The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-30
DIDN'T MURDER HER HUSBAND.
THE CHARGE AGAINST SARAH GIN
CEVICH DISMISSED.

The Domestic Relations of Mrs. Gin
cevich and Her Late Husband
Thoroughly Aired by the Court
of Inquiry Before Justice Russell.
All Sorts of Testimony as 10 the
Manner of Their LivinE-QuarreIs
Were Frequent and HonOrs We're
About Even.
Justice Waring Russell held court of
inquiry yesterday afternoon at his office
TO inquire into the charge OF murder
against Mrs. Sarah Cincevich. charged
with killing her husband, Frank Cince-
vich. who died at his home at the Five
Mile Bend March from injuries inflicted
upon him on the night Of Feb g.
After an exhaustive investigation, last
ing over three hours. Justice Russell dis
missed the charge. While there was some
evidence. sufficient to direct suspicion
against Mrs. Cincevich. the preponderance
was entirely in her favor, and Justice
Russell decided that the evidence was
not sufficient to hold her for trial.
Mrs. Cincevich was represented by
Messrs. Edward r. Mcclellan and John
NicoIson. Jr. G. e. Bevans, Esq, ap-
peared for the prosecution. The warrant
was sworn out by the brother of the de-
ceased. Capt. John Cincevich.
Capt. Cincevich was the first witness
for the prosecution. He said that his
brother and his wife were quarreling and
fighting all the time. They had never
had any peace for the last twenty years
He was suspicious, he said. that Sarah
caused his brothers death. He heard Of
the assault about O'Clock on the morn
ing after, but did not go to the house
until Friday, three days later. His wife
and son were there frequently. however,
He saw Frank Cincevich and his wife in
bed and believed they had assaulted each
other. His brother was unable to speak
10 him, but squeezed his hand.
On being cross-examined by Mr.. Nc
Kethan, Capt. Cincevich said that the only
reason he had for suspecting his brothers
wife was that she and her husband were
quarreling most Of the time. He had not
visited them in three years. and did not
allow his children to visit them. 1t was
brought out that he and his brother had
some difference three or four years ago,
about the dividing line between their
lands. He contended. however, that he
had had no difficulty with his brother,
and that his ceasing 10 visit the family
was on account Of their misbehavior,
and not because of this difference. He
heard of them quarreling constantly. He
acknowledged that he had never seen
his brother and wife fighting, but said
that his brother had come to him many
a time with black eyes and cuts In the
head. He would not say that he knew of
inc If nd vii bn
four years. They had big family quar-
Tels, he said. This was all he knew about
IL. Drinking. he thought. caused the trou-
BILE.
Sandy Jones said that at 2 o'clock the
night his wife called him and said that
there was some fighting over at Gin
cevich's place. He hooked over and saw
Mrs Cincevich in the yard with a lamp
IN her hand. She was running after Mr..
Cincevich who was in his drawers. He
watched them for ten minutes and they
appeared to be scuftiing. Jones lives 200
feet from the Cincevich house. 1t was a
dark night, but the stars We're shining.
He saw nobody else over there. They had
frequent fights, he said.
can you swear that this woman caused
her husbands death?" asked Mr.. Nc
sKethan.
Eyes, sir, I can swear dat" Jones said
ne believed that when the lamp went out
Mrs. Cincevich struck here husband with
1t. 1t was a heavy glass bottom lamp.
Gould you say positively that she struck
him with the lamp?" inquired Mr.. Nc
Kethan.
NO sir, missed the lamp and sup
posed she struck him."
Jones was asked about a fence which
would intercept the view between his win
dow and the chimney of the Cincevich
house, but he commended that the fence did
not ohstruct the view. All the fighting,
he saw was behind the chimney, he said
On further examination he acknowledged
that there were three fences between his
house and the Cincevich house. They
were paling fences. he said, and the pal
1ngs were placed close together. After the
lamp went out he heard no quarrelling
and there was no further disturbance
He had told Mr.. Morgan what he knew
about the case. Mr. John Cincevich, he
said, brought him in to the trial He and
Capt. Cincevich were on good terms and
he denied that Cincevich refused him
credit, which was just opposite to the
contention of Mr.. Mcclellan
Emma Jones, wife of Sandy Jones, said
she saw Mr. and Mrs. Cincevich in their
yard and called her husbands attention to
it. She saw no one else there. She knew
they were quarreling that night, she said.
On being examined by Mr.. MeKetham
the witness said that she had been sitting
up sewing. She heard cursing and quar-
HeiihB ana saw the lghu over IN Mr.. Cince-
vich's yard. She was asked if she owed
Frank Cincevieh anything and replied in
a rather uncertain way that she did not
know whether she did or not
Chief McDermott was sworn and gave an
account of what he saw when he visited
the house on the Monday following the
attack. Mrs. Cincevich told him her sto-
~ of the affair, as had already been pub
lished in the Morning News. He went out
into the yard, saw foot prints
and blood on the ground and around
the will He made inquiries, but obtained
no information giving any clew to the
party who committed the crime. He heard
the report that Mrs. Cincevich had killed
her husband and inquired if they had had
any quarrel during the day. and was i'm
formed that they had not. On being cross
questioned Chief McDermott gave it as
his opinion that parties could be seen ia
the day time from Jones house to the
Cincevich yard in spite of the fence. A
light could easily be distinguished at
that distance at night He thought the
wounds inflicted on Cincevich We're made
with a heavy stick.
Frank Gallowich testified that he lived
with Frank CiOceyiph and hfS