossible.
THE MURDERED WOMAN.
Lucy Wallace was missed yesterday
morning by those who knew her in that
locality and search was
made, it being known that Young
had several times threatened her life.
Her body was found on the side of the
road in the ditch where Young had left
it. The discovery was made at an early
hour yesterday morning. The coroner
was notified Of the crime yesterday morn
ing and went out yesterday afternoon as
soon as he could get jury to hold an in
quest. After hearing all the evidence in
the case that could be obtained under the
| circumstances the jury brought in YER
| dict of willful murder. Young ia said to
be bad negro, and it was he who served
term some Ave or six years ago for
striking another negro at Wilmington
Island by the name of Pinder.