The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-09
WILL DECIDE 1T LATER ON.
The Charges Against Detective Morgan
Heard in the Superior Court.

bling Was Going On--DetectiVe Morgan
Denied the Statements Of the Wit
nesses, and Their Characters Were
Attaoked-The Frady Incident Thor
oughly Ventilated 49, Frady Wanted
Money to Keep Quiet.
The charges preferred against Detective
Morgan by Detectives Bossen and Kav-
anaugh We're heard in the superior court
. room yesterday, beginning at 10 O'clock
before Judges Falligant and MacDoneH.
A large crowd was attracted to the
court room through curiosity to hear
what would come out in the proceedings,
but the hearing was devoid of sensation,
and very little, if anything, further was
stated on the witness stand than what
was told during the Pollard trial in the
/ city court. The charges against Morgan
were in general way that he was guilty
/ of conduct unbecoming an officer.
Detective Morgan was represented by
I Messrs. +. G. duBignon, William Clifton
and w. W. Osborne, while the prosecu-
ton, the two city detectives, appeared
| by Mr.. P. ]. O'Connor. Mr.. duBignon in
timated to the court that if the charges
were brought under the special act OF the
/ legislature creating the Office which Mr.
Morgan holds as special bailiff to the So
licitor general, the defendant felt he had
the right to demur. as there was no VIC
lation of the law in the charges as laid
down. Mr.. O'Connor held that there was
a violation. Mr. duBignon stated that
Detective Morgan courted the fullest in
/ yestigation.
/ Detective Kavanaugh was the first wit
ness sworn. He stated that Detective
Morgan had visited Tom Golden's place
on Jefferson street, near Congress, that
he had seen him there and that he had
been a constant visitor there at the time
they were looking for Abe Smalls. He
said he had seen his horse and buggy
/ there at various times, and that Morgan
/ could have been found there at almost
any time. He said he had seen Morgan
/ in the barroOm there while he was con-
nected with Mr.. Fraser's ONCE, both in
the daytime and at night.
On cross-examination he said that the
place was popular resort for colored
people, and that it was not an unlikely
place for a detective to go when looking
for criminals Kavanaugh said the detec-
tives visit all these places, and that in
them they often run across the men they
are looking for. This, he said, was not an
unlikely place in which to get information
about the slayer of Policeman Neve. He
knew nothing about the object of Nor
gan's visit there beyond what he had
heard
Willie Williams, colored, was the next
witness for the prosecution. He said he
knew Detective Morgan and had seen
him in Tom Golden's place four or five
| times. He said he was gambling when
the detective came in with Golden himself
and three or four others down stairs He
said the skin game and a sweep game
were run downstairs, and that gambling
was also going on upstairs. He said he
lost $l65 there. Golden he said was playing
alongside of him when Detective Morgan
came in and walked to the rear door He
said the detective had come there to find
out something about some row, and that
Golden had stated at the time that there
was a private place running which was
paying a license, he stated, for running a
bar. and did not think it right for pri-
waite place to run to interfere with his
business.
Williams stated he had played cards in
other places. He said the detective had
been In Golden's place several times, but
he had never seen him go upstairs. He
said he had made the statement that De-
tectives Kavanaugh and Bosseu were
right in their charges, and that Kava-
naugh had met him on West Broad street
and given him a subpoena to appear in
| court.
on the cross-examination he said he
came from Florida about a year and a
half ago, and when asked If he had ever
worked for the state in stripes he refused
to answer. He said he had never seen
Bossell nor Kavanaugh in Golden's place,
but he had seen the latter in Pollard s
place, where he went to keep the bows
quiet. He said that Golden had made the
statement that Detective Morgan ought to
break up the private games that were
going on, through which he was losing
money, as he paid a license to run his
place.
Charles Lucas, another negro. was
sworn and gave substantially the same
testimony as did Williams. He said he
had seen Detective Morgan at Golden S
place on two occasions; that one time
when the detective came in he was play
ing poker with several others for checks.
each of which was worth 2 IL cents that
poker and casino were being played
downstairs, and the dice game was going
on upstairs, and that Morgan came into
, the lower part of the place and did not
go upstairs. He told of one time when
the detectiv came to the place
after him and his shoes had been put in
p pawn. Detective Morgan, he said, owed
! him little money, and he sent an order
to Uncle Adam for the shoes, which were
returned 10 Lucas.
, Sam Duncan, colored, told pretty much
the same story. He said he had seen
Morgan there night and day. He had
heard him ask for Charley Lucas, Bnly
Eady and Joe Clark He did not know
, whether the detective saw the gambling
t going on or not. He had never seen him
80 upstairs. On cross-examination he nd.
mitted he had been on the chain-rana
[ . about eight times for larceny after trust
! larceny and various other offenses.
l Dan Brown, colored, was introduced
e but would not say much OF anything be,