The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-02
YOUNG SAVED HIS NECK.
ms Story AND ARGUMENTS or his
COUNSEL GOT HIM OFF LIGHT.

s,a,er of Ida Carter Found Guilty
A., the Jury of the Crime of Vol
,,tary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Faiii-
ant could See No Reason for Fur
,ber CIemency and Imposed the
p,lt sentence Permitted by the
,.,v. a Term OF Twenty Years in
,,e penItentiary-Conni sso-
.,es Were Told ON the stand by
,,c defendant aud the Husband Of
the Dead woman.
The trial OF Anderson Young. indicted
,,. ,he grand jury OF the present term for
.,s murder Of Ida Garter. took place an
che superior court yesterday and resulted
4, verdict Of voluntary manslaughtor
and the imposition BY Judge Falligant OF
s,ntcnee Of twenty years hard labor IN
tha psnitentiary.
The verdict was a surprise generally.
syen the able and sanguine young coun-
eel by whom Young was defended not an
,icipsting anything more favorable than
verdict OF guilty, with a recommendation
an the mercy OF the court. Judge Ealh-
can't refused 20 listen 10 any appeal for
HIhNltluMAA IAtANAAAt AHNAA'Aiat ttAtNA Aa+' NNfA
fence imposed. twenty years imprison-
r.ent in the peniteutiary is the extreme
limit OF the law for the offense OF volun-
tary manslaughter.
Two stories Of the homicide different IN
every material respect and different too In
matters Of detail. were told the jury from
tss sand. The first was that Of s. w.
carter. the husband OF the woman who
vas killed: the statement made b. the
defendant to the jury contained his con-
,srtions OF the cause and manner OF the
tragedy. The two stories differed 81 posi-
lively and completely that it was impossi-
HE 10 believe that both men were even
irving TO tell the truth. The jury eH-
IDENTIFY chose 10 believe most OF the state
msnis OF the defendant-as the verdict
shows.
carter said he had heard Young ard
his wife quarreling In an upper room OF
tne house az GO President street, east. on
,ne night OF the homicide. Carter and his
wife and Young and his wife were Joint
tenants Of the PREMISE the former couple
occupying the lower and the latter the
upper floor. .,
threats" said Carter, land shortly after
I heard three shots firod up stairs. That
woke my wife Up and she and ! ran up
stairs Going up stairs, called 70 Young
Young. Young. don't do that! You VIII
disturb ali the neighbors.' Young did not
answor me / was near Youns's door ana
! heard hts wife say. Don't shoot me any
more, They seemed to be tusshng. ] went
near enough 20 see that the door was
sh-t
Il then ran down stairs, with my wife
behind me We went into our room ana
commenced TO dress. ln a few minutes
Young's wife came down and asked me TO
70 for doctor AS she came 10 the room
sse closed the door. and bolted H. ani
walked backwards and forwards. asking
me TO 10 for a doctor for her. ! told her
;rai 1 would as soon a. 1 got on my
clothes.
before I got my clothes on, Young
came down aud commenced knocking on
,se door. My wife and Young IS wife then
RAN back IN the dining room. 1 Fth stood
In the front room. There was dim hght
ia my dining room. I then heard the aooi
% tho dining room fall Young then nrel
twice Al that time / pulled the WASH
stand drawer open ind took my pistol out
and went into the dining room and look
Z. towards the door. I could see no one
AZ enallv l saw my wife behind he sihc
hoard I called and pulled her out, asked
her IL she was shot She said that snc ala
mt believe that she was ! saw blood on
hr~ left sleeve I then ran into the IRON,
room. ana my wife said that she wouia
not stay in the house any longer as lons
as Young was IN the house.
handed her her dress ana she put y
on She was standing at the foot OF her
bed 4 then jumped through the front WIN
dow thinking that he might try 10 es-
cane I partly opened the front door TO
Fa m. and saw Young throw his hand ~
ana fire. as he did J saw my wire iHl|
Young then ran Up stairs. as ne was so-
ing up ! nred al him once.
Aly wife was shot twice, once IN the
left arm and orce IN the body.
Denomination by counsel for the
defendant did not serve 20 effect any ma
terial changes IN the story OF the nom
trlde told By Carter. it was the oniy
story OF the crime that the state had TO
offer az Ymings wife was the only othef
living eyewitness and was not competent
10 testify.
when Young was placed on the stand 90
make a statement IN his own behalf ne
tod story as different from that told
by Carter as any story Of The same Incl
dent or series OF incidents could wei ne.
IN substance Il was as follows;
My wife. Louisa Young r. 20 blame
for oil the shooting thas occurred. For
some days before the trouble my wife
tld been going to a negro medicine doc
tor or somebody like that. and she mao
got little round bag with something nara
and long in u. She called Il "cunger
bag. or something OF that sort. She
brought this thing home and kept tying
rags around Il and making Il larger an
the time One night she put Il between
she mattresses. on my side OF che bed
and said that Il was all that she had 20
keep evil OF OF her and 70 protect her.
nighl or two before the shooting found
q and took a. because ] did not want
such fooishness going on around me. She
soon found out that u was gone. and that
had %. and told me that she must have
% nack-that II was all she had 10 keen
evil from her aud she iues must have a..
wei. things went on this way for q
cay or so, and l never gave the thing
hack 10 her. but hitter talking with my
father about Il. ! threw the thing away
IN the night of this trouble l came
nom" from the railroad for my supper and
my wife had no supper for me. had 10
ai down and walt a hong time before ]
ever got anything. and then l did not get
much. went on back down 70 the rail-
road and went 10 work and stayed down
taefe pretty late. When I came home my
VIE began a. me again about the bag,
and told her did not have Il. she then
50 very mad and auurreled and fnsscd
me and kept walking about saying that