The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
CRIMINALS FOR DECEMBER.
THE SUPERIOR COURTS NEW TERM
TO BEGIN TOMORROW.

spend I'm Effln gham-SOlicitOr Gem
eraI w. w. Fraser VIII EndeavOr
to Clear the Jail, and Says He viii
Certainly Try the Murder Cases
Against Abe Small, Thomas V.
Ponder and Patrick COnnOrs-The
Civil Docket Rather n Small One.
1t VIII Not BE Reached Until Jam
nary.
The superior court will convene to-mor-
row morning for the December term At
ter Judge Falligant charges the grand
jury he will take up the docket for the
assignment of cases. In the way of GRIM
! inal business, particularly, the term prom
Uses to be quite an interesting one.
The month of December, with the ex-
ception of the week beginning Dec. IA, will
be devoted to criminal business. That
week, or the greater part of it, will be
spent in Efnngham county by Judge Fail
ligant and Solicitor General Fraser, where
the November term of the superior court
will be held Next Tuesday will be divorce
day, but there are not quite the usual
number of cases on the divorce docket
for this term, though several married cou-
pies Will seek to have their matrimonial
bonds legally broken. The remainder of
the present week will be devoted to crimi-
mai business and any other matters that
may come up
Solicitor General Fraser has only one
more month to serve, but it will be
busy one with him. 1t is his intention to
clear the jail during the month, if possible,
and he will also try any cases of impor-
lance on the docket in which indictments
have been found He says also that he
certainly intends to try the three murder
cases, each of which he has tried once
before, those of Abe Small, Thomas v.
Ponder and Patrick Connors. Small was
given new trial by the supreme court
Ponder was granted a new trial by Judge
Faliigant and in Connors' case there was
a mistrial. In the other murder cases
no indictments have yet been found. and
it is not likely Solicitor General Fraser
VIII nave time to reach any of them dur
ing the present month.
Among those charged with murder is
Abe Small, who killed Policeman Neve.
and who has been granted new trial by
the supreme court. 1t has been reported
that Small would put in a plea of guilty
as with recommendation to mercy which
would mean life sentence in the peniten-
tiary, but of this the court officers know
nothing. Solicitor General Fraser says he
would not accept such a pea, preferring
to go through with another trial
Others charged with murder, who are
in jail, are Bristow Graham, George
Grower, who killed Henry Weight; Maui
rice j. Sullivan, and Simon j. O'Neill,
charged with the murder of a negro at a
free-and-easy in the old fort, and A. L.
Pitts, who recently killed Adam Thornberg.
Patrick Connors, charged with the muir
der of negro in a barroom row two years
ago, and Thomas " Ponder, charged with
the murder of Frank Keenan,, are out on
bond.
Among those who will be tried for as
sault with intent to murder are Toby Phoe-
nix, who assaulted Martin Anderson, the
mate of the dredge Fairplay; Frank
Clarke; William Johnson, who shot at w.
P. Houston; James Harris, who stabbed
Andrew Washington; Mollie Hamilton,
who cut Rosa Dixon; and Belle Ross, who
cut Annie Miller. There are several I'M
der the same charge who are out on bond,
among them Dennis Hill, for attacking
Jerry II. Hankison; John Monroe, assault
ing Max Moskowitz; Caleb Reed, assault
ing George W. Cummings; B. L. Williams,
assault on Fred Jordan; James r. Rogers,
assault on Charles White; Wesley Hall and
Edward Foreman, assault on Peter Solo
mon, and the case aainst Eddie Payne,
George Sapp, James Frain and Henry
Brady, assault with intent to murder Po-
liceman r. c. Murphy.
John Gilmore Is the only defendant
charged with rape. He is in jail. The
prosecutrix is Eliza West. t. j. Mahoney,
out on bond, is charged with assault with
intent to rape upon Mabel Cerveau. w. b.
Bennett, also out on bond, is charged with
assault with intent to rape upon Barbara
r. Jones.
The famous Pat Noon is in jail, on
charge of forgery, he having passed
forged check on P. H. Ward. j. w.
smith is charged with passing a number
of forged drafts on j. P. Williams 4 Co,
and others. The cases of II. d. Twitty
and H. NJ. Reeve, charged with the LorB-
cry of rosin receipts, who are now out on
bond, are also on the docket for the De-
cember term. These are the most import
ant and interesting cases penolhs uhoeF
this charge.
Those. who will be tried for burglary,
are Henry Smith, Kerry Clifford, Julian
Jones, william Proctor, s. W. Kelsey,
James Bacon. James Allen, on Two
charges, breaking into the houses of Rev.
w. A. Nesbitt, and j. w. Wyness, Bob
williams. Henry Bright, John Reilly, and
James jenkins. All of these defendants
are in jail.
Eiia Richardson and John Gould alto
! charged with larceny from the house over
the value of $50, from the residence of ).
p Quarterman. The woman Is in jail,
while Gould is out on bond. John Morell Is
| In iail on the charge of stealing a bicy-
! Gle from the office of Edward 5. Elliott,
Esq. Chas. Lee. the only other defend
/
| over the value Of $50, is out on bond. IIc
is charged with stealing $50 from Julius
| Delhi.
Willie Tant, who with Chas. e. Mar
melstein, is charged with highway rob-
berry on the Thunderbolt road is on the
/ docket for the December term. Marmel-
STEM as will be remembered, was sent
to the state asylum as a lunatic. The only
| other case of robbery is against James
| Simmons. who is charged with stealing
| 81 from Anthony Willis.
| Curtis Habersham and Dan Habersham
| are charged with Illegally marking a COW
| belonging to another.
| There are four cases of Illegal regisrra-
! ton on the December docket the lndict-
ments having been found by the grand
| jury for the March term. They are against
! Vincent Thomas William Dempsey, Will
| lam c. Girty and william G. Banks.
| John Bigley will be tried on a charge Of
larceny after trust, II being alleged that
| he failed TO return a watch belonging to
| Miss +. Griffin. Thomas Washington a
/ former header for Mr.. r. +. Harmon, is
! also charged with this offense, 1t being RI
legged that he appropriated to his own