The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-27
ABE SMALL N JAIL.
His Confession Of Policeman
NeVe'S Murder.
SHOT Hill TO ESCAPE.
His Flight and the Story
of His Wanderings.
BROUGHT BACK IN SHACKLES.
Struggled Into the City-To Be
Tried at Once.

Abe small, the slayer of Policeman Neve.
was placed in the murderer's cell and be-
hind the bars of Chatham county Jail yes
terday afternoon at 6:20 O'Clock.
He was brought down from Baltimore on
train No. 81 on the Florida Central ana
Peninsular railroad by Chief OF Police
Frank AlcDermOtt and Detective
Wetherhorn, who were met at the Charles
ton and Savannah junction 10y Lieut..
Reilly. on the arrival Of the train there.
IN a closed carriage.
The report that Small was coming was
noised through the city IN the afternoon,
ana though there were few people who
knew it for a fact, it was reported that
he was TO arrive at $50 o'clock on the Flor
ida Central and Penlnsular railroad. The
Information did not spread very far. or
the crowds that gathered with the hope Of
catching "a glimpse of the prisoner would
have been larger.
The report that ne was coming at that
time, however was sufficient TO attract
large crowd to the Central railroad depot.
The people swarmed there. thinking the
prisoner would be brought right into the
depot, and carried from there TO the jail.
The train arrived on time. and there was
no Small. The crowd waited with impa-
tience The train on which he was re-
ported 10 have arrived backed out Of the
depot and still there was no Small The
curiosity-struck crowd thought IL then
time TO depart and slowly dispersed.
Others heard that the prisoner was TO
be brought in the patrol wagon or in
carriage to the barracks or to the Jail
The larger part of this crowd seemed 20
think the Jail was the point to which he
would be directly brought. This crowd
was right in its surmise, for the prisoner
was carried directly there The chief and
Detective Wetherhorn were a little too
smart for the crowds, and kept out Of their
way by carrying out plans they had ar
ranged bsfore leaving for Baltimore.
At O'Clock there was a pretty good
crowd around the Jail Several wagons
had stopped there and the crowds began to
gather. Within short time from 200 10
800 people had collected in front of the
jail gate. thinking the prisoner would be
brought m that way, and they would get
a glimpse Of him before he went in. The
crowd was not of the lynching kind, being
composed mostly Of boys and mlld-man-
nered men. Several city officials and
about twenty well known citizens were all
who We're admitted inside the jail yard.
Three policemen We're sent over before the
prisoner arrived TO keep the crowd back
from the gate
Shortly after s O'Clock a carriage drove
up TO the sallyport Of the barracks, and
was spied by one OF the stragglers. There
he Is now" shouted some one, and about
half the crowd standing around the Jail
gate started on in a dead run for the bar
racks They We're too late, however, as
the carriage was inside when they got
there.
kilograms announcing when the officers
would arrive with Small had been re-
ceived by Alderman Screven. chairman
of the police committee by Mayor Myers.
and by the Morning News. Arrangements
were quietly made for a carriage to go
out 10 the Charleston and Savannah juno
ton to bring the party in. The carriage
went out on West Broad street, where IL
was met by Lieut.. Reilly, and he went out
10 meet them. Small and the three officers
came in in the carriage. When they reach
ed the city they drove through Gwinuett
street to Hall. and then through jefferson,
Jones, Drayton and South Broad streets
direct 10 the barracks, which they entered
through the sallyport thus avoiding the
crowds which had gathered with the hope
Of seeing the prisoner.
On arrival al the barracks the three
officers brought Small, who was shackled
both on his hands and legs, through the
gate between the two yards and into the
Jail yard, where twenty or twenty-five of
the elect were gathered 10 see him.
Il could almost swear that had seen
that niger before" said several Of those
inside, as ne was brought into the Office
of the 1ail They had only seen his pho
tograph, but il was such a good likeness
that he was easily recognized. He was
not allowed to tarry long outside the jail.
The heavy iron door was slammed on him
within a few seconds after he reached the
5ail office. Detective Wetherhorn took
the cuffs off his hands and legs, and he
was then carried directly to the murder
er's cell He was furnished with a suit OF
clothes by Mai. Strickland, and was told
10 exchange his clothing for that which
was given him. lie was not long in do
ing this
rs that Abe small?" asked Sheriff Ro-
nan as he came up 10 the door.
yes sir" Abe replied in a steady voice
That's all / want to know" the sher-
If said and left him.
It was then that ne told his story TO q
representative of the Morning News
Small admitted outright that he fire.
the shot that killed Policeman Neve, ant
his excuse was that he did it only after
they had begun firing at him. and ther
only IN order TO enable him TO make his
escape.
Starting with the first Of his experiences
he said that Scott Childs had charged hin
with stealing some watches. II appear
he was charged with the burglary Of JohI
Myers place IN the southern part Of thl
city. This started the officers on ID,
hunt for him. and among them were De
rective HUMPHREYS, who was shot by Small
shortly before Policeman Nevc was Killed
y shot that night" he said. Eat ne.,r,
named Zen forget his other name. Thh
man Was after Ine ana had puf another
man onto M, and fired "a him Do orIaI
- Het away. never knew that ] sho
Detective HumDhrlea until saw 30 lu 90.
papers the next DAY. 4 dld not know