The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-10

the statements duplicating HIM in the
crime He engaged W. +. Morrison,
Esq, TO defend him.
Abelard Berrien was arrested because
of some thrauls he had made against
James Harden, brother Of the murdered
man. when the latter swOre out the war
rants last Monday. Berrien is Mary wash
ingtOn s father. There was no evidence,
however, that he had taken any part IN
any Of the circumstances Of the case, and
he was allowed to 60 free.
I WANTED TO LYNCH THEM.
I There were large crowds Of negroes and
other curious parties around Justice
Naughtin's court all the afternoon. the
news spread rapidly among the negro
settlements, and those who gathered
around the Justices office were eager 10
hear all the horrible details of the crime.
( They were loud in their Pronunciation OF
. the murderCrs.
/ About 4 O'Clock John Williams, or
I "ROlling John, p" as be is called, entered
Justice Naughtins Office with a rope in
his hand. Williams is a longshoreman-
a member of the society TO which Harden
belonged. He was followed by eight or
ten other iongshoremen.
Talk of lynching was heard on all sides
Williams and the men with him wanted
to take the Washington woman, her hus-
band and Edwards out and lynch them
He said nothing deferred him but the
7 presence of the officers with their wea-
pOns. The men were finally sent away
from the office.
Richard and Mary Washington and
Sam Edwards were taken to Jail about
O'Clock in the afternoon. The wild
shrieks of Edwards wife filed the air
as he was carried off by the officer. The
crowd followed the criminals to the car
at ST Julian and Whitaker streets, where
they were put on the car and taken down
to the Jail.
SAID EDWARDS DID 1T.
When the Washington woman was
taken into the jail she said to Detective
Wetherhorn that Edwards was the man
who did the killing. She said he cut the
body up and put it under the floor. She
went no further, and remained silent as
to the disposition of the body.
Deceive Wetherhorn deserves much
credit for the admira ble manner in which
he has worked up this case. He began
last Monday with only a few himsy cir
cumstauCes to Indicate that there had
been such crime, and yesterday was in
full possession of the evidence with re
gard to the clothes of the dead negro
which Jas. Harden says he can identify.
He was then in position to
make the arrests. Since ar
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he has established almost a complete
chain of evidence by adroitly questioning
them as to the Circums ances.
THEORY OF THE CRIME.
The theory Of the crime among those
who have investigated it, IS that the wo-
man was intimate with both Isaiah Har-
den and sam Edwards, that Harden
found Edwards in her room on going
there Saturday night, Sept. 2, and that
Edwards killed him in a quarrel that en-
sued. The disposition made OF the body
at that time has already been stated.
Mary Washington is an unattractive
looking negro woman about u years old.
She is the oldest of three children of
Abelard Berrien. Sam Edwards is a
hardened looking black negro with
stubborn and determined demeanor
Richard Washington is the least guilty
looking of the lot, though he evidently
knows more about the crime than he is
willing to tell. There are other accom-
plices and supposed accomplices yet to be
arrested
The solution of the mystery will depend
largely on the finding of the body The
woman will be ques toned about the mat
ter again to-day, and it may be that she
will disclose its whereabouts.
The mystery as to who really com
mitted the murder is also yet to be solved
though it is known that She. and proba-
bly, Edwards and her husband had a
hand in it,