The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-09
JEALOUSY'S VICTIM
SADIE DUPREE, COLORED,
STABBED TO DEATH.
HUSBAND WAS SUSPICIOUS
WERE NO EYE WITNESSES TO
THE TRAGEDY.

Man Made His Escape and the Of
hcers Were Unable to Obtain Any
Trace of Him-The Woman Re-
ceived Several Cuts in the Head.
Dupree Was Insanely Jealous of
His Wife and Stated in the Morn
ing, to the Woman's Daughter.
That He Was Going to XIII Her.
Sadie Dupree, colored, was stabbed
to death by her husband, James Du-
rree, shortly after noon yesterday,
just east of the city. The tragedy oc-
Cured near the buildings of the South
ern States Phosphate and Fertilizer
Company. There were no eye wit
nesses.
Dupree made his escape and neither
the police nor county officers had any
trace of him at an early hour this
morning. The negro came to Savannah
from Charleston and frequently fought
with his wife, of whom he was in
sanely jealous. This was what prompt
ed the crime, which was apparently
premedtated. The negro said in the
morning that he would kill his wife
before dark and seemed determined to
make good his threat
He left his home at No. SIG Indian
lane at o'clock and three hours later
his wife went out. The woman had
stated to him that she was going to
see woman named Emma who lived
at Bruton Hill. She was at the phos-
phate company's buildings when the
men knocked off at noon for dinner,
and began talking to a negro carpen-
ter named Bob Anderson. The two
were in earnest conversation when
Dupree approached almost out of
breath.
He said nothing to Anderson but
asked his wife why she had not gone
to the woman, Emma's place. She
replied that she was on her way then
ana would leave at once. Dupree ap-
peared angry and said she would do
nothing of the sort, but would accom-
pany him home. Anderson returned
TO. his work on the phosphate compa-
ny's buildings, with the other carpen-
tiers, and Dupree and his wife went
down the road together towards the
city.
The men at work on the second story
CT the buildings were attracted a few
minutes later by a scream and looking
towards the city, saw Dupree running
in a southerly direction. He disap-
peared in a bunch of coffee weeds and
has not been seen since. The place
where the killing occurred is about 900
yards from the buildings and when the
woman was reached, she was already
dead.
She was lying in a pool of blood and
several wounds in the head showed
that the work had been done with a
Knife. The wound that probably
caused death was in the temple. A
messenger was sent to police head
quarters, and from there the county Of
ncers and Coroner Keller were notified.
Chlef Deputy Sheriff Sweeney, Deputy
Hartigan, County Detective Charlton
ana representative of the Morning
News left at once for the scene of the
tragedy City Detective Stark ana
Murphy also went to where the woman
was Killed. Dupree had already made
GOOD his escape and the officers could
find no clue to his whereabouts The
negro Anderson claimed not to know
very much about the man or woman.
and would offer no suggestion for a
motive. The officers, however, were
convinced by his actions that he prob
ably was more intimate with the wo-
Al4Tll llldH lie WOuid [.
Lee Fraser, a negro foreman, met
Dupree just before he found his wife
talking to Anderson. Fraser told the
officer that Dupree was bathed down
in perspiration and seemed excited. He
had something in his hand at that time
and declared that he suspected some
thing and that if he found the man
who was keeping company with his
wife somebody would sleep in - be-
fore night According IN ENf.ae y,A
first words spoken by Dupree were
by Gcd, I'm on the track of some
thing. Dupree then left towards where
his wife was sitting with Anderson.
1t appears that the Dupree woman
was not of a domestic nature and that
her husband suspected that she
was not true to him. The theory
of the officers is that he suspected
the woman of keeping company with
one of the laborers employed on the
phosphate company's building and set
about to catch her. 1t is believed that
he went to Emma's house and when
he did not find his wife, left for the
buildings. He reached there during
the dinner hour and while the men were
eating. Dupree compelled his wife to
leave with him and began using his
knife on her head and face after he
had gotten out of calling distance.
After learning the particulars of the
homicide the officers left for Dupree's
house in Yamacraw. The people there
had not heard of the killing and said
that Dupree had not been home since
early in the morning. The dead wo-
mans daughter answered the uues-
tons put by the officers and did not
suspect what had happened. When
told that her mother had been muir
dered by her stepfather she said moth
ing, but obtained a stamp, a piece of
paper and an envelope and went to
neighbours house. There she told the
news and asked that her mothers peo-
pie in South Carolina be notified of the
killing.
Immediately the lane was in an up-
roar and the news that the woman
had been cut to death spread rapidly.
The women screamed and wrung their
hands and the lane was in turmoil
AS Babe Griffin the woman was well
known, and the news of her tragic
death stirred the denizens of the lane
into a frenzy. They started immedi-
ately for the scene of the killing.
Coroner Keller viewed the remains
and had them brought to the city in
the police wagon. No one could be
found who saw the cutting. or who
heard what passed between the man
and woman, before the knife was used.
Anderson and Fraser were the only
ones who knew enough to place the
responsibility for the killing on Du-
pree. An inquest will probably be held
to-day.
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