The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-07
OFFICER INQUIRE INDICTED.
He Is Held for ManSlaushteT for the
killing Of the Negro Harris.

! ly's Experiences With Harris - A
/ Little Something About the Negroes
History Pretty Nearly as Bad as
/ Smalps.
/ Policeman Mcclure, who shot and
/ killed Eddie Harris under the impression
that he was dealing with the desperate
Abe Smalls, was indicted for man
slaughter by the grand jury of the SUI
+ periOr court Thursday afternoon, but the
Indictment was not made public until
yesterday morning, on account of the fact
/ that no arrest had been made.
Mcclure gave bond in the sum Of
/ $500 for his appearance before the su-
. perIor court and was released.
POLICEMAN scULLY's EXPERIENCE.
Policeman Martin Scully. who has been
| on the force for several years, has done
( considerable detective work among the
negroes of the city, and has Harris
/ record down to a fine point. Ohicer
/ Scully has kept close track upon Harris
/ for the last four years, and the
/ record Of the latter, as related to
| a MORNING NEWS reporter yester-
dark and devious character. Officer
Scully has witnesses and the police
| records TO back his statement.
! His acquaintance with Harris began
four years ago, when an old blind man
| was robbed Ofan overcoat and some money
in one of the market restaurants. Scully
/ suspected Harris of the robbery and ar
rested him. Harris said that he did not
commit the robbery, but he knew who
! did, and he gave the name of the party
he accused.
The man named by Harris was arrested
and on the evidence of Harris and others,
was convicted and sentenced to the chain
gang.
NEARLY KILLED WOMAN.
About three months afterwards Harris
carved up Lucy Pelot with knife at
dance in Pannieake lane. He was arres-
ted by Scully and after laying in Jail
three months was acquitted by dint of
hard swearing by himself and friends.
nicake lane and about six weeks
after he got out of Jail shot Lizzie Lee.
| The woman was badly hurt. Harris was
arrested and was convicted and sentenced
to two years on the chain-gang. This
/ agrees with the statement of the woman,
Sarah Montgomery, at the inquest that
| Harris had served two years on the gang.
After Harris had finished his term he
returned again to Pannicake lane. He
met Policeman Scully shortly after
and told him that he had gotten into
| trouble again. He said that he had as
refused to have him arrested and he was
sfraid that her friends would killed him.
WENT INTO THE COUNTRY.
The oHlcer advised him to shake the
dust Of Pannicake lane from his feet and
leave the city for good Harris said that
| he had an uncle out IN the country
and that he would go out
| there. This was several months ago.
Officer Scully heard afterwards that
Harris made a practice of going to the
camps of the jetty workmen employed by
Green, Gaynor & Co., on Saturday nights
after they had been paid of, gambling
with them and slIinning them out of their
money. He expected to hear of his get
ting in some trouble, and was
not surprised last month when
he heard that Harris had shot
two negroes in row on Gray's Island on
the second Saturday night in March.
1t was on account of this shooting that
Harris was in hiding in the neighbOrhood
of Craigs store, south of the city, and it
was his suspicious actions, together with
his close resem blance to the murderer
Smalls, that gave rise to the belief that
Smalls was in hiding in that section.
AS PoLICEMAN's sPoTTER.
Harris had taken a liking, it seems, to
Officer Scully, and acted as a sort of
spotter for him, while in the city, fire.
quently giving him informa tion of other
thieves whom he might be in search Of.
He told Ohicer Scully, after his
return from the Chain-gang,
that he would always submit to an arrest
by a policeman in uniform, but that he
never intended to surrender to a con-
stable, or anybody not in uniform He
said he had been badly treated once by a
constable who had arrested him. 1t was
this determination doubtless which cost
him his life.
He doubtless supposed when Officer
MCGUIRE appeared and ordered him to
throw up his hands that he
was wanted for the shooting of the two
men on Grays Island, and determined to
resist arrest
Harris was known in Yamacraw as
CHIMNEY" Harris He was the king bee
of Pannicake lane, which was inhabited
four years ago almost exclusively by
negro thieves. Officer Scully was told on
several occasions by other residents OF
PanniCake lane that when robbery was
committed and Harris did not
think he had gotten his share
he would 90 to the other thieves pistol in
hand, and compel them to divide.
Lucy Pelot and Lizzie Lee, one of whom
was shot and the other cut by Harris are
still in the city
Mary Washington was indicted at the
same time for the murder of Isaiah Har
den. Inc circumstances OF TINS revolving
crime are well remembered. According
to Marys story she is alone responsible
for Iarden's death. An examination by
several physicians reveals that she is not
/ insane as was supposed.
Hannibal Duncan was indicted for as.
sault with intent to murder William Jones
Feb 20
William WRIGHT and William Simons
, alias Willie Reid, were indicted on &
charge OF simple larceny. They stole q
bay mare from MIR. Frank Exley some
weeks ago, and disposed of it to negro
: in the city.
NO bill was found against William
White who was charged with snatchinl
Mrs. c. j. Baldwin's pocketbook an6
: watch from her. The difficulty was il
identifying him as the criminal
Al this session Of the grand Jury the
committees for looking into tho different
affairs of the county, the court records
the convict camps and other institutions
were appointed The grand jury will
meet again next Thursday.
Found Dead in His Room.
a J. V. Morris, of Red Bank, N. j., wa.
: found dead in his room at the De Soto