The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08
1T is A CASE OF MURDER.
30 SAYS THE CORONER's JURY IN
THE WILLIAMS CASE.

They Find That Henry Williams
Came 10 His Death From Sfnbs Re-
ceIved From "A Knife in the Hands
of His step-sOn Isaac williams ana
That the Latter Is Guilty of MUIR
der-TesfImOny of His Mother and
the NeIghbOrs-sIaps Replied TO by
Knife Cuts.
Coroner Goette empaneled a jury yes
terday in the Henry Williams stabbing
case 10 investigate the killing. The jury
after hearing the testimony Of the boys
mother, two Of the neighbors and DIR. s.
p. Floyd. rendered a verdict that Henry
Williams came to his death by knife
wound indicted by Isaac Williams. his
stepson. and that il was a case Of muir
der.
The details Of the crime. which occurred
on Bolton street Thursday night, were
given fully in yesterdays Morning News
and the testimony of the witnesses tailed
closely with that account
From the testimony it was shown that
the mother was taken very III Thurs
day night at about 1880 o'clock The
boy Isaac, her son by a former hus-
band. came into the room. and finding
her i'll, with two of the neighbors as
sisting her, went out to a neighboring
drug store. and securing some kind OF
powders, brought them in and gave his
mother one OF them. She does not know
what they were. Soon after her husband
came in.
He told the boy, a little later, to go
after DR.. Carson. The boy replied that
he would not go unless he had the money
to pay the doctor. The father repeated
the command. and as the boy still re-
fused to go, though not replying to his
order, spoke harshly to him and babe
him go at once. The boy did not reply.
but stood in stubborn silence. The man
then stepped up and slapped the boy
with his open hand on the face and then
a second time. He then took hold Of the
boy by the neck and pushed him out Of the
room. Isaac resisted somewhat and a
scuffle took place on the porch of the
house. Suddenly the boy slipped away
and ran off, his step-father following. A
rev minutes later the man came back,
and going into the ROOM said to his
wife: Hattie, I'm done for-Pm cut"
He was then put to bed. Drs. S. p. Floyd
and S. c. Snelson, colored physicians, were
called in to attend to the wounded man.
In the morning DR.. w. w. owens was
called in also Williams sank rapidly and
died Friday night.
An autopsy was held by Drs Floyd and
Snelson, and the extent of the wounds
definitely ascertained. They found four
stab wounds on the person of the dead
man. One WAS below the lower rib on the
left side, being about two and one-half
inches long; another was in the chest
between the third and fifth rib, to the
right of the sternum, which penetrated
the right lung, and was two inches long:
the third was in the left shoulder, one
inch below the clavlcle, and the fourth
was in the left shoulder. above the spine
of the scapula, three inches long. The
doctors agreed that either of the stabs
through the ribs would have been fatal,
but that the one that penetrated the lung
caused death. They were Of the opinion
that the knife that caused these wounds
had blade about two inches long.
After hearing all the testimony. the jury
decided that Williams came to his death
by knife wounds, and that Isaac williams
inflicted them and that the crime was one
of murder
The murderer is a Clark, black, we'll
built boy. of II years, large for his age.
He is about FIVE feet, eight inches in
hight. He was seen Friday by several per-
sons, and a Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad policeman fired at him once,
as a crowd was chasing him, It is said. A
negro living near there came up on Isaac
suddenly afterwards, and drawing pistol
pointed il in his face and ordered him to
surrender. Instead of doing this Isaac
backed few steps and then run his hand
into his hip pocket as If after a weapon.
The negro dropped his pistol and let Isaac
escape without further hindrance
The police are looking for him, and II
he has not left the city it will be but a
question of time before his capture is re-
ported. His mother says that he is not
bad boy, and that he and his step father
always got on well together, before this
time.