The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-25
UNDER a SERIOUS CHARGE.
a COIOred Boy in Jail for Attempting
Criminal AssnnIf.

Nathan Evans was before the recorder
yesterday morning on the charge Of at
tempted criminal assault.
Evans Is a I9-year-old colored boy en-
ployel at "a bakery on Montgomery
street. As usual he was up early yester-
day morning assisting in the baking for
the day.
The work was completed about 4 o'clock
and the other employees lay down and
went TO sleep. Evans lay down also. but
he did not stay there long. The residence
connects with the bakery and one OF the
second story rooms Is occupied by three
sisters, il, 10 and Is years old.
one OF the girls was awak-
ened by noise about 40 O'clock
and was frightened to find a man stand
ing by the bedside. with his hands on
the bed and leaning over her. She
screamed. awakening her sisters and also
her mother. who slept across the hall
way. Evans darted under the bed. The
mother called for her sister and her SON.
and two other men came up from the
bakery. a search showed Evans con-
cealed under the bed. The brother hauled
him out and turned him over TO Policeman
Malphus, who was near by.
Recorder Wilson gave a private hear
ing in the case yesterday morning. The
q
wanted to quit, but that Mrs. Walsh
would not pay him his money, and that
he had gone up stairs with the intention
of stealing something of equal value with
his wages and making off with IL. Re
corder Wilson did not seem to think that
there was a very strong case against
Evans. He continued il until to-day
however, for further investigation.
a brother of the girls said to a Morning
News reporter that he saw Evans on the
shed back of the girls room the night be-
fore. He saw him go up TO the window,
turn the blinds and take a look in, but as
he came back down without attempting to
open the windows he said nothing to him.
Evans was paid his weekly wages Sat
urday night, he said, and in addition sue
ceeded in borrowing Is cents additional
from various members of the family so
that his story of intending to take some-
thing for the wages due him does not hold
water. When he ran up into the room
and help to pun Evans from under the bed
the brother found that the negro had COW
cred his head with flour. He had no way
of getting flour on his head at the work
he had been at and had evidently done 1t
as a disguise The young man said that
his oldest sister was awake when Evans
entered the room. She saw him 90 to the
window leading to the shed and throw it
open. He then came to the side of the
bed and stood there looking down at her.
She lay very still, being afraid that he
would strike her If she screamed. Evans
presently reached over and touched the
youngest girl in the side with his finger.
The child turned over, opened her eyes,
and seeing the negro, begun to scream.
Evans Immediately darted down and ran
under the bed. The bed is only a few
inches from the floor and it was some
surprise that he managed to get under
there. The girls ran into the next room
to their mother and gave the alarm.
The young man will go into court this
morning and endeavor to convince Recor-
der Wilson that Evans intentions in going
into the room were Of the most criminal
character.