The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09

and as a result OF il. John Hubbard is
I IN bed with a bullet hole through his neck
l shortly after ] o'clock IN the morning J.
[ W Odom. In company with James Rob
I erts. entered the store Of Hubbard. to
I purchase some canned oysters. The store
/ Is situated in the front part OF the house
I while the rear IS used as a sleeping apart
ment- They bought the oysters from the
mans wife and sat down 10 eat them
Shortly after the negro himself entered
I and engaged in conversation with them.
I A fuss arose, there was a shot. the lights
went out and then followed several more
shots. When the confusion and disorder
cleared up. Il was found that one Of the
shots had taken effect IN the negrO's neck,
I tearing Its way through and stopping just
under the skin on the other side. AIR.
Odom admits having shot him, but says
he did il in self-defense. His version OF
the affair is that the negro cursed him.
and that when he struck him. the negro
drew his pistol and fired at him twice.
Then he says he shot at the negro, with
the above result.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Charles White
was tried for larceny from the house.
White is the negro who stole a shoe
from the Hustler" store not long ago
The fine placed upon the negro for the
Offense might be considered a fine adver-
tisement for the brand Of shoes the
stolen one belongs to. Seventy-five dol
AaAo was lAit price II MDAlu nave COST Atlt
negro If he had not chosen instead the
alternative of twelve months upon the
chain gang. There is another negro to be
tried for stealing the other shoe If found
guilty he viii probably have the same
sentence, making $50 for the pair Of shoes.
John Saxon was convicted at Lexington
Friday for the murder OF his father-in-
law, j. n. billiard. on June 25 The jury
recommended him to the mercy Of the
court. The story of the homicide IS a
thrilling one and the evidence highly SEN
sational. This murder differed from the
famous voolfolk case little except in the
number of the slain. The deceased was
about So years old and in his younger
days married in one of the best families
IN the county. He had some eight or
ten children, ranging in age from about
10 years up to 30, and many grandchild-
rem The jury at the coroners inquest
charged John Saxon with the murder and
also found that Mrs. Patience O. billiard
ana 5. n. billiard, Jr., wife and son Of the
deceased, were accessories to the crime
The grand jury discharged the alleged
accessories, however. by finding mo bil'
in their case and they We're the strongest
witnesses against their son-in-law and
brother-in-law, who is charged with the
crime. DR.. W. 4. Faust tstifled that he
had been called upon by the coroner's
jury 10 make an examination of the
wounds and that he found that the de-
ceased hau been given two heavy blows
near the top Of his head with some in
strument apparently the broad end of an
ak. II was not disputed that the murder
was committed Sunday afternoon, while
Mrs. billiard and some of her children
We're away at Sunday school Two wit
nesses testified that the defendant. John
saxon, mad told them only a short time
before the killing that some bad accident
would befan the deceased before very
long and to one of them he added that
he tSaxon) had a long head Mrs Dill
lard testified that when she returned from,
sunday school her daughter (Saxon's wife)
called her. saying that she had a very
severe headache. Mrs. Dillird went over
10 SaNons house which was not far
away TO see the sick daughter and re-
NAMED there about ten minutes. Re
turning home, she met John Saxon and
told him that she had noticed two drone
OF blood and some blood on the floor al
her home and that she did not like the
signs about the house. and asked Saxon
Where her husband was. With an oath
saxon informed her that he had killed the
old man and put his body in the dairy
Mrs. billiard had placed the dairy KEYS in
her COOK ROOM where they We're usually
kept, and on Monday morning, when the
sun had been up for about an hour the
BODY was found lying in an Irish potato
patch back OF the dairy by a servant
girl MRS. Dillard had not seen the body
OF her deceased husband during the nfpbt
and admitted that she had sworn falsely
about the matter before the coroner's
jury. She said she did II because of the
threat and her fear of Saxon. Sa,op
made a brief statement, saying that he
never killed the deceased and had never
confessed it to anybody.