The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03
TOBECIN ITS WINTER WORK.
The Superior Court Will Begin an In
pOTtant Session This Morning.

and Large Number OF Other Crimina
Cases-Eddie Davis to Be Sentenced
to Death for the Murder Of willis
Brown-Deoembsr to Be Devoted tc
Trying Criminals, and Then Ad-
journed Terms OF the Mcintosh and
Liberty County Courts VIII Be Held
The session OF the superior court which
begins to-day will in al probability be
one Of the most important that has been
held in some time.
The December term viii begin at 10
o'clock. The first thing in order is the
swearing in Of the grand jury and the
charge Of the court 10 that body. The
grand jury viii have some important cases
10 deal with during its first session, as
there is a number Of criminals who have
been in jail some months now awaiting
the action of that body on their cases
The different institutions Of the county
viii also present some important points
for its investigation.
The day viii be devoted after this to
the assignment Of the court dockets. As
is customary the first month OF the term
will be devoted TO the trial OF criminal
cases. and there are plenty Of them to oc-
cupy the attention Of the court for that
time. After disposition has been made OF
the criminal docket the assignment Of
civil cases Will be taken up. though trial
of them will hardly be reached before the
middle Of January. as on Dec. 81 the ad-
journed term Of the Mcintosh superior
court will begin, and this viii be followed
a week later by an adjourned term Of the
Liberty county superior court. So there
will be an interim of about two weeks be-
tween the trial Of criminal cases and that
of the civil cases before the Chatham
superior court.
Tuesday is divorce day, and those weary
of their matrimonial bonds will be given
a chance TO explain their cases before a
jury, which viii pass judgment as to
whether they are entitled to be relieved.
Wednesday the trial of criminal cases
viii begin, and Eddie Davis, who has been
convicted of the murder of Willis Brown.
will be sentenced to be hanged. Davis was
convicted at the March term of court and
sentenced TO death. He applied for a new
trial, which was refused by the supreme
court, and the sentence of the court viii
stand. He viii probably have not longer
than a month to live. Davis, as will be
remembered, shot Willis Brown with the
latter's gun, after a petty quarrel about
woman. The murder occurred last Janu-
arys about four miles from the city, near
the Central railroad junction. Brown
gun was laying on the ground. and when
Davis picked 1t up Brown was left en-
tirely defenseless, and was shot down in
cold blood.
There are thirty-fve prisoners in Jail,
besides Davis awaiting the determine
ton of this court, with regard to their
cases. Among the old cases are those of
Joe Blols, alias Joe Johnson, one of the
Meyer murderers, who has had his second
trial and was sentenced the last time to
life Imprisonment. He has applied for a
new trial, and Judge Falligant will prob
ably pass on the matter sometime during
the week. Mary Green has been indicted
as an accessory before the fact TO the
crime Of murder, and Ben Green is under
indictment on a charge of burglarizing the
Office Of c. S. Wood & Bro, on Bay street.
A. F. Chisholm and H. Harris, who skipped
their bonds, and were finally arrested in
Montgomery, Ala, from where they were
brought back to this city, viii be tried
on a charge of running a gambling house.
and John Prescott has been indicted on a
charge of burglary.
Among the new cases or those on which
the grand jury has still to pass, are those
of z. NJ. Williams, charged with burglar
izing the tailor shop of NJ. Flaum Oct.
.. DufRldI-
1ztng the house of G. Shuman; c. j. Mont
gomery, charged with burglarizing the
store of c. r. Holmes; Charles Cox,
charged with assaulting Pink Williams
with intent TO murder; Isaac Williams,
charged with assault with intent
70 murder Tom Hooker; Sarah Green,
Lily West, Maria Fields and Jesse
Williams, charged with attempting
to kill Jake Brown in a Yamacraw row
Oct. Is; James Bairfield, charged with
burglarizing the store of Thomas Cooley;
James Moran, charged with burglarizing
the house of Robert Rogers; Alexander
Benjamin, charged with attempting to
burglarize the store of Mr.. w A. Jau-
don; Charles Brown, charged with assault
with intent TO murder Washington Fra
zier; Monday Reed. charged with burglar
1zing the store of Mr.. Henry Ambos at
Thunderbolt; George Steele, charged with
assault with intent to murder Mike Roach:
Charles Walls, charged with assault
with intent to murder; John Will
Jams, Henry Bragsdale charged with as
sault with intent to murder Dan Rome
with a hatchet James Demere, charged
with burglary, and Henry McGrath
charged with assault with intent to murder
James ]. Deignan by hitting him on Ahe
head with a sledge-hammer
&. ii. Leiding is also in Jail charged with
larceny after trust by T. A. Lord, one OF
the proprietors of the Southern IS Pants
company. LelQlnS was Tor a long time the
agent of the company here and month
or two ago he had Willie Smith arrested
on a charge of burglarizing the store OF
that company. Smith is also in Jail await.
ing the action of the grand jury
The superior court will also have sew.
eral cases of alleged COW stealing to dea,
with. Peter and Matthews Warner are
charged with stealing a COW from Fortune
Washington, and Joe Seabrook and Ton
Galishaw are charged with stealing {
heifer from Sol Thomas. Moses Robinson
is charged with stealing COW from
Mary ]. Wright; William Pray is charged
with stealing a COW from +. Crawford
and Judge Marion Glover colored, il
spite of his title, is in jail for the sam,
alleged offense.
William Edwards, who was caught il
the cellar of the Pulaski house, is charged
with attempted burglary. and is also helC
under a warrant from the United States
court on a charge of robbing the post
Office at Jesup, Ga.
Besides these, there are twenty or thirt,
bonded criminal cases, in some of which
indictments have been found, while other
will yet have to go before the grand jury
he Of hoe