San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
THE F|ENDS IN JAIL.
Committed Murder Most
Foul.
THEY TOOK A MANS LIFE
FOR THE. SMALL SUM
OF Sis.
Under The PretenSe OF Making A
Purchase Three Negroes Enticei
A Young Peiiler To His
Death Cody Divide
The Spells.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
New Orleans, Aug. THE arrest of
Billy Morris, negro, for the murder
Of Louis Ziegler, peddler, near Lul-
ing Station, has resulted in the myS-
terry surrounding Zieglers death. be-
ing cleared. Morris made a statement
duplicating his father-in-law, Antoine
Richard, alias Cleole, and afterward
that individual was arrested he was
convinced that he was being offered
up for slaughter, and he madeira con
fession, detailing the crime. ,s!.-ss-
Creole" said that his son-in-law.
Bill Morris, the man who had been in
jail for some time, and himself plann-
ed the murder ON Tuesday, June %.
while they were working in the field
of the Luling plantation. They thought
that he must carry a large amount of
money about with him, and it was
decided to kill him and take it. They
suggested several methods. At last
the one that was decided upon as the
simplest was for one of them to pre-
tend that he wanted to buy pair of
trousers. Then as the young peddler
was to stoop down to open his pack,
the other was to hit him a blow on
the head.
They did not have an opportunity to
carry their plan into execution until
Saturday evening. Then by appoint
ment they met on the railroad track
near the line of the old Friedlander
plantation. AS they were talking it
over George Washington, alias Wilson
a friend of theirs came along. He
was let into the plot. A short while
later Ziegler came along. Bill Morris
who was standing behind Creole told
thg peddler that he wanted to buy q
pair of trousers. The man put down
his pack, eager to make a sale, and at
once began to undo the traps. AS he
did so George Washington, who car
ried the barrel of an old gun, stepped
quickly forward, and with swinging
blow dealt him a terrible blow in the
back of the head. The steel barrel
crushed in the skull. The young ped
dler's head sunk forward on the
ground and the burly negro without
hesitating dealt him another blow
with even greater force. Ziegler new
er moved after being struck. Creole
and Bill Morris picked up the body
and carried it to a ditch short dis
lance away, where they hid it under
a plank. Then the three walked back
to the quarters of the Luling planta-
ton. Creole and Bill Morris told their
wives, Octavia Richards and Lavigna
Morris, the latter being the step
daughter of Creole.
At o o'clock when the quarters were
quiet, the two men and their wives
slipped out of their cabins and went
to where the body lay. They took
the pack from it's hiding place ard
then searched the body. Instead of
finding any amount of money on Zieg-
Ter, Creole says that he only had S1.I5
in his pockets. They took the pro-
ceeds to Creole's cabin, and Washing
ton stole over and joined them in max
ing a division of the goods. Creole
says that when he found that there
was no money on the body he became
Disguised and paid little or no atten-
ton to the division. Washington made
out the lots. He gave box of fake
iewelry to the two women. He gave
Creole 20 cents of the money and kept
the dollar. The women were given
the lace and what feminine fabrics
there were in the box, and the trous-
ers were divided.
Wilson, Lizzie Anderson and Morris
wife are also in Jail charged with the
crime. 1t is believed by Sheriff Dry
that this band has murdered a half
dozen people.