The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-01
NO FURTHER PRESENTMENTS.
THE GRAND JURY CONCLUDES THE
TWITTV-REEVE INVESTIGA-
TON.

Issuing the Fraudulent Rosin Re
ceipts-The Books of Mr.. r. /. Nc
Cali and the Report of Mr.. W. l..
Wilson Before the Grand Jury.
RoSa PIatz and Ada Lawson In
dicted for Murder-The Artesian
Well Case settIed-tIarriages for
July.
The investigation in the Twitty-Reeve-
| Mccall affair was concluded at yester-
days session of the superior court grand
| jury. and so far as that body is concerned
the matter is ended without any further
indictments or presentments.
Quite a number Of witnesses were be-
fore the grand jury to testify in the mat
ter, and among them were the two de-
| PENDANTS, H. D. Twitty and H. NJ. Reeve
This makes it appear that the grand jury
was investigating with view to deter
mining whether any one else was impli-
Gated in the matter Of the fraudulent rOs-
in receipts.
Other witnesses summoned were Messrs
W. G. Cam, H. A. Crane, r. F. Burdell
W. w. Chisholm. T. p. Ravenel, w. L.
| Wilson. A. G.. Cassels, Justice Waring
| Russell and Constables Constantine and
Britt. To Messrs. Ravenel, Wilson, Bur
dell. Cassels and Chisholm were sent sub
| poenas duces tecum, that is, they were
! required to bring with them certain books
| and papers which the grand jury desired
as evidence in it's investigation. Among
! other things which were required to be
/ produced were some of the books of Mr.
! f. l. Mccall the reports Of Mr.. w. L.
! Wilson, who has been making an exami-
nation of the books and certain pink tick
cts, which are given by the factor to
! the bank for the special receipts during
a period of not more than twenty-four
hours.
! All of these witnesses appeared, and
! it semes a pretty thorough examination
| was conducted, as there were very few
! other matters to occupy the attention OF
| the grand jury, and it was in session
| nearly three hours.
At the conclusion of the investigation
! no presentments were returned, and 1t
| was announced in effect, for publication
| that the grand jury had concluded its
| investigation in the matter and had in
| dicted all the parties against whom it
| had any evidence, and that no more pre-
| sentiments could be found.
| This practically disposes Of the matter
! so far as everybody is concerned, eX-
| cept the two defendants. Twitty and
| Reeve, who are now under Indictment
| They are still confined in jail, and have
! not as yet made any arrangements to
| give bond. The difficulty, it appears, lies
| not in the inability to secure bondsmen,
| but in the fear that in case bond is given
under the present indictments other war
| rants will be sworn out by the officials
| of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad. For this reason IL IS not nkely
| that anything will be done in the matter
| of giving bond, until some agreement be-
| tween the counsel for the prosecutor and
| the counsel for the defendants as to the
amount of bold can be arrived at. That
! of course must also be agreeable to the
court before bond can be given. 1t is I'M
| derstood the friends of Messrs. Twitty
| and Reeve are anxious for an early trial.
| and it may be the cases Will be brought
| up within q short time.
So far as Mr.. McCalis business is con-
| cerned everything is progressing faVora
| bly, under the agreement that was reached
| between himself and the banks and the
| railroad, and for some time to come the
| criminal feature, perhaps, is the only one
that will be heard from.
James johnson, the little 13-year-old ne
| gro who pushed his playmate, Eugene
| Hall into the Savannah river, at the Cen
| tral railroad lumber wharf, July 9, was
| indicted on a charge of manslaughter. The
| circumstanc Of the case are familiar.
Rosa Platz and Ada Lawson were indict-
ed for the murder of Laura Cuthbert, July
| o. The killing occurred in the lowermost
| depths of F'rogtown, and the victim,
though stabbed to the heart, lived three
| days. The Platz woman did the cutting
! and Ada Lawson furnished the knife. The
! cutting was the result of some very vo-
| lent language that the deceased used to-
ward the other women to whom she was
talking.
Thomas Peal was indicted for assault
| with intent to murder William Washing
ton. July 19.-The cutting occurred in Yam
| acraw, and the defendant claims it was
done in self-defense.
Perhaps the warm weather had as
| much anything else to do with the set
tlement of a little litigation over an artc-
sian well. 1t was in the case of T. A
| Ward and Charles H. Sipple, trustees
| against John F. LaFar, the claim being
| that plaintiffs and defendant were joinI
| owners of artesian well. which is To-
| Gated on Mr.. LaFar's place at Isle of
| Hope. and that Mr.. LaFar had threatened
to cut off the water supply to the prem
| ises represented by the plaintiffs. Mr.
| LaFar, on the other hand, claimed the
| plaintiffs had not paid their full share
| Of the amount necessary to construct the
| well, and further that ii was his indi-
| vidual property, or that of his wife, and
| that the plaintiffs had nothing to do with
| constructing it. The trial progressed be,
fore the jury until about O'Clock when
the attorneys got together and the mat
| ter was settled. The plaintiffs were rep
resented by Maj. p. W. Meldrim and the
! defendant by Mr.. J. r. Saussy. The de,
| cree states that the well is the property
of Mrs. LaFar, but that the plaintiffs
III
upon the payment of a balance of S21 50
in settlement The costs of the case are
to be equally divided between the parties
| interested.
A charter was applied for by H. c. Har-
! wood and associates for a company to
/ be styled the Savannah Real Estate Ex>
! change. The proposed capital is TO be
] $1,000. with the privilege of increasing it
| to $4,000.
| In the court of ordinary petition was
| filed and an order was granted allowing
| s. KrouskOff, temporary administrator Of
! the estate of J. T. Cohen. to make adj
! vancements on account of the years sup
! port granted to Mrs. Pauline Cohen.
a short homestead was granted to Mrs.
/ B. f. Whitaker.
/ The hot weather appears to have no ef-
| feet on those who want TO get married.
| Clerk Keilbach of the court of ordinar,,
| issued hfty-seven marriage licenses dur
! ing the month of July, twenty-four to
| white and thirty-three to colored appii
cants In July, 1895, he issued ffty-two