The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
CHARGED WITH TWO MURDERS
JOSEPH GRANT. COLORED ARREST
ED FOR AN HENIOUs CRIME.

Kicked His Wife Out of His House
and She and Her Unborn Child
Died in n Few Hours From the
Assault-Grant Found mt His
Home Asleep and Taken to the Po-
lice BnrrH cISS-The Coroner Inves-
figating the Case.
Joseph Grant, respectable negro car
penter and small contractor, was arrested
at 1870 o'clock last night for the alleged
murder of his wife. Annie Grant. 1t is
charged that Grant beat and ll-treated
the woman while she was in a delicate
condition, and drove her from his home.
She died some hours after the beating
she is said to have received from her hus-
band, in premature childbirth. Her moth
er insisted upon Grants arrest, and
charged him with the crime.
The Grants had been living for some
time in a house in Duffy lane. near West
Broad street not. It IS said, very happily.
me element of discord was the mother of
the woman, who was constant source of
annoyance and at constant odds with him
as 10 the rightful conduct of the affairs
OF his home. BY virtue of seniority she
claimed more authority than he was will
ing to yield and had inspired in his wife
a similar desire TO rule. At any rate this
is the tale told by Grant, though the
mother-in-law, of course, strenuously de-
MES its truth.
The mother-in-law came to the house oc-
cupied by the Grants al 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon and row began almost at
once, The elder woman says that Grant
beat and abused his wife and ended mat
tiers finally by kicking her from the house.
She picked up her daughter, who bad
received an inhuman thrash!ng, and took
her 10 her own home in Grapevine avenue.
where she died some hours later. The
mother of the dead woman reported The
matter 10 the barracks and Policeman
Christie was sent out to make the arrest.
The officer found Grant in the house IN
Duify lane in which the assault that caus-
ed the death of the woman is alleged 70
have been committed. Grant was asleep
when he was found and knew nothing Of
the death of his WIFE He nally denied any
knowledge OF how II had been produced,
other than that she had been for some
time in a delicate condition and that in the
ed upon removing his wife from his house
10 her own This was the last that he hal
seen Of her and he mad not at that time
done anything that could have resulted Ia
injuriug her or producing death
1t Is hard TO get a the truth of the mat
Ter or TO decide which of the two conflicting
stories of how the death was produced IS
most worthy Of credence or belief. Grant 3
reputation is in his favor, as he is a Jaw
abiding. and Woodworking negro, who has
never before been in any serious trouble.
The coroner was notified of the al
iesed homicide at a late hour, and went
out to investigate the truth or falsity of
the charges that have been made against
Grant. When seen early this morning he
had not completed his investigation, but
will do so to-day. and if he thinks there
is reasonable ground for a suspicion of
foul play VIII hold an inquest. The par
ents and friends of the dead woman are
much wrought up over the matter. and
protest that Grant is the cause of the
death of his wife.