The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-23

| nkeiy 10 produce death. Dyer was I'M
| doubtedly taken by surprise. He had no
tce that he would be presented probably
for assault with intent to murder Gess,
| but he did not know the indictment for
murder was coming. AS soon as the
| two special presentments were found
| bench warrant for Dyer's arrest was is
| sued and placed in the hands of a couple
of the deputy sheriffs, who went out to
look for him. While making their search
they accidentally came across him on
Bay street, and carried him at once to
| Jail.
| The circumstances connected with this
homicide will be well remembered. This
| killing was the first of the three that took
| place on Christmas day. A crowd of
| young men were carousing late on Christ
mas eve night and early Christmas morn
| ING around the resorts on South Broad
| street; when another crowd of Old Fort
men came along and disputed with them
| the possession of a certain doorstep be-
| tween Price and Houston streets, on South
| Broad. In the melee which followed Tit
! comb, who was an innocent spectator of
| the affair, belonging to neither party, re-
| celVed blow on the head which felled
| MIN to the ground, and which afterWard
resulted in his death.
| Dyer and another man in the party
| We're arrested, and the case was taken
! before the grand jury the latter part of
| December the same grand jury which
| indicted him yesterday. Owing to some
conflict of evidence at that time the grand
| jury returned no bill 1t was thought the
| case would be dropped and no more heard
! from 1t, but after an investigation into
| the testimony, Solicitor General Osborne
| determined it was a case that should be
| pressed. He secured some additional evil
| dence and again took the matter before
| the grand jury, with the result stated.
one OF the witnesses in the case,
| Well-known young man, who dlu not
! know Titcomb, or, in fact, any of the
! swears that only two men were knocked
| down in the melee which took place, a
| snort, thin man and a stout, heavy man,
| with a big fur overcoat on. He swears
| he saw Dyer knock the short thin man
| down. Now, it is known positively that
| Cess was the man with the big over
| coat on, and as this witness says Dyer
| knocked down the small man, which was
| Titcomb, the conclusion appears to be-
| from his evidence, that Dyer struck tho
| fatal blow.
Several well-known young men are wilt
nesSes in the case, and 1t will undoubted-
! trial.
The grand jury also indicted Henry Cas-
ing for the murder of Arthur Brown, en-
| jan 29. The two negro boys We're having
a, dispute over Liberal Club star, which
Casing had, and Brown was trying to
| and Hall streets the row reached a crisis
| and ended in the fatal cutting of Brown
! Dan J. Buttimer was indicted on a
| charge OF forgery. 1t is charged that he
forged the name of Commissioner Harry
! Wilink TO an order in his own favor on
/ which he attempted to collect s. on Sept
"a 1896. Commissioner Willink appears as
! prosecutor.
Mayhem Screven was indicted for as
sau.t with intent to murder Minnie Screven
| with knife on Feb II.
| Harry Turner was indicted for assault
! with intent to murder John d. c. Schroeder
| with pistol on July 30, 1896.
Joseph Wright and Fanny Nichols were
| indicted for assault with intent to murder
| Richard Nichols with a knife Feb. 49,
Charlie Williams and Bernie Berrien
were indicted for assault with intent to
murder Joe Green with pistol Feb. 10.
Francis Lewis was indicted for the lar
| ceny after trust of a gold watch entrusted
| G. Eden, it being charged that he disposed
| of the watch and converted the proceeds
70 his own use.
Pat Noon whose mother made an unsuc-
cessful effort to have him convicted of lu-
macy and sent TO the state asylum, pleaded
| the charge of forgery and was sentenced to
| spend TWO years in the state penitentiary
Noon forged the name of Mel. Hargan to
check drawn in favor of =. H. Ward, on
| the Citizens Bank for $35. He has always
| been an errauc boy, and this is by no
means the first serious scrape he has been
Willie Arson pleaded guilty to the
charge of forging the name of A. S. Griffin
to an order on j. f. Fleming for some gro
ceries, and he likewise given two years in
| the pententiary
Joe Law pleaded guilty to the burglary
OF the dwelling house Of Meta Anderson
on Feb. IL, and was sentenced to spend
two years in the penitentiary.
Messrs. Charles n. West ana T. p. Raw
enel, attorneys for Abe Small filed a mo-
ton for new trial for theip client yester-
day. The motion stated only the general
grounds that the verdict was contrary to
the law, the evidence and the weight of
the evidence, and asked for further time
In which to file their amended grounds Of
motion.
Judge Falligant signed an order giving
them further time in which to file amend
ed grounds. and directing the solicitor
general to show cause before him on
March 20 why a new trial should not be
granted. In the mean time the courts
order Will act as supersedeas until the
case is fully determined, as Small was
sentenced to be hanged on March 25
The motion filed by Smalls attorneys to
quash the coroners inquest. exclusive ac-
count of which was given in the Morning
News, was filed with the clerk yesterday
as of Feb. IL, the day II was argued before
Judge Falligant. They were allowed to
amend this motion by striking from It the
first ground, namely, that the body of
Neve was found without the corporate
limits of the city of Savannah and that
the verdict was found by six instead of
The other grounds of the motion are
that the inquest did not show the time
at which the injury that caused the death
of j. c. Neve, happened; that 10 did not
snow the time az which the death OF
Neve took place; that IL did not show tho
place at which the death of NeVe hap
pened, and that IL did not show that his
death occurred within the limits Of tne
county of Chatham. On this account II
was asked that the inquest be uuashod
and that the coroner be directed to hold
another inquest super visem oorporis
Judge Falligant has not reached any
conclusion with regard to the motion 10
quash the Inquest Should he DENY a.
it IS probable Messrs. West and RaVenei
Will take the matter to the supreme court.
At the conclusion of their work on the
criminal cases yesterday the grand Jury
returned IFS general .presentments, which |
were very brief owing TO the fact that |
IL had appointed no committees Ia insnecf
the convict camps. roads and bridges and |
similar county works.
IL was the duty of this grand Jury to |
nix the compensation OF grand and petit |
Jurors ana OF the officers who attend on
the juries;, They made the compensa- |
ton for all jurors 81 per diem the Same |
that has heretofore prevailed. ana The |
usual compensa ton was also fixed for the |
attending officers.
a.. The grand jury paid quite a tribute to |
NE retrlng solicitor general. Hon. W. w. |
fraser, saying: I'VE desire TO cNprcss |