The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-19
TWO MORE MURDER TRIALS.
WRIGHT TO Bic TRIED THIS WEEK
AND sCHWARZ NEXT WEEK.


Two Hard Propositions for the So
Hector General TO Go Up Against.
The Evidence Against Wright En-
tIreIy CircumstantfaI-The Negro
Whom He Killed said to Have
Been "a Desperate and His Death
Relief to the Community.
sehwarz Has Been Legally Proven
TO Have Been Insane shortly After
the killing and the Solicitor Cam
not Upset This Verdict.
The Superior Court has two more muir
der cases TO dispose OF. The case against
James II. Wright for the killing Of the
negro Alfred Brown at Back Ankle In this
county. about a month ago, is set for trial
Wednesday, while that of Willie Schwarz,
for The killing of a negro woman in Yama-
craw about two years ago, is set for next
Monday.
Bud Wright, as he is Familiarity
known here to a number of friends, is a
clever, genial young fellow and Aas never
been involved in any trouble before The
evidence against him is entirely circum-
stantial. The evidence as given at the
coroner's inquest, is that the negro was
last seen in company with Wright only
a short time before he was found dead
in his cabin. Brown had been in the en-
p.oy of Wrights father, who runs 8 tur-
pentine farm in the western part of the
county but had quit work on account OF
some misunderstanding as to accounts
He had some turpenune tools belonging
to the elder Wright and young Wright
had come TO get the tools. The SUPPOSE
ton is that the two became engaged in an
alteration at the cabin, as the result of
winch Wright shot the negro When the
BODY was found by the woman with whom
Wright had been living, ii was SIN warm
u is believed that there were no witnesses
TO the shooting, and there IS no further
evidence to connect Wright with ii than
that stated. so far as known.
The negro Brown, who was killed, is
said 10 have borne a very bad reputation
IN that part of the county, being known
as a desperate character, and his death
Is said TO have been quite a relief to both
white and black in the neighborhood
WeIlSnt attorneys are Erwin, duBignon
& Chisholm
Both the Wright and Schwarz cases are
iikely 70 prove hard propositions for So
ncitor General Osborne to go up against
IN the Wright case the evidence is en-
ureiy circumstantial, and il is hardly
necessary to remark that circumstantial
eylaenee must be very strong TO convict a
Wh4te man in such a case.
In the Schwarz case the accused has
the advantage of having been legally adj
judged 10 be a lunatic, and a fiji subject
for the asylum within six weeks after the
killing. Though the asylum authorities
now declare him to be sane this does not
AFFECT the verdict of insanity Legally
ne has been proven 10 have been insane
Within short time after the killing and
the solicitor viii have 10 accept this as a
fact The burden is upon the state 10
prove that the accused was sane at the
time Of the killing The defense will
doubtless be thai Schwarz was insane AZ
the time of the killing.
Mr., Osborne has had a rema rkable rec
ord for convictions in murder trials. Since
he begun his career as solicitor general
he has probably prosecuted and convicted
a greater number of persons of murder
and manslaughter than any other solicit
tor IN the state. Until the acquittaI of
tallon last week he had failed to secure
a conviction in only one instance. that OF
George Dyer. charged with the murder
OF William T1tcomb. In Dyer's case the
first trial resulted in a mistrial The ac-
quittal was plainly due 20 a lack Of suffi.
cient evidence to convict
As both Schwarz and Wright have rela-
lives and friends who viii make every ex-
ertion in their behalf the solicitors task
IS not an easy one.