The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-30

she looked around and saw US In the
Z corner" be said, and then she said that
It was big. black negro. She went out
and came back again and began cursing.
was al the house every day after the
difficulty up 20 the time OF the death and
burial / was on good terms with my
uncle and aunt, and used TO visit them
frequently until my father stopped me.
That was last august / never saw
I them Sighting. but have seen them BACKED
up. After she made the statement and
began cursing me, charged her with be-
ing murdress. She started to run me
I out or the house. She was violent and
tore of the bandages from her head"
DR.. r G. Norton was the first witness
I for the defense He testified TO being
called 90 attend the Cincevichs. I found
them IN bed" he said, their heads and
underclothes covered with blood. their
1 hair matted on their heads and so much
I blood on their faces that you could not
tell II they were white or black. This
/ was the second morning after the at
tack. They told me that DR.. Schley had
/ been there and advised that they go to
/ the Infirmary, as they were too seriously
I injured TO treat them there. Capt. Johns
| wife said that she urged Dr. Schley to
/ do something for them and that he posi-
lively refused. ] found that both had
! lost quantity OF blood cleansed and
Z dressed their wounds, which took three
/ hours of hard work. l found on examina-
/ ton that the mans wounds were a con-
/ fused wound and a straight cut on the
| frontal bone above the right eye. He
/ seemed to have been hit with a blunt
| instrument He also had a number of
/ licks on his face and left temple. Both
| eyes were closed and face was perfectly
/ black and blue. as well as the side of his
/ neck. Mrs. Cincevich had three wounds
on the scalp, one across the middle Of the
| head and two in front, the latter very
severe, the scalp being cut down to the
bone, in in two places and n frac-
/ ture on the top of the
head produced near the sinus Of the os-
fronts. She also had a lick in the lower
| jaw, fractur1ng II, a compound COM
muated fracture of the interior maxilla.
Frank Cincevich told me,after had given
him a stinulant and a hypodemic mice
ton how 1t happened, although he was
very weak and could scarcely talk, he
| spoke intelligently He said he believed
he was going to die. He said that some
| body had chunked into the window and
broke the glass. He jumped up, pulled
ON his pants, took his pistol and went out
in the yard. Somebody struck him on the
head. grabbed and held him, while some
body else beat him. His wife came and
struck the man who was beating him with
the lamp The oil in the lamp set the
man afire and he turned him loose and
grabbed his wife and beat her Cincevich
was 80 near dead he crawled in the house
on his hands and knees. On being asked
If he recognized the parties. he said 1t
was a big, black negro, heavy set and a
short negro, who took his pistol. His wife
made the same statement. except she
saw but one negro. Ctncevich died from
these wounds and eoncussion of the brain
insisted on a post mortem examination,
but his brother objected"
Gould not a man be hit with that lamp
and the Wonnds dacgvfhad he oaraad
asked Justice Russell
DR.. Norton did not think so.
Gould a woman OF this defendants
strength have struck the deceased and
caused these wounds"
The wounds on the mans face were
not made with that lamp, DR. Norton re-
piled. 1T would have made more lacera-
ton. The wounds must have been made
with a billy or other similar instrument.
The wounds on Mrs Cincevich's head
might have been caused with the stick"
DR.. Norton said It would have been i'm
possible for Mrs. Cincevich to have caus-
ed the wounds on her husbands head with
the lamp. The wounds on her own head
were inflicted with a different instrument,
he said.
Il thought that she was worse off than
her husband" said DR.. Norton, land that
she would die first
DR.. Norton said it was impossible for
from their house into the Cincevich yard
as they described.
On being cross examined DR.. Norton
said he told John Cincevich that his
brother and wife were severely hurt and
would probably die He replied g. - It,
they done II themselves. They are always
fighting. For the last ten years l have
been trying to get my brother to leave
her" Il told him." said DR.. Norton,
that 1t was impossible that they should
have injured each other as they were The
next day told him again that they were
very seriously injured. He said he did not
intend to go near them and that they could
go to the ID Two days later / met him
at his brothers house. Cincevich told
the same story to others as he told me. He
adhered to the same story on each occa-
sion, He asked me how his wife was and
If she would recover. / made diligent in
quiry to find out if possible if there had
been any difficulty between the two, but
could not
DR.. Norton was asked about the state
ment attributed to Mrs. Cincevich and said
that she was crazy from the time her hus-
band died until three or four days after
wards. He told Mrs. John Cincevich that
her sister-in-law was crazy and that she
ought to go there and take care of her
She said that her husband would not let
her go and that he would break her neck
if she did.
Mr.. NJ. ]. Desvergers said he had known
Frank Cincevich and wife for a number
of years and had often visited his house
iwhile inspecting public schools. They
appeared to be very affectionate and he
never knew of any difficulty between
them
Lilly Habersham, colored, testified that
she was sent for to come to the Cince-
vich house on the morning after the
assault and went there. Mrs. John Cince
vieh came up at the same time. The
latter knocked at the door and Mrs
Frank Cincevich came to the door. She
was all bloody. She went in with them
and saw Frank Cincevich lying in the he'd
His sister-in-law asked him what was
the matter, and he said he had been
badly done up by two ne
groes. One of them struck him
and the other took his pistol
When the doctor came Mr.. Cincevich
made the same statement to him. she
saw blood in the yard and ON the stems
and in the house leading to the he'd
There was blood on both sides. She saw
a puddle of blood in the COW lot and
another by the chimney where the Iamn
was lying. This was in another ward
The fence around the holIse is n -