The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-10
WAVED FOR DOUBLE CRIME.
...,. rAtA NRRESTED N SOUTH
.y,,fNN ron OUITMAN MURDER.

tHnI. ~ ron OF ilNAN W hbGh.
..-...,-tnntiaI Evidence Points TO
,,..,... a.. Murderer of Lost> Clark
.l refer CIaS. Turpentine Hands
,,... n, hom lie Was J"urneyinG
.... f-iarl.ia-The Three CamPed
Cha, Wuads Near ouitmnn on
.... it-Four Days Later the Dead
f...,r. OF CLARK and CIRv Were
r...., cred. aud I2aiy and Their
,,..., Had Disappearcd--Sheri
1aI.tu- Him lack.
j. Con0ly. of Brooks county.
.oueh savannah yesterday with
... q negro who Is wanted la that
"a double murder. Circumstan-
81. . .ce Of the strongest character.
800 Ely as the brutal murderer OF
t. .ay ana Lack CLARK. two Of his
.srs and ostcnslble friends.
. was captured az kershaw. $. c..
,,. JOS there TO await tho arrival OF
,,. Conoly The Governor has offer
Nnrd Of $50 for the arrest. With
B., convict. Of the murderer OF Clark
~ r..t and the sheriff does not believe
r. $500 be any dihiculty 10 convincing
ma. Eay Is the guilty Man While
90 direct evidence OF his guilt.
.au,es indicate. with almost posi-
rt. lIu,y that he fired ne fatal shots
.ory he has told the sheriff IS too
Jo bee worthy Of belief
pt. d. Ealy. Clark and Clay left
Farm. Fla. where they had been
80 as turpentine hands. and started
Georgia. it IS understood on Ealy's as
ar8n mat they could better their condi-
making the change They were
soon together about sunset on the
WIS OF Sept. r. being then about six
t-om Quitman and headed for that
Then. for a time. an the negroes
s4ppelred from public view and the
4 happenings can only be surmised
rrsd from the known facts In the
4 a. o'clock in tho morning OF Thursday.
4 be- morning following the evening when
g. Mon were last seen together. some OF the
living in the ncighborhood heard
bend was moments wild curiosity as
% fHa reason FOR the firing. bus as the
1 were nor repeated and as there were
Or for assistance. the curiosity died
as Incident was forgotten.
sunday morning a resident Of the ne. gh-
.o.Hn.t walking through the woods and
ai. f.d to the SPOT By the fight and de-
tHl 90 flock OF buzzards. discovered
spectacle. The bodies OF Clark
nI IF were lying close 20 each other
rs STAGE OF decomposition almost fright
0l aud mutilated hy the fierce At
t..sH n the scaveugcrs OF the air
80 disappeared. So also had about
m money which the dead men were
hrraU .o have had on their persons az
He tu they left West Farm, and q hand
.olYcr. SEQ which one OF them had
b. part Of his earnings Lying be-
Hf.U ..tlr dead bodies was q bottle con
aIH- small quantity Of the whisky
v.fH welch IL had originally been allied.
aH-.1cc % the greater part of which
b. Itas- accounted Tor the deep sleep In
rey had been plunged before their
O .ar.- sent them into that deeper sleep
lst Dos no waking.
Conoiy discovered mat Ealy had
One originally from Camden county
l.H Carolina. and he expected the ncgro
mnse mis- way back 40 his Old home.
.-str Hons 90 the officers 10 that section
tH -sut out. and us a result Eaiy was
% !u Lancaster the county nd
f camden hy Postmaster T ..
lrj Policeman ". II. Caioe. both
a town % Kcrshaw.
sheriff Conoiy reached the ian
ar1 tho negro was confined. Ealy at
o. declared be- knew nothing whatever
f.e commission of the crime, as ne
- clark and clay before they were
ttad Afterwards. when ne saw thar
rs story would not hold water. he call
p sheriff over TO whore he was aud
eaHf 20 tell what he declared 90 be.
"a rlth the whole truth. and nothing
'a' re truth"
Ha a.d that IN the camp south Of quit
Har where he Clark and Clay had ar
'ilt.1 ,o spend the night. and where the
the two latter were afterwards
i'i'i 'Hey bad been Joined by two other
whose names he did not know
-4 H'lo descriptions he could nor give
tae night he had seen one OF
newcomers rise stealthily 20 HIS
t' at1 slrmlsing that there was TO be
=" oouug had himself risen and fed
''al thc woods. He saw his compan-
...l. hui dh not wait 20 make any
being too badly frightened 20
III" tncn came on 10 Savannah.
train az Quitman, ard from
mode hts way 20 his old home.
ih ~ the pcgro's story Is dis-
'F his unexplained possession az
" FOE him q very large sum Of
ir' NJ which be deposited in bank
W which he paid an attorney "a
ie also had a pistol. which
N with the description ~ that
ono off the murdered men. which
1ul which the sheriff recover
rt Do trim.
NnoNr that Ealy neither had the
r tne revolver. when he left
Hrm With Clark aud Clay. ana the