The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-18
GRAND JURY'S HEAVY WORK.
PLENTY OF MISDEMEANORS BE-
FORE THE CITY COURT.

tenceO TO Deatn 1Or the Ihlrd
Time-WIII BE Hanged April S-City
Wins the Suit Brought by Mrs.
Read-Damage Suit on Trial in the
Superior Court-Dr. BOyd's WIZ
Filed.
The City Court grand jury is making up
for lost time. 1t began a sort of a field day
proceeding yesterday afternoon, and start
ed in to clear up the whole record of petty
crimes before it, and to find indictments
where the circumstances warranted it.
The grand jury of the City Court has not
been in session in many weeks. The pres
ent grand jury has existed only since the
beginning of the present term of court or
about two weeks. But the grand jury of
the term before this one adjourned some
time before the close of the term.
About 100 subpoenas for witnesses were
issued for yesterdays meeting. There
were about forty cases to be disposed of.
The grand jury disposed of about twenty
of them. and the balance went over to a
meeting to be held this afternoon. True
bills were found yesterday in the following
cases:
E. B. Flood assaulting and beating P.
,Bourquln, July 20, last.
Dan Butler, Leo Hampton, Robert Will
liams, Jack Hasson, Ellis Jackson and S.
S. johnson, carrying concealed weapons.
Major Anderson, two indictments. one
for trespassing upon the lands of the
Bethesda Institute, and another for malic-
ious mischief, he being charged with
breaking the door of one of the buildings
at Bethesda.
Joseph Maxwell and July Basch, simply
larceny of one bicycle from j. W. Teeple
Nov. %, 1897.
]. NJ. Milen, assaulting and beating
John Staughton Feb. 8.
w. j. Bird, assaulting and beating ].
]. Snider Oct. Is, 1897.
C. f Flowers, simple larceny of eight
dozen bottles of soda water from James
Ray, Oct %, 1897.
Willie Hernandez, Arthur Dilworth and
Edward Williams, simple larceny of some
clothing and shoes from ]. E. Fulton and
B. F. Finney.
John L. Henderson, simple larceny.
There was such an accumulation of this
class of business that the grand jury could
not conclude it in one days session. An
other meeting VIII be held this afternoon
when it is expected the rest of the cases
will be disposed of. In most of these
cases the defendants are out on bond.
Joseph NJ. Farr, guardian of William NJ
Farr and others, minors, reported to the
court a sale of property belonging to the
estate and announced his intention of re-
investing.
In the suit of the Armour Packing
Company against w. F. Rendant, appeal
ed from Justice MendePs court, the judg-
ment of the magistrates court was re-
versed by verdict of the jury, and YER
dict for the plaintiff in the sum of 1882
was rendered.
A. NJ. Harris, r. L. Jones, B. B. Cole
! man, Edward Jackson and L. NJ. Mitchell
were granted articles of incorporation as
the Kennesaw Club, a social organizat ton.
In the case of Ben. j. Edwards against
Louisa Swinson involving the guardian
ship of James Edwards, minor, the jury
rendered verdict in favor of the defen-
dant, who has heretofore had the guar
dianship, the boy being awarded her by
the Court of Ordinary The verdict OF
the jury sustains the Judgment of Judge
Hampton l.. Ferrill.
Mrs. I. n. Wells has filed suit for divorce
in the Superior Court against her husband
Dr. Irwin N. Wells, on the statutory
grounds of desertion. Mr.. Wells is at
present in the North, and service viii be
perfected by publication.
In the suit of Mrs. Jane NJ. Read against
the Mayor and aldermen of Savannah for
$1,000 damages to crops and land about
three miles from the city, a verdict was
rendered yesterday in favor of the defense
The plaintiff claimed damages on account
OF a trunk put in bank of the Ogeechee
canal about three miles from the civ
which, it was claimed, threw large vol
ume of water into Dundee swamp and
thence into Dundee canal and onto the
lands of the plaintiff. The city's defense
was that the Ogeechee canal water had al
ready been diverted by a dam built by the
Central Railroad, that the trunk put in
was small one for the purpose of throw
ing Off the stagnant water at that point in
the canal, and that the volume of water
thereby discharged into Dundee swamp
was lnconsiderable in amount 1t was held
that the alleged damage could in no way
be attributed to this trunk.
Brisler Graham was sentenced to death
for the third time yesterday by Judoe
Falligant. Grahams case has been hang
ing fire for some time He has been in
Jam since September, 1896, when he blew
Ben Wilson's brains out with a shotgun
skin. The two negroes had a quarrel in
a house in Yamacraw. Graham went after
his gun, and returning, made short work
of his victim.
Graham was convicted and sentenced
about year ago. The time passed m
which TO make a motion for new tria.
and an extraordinary motion was made in
his behalf by his attorney, w. E. Nor
rison, Esq. This Judge FallIgant
oVerruled, and the Supreme Court sus.
tanned him. Graham was sentenced
again. Another extraordinary motion on
the ground that a witness had perilred
himself gave Graham an additional lease
OF life. That motion Judge Falligant aIso
overruled, but il was not taken to the S,1-
preme Court. The law, 1t appears. allows
only one extraordinary motion.
Judge Falligant sentenced Graham 10
be hanged on Friday, April s, between tbe
hours of 10 O'Clock in the morning ana \
O'Clock in the afternoon 1t is said on
effort will be made TO get the Board of
Pardons to commute his sentence TO urs
Imprisonment. -s
Messrs. Waiter Chisholm for the defepso
and r. M. Hitch for the plaintiff in he
case of Ann Strobhar against the Savsn-