The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-04
CRIMINAL TRIALS THIS MONTH.
A HEAVY DOCKET FOR THE sUPE-
RIOR COURT To DISPOSE OF.


when the Defendants Attorneys
Return-CoI. Loud Has n Long Ar
ray of COunseI-Edward MoyIe to
he Tried Again Friday-Abe SmaIFs
Trial Only a Week on.
Beginning tomorrow. the rest Of the
month Of August will be devoted to Grim
inal business in the superior court. The
docket has grown 10 such an extent that
it has been deemed best to dispose Of all
the cases possible at the present time. in
stead of allowing them to go over to the
December term.
There are two murder cases assigned for
trial this week and two next week. There
are two others on the docket, which have
not yet been assigned, owing to the abb
sence from the city of the attorneys who
represent the defendants. but it Is prob
able that all of them will be tried during
the month.
The first murder case assigned for trial
is that of Virginia Williams. who stabbed
William Smith to death on the night of
June 9. The killing took place in Yama-
craw, and resulted from quarrel over a
pawn ticket. she will be tried on that
charge on Wednesday. Aug. Z. She has Sc
cured Messrs. seabrook and Morgan as
counsel
Following this will come the trial of
Laura Gibbons. on Aug. s. She is charged
with numbering her husband, Jack Glib
bons, by stabbing him on June 16. She
is also represented by AIessrs Seabrook
and Morgan.
On Monday, Aug. y, will come the trial
of Abe Small. in which there will, per-
haps, be more interest than in any other.
The story of Smal's crime, the killing
of Policeman Neve. his escape ana final
capture about year and a half after the
killing, are all well known. and for a while
when he was brought back, were widely
discussed. Small will be defended by
Messrs. Charles N. West and I. z. Raw
enel.
The trial of the case against Charles d.
Loud, charged with the murder OF Phil
Fitzpatrick, is assigned for Aug. Is So
far as IS known now, the trial will take
place on that date, despite the fact that
nothing has been heard from John J.
SOmers, the principal witness for the
state, who left the city shortly after the
killing, and who has not been heard from
since. Solicitor General Frazer has made
persistent efforts to find him, but so far
has been unable to do So Loud is well
provided with counsel. he is an attorney
at law himself, pracucing at Mt Vernon
in Montgomery county. lie will be repre-
scented by Messrs. Garrard, Medrim and
Newman, Seabrook & Morgan. McAlpin q
LaRoche and IA. W. Johnson.
These are the only murder trials that
have been assigned as yet. The case
against Thomas Ponder, charged with
the murder of Frank keenan,, will proba-
bly, be assigned on the return to the city
of DR.. +. G. duBignon, who is associated
in the case with Mr. w. w. Osborne. The
case against Patrick Connors, charged
with the murder of Thomas Monroe, will
be assigned on the return of Mr.. p. j.
OConnor, his attorney. The other felony
cases are of minor Importance.
There is a number of cases assigned for
trial tomorrow. The first is that of
Allen Gam, charged with robbing James
Grant of So by presenting a loaded pistol
to his head. Then will follow the cases
against James Mordeca and Paris Jones,
charged with burglarizing the Rouse of
James Russell on June IL. Mary Wheeler
charged with assault with intent to MUIR
der Anna White by cutting her with a
knife on July ). George Cuthbert, charg-
cd with assault with intent to murder
Mary Cuthbert, with a knife on June %,
and Frank Polite, charged with burglarz-
ing the house Of. March Houston. Be
sides these cases those or Ed. Mehrtens,
Frank Nelson and Alex Phillips, charged
with keeping gaming houses are assigned
for trial on Monday, but it is probable
that trials will not be necessary in these
cases.
The only case assigned for trial on
Tuesday Aug. is that against Henry
Matheny, charged with the robbery of
Sing Lung, the Chinese laundryman out
on Montgomery street. The charge
against Matheny is that he went into the
shop with another man and after gagging
Lung, robbed his cash drawer OF about $50
This case may prove an interes ting one.
The two murder trials mentioned take
place on Wednesday and Thursday, and
on Friday, Aug. g. Edward Moyle will be
tried on a charge Of assault with intent
to murder w. c. Woodfin on April "a, by
cutting him with a leather cleaver. Moyle
was tried last June, but the hearing re-
suited in a mistrial. The case against
Patrick Noon, charged with stealing u
COW from Mrs. Joanna Murphy, is also
assigned for trial on Friday. Noon is
the young man who made his escape short
ly after a warrant was sworn out against
him, and who gave the officers quite q
chase before they located and caught
him.
William Clark. the negro charged with
assault with intent to murder Susan Bra
dy by mutilating her in a horrible man
ner, has been released from Jail. He lives
near the crossing of the Charleston aud
Savannah railroad and the Ogeechee
road, where he has a little farm. His
crops were going to ruin, and as the wo-
man said to have been cut could not be
found he was turned loose. A persist
ent effort was made by Detective Morgan
to find her. but without avail The fact
that she was wanted as a witness against
him has been extensively advertised, but
she has not shown up, and no one knows
where she is.
The case against Tom Grant, charged
with assault, with intent to murder, has
not yet been assigned, but will probably
be attended to on the return to the city of
Mr.. George w. Owens, his attorney
Grant Is the negro who fired a gun at
Polly Harrington and who shot her child
instead of striking her.
The charge of perjury against ex-Police-
man c. NJ. Malpheus, preferred by John j.
Foley, on which no bill was found by the
grand jury, did not grow out of the affair
at the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad wharVeS about two months n on