The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-17
A TALE OF HORRIBLE EXAMPLE
TON M'GARVEN TELLS THE STORY
OF HIS LAST DEBAUCH.

Began Drinking BEFORE He Was Mus
tered out of Hays Immunes and
Has Kent II Up Ever since-Paid
500 i'm Gold over to SnIoOnkeep-
err when He Reached Savannah,
which He and Hawkins Drank Up.
A Quarrel About Pawning Two
Pairs of Scissors for Liquor the
Last Thing lie ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Sleep and Feels THAT Hawkins
Sits Beside Him in Ills CeI-Haw-
Lins Was - Years old and McGar-
vey Is 81.
Tom McGarvev. the Old man who cut
the throat of mis- friend and boon com
panlon. George Hawkins, from ear TO ear
Thursday morning. viii have TO stand
trial for murder.
At an inquest held by Coroner Goette
last night the jury returned a verdict that
Hawkins came to his death from wound
Inflicted with a razor in the hands of Tom
AlcGarvey land we The jurors, find the
said Tom McGarvey guilty Of murder"
Several negro women. who live in Con-
gress street lane opposite where old man
Hawkins and his wife lived, testified TO
hearing Hawkins and McGarvey jawing
at each other in their drunken fashion.
AS this was a common occurrence no at
tention was paid TO I. Hawkins when
last seen uninjured was sitting in the
door of his house talking TO some one in
the room behind him. He was seen to get
up and go back in the room. and a very
Short while after he came to the door
holding his hands to his throat. from
which the blood was pouring like wa
ter" as one of the witnesses expressed it,
Hawkins stepped back into the house and
McGarvey was seen TO 20 out the rear
door, both doors being open, through the
yard into the lane and start off In 4
rapid walk
Mr. Albert Goette. who assisted DR.. M
T. Davis in his efforts TO relieve the
wounded man. testified that Hawkins said
in reply to DR.. Davis question, that Ne
Carney cut him and thai he used an old
broken razor,
McGarvey was seen at the barracks last
night by Morning News reporter. He
IS 81 years Of age, while the man whom
he killed was about Is. Notwithstanding
his age McGarvey was accepted as a vol
uHteer in Rays regiment and served with
the regiment until IL was mustered out in
Macon According to McGarVey's own
statement he has been on a protraeted do
bauch ever since he was mustered OUT He
was IN pitiable condition when seen at
the barracks. He had been without liquor
for over twenty-four hours and was so
nervous that his hands shoole like those OF
man with the palsy and his voice trem-
bled as ne spoke. He had no objections
20 talking though he said he had no recol-
lection Of the difficulty with Hawkins.
u don't know how IL could have hap
pened," he said. Hawkins wife was go
ing off on the church picnic, so | went
out about o'clock and bought bottle OF
nquor; hawkins aud drank that ana
then bought another bottle. After the
old woman left we drank two or three bot
ties more About the last thing l remem-
frl an md
getting pint of liquor The bottle
didn't quite hold 1t all, and il left pretty
sun drink, which ! took Then J toe.-
a drink with Frenchy. Then went back
20 the yard. We were drinking there be-
cause il was TOO hot In the house. It
seems to me we had two bottles. the full
one I had just brought ana another one
about half empty, that we were drinking
out Of. / think somebody came in and
think who it was. l wish l could re-
member Unfortunately, / went to my
trunk and got out two scissors, which l
had IN my housewife. You can get a
pint on them Hawkins said. No l won't
ether said, I can get liquor if l
want it,.
MeGaryey seemed to be unable 10 re-
cali anything further after that. It would
seem from what he said that he and
Hawkins got into a row about pawning
the scissors, and that McGarvey had some
recollection of this from his use of the
word unfortuDa ely.
81 don't know anything about it,. said
MeGarvey, when asked about the killing
When ] found myself here this morning
! thought / had been arrested for being
drunk. When they told me ! had killed
George l thought they were kidding me
] didn't believe lt, but / don't doubt now
that it's So
Il have awful pains in my head and
can't sleep, said McGarvey When / sit
here feel just like George was sitting be-
siae me and / turn and look for him
have been troubled with these pains in my
head sometime. / was in the hospital
good deal when l was down in Cuba and
Mrs. Hawkins met me at the wharf and
q long time and what | had was theirs
was mustered out at Macon l had SiS. I
gold over The counter 10 Enteiman. 1t Is
all gone row. We drank 1t up"
II the temperance people needed a case Of
horrible example" they could not find
more striking illustration than that of nd
McGarvey in his cell, with trembling
hands and quaverlng voice telling the
story of the lone debeuch which ended in
the killing of his Old associate George
Hawkins. Both Of the men We're known
as confirmed buns and had led a degraded
existence. for years. McGarvey landed In
Savannah fRon Liverpool about fourteen
years ago and had remained here the
greater part Of the time since
Hawkins was buried in the Longs hore-
mems lot in Laurel Grove cemetery yester-
day afternoon, he being a member of the
benevolent association.