The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
TRUE BILL AGAINST MOORE.
CHARGED WITH FORGING NAMES
or TIETJEN AND FOUNTAIN.


or TIETJEN AND FOUNTAIN.
Alleged FOrgeries Said to Have Deen
Placed on Il Note for 1918, That
Was Discounted at the Chatham
BanIk-Case To lie Heard Probably
Next Week-Three Indictments
Found Against Dave Pine, the Ne
gro Who Assisted in n Series, of
Successful BurgIaries Last August.
Grand Jury Worked for Three
Hours and Turned out "a Large
Number Of True Bills.
The grand jury of the Superior Court
held a three-hours' session yesterday aft
ernoon. during which time about thirty
indictments were found against the va
rious defendants who had been presented
TO that body by the solicitor general pro
tenn, Mr.. r. L. Colding A true bin of
indictment for forgery was found against
A. II. Moore.
The Indictment charges that on or about
Aug. 9, Of the present year, Moore forged
the names of Messrs. Ii. A. Fountain and
John f. Tietjen, as indorsers, on certain
promssory note, with the intent and will
TO defraud the Chatham Bank, where The
note was discounted. The particular one
Of the notes alleged TO be forged upoa
which The indictment is based, is for $2i5
Is made payable to The order Of the EN-
pire Feed and Milling Company. is signed
by E. S. Moore. and indorsed II. A. Foun-
tain. John f. Tieuen and the En-
pire Feed and Milling Company, by A. IL
Moore. manager.
The defendant in the case is out on
bond which he has given in The sum Of
5000, with Mr.. J. W. Teeple as his surety.
The solicitor general pro tenn stated that
this case would be assigned for trial with
the others. in which the defendants have
been indicted, and that it would come up
probably some time during next week. Be
ginning Monday the cases win be tried
and it is hoped that within ten days or
two weeks at the utmost all of them vii.
have been disposed of and the defendants
who now throng the Jail be either on
their way to the chain-gang or penitend-
ary or have been pronounced innocent of
the charges made against them and given
their liberty.
Three true bills of indictment were found
charged with breaking and entering The
houses of Messrs. l.. NJ. LeHardy, II. c.
Bruen and George W. FAIRIES, during the
first week of last August, and stealing
therefrom a larse number of valuable ar
ticles, inc uding money, jewel ard hand
some attire. The other negroes who were
said 10 have been implicated in the burg
lar.es made their escape, even after they
had been spotie ed by Detective Stark and
were virtually IN the clutches Of the po-
lice.
True bills Of Indictment We're found
against John Wilkins and William Fin
ley, charged with larceny after rust w L
kins and Finley had been left in savan-
nah after the departure of two of the IL
linois regiments chat were stationed here,
while the Seventh Army Corps was en-
camped in and about Savannah. one OF
them had married a Savannah girl and
both seemed determined TO make Savan-
nah their home, when they committed the
crimes ior which they have teen indicted
by the grand jury.
On the afternoon Of Sept. l, wilkins
went TO the bicycle store of Mr.. w. +.
Higgins and rented a wheel for an hour.
Several hOurs e.apsed ana lie Fdid not re-
turn. on the same afternoon Finley rented
a second blcyc.e from Mr.. r. L. Come
rat on the same terms, for the same time
and " Ia the anne fe5ul,. Neither of The
wheels was returned 10 its owner and the
case was brought % he attention Of the
police. The two men We found on their
way 80 augusta, but without the wheels
these having been already disposed of 10
purchasers along Che Zine OF road. They
were brought back 10 Savannah. ariaign-
ed in he Police Court and turned over hy
tne Recorder TO The grand jury of the Su-
per.or Court. on separate charles OF lar
ceuy after trust
Two indictments for burglary were found
for