The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-05
CINCEWCH'S DEATH A MURDER
THE CORONER-s JURY FAILS TO
THROW ANY LIGHT ON THE
KILLING.


Frank Cincevich. who. with his wife
was brutally assaulted in his home at the
Five Mile Bend. last Monday night by
two negroes. died shortly after midnight
yesterday morning. Coroner Goette was
notified Of the death. and held an inquest.
The statements Of the witnesses at the
inquest tally with the facts Of the assault
as already stated in the Morning News.
Mrs. Sarah Cincevich. the wife Of the
murdered man. was the principal witness.
She said that after supper Monday night
her husband was called out to his store
by George Jackson, a negro. He waited
while for Andrew Houston. a man with
whom he had an engagement but as
Houston did not come he shut up the
store and came back in the house.
i came into the house ana got the bed
ready for retiring" she said. Frank
came in and sat on a chair. taking off
his shoes. When we had gone TO bed. a
beef bone was thrown through the win
dow Of the sitting room Frank jumped
up and said Let me see what
that was got up. too. and ran out after
scufling with big negro. heard Frank
say to the negro: What do you intend to
do you -% The negro replied: i
intend 10 XIII you. you ---' 1 said.
You will, will you. you ~ and
grabbed the lamp off the table In the
kitchen and threw the lamp al the ne,
gro. II struck him. the OF blazing up.
who was down on the ground. apparent
BY unconscious The negro then made at
me and grabbed me and beat me.
crawled into the house on my hands and
knees, the blood streaming down my back
and seized the bar of the door, ana the
negro retreated. 1 dragged Frank into
the house, after which / barred the door
] don't know what became Of the negro.
who was stranger. / brought Frank
into the bedroom and sat him on a rocking
chair. He was stupefied partly, and all
could get from him was Wen, I'm
done for"
We got no assistance until long after
daylight, when my sister-inl.law Julia
came. Frank was not able TO get up,
and | was barely able to get TO Che door
70 open 1t. Julia sent for the doctor I
would Know the negro If saw him again
RE had on black suit of clothes and a
plated rough-dried shirt He was large
hhe-Duilt black fellow. jackson was only
snort time gone when the attack was
MADE did not see any one, but the me-
gro and my husband struggling in the ward
When I struck the negro the lamp was
close up to him. We had been married
twenty-one years, and had always lived
Pleasantly together. and never had any
serious difficulty. When Frank and l got
INTO the house after the assault he stated
70 me that there was another negro man
IN the yard Frank had his pistol and he
sdld one OF the negroes seized it while
the other held him. The negro who took
me pistol beat Frank over the head with
Miss Vertillie Dodson said that Wednes-
DAY evening she was sent for to come to
the mouse Il asked Frank If he knew
me and he replied that he did. I asked
MIN now II happened, and he replied that
some one broke the window, and that he
Went out to see If anybody was going to
take his chickens or mule or If any one
was going In the store. He said that as
ne went around the farther corner Of the
store negro struck him over the nose.
men long, tall black negro held him
whlle q low short, stout negro took his
pistol from him. Then his wife came 10
ms assistance, throwing the lamp on the
negro who held him. The negro then
turned him loose and attacked his wife
he asked me if his wife was hurt. and
told him yes. That is all he said to me-"
Miss Laura Dodson testified to about the
same statement as that made by her
sister
DR. R. G. Norton told of being called
TO attend Mr.. and Mrs. Cincevich Wednes-
day morning. He arrived at noon. When
he got there he found them both in bed
and saturated from head to waists with
IN NJ. 49,
and he was in stupor The doctor
washed the blood from his head and face
and revived him so that he could answer
a Few questions. He said a big, stout ne
gro beat him in the yard
The wounded man then dropped off into
a stupor, and DR.. Norton aroused him
with stimulant. He then said in answer
to question that there were two negroes.
one big black negro. and the other a
short negro. He asked after his wife and
then dropped off into a stupor again, from
which he never aroused.
Dr. Norton described the wounds as a
fracture Of the anterior portion of the
frontal BONE both eyes closed from con
gestion of blood. The wounds and the
loss of blood caused the death
DR. Norton said the immediate cause
of DEATH he thought was conclusion of
the brain.
The verdict of the jury was that death
was caused nX blows from a stick or
other blunt instrument in the hands OF
parties unknown, and that the jury con-
sidered the same willful murder
The funeral will take place this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock from St. Patrick's
church. The deceased was about As years
of age, and was born in Austria, but came
to this country over twenty years ago.
He had resided in the neighborhood
where he was killed for the last nineteen
years, conducting a small grocery bust
ness.
Chief of Police McDermott was pres
ent at the inquest. The description given
by Mrs. Cincevich of the negro. seen by
her leads him to believe that he is the
same negro who came near numbering a
clerk in Mr.. Cincevich's store seven or
eight years ago, and who, through the
efforts of the present chief of police. was
captured and sentenced to twenty wears
in the penitentiary. The man escaped last
year and is still at large Chief McDer-
mott and the detectives are on the look
out for him, and if he appears in this
neighborhood he will be arrested and held
for identification.
Mrs. Cincevich is seriously injured. but
will probably recover. Her jawbone is
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