The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-19
JEALOUSY LED TO MURDER.
EMMA WAYNT SLAIN AND Thrown
INTO THE OGEECHEE CANAL,

mans Head Split Open and Her
Body weighted and Sunk-The
Deed Believed to Have Been COM
mitted Saturday Nisht-A Chain of
CircumStantiaI Evidence Pointing
TO the Husband as the Murderer.
The swollen and mutilated body Of Emma
Wayne colored was found in the Ogeechee
canal, at the foot of Margaret street, yes
terday morning.
The discovery of the body unveils, per-
haps, the most brutal murder that has &C
CURED her in years. resembling somewhat
in its details that Of Isaiah Harden, who
was killed. cut to pieces and buried around
her house and yard, by Mary Washington
in 1892.
The killing occurred in the same quarter
Of the city as did the Harden murder.
James Wayne, the woman's husband, is
under arrest. and strong circumstantial
evidence points TO him as the author of
the crime.
The woman had been missing since Sat
urday night and Wayne has been making
a steady search. real or pretended, for her.
He inquired of AL her acquaintances whom
he met if they had seen anything of her.
Sunday he called at the police barracks to
know If she was under arrest there and
Monday he inserted an advertisement in
the Morning News stating that informa-
ton was wanted of the whereabout of EN-
ma Wayne.
Wayne is said TO have made the remark
to some Of his acquaintance Monday that
he would bet his wife had been tied and
thrown in the canal Nothing was thought
of the remark at the time, but when the
body was found, just as ne had predicted.
il would be, the statement appeared to be
of startling significance.
A colored man, who was walking along
the bank of the canal on mis- way to work
about 7:9O O'Clock yesterday morning, no
ticed the toes of pair of human feet pro-
truding from the muddy water, about ten
feet from the bank. He called the atten-
ton of others to the sight and the news
spread rapidly. Acting Sergt Thorpe and
Policeman Lysaught Of the Ocean Steam
ship police and Policeman Jernigan of the
city police were soon on the scene. A
fisherman was persuaded to go in and
bring the body to the surface, which was
done after some effort, the body being held
down by a heavy weight 1t was found
TO be the body of a woman. badly swollen
and disdgured. The police were notified
of the find and three detectives were
promptly ordered to the scene. Coroner
Goette was also notified and responded at
once.
The body was dragged ashore by order
OF the coroner. 1t was evident at once
that a murder had been committed. A
large cash, evidently made by some sharp
instrument, was found in the back of the
woman's head. The body had been wrap
ped in some old bed clothing and weighted
10 the bottom of the canal by a large
block of asphalt, taken from the asphalt
companys works near by. The woman's
arms and legs were tightly bound with
small ropes.
The body was so badly swollen that il
was almost beyond Identification, but the
disappearance of Emma Wayne was re-
called by the excited crowd. which had
gathered on the bank of the canal and
the body was freely claimed to be hers.
The identification was made complete
when Mary Wintrim, a. woman who had
lived In the same house with Emma and
her husband identified a horseshoe ring
on the little finger of the left hand. She
also identified the body by an indentation
in one leg.
Detective Godbold was the first of the
detectives on the scene. BY questioning
the Wintrim woman and others he quick
" came to the conclusion that the murder
had been committed by the woman's hus-
band James Wayne. He learned that
Wayne had gone to his work at GOodwins
dairy, on the Vale Royal plantation and
he at once made in that direction on his
bicycle Arriving there the detective was
informed that the news of the discovery of
the woman's body had reached Vale Royal
/ ahead of him. He was informed that
when Wayne heard the news he threw
up his hands. and eXclaiming Good God,
| that's my wife, had made off, going away
/ from instead of toward the city. God
/ bold accordingly returned to the city and
resumed his work on the case with the
| other detectives.
Although Wayne had run away he could
not remain away from the scene. About
! 3 O'Clock he was seen near the brewery,
\ but did not go to the canal where the body
was A little later he passed by his house
/ at West Boundary and Indian street lane.
/ Detectives Godbo.d and Barrett and Po-
4 lcemen Lysaught and Jernigan were there.
/ He was seen and called into the house,
where he was placed under arrest by the
! detectives. He strongly denied having
any hand in the woman's murder but after
| being placed under arrest he became very
much excited. He continued his denials.
/ but the detectives are OF the opinion that
| he will break down and confess. The crowd
| which gathered around when Wayne was
arrested was very bitter against him. and
| had he been left to It's mercy he would
| have Jared badly.
| The detectives have what they believe
| to be a complete chain of circumstantial
| evidence against Wayne. When he was
arrested his clothing was examined and
/ bloodstains were found upon his shirt,
| and also on his trousers. Wayne claimed
! that these spots were paint. He was
/ stripped at the barracks and given
change of clothing i'm order that the cloth.
| ing which he had on may be kept for evil
dence i'm court. There were scratches on
| Wayne's face and neck, and a bad cut In
| the back Of his head. Wayne claimed that
/ these wounds were obtained in fight
with his wife Friday night. The place IN
| the back OF his head, he said. was where
| she struck him with a Ratchet. Part or
/ this story Is true as It was learned that
| he did have "a fight with his wife Friday
night. when she struck him in the head
/ with a Ratchet They had frequent dihi-
cultles OF this kind. he SAID. the cause
| being the woman's disposition to enjoy