The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-04
COTS ORDERED FOR THE JURY.
A MIsTRIAL LOOKED FOR IN PAT
RICK CONNORs' CASE.

shooting Was Deliberate as the
Result of the Negroes Cursing Him.
Patrick Connors was put on trial for
his life yesterday on the charge Of muir
der. He shot and killed Thomas Monroe
colored, on Christmas day, 1894, just out
| side barroom in the old fort in which
he was employed.
The jury selected to try the case is as
! follows: W. ]. Nell, Peter ]. Oft, w. C.
/ Workman, Stephen L. Cole. John Andre
! George /. Bradley, II. G. Rose, James NJ
! Wilbon. John c. Small, Alex ]. Johnston
: William L. McCullum and John d. Could
Cots were ordered for the jurors about
10 o'clock last night, the indications be-
ing that there was no chance for an
| agreement at that time. 1t was about $50
O'Clock when the jury retired. and it was
soon apparent that a disagreement was
not at all unlikely. 1t looked very much
last night as if a mistrial would be the
result.
The case is rather an unusual one. The
defendant was represented by Mr.. p. J.
! O'Connor. and the grounds set up were
self-defense. Solicitor General Fraser
for the state claimed the shooting was a
deliberate one, as the result of nothing
more than the cursing of the defendant
by the deceased.
DR.. NJ. F. Dunn testified as to the
cause of death, the pistol ball having en-
tered near the heart. Testimony was
also given on this line by DR.. Snelson,
colored.
Elsie Lewis, the mother of the dead
man. said he was only Is years old, ana
that ne ordinarily used a stick in walk
| ing. on the day in question he had a
/ niece of OOmhandle.
George Slocum, white testified for the
| state that he and some other parties
were I'm the bar drinking, and that Con-
nors didn't wait on them at once.
why don't you give these gentlemen
| their drinks?'' was Monroe's question, ac-
Are you the boss of this place." Con-
Some words followed. and Connors
| showed Monroe out of the door. As Mon
roe started to cine in again Connors,
/ Slocum said, kicked him down the steps.
| Monroe then cursed Connors d
- -, and at the same time holding
/ up his stick retreated into the street.
| Monroe also told COnnors If he came out
| into the street he would give him h.
! Connors then went and got his pistol
| and walking out right up to Monroe
| shot him down.
| DR. Graham, colored, saw the whole diff
| ficulty from his house. He said Monroe
/ did not attempt to strike Connors with
| the stick.
| the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way, heard practically the same Ian
/ guage and quarreling as related by $40
cum. He said Monroe made no attempt
to strike Connors, but walked some dis
| lance out in the street. and after cursing
| Connors the latter got his pistol, walked
out and shot the negro down.
Mr.. ]. j. Graham appeared for the de-
/ Tense. He testified that the negro work.
| ed for him and that he was not a cripple.
| He said he gave the negro a drink short
ly before the killing, and that the latter
| took his broom and said he was going
/ down to sweep out the old fort.
William Watkins testified that he saw
| the difficulty, and that both Connors anu
| Monroe fell out of the door together; that
! as soon as the negro got loose, he tried
| to strike Connors, whereupon the latter
! got his pistol and shot him.
| Jim Jones, colored, testified that the
| dead man not only had a stick in his hand,
| but also had knife, and that he was
| trying TO use both. Connors, he SAID,
| lodged the negroes strokes and then shot
| him. Joe Timberlake testified that he
saw Monroe raise the stick as if to strike
| Connors.
! In rebuttal, John Demere, colored, swore
that neither Jones nor Undertake was
| there at the time of the shooting, ana
| therefore could not have witnessed the
| affair as they Swore to it. Slocum said
| he saw neither of them there.
| Mr.. OConnor made strong argument
| in behalf Of his. client especially on the
| idea of self-defense, putting forth the
| statement that Monroe not only applied
| vile and abusive epithets to Connors but
/ also tried to strike him with the broom
| handle.
Solicitor General Fraser contended that
| plain case of murder was made out,
| but insisted that in any event it was
/ bound to be as high degree of crime as
manslaughter. He went for the witnesses
Jones and Timberlake, who appeared for
| the defense, especially for Jones, whose
| statements he said were a batch of lies
! from beginning to end, as the defendant,
| in his statement, did not even mention
! the dead man as having had a knife. Con-
nors, in his statement, insisted that he was
| simply defending himself, Monroe having
made an attack on him with a large
! stick.
The court room was well crowded dur
! ing the trial and the verdict will be await
ed with great deal of interest.
The grand jury of the superior court
| met yesterday afternoon and found sew
| eral indictments. Joe Watson was in
dicted for forgery, he being charged with
| unlawfully signing the name of j. H. Jud-
kins to a check on the Merchants Ma
tional Bank for $1575 The check was
dated Dec. "A. 1895, and was made payable
to Jim Weston. The check bore the in
dorsements of Jim Weston and w 7.
Lynch, the intent being as charged in the
indictment to defraud w. T. Lynch
J. ]. Heron and c. c. Heron were in
dicted on charge of assault with intent
to murder The assault is alleged to have
been committed Sept 3, upon c. e. Far
mer with a heavy blunt instrument
Il
ienthal by their guardian and next friend
Ralph L. Lilienthal, against S. Krouskoff
the jury found a verdict in the plaintiffs
favor for $3.50 and interest. which was es-
tablished as lien upon certain property
Of the defendant, pledged as security. The
plaintiffs were represented by Mr.. George
| w Beckett.
Mr. Edward S. Elliott. representing
Baruch, Wolff & Co. filed an attachment
suit in the city court yesterday on claim
of that firm of an Indebtedness of 1854
against Louis Roos. The property of the
defendant in the hands of Messrs. Appel
& Schaul was levied on under the attach
ment.
In the court of ordinary r. s. Claghorn
fled applications for letters dismissory as
administrator of the estate OF Eliza beth
Green, and as executor of the viii of Bris-
tow Green.
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