The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-14
MYERS NOT SO DEBONAIRE.
He Is ViSibIy Moved by The Story OF
The Murdered Mans Father.

The Latter Tells of His Al-night Search
for HIS Missing Boy and the Finding
If His Corpss-otner Witnesses Tell
Of Myers Having bis Hair Dyed in
Cincinnati and His Subsequent Cap
+,rs by bet ctives.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 13.-The jury in the
1ryers murder trial was completed this
D,orning and this afternoon.the examina-
ton Of witnesses was begun. The jury
contains one negro.
ssabern Crowley. father Of he muir
dsrsd man, was the first witness put upon
The stand His evidence was a descrip-
nou Of his trip to Atlanta from Ros-
well his home. with his son on the day
of the murder. his meeting with Myers
and finally. the discovery of the murdered
mans body in Westwood park. 1t is the
same story without new details that was
published at the time of the murder.
Several other witnesses were examined.
but no new light was thrown on the case,
all the evidence going to fix the guilt
On young Myers alone.
The defense has sworn several wit
pesses, but it is not believed that any
Of them will be introduced. The hope OF
i the defense is apparently in relying on the
prisoners statement and the final speech
10 the jury.
The most striking incident of the trial
To-day was when Mr.. Crowley told of his
proceedings on the Gay of his son disap-
pearance and the morning of the dlscov-
erv of the body.
what dld you do the night of the
day your son disappeared" Solicitor hIll
asked.
Il walked all night long looking for my
boy" replied the witness, deeply affected.
As he followed this with the story of his
4 long nights search, which eliminated in
the horrible discovery of his sons dead
a body in the woods beyond Westview GENE
terry, tears stood in the fathers eyes and
his voice was choked with emotion.
During all this Myers sat seemingly gaZ-
i ing vacantly into space, occasionally mois-
tening his fevered lips and wiping the
Precipitation from the palms Of his hands.
q Myers lacked q great deal of being the de-
bonaire youth he was Yesterday. His
n father shows evidence of the ordeal
through which he is passing,
The story of the crime again came out
on the stand to-day. Myers went to Ros-
we'll where the Crowleys had their WOODEN
mill. Myers pretended that he wanted to
4 buy mules for an Atlanta firm. The Crow
4 ieys agreed to sell some Of their mules,
and the father and son accompanied Ny
ers TO Atlanta to close the deal. When
they arrived here Myers said that he
wanted to confer with his partner out in
the country, and persuaded Forrest Crow
q ley to 80 with him. They drove off in a
buggy. That was on the morning OF
q Sept Is last. Three hours later the father
81 saw Myers and inquired for Forrest My
#.la.2 ffFrHr
x noon Mr.. Crowley, by chance, saw Myers
" driving rapidly in hack toward the
81 union depot A few minutes later train
4 left for Cincinnati, and it was then that
81 Myers did really leave the city. All that
afternoon and night the father and his
friends and some detectives searched the
h city and suburbs of Atlanta for Forrest
E Crowley. The next morning the father
81 and Detective Cason found young Crow
~ leE's dead body in Westwood Pick, lust
81 beyond the southern limits of the city
a More than 800 had been overlooked by
81 the murderer. Mr.. Crowley identified his
q sons pocket book and some private papers
81 (which We're found in a raom at FOlsopl's
hotel where Myers changed his clothing
81 before leaving for CincinnaH.
"a Al Atlanta barber testified that he
brushed mud Off Myers clothes on the
morning Of the murder.
Wilton Neural, barber Of Covington.
81 Ky, described the visit Myers paid him
Myers wanted his hair dyed and Neural
81 did it Tor him. This made Neural suspi-
cious and he was sure that his customer
"a answered the description of Myers pub
n isned in the Cincinnati parers. Neural
"a mentioned his suspicious to Mike Bolan. a
81 'oVington detective. Detective Bolan fol-
lowed up the case and the arrest in Gin
cinnau hotel followed.
Detective Bolan and Detective Mayer Of
Cincinnati told of the arrest and the
statement which Myers made at the time
Myers declared that Crowley was muir
Il dered by Brown Allen.
This Allen is a myth. No trace has ever
been found Of any such person.
The trial will be resumed tomorrow.