The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-12
PREPARING PoNDER'S CASE.
THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT 1T
WILL BE TRIED THIS WEEK.

His Attorneys Getting Ready Their
Defense-HOre Interest in the Trial
Perhaps Than Any Chatham Conn
ty Has seen in Years-superfOr
Court BusIness-City Court CrImf-
naIs-In the Court of Ordinary.
/ The indications now are that the trial
| Of Thomas V. Ponder, charged with the
murder Of Frank keenan,, viii take place
on Tuesday. Jan. H. as assigned.
Il will be remembered that in admit
I ting Ponder to bail in the sum Of SOD,
! Judge Falligant said he would make a
3 peremptOry assignment Of the case for
l trial, and Jan. Il was agreed upon be-
/ tween the attorneys for the defendant
I and the solicitor general. So far. MOTH
/ ing whatever has occurred to prevent the
/ Trial at that time. and the indications are
that it viii take. place.
POnder's attorneys Messrs. Barrow &
! Osborne and Erwin, duBignon & CHS
/ holm, are busy preparing the case, and the
! defense which they will present, and they
/ say they are going to announce ready
. when the case is called.
/ The trial viii no doubt be replete with
/ more interest than any that Chathaml
county has seen in years, on account of
the strong lines drawn between the friends
OF the two men. Ponders defense will
! be undoubtedly self defense. and this
/ view of the case his friends will urge
with all possible force. He has MANY
/ friends who stand close to him and who
will watch the case carefully with belief
IN this view Of it, and earnest hope of his
acquittal
! The friends of the dead man have en-
Z
the case in connection with the solicitor
general and there is no doubt that Wig
orous prosecution will be made They will
urge tnat IL was a case of murder and
Deise thelr case largely no doubt on the
testimony Of those witnesses who say they
saw heenan retreating and holding up his
ann as II TO ward off danger at the time
the fatal shots were fired. No case has been
more extensively discussed in long time.
ana the court room will no doubt be well
niied during the entire trial.
Messrs. B. Palmer Arson and Charles
/ II. Banks We're appointed commercial no.
tarieS public by Judge Fallgant
l.. l.. Constantine, recently aDpOfnted
constable in the Second militia district.
rendered MS resignation as a commercial
notary puplic which was accepted
N the divorce case of Laura j. Robert
vs.. LOUIS Robert, an order was granted
/ conhrming the notice and service upon the
defendant by publication.
Nellie Reynolds filed a suit in the city
| court yesterday against Messrs. Lindsay
a. Morgan for $1,000 damages for injuries
dlesed 70 nave been sustained by her
being run into and knocked down on
Jefferson street Dec. 6, 1895. She SAYS a
/ severe cash was cut over her left tenn
| pie, one of her fingers was dislocated and
| she was otherwise badly bruised by the
| blow. Her husband, Samuel REYNOLDS.
/ also filed suit against the same firm for
SlOG9 damages. on account of the same
| accident, which is alleged to have been
caused by the carelessness of the driver.
JACK Quarterman. They are represented
| by Mr. w. w. Gordon. Jr.
In the city court yesterday the usual
number of criminal cases was disposed of
| Asid Alvey, of foreign extraction, was
/ sentenced to a term of three months for
assaulttng his wife, but sentence was
/ suspended until the further order of the
court, and Asid was invited to leave the
! city
Alvira Coole, charged with larceny from
/ the house, was sentenced to pay a fine
| of $25 or spend four months on the gang.
! She was convicted of shoplifting, having
/ been seen taking goods off the remnant
| counter in l.. Adler's store. An order
was granted restoring the stolen goods
| to Mr. Adler.
Monday Reid and Ritey Robinson were
| sentenced to pay a fine of IS each or
spend one month on the gang for va
| grancy.
william Rivers was sentenced to pay a
| fine of $25 or spend four months on the
Changing for larceny from the house of
/
Joe Beasley, Arthur Mason, Edward
| Robinson, charged with larceny from the
house; Dennis Mitchell, charged with
| pointing pistol and carrying concealed
| weapons, and Sophie Jones' charged with
assault and battery, were found not gull
| ty and discharged. Nellie Lloyd, charged
with assaulting and beating Clara Jones.
was sentenced to pay a fine of $40 or spend
one month on the gang.
In the court of ordinary Yesterday the
will of Rose Mills was filed The will
! IS a rather peculiar document, having two
/ different handwritings. and being written
| entirely in lead pencil. 1t has the three
requisite witnesses, signatures, however
and was admitted to probate
The will of Emma Grayson was FLED
and probated and Edward Bradley was
| granted letters testamentary
The will of Cyrenius Hall was admitted
/ to probate in solemn form and letters
testamentary were granted to Mary A
| Hall, eXecutriX.
T. B. Fitzgerald. guardian of B. f. VI
lmer, minor, made a settlement of ac-
| counts before the ordinary and filed an
| application for letters dismissory