The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-09
on THE RAVlSHER'S TRACK
4 Hundred People Searching for The
ASSailaRt Of The Mute Girl.

But is Released on Proving His
Identity-A Determined Crowd at
the Depot on the Arrival of the
Train-Armed Details of Police at
the Train and at the Jail-The Au-
thorities Hard at Work.
The ravisher Of Miss Young, the help
less mute girl, has not yet been caught.
Thorough search has been made and is
still going on, but up to this morning
without success. The negro is well
known, however. More than fifty men
are steadily engaged in the search for
him, and if he is anywhere in this section
of country he is certain to be caught.
Hundreds of men who read the description
of Walker in Yesterdays MORNING News
are now on the lookout for him.
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
The announcement in Yesterdays
MORNING NEWS that a horrible crime had
been committed in the heart of the city
while the streets were crowded with peo-
pie and within a dozen yards of the court
house sent a thrill of indignation through
their hearts. The fact that
the crime was committed upon
a helpless girl, deaf. dumb and
half witted, and with her mother and
friends within call and hundreds Of peO-
pie in the sound of her voice had it been
possible for her to utter a sound made it
seem all the more diabolical
The feeling of indignation was uni
versal and the better element of the col
ored race, as well as the white, were
open in expressing their condemnation Of
the crime.
RUMoRs OF WALKERS ARREST.
Considerable excitement was caused
last night by the prospective lynching of
the supposed criminal.
The report spread through the
city yesterday afternoon that
March Walker, to whose
guilt every evidence points, had been ar
rested on the Central railroad and would
be brought to the city on the night train.
kilograms to this effect were received by
Chief of Police Green, who made arrange
ments for a quick and safe transfer of the
prisoner to the jail. A squad Of police
armed with Winchester rifles was placed
in the Jail building The patrol wagon
was sent to the depot with a squad of
thirteen policemen armed with Winches-
tiers under the command of Sergeant Xii.
louryh.
THE CROWD AT THE DEPOT.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
news of the arrest was only partially
known, fully 500 men assembled at the
Central depot to await the arrival of the
supposed criminal. 1t was a very orderly
and well-conducted crowd The majority
were well-dressed, and did not look as if
they were ready to engage in
a struggle. Many were undoubtedly
merely spectators drawn to the scene by
curiosity. There was a large party Of
men outside the depot, on New street
who kept quietly together. 1t was under
stood that it was to make a rush when
the prisoner was brought out, seize him
and hurry him away in the confusion
which would undoubtedly occur, while the
officers would be unable to use their
weapons on account of the crowd pressing
around them, most of whom would appear
merely as spectators. 1t was
understood that the prisoner
was in the baggage car and
when the train rolled in a rush was
made for the car. There was nobody in
it besides the trainmen, who said the
prisoner had been put off at Blooming
dale.
SEARCH OF THE TRAIN.
This was doubted by the crowd and
search of the other cars was made, but
without finding any prisoner. The state
ment that the man had been put off at
Bloomingdale, which was the only infor-
nation that could be obtained was gen
orally regarded as a bluff to throw
the crowd OF the track. The
general idea was that the
guards had gotten Off the train some
where outside the city and were bringing
in their prisoner by a roundabout route
1t was supposed that the police had
adopted this plan to avoid trouble
Inc failure to secure the supposed
rapist angered the crowd and seemed to
increase their determination to execute
vengeance upon him A crowd of over
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the corner of Habersham street and took
position in the eighborhoOd of the Jail.
Most of them entered Perry street lane
opposite the jail, while few remained on
the street. A party was sent down
to the Savannah, Florida and Western
depot in case the prisoner should be
brought in by this route. The crowd
was very quiet and orderly, and people
passing by block away knew nothing of
their action.
THE CROWD AT THE JAIL.
The crowd remained at the Jail for
some time, but finally concluded that the
report given them at the depot was true,
and dispersed
There was also a report that the pris-
oner had been put off at Southover juno
tion and was being brought in by the de-
tectives. A crowd of fifty or sixty men
started out on the Augusta raad to inter
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nothing.
Quarantine Inspector Lufburrow was
the man who made tho arrest on the
Central railroad. Mr.. Lufburrow read
the account of the crime and the descrip-
ton of the criminal in yesterdays MoRN-
ING NEWS and made up his mind to keep
a lookout for the man. He left the city
on train No on the Central railroad at
8 o'clock.
THE wRoNa NAN
At Pooler a negro boarded the train
who answered the description exactly
He was tall, heavy built, black.
with mustache gOatee and
slight side whiskers as stated in the de-
scriptiOn of Walker. Lufburrow ap-
preached the man and questioned him.
he said his name was Alderman William
son, and produced health certificate.
which had been issued to him in thatname
by DR.. Bleakney of Pooler that morn
ing. The fact that the certificate had only
been issued an hour before confirmed the
inspectors suspicious, and he placed the
man under arrest, at the same time ac-
cuslng him Of the crime. The fellow was
very much frightened, and lied like a
trooper in his efforts to prove that he was
not the man wanted. His numerous pre-
varleatiOns only served TO more
firmly convince Inspector Lufburrow
that he had the right man.
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