The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-23
ABE SMALL FOUND GUILTY.
CONVICTED or THE MURDER or
POLICEMAN NEVE.

lots Taken-A Recommendation TO
Life imprisonment UrEed-sent-
ence Postponed and Small Locked
in the surderers' CeII-Events OF
the second Day of the TriaI-The
Testimony Connicting All the Way
Through.
we, the Jury. ind the defendant
puiity," read Clerk Carr OF the superior
court al $50 O'Clock this morning. as the
verdict was handed him by the jury in
she case OF the state vs.. Abe Small, in
dicted for the murder Of Policeman Neve.
snaUs counsel, Messrs. West and Raw
eneI. the court officials and TWO or three
spectators were present
She case was given 10 the jury at 1870
o'clock The Jurors retired and the crowd
Of spectators remained 20 hear the YER
dic., as they supposed the jury would
agree in a very short time At midnight
some Of the spectators left. and few re-
NAMED half an hour later. The jury did
rot send word as 10 any speedy agree
ment, and the Judge went home, leaving
the fury locked UP for the night, as he
supposed. At O'Clock Il announced that
sn agreement had been reached and the
judge and the prisoners counsel were
sent for. As soon as they arrived. the
court room was lighted and the jury en-
tered Small was in the room when the
verdict was read. His impassive face
showed little emotion. and he looked at
the jury as if he had little 10 fear.
Mr.. West gave formal notice that he
would move for a new trial The Judge
STATED that he would postpone the SEN
tence. and the court adjourned until 10
o'c4ock this morning.
tn second days trial Of Small opened
with a large attendance Of interested
spectators. The evidence was conflicting
ali the way through. The state attempt
ed 10 impeach some Of the witnesses for
the defense but IN most cases failed.
julius Lindor. colored, was the first wit
ness Tor the defense. He gave his testimony
in very careful manner and IL had weight
with the jury, as they paid close attention
10 him He testified TO being at the place
OF the shooting, when IL occurred. He was
II his yard when he heard the shooting.
He raised up and saw the two officers FIR
ing at some one or something in the field.
They were on Seventh street. near the foot
OF Vine. He did not see any man then but
saw a woman crossing the field. Soon af-
forwards he saw a man coming along Sew
enth street, inside the field and the police
men were after him. This man was coming
towards Waters road. Near there he cross
ed the ditch and entered Seventh street He
was about 30 yards ahead Of the officers.
Officer Mccabe passed by him. riding his
horse swiftly and he fired at the man as he
passed. McCabe had a beard and so he
knew him. Officer Neve came next. The
nan by this time was behind a house so
ne could not see who fred afterwards, but
he heard two shots. At the second shot
Neve, the second policeman, fell from his
horse, his horse turning sideways just
before he fell. The witness then walked
over and picked Neve up, taking him up
from puddle OF water in which he had
FALLEN. Ten minutes afterwards Detective
Bossen came UP and then Isaac Wilson.
He saw the latter coming up the road for
quite distance. No one else was there at
time of shooting. II was several minutes
before the crowd came up, Lindor said.
and he could have seen them If they had
been there.
The cross examination was very search
ing. but the old mans testimony could not
be shaken. This was a strong impeach-
ment Of the testimony OF Wilson and
others that they were present. and heard
Small curse Neve when he shot him.
Annie NJ. Roston a young woman living
on Waters road and Seventh street then
testified. She saw most Of the shooting
from her window. Saw the officers firing
and heard the reports of the guns and pis-
tolls, but did not see Small shoot. She saw
him running along Seventh street and saw
McCabe pass him lying down on his sad
die and riding hard on out on the Waters
road. She did not see any crowd until af-
ter the shooting.
Victoria Butler testified that she saw
the officers when they first fired. and that
no report of any pistol was heard from
the field. She got mixed up as to the
officers position, after MI Fraser had be-
gun his cross examination, insisting that
the officers had gone down Waters road to
get into Seventh street, at the beginning Of
the fight.
''Parson" Thompson. as the solicitor
general called him, was the next witness
The 'parson" was dudish looking color
ed man, tall and lank; he had a small
1noustaehe which he kept carefully nurs-
Ing all the while, and he wore glasses. He
gave his testimony with some emphasis.
pausiug at times as If carefully consider
ing each word. He stated that he went
over the day of the shooting TO visit a
member OF his church and had crossed
&umm's field into Grove street At the
latter point he and his friend had a CON
junction" with the two officers (AIcCabe
and Neve) who pointed their pistols at
them, but some one said "that Is not
Them" ana the officers passed on.
"A big crowd was following. The
parson testified that he re-
mained in the vicinity all during the fra
cas-. he saw the officers round into Sew
ehth street As they did so some one
called out, There's Small" The officers.
Who were riding along Seventh street.
then whirled partially around and began
firing al Small In a field to their left. The
Two officers were separated somewhat and
the last one fired first. Small didnot return
fire at once. but did soon He then ran
down toward Waters road, first going 10
the haystack and getting his rifle This
ne fred as he ran. Dolphin fred at Small
as the latter stopped down at the hay
stack. The witness did not see the kill
sng. The crowd went up there later on.
bur he testified positively that Wilson and
the others who had previously stated that
they We're at the scene of the killing, were
not near there. but were at the foot of
Grove street, near the bridge.
The solicitor general put Thompson
through the sweat box, but he kept TO his
story in the main details. His replies to
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