The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-27
BARLOW THOMAS ACQUITTED.
HE WAS INDICTED as AN Access
sorry IN THE MURDER OF
JAS BEATTY.

/ The Trial of Lem Davis, Charged
with the Murder of william RaVvIs
10 Take Place TO-dny-TvvO Policy
Lottery Men who Lost Their
Chance for a New Triai-BusineSs
in the Court Of Ordinary - The
EvangcIican Christian Church IN
cOrpOrated.
Barlow Thomas who was indicted jointly
with Morris Brown on a charge Of the muir
der Of James Beatty. March 16. was found
not guilty by jury IN the superior court
/ yesterday afternoon.
/ Thomas was indicted as one Of the prin-
/ ciplcs in the murder Of Beatty. It being
/ charged that he pursued the victim. and
urged his slayer on to the killing. The
I coroner's jury which found Brown guilty
Of the murder held Thomas in jail as an
accessory before the fact, and it was on
the charge Of murder that he was tried
yesterday.
The row that ended IN the killing Of Beat
ty by Morris Brown began in the barroom
Of G. II. Koeneman at Farm and William
time these three men and a number of
others were standing at the bar drinking.
The difficulty was between Brown and
Beatty, and 1t was not shown that Thomas
had any hand In the matter at all until
after the participants were out on the
street, where the death blow was given.
When Brown followed Beatty up and
1,fv -
is charged that while Beatty was running
away from his slayer he was followed by
both Brown and Thomas the latter crying
XIII the d - 49," Thomas was
some distance away when the cutting was
done, however, and there was no evidence
at the trial yesterday to show that he had
had anything to do with 1t.
There was very little testimony to show
that Thomas had endeavored 10 aid Brown
In the killing. and in fact, II was shown
that he had sought out tho police and re-
ported the killing after it took place. The
Jury was out only q short time when ii
brought IN a verdict of not guilty The
trial took up practically the entire day in
the court Thomas has been in jail and un-
der indictment since the killing. lie was de-
Tended by w. F. Slater, Esq.
The trial OF Lemuel Davis for the homi-
about year ago, viii come up in the SUI
pcrior court this morning. Davis will be
defended by Mr.. Fleming @. duBignon. 1t
is not known as yet on just what lines the
case will be fought, but there may be an
element of justification in the plea. Be
sides this it will be remembered as having
been stated at the time of Rawls' death at
the Savannah hospital that his death was
not due directly to the pistol wound but to
complications that set in under the opera
tions that had TO be performed The killing
took place in July, 1894. on West Broad
street. and was said to have been the result
of attentions paid by Rawls to Davis wife
The case was a sensational one at the
time, and there will no doubt be consider
able interest in the trial.
Joseph Heinz. who was convicted some
time ago in the city court of keeping q
policy lottery, was arrested yesterday and
sent to Jail. His attorney who made a
motion for a new trial sometime ago, failed
to file a bill of exceptions within the time
required by law, and the motion was con-
sequently dismissed. Heinz will have to
pay a fine of $500 or serve six months in
Jail under the sentence imposed upon him
by the court. William Allen Mikell, who
had practically the same experience about
a week ago. has paid his fine and been re-
leased.
In the court of ordinary yesterday Mr.
T. p. Ravenel filed an application for let
tiers dismissory as administrator on the es-
tate of Thomas Gadsden.
John Screven, Jr., administrator on the
estate of Franklin Buchanan, filed an ap.
plication for letters dismissory.
An order was granted authorizing j. 3.
Read, guardian of John L. Villalonga, min
or, to place 300 shares of Central stock and
$4,000 in debentures, with the Mercantile
Trust Company of New York to be entered
in the new reorganization plan of the Cen,
trail railroad properties.
Mr. William Pearson Hardee has been
appointed commissioner, by consent of all
parties concerned, to take testimony re-
lating to the will of Mrs. Emile C. Ger
maine, against which a caVeat has been
filed. He has just concluded taking the
testimony of j. S. Tison, one of the wit
nesses 10 the will.
Peter Fleming colored, was committed
to jail on charge of lunacy, the warrant
being sworn to by Detective Wetherhorn.
Fleming was recently tried before a Jury
in the court OF ordinary and was not at
that time looked upon as being sufficiently
insane to warrant his being sent to the
lunatic asylum in it's present overcrowded
state Ii seems, however, that he has been
creating some disturbance in the southern
part of the city which has led 10 his sec
ond arrest.
In the superior court yesterday charter
was granted to the Evangelical Christian
church of Savannah. The applicants for
the charter were G.. w. McLemore, J. J.
Jones, Josiah Smith, c. Ii. Hayward. A. I.
Davis and others. The application was
filed by Messrs Barrow & Osborne and the
charter is granted for period of twenty
years.
RI1DF- CHIT THE ErnnNG