The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-21
COFFIN TAcKS HARD HIT.
SELLERS OF CIGARETTES To MI
NORS INDICTED.

Twelve indictments for This Of
Tense Brought i'm by the Grand
.Tury-SchOoI Boys Were Wit
nesscs Against the Dealers.
Ten Other Indictments for the
same ofcnse. Found by the Last
Jury. 10 Come Up for Trial To-
mOrrOw-Prominent Druggists on
the LIst-A Total of Twenty-Five
Indictments Found by the Grand
Jury.
The grand jury is evidently in earnest
in It's efforts to put a stop to the sale of
cigarettes TO minors. Among other in
dictments brought in yesterday al
ternoon We're twelve for violation
of the state law which prohibits
the sale of cigarettes to minors. With the
ten indictments found by the last grand
jury some time in December, there are now
twenty-tso cases pending trial for this
effense Several of the offenders have
more than Rne indictment against them.
however.
The parties last indicted are all
fruit dealers and the indictments are the
result of the recent action taken by the
Board of Education in this matter at the
instance Of Supt. Ashmore The witnesses
against the dealers are schoolboys.
The following were indicted: Antonio
Vasile, four Indictments Marco Funich,
four indictments; r. Horwitz, Two indict-
ments; Piano Andepa and Thomas Koum-
Ia. one Indictment each.
The parties who were indicted by the
last grand jury were mostly druggists,
there being some well known drug firms
among the number Their cases viii come
up for a hearing tomorrow.
The grand jury got In a good after
Moons work, the tangible evidence of
which was shown in the twenty-five in
dictments reported at the conclusion of
the session OF this number there are
one indictment for murder nine indict-
ments for assault with intent to murder.
one for assault and battery, one for lar
ceny from the house, one for larceny after
trust and twelve for misdemeanor sell
ing cigarettes to minors.
Frank Iverson is indicted for the muir
der of Rebecca Ryals. The Ryals woman
had been Iverson's mistress but she grew
weary of him and refused to have any
thing more to do with him. The matter so
preyed uopn Iversons mind that he deter
mined to kin the woman and himself, ana
wrote a letter, showing this to be his in
tention. which was found upon his person
after the shooting. Iverson put two bull
.ets into the woman's body, from the ef-
fects of which she died three days later
He also put two bullets into his own
body, but failed to attain the desired end,
50 far as he was concerned. Iverson has
nearly recovered from his wounds, and
will probably be placed upon trial next
week If he is still DESTROYS of shutting
off the mortal coil the state may be able
to render him some assistance in this re-
spect
If Iverson is convicted of murder and
the death penalty imposed and carried out
il will probably be the first case on record
where a man who had attempted suicide
recovered from his wounds to be after
ward hanged for killing another person at
the same time the attempt at suicide was
made
The following parties were indicted for
assault with intent to murder: Ryals
Kenny, David Waters George T. Hunt
Gilbert Cooper. William Houston, w A.
Calder, Charlie Green, Cicero Watson ana
Isaiah Levy alias Bob Levy.
The last named is the man who struck
b. f. Karimidas in the head with a pair
of brass knucks in the latter's restaurant
on Bull street Sunday morning, March Il.
w. A. Calder Is charged with shooting
W. b. Brown. The two men engaged in a
brawl i'm disreputable house on Cemetery
street on the night of FEB. IS, and Calder
shot Brown. the bali taking effect in the
latter's head 1t was thought at first that
Brown was fatally wounded, but this
proved not TO be the case