The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-08
LAURA GIBSON TO BE TRIED
FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUS-
BAND TWO MONTHS AGO.

They Had "A Quarrel, so the story Is
Told. and while Struggling To-
gether GibsOn's Knife Fell Out of
His Hand-Laura Picked IL Up and
Stabbed Him FntnIly-A Horrible
Spectacle That the COrOner's Jury
Had TO Pace.
Laura Gibson will be tried in the su-
perior court to-day for killing her hus-
band June l6 at their home in the coun-
try. some ten miles out Of Savannah.
There are many circumstances surround
ing this case that are peculiar, and doubt
less the testimony will be of an interest
ing character.
The story of the crime and it's attend
ing circumstances is about as follows, in
the main:
Gibson and his wife lived at a negro set
Element about one-half mile to the left of
the ten-mile post on the Ogeechee road.
one night Gibson came home from his
work earlier than usual. As he reached
the house he heard d man inside talking
with his wife. He called to her and She
replied, telling him to go out and cut
some wood. He said that he would not;
that there was someone in the house with
her. She answered that there was no one
there and told him to go ahead and cut
the wood for supper.
Gibson then demanded admittance, bu.
the woman refused to admit him. He
broke in the door, with his knife 'n
his hand. After breaking in the door he
seized a chair and aoored the intruder.
The latter managed to escape. Gibson
and his wife then had a quarrel, which
ended by the woman leaving and going to
her fathers house, about 100 yards dis
tant.
The next morning Gibson went to his
Authoritative house after his wife, for
the purpose Of taking her back home.
She refused to 90 with him. He pulled
her out of the house and started to drag
her along. They were a short distance
from the house when she cut him with his
own knife. which she had gotten away
from him in the struggle. The wound was
a terrible cash in the pit of the stomach
about five inches long, from which the
entrails protruded.
There We're no witnesses to the stabbing.
and it is not known how the woman man
aged to get possession Of the knife. She
claims he tried to cut her, and that in the
struggle the knife dropped and she Sc
cured it, The woman went back into her
fathers house, and Gibson ran off, calling
to his mother, who lived about 100 yards
away. His mother ran out to him. He
exclaimed, as she came up: Your boy is
dying"
The wounded man was carried into his
house, where he died about 10 o clock that
night. In spite of the fact that the cut
ting occurred in the early morning, no
physician was summoned, and the man
died without medical attendance. When
his father and mother We're questioned as
10 why they did not send for a physician,
they said that they had no horse or wagon
with which to send for one They didn't
seem to have made any effort to secure
a physician.
The boys father came to town Sunday
morning, June II, and notified Coroner
Goette of his sons death. Mr. Goette
went out to the place about noon, accom-
panied by Mr.. ". T. sullivan, who acted
as foreman of the jury. The other five
members of the jury were cOlored.
The place where Gibson died was a one
room shanty and the jury preferred to sit
out IN the rain rather than remain in the
room with the body on account of it's bad
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before the jury, but no eye witnesses to
the stabbing. Laura Gibson, the dead
mans wife, left her fathers house as soon
as she found that her husband was Sc
riously hurt and came to the city where
she has relatives, and where she was ar
rested later. Her stepmother said
that Gibson came to the house and bragg
ed his wife out. She paid no attention
to them as they had frequent quarrles.
The girl came back in the house present
ly and she heard Gibson calling to his
mother. This information was brought
out from the witnesses at the inquest.
1t was learned that before his death,
Gibson made a statement of the difficulty
between himself and his wife to a colored
preacher named MOrel. The latter was not
present at the inquest, however, having
gone over to Bryan county to hold ser
vices
Gibson was about % years old and his
wife year or so younger.
WALSH IN LIMBO.