The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-06-20
TO SMOTHER SIN.
ALAD MURDEREDBYA GUILTY PA1H
TO ATOID EXPOSURE.
Then the Couple Carried the ho"y "p
Stairs and Threw it Cut OF VIM
dow--BOth are Under Arrest.


Knoxville, Tenn, June 14.-(SpeciaL)-
Last Friday lad ten years old named
Louis Cummings was found dead. re hao
been brutally murdered. His head was
beaten to a jelly and hacked with an ak.
The circumstances all pointed to his step
mother as the guilty party. She was ar
rested and committed to jail She stoutly
protested her innocence and said she be-
lieved negro whom she had seen leaving
the premises did the work. There was
much mystery, but proof seemed to be
against the stepmother.
The stepmother Arrested.
Now, for the sequel. Samuel A. Walker,
a constable of the fourteenth district, was
arrested this afternoon and put in Jail under
the charge of numbering little Louis Cum
mings Friday afternoon. The arrest was
made aftcD a confession had been obtained
from Mrs. Lolita Cummings, the stepmother
of the boy, duplicating Walker in the crime.
The clue connecting Walker with the
murder was obtained by Bony Craig. Sunday
morning while on his way to Coal Creek.
William Burnett, formerly of this county,
but now Il citizen of Campbell county, was
a fellow passenger. Mr.. Burnett had been
visiting relatives south of the river and in
the neighborhood of the murder. On the
train the men began to talk OF the crime,
and Burnett told Craig that on the day of
the murder he met Walker near the Cum
mings home.
Asked for Drink.
He said he seemed to be greatly excited.
and asked him, Burnett, for u drink of
whisky. Burnett happened to have a flask
with him and said he gave Walker Il drink
from it. Walker told him that he had just
left house where he had undue intimacy
with mans wife, but he mentioned no
names.
He offered to take Burnett to the house,
but Burnett declined and went on his way
In about an hour Burnett, who was then
the guest of q neighbor of the Cummings,
heard of the killing. The more he thought
over the matter the more he was convinced
that it was the place Walker referred to
when he gave him the whisky and made
the offer to him.
Burnett asked Craig to investigate the
clue given him. which he agreed to do. Craig
returned to Knoxville Monday evening" me
Tuesday morning he called on Deputy Sher-
IF Frost and told him Burnctt's story.
mat afternoon Craig and Deputy S,hcriffs
FROST ana JarnaScn went to the jail to see
Mrs. Cummings
Eirs. Cummings Broke Down
Frost and Jarnagen talked with her first.
but she would give them no information.
maintaining that the story about the
negro, which she had told to
every one, who talked to her
w w ihilS ne uedth OF Louis, was true.
While the deputies were talking to Mrs
Cummings Craig SAID nothing, but finally
asked her if Sam Walker was IN the house
before she had seen the negro. The ques-
ton was home thrust. Had 4 dynamite
bomb been exploded in the jail at that mo-
ment Mrs. Cummings could not have shown
more CONSERVATION. The independent man
ner left her and she turned pale and began
to tremble. She asked Craig what he knew
about Walkers visit to the house and begged
him not 20 question her further; but Craig
was relentless and pressed her for an ex-
PLANTATION. She began to cry and caught
the bars of her cell for support After she
had regained her cOmpOsure somewhat she
made q full confession of the terrible crime.
She said that after Louis left
to carry his fathers dinner to him Walker
came, that they were in Inc front room
when Louis returned and he found them IN
a compromising position.
Murdered to Hide Sin.
The boy then went through the room into
the kitchen After he vent into the kl lt
mings Will Kill me if he hears of this, and 1
must Kill that boy
She said she did not want to witness the
killing and ran into the garden. She heard
the blows Of the AK in the hands OF
Walker as they were rained down on the
unfortunate boy, and heard him cry out as
if pleading for his life. When she came
into the house again, Walker said:
81 have killed bim.'
She said his hands were covered with
left the bloody water standing therein.
The bowl was afterwards covered WIN
the top of a large tin can The boy was
killed on the kitchen hearth; Alter the
decd was done, she says Walker proposal
thot thcv carry the body up stars, ana
thr'av il from a window to cause the pro-
nIc TO believe he had been accldentahy
killed To prevent the blood from staining
The floor. from the kitchen to the up staIFs,
She said she wrapped the boy hei,t ,a IL tbn
apron. She said Walker ielt, ,;,h anu h,o 'me
kitchen hearth was covered WIN '10'"'
which she washed or.
Threatened, to XIII Rer.
She said Walker threatened 10 XIII hel
if she told that he murdered the BOY, ana
if was this threat that kept heT from TO, aei.+
ing the jury at the thaueS tro ol we She
said She carried the two pieces OF WOOD ,,'
;nt0 the ward and hid them uhoer me
hnrdock weeds, After washing the he2rtn'
She went to the spring ana ASKED ne W. ~
fin children to go after the nelshbors 10
III ci'' n,d holm lake care of Louis Mrs.
C,In,u;nrs did not seem to regret the death
| &c tho child or the consequences OF the
~ ,i rs much as she did the exposure
of her illicit relations with Walker
walkers Denial.
On Wednesday evening Samuel a. Wa ker
was arrested ana pl;'cea III J"i,. iie say" p
he is innocent. The circumstances are
! ngoinst him. The affair has created great
aensotop Walker is the brother of Hon.
NJ. A. Walker, a leading politician of this
section. He is q member of the state legis-
| latnrn and was for six years tax assessor
Of the county. He is the leading repub-
| lican politician of the county.
In the missing word
contest all guesses will
be counted July 10Th in
stead of September 1st.
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