The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-30
HILL WAS INDICTED
FORMER KEEPER OF LAUREL
GROVE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT.
THERE ARE THREE COUNTS.
WHICH ALLEGE A TOTAL EMBEZ
ELEMENT OF s525.73.

How Hill Lost the Respect of His
Friends, His Sense OF Honesty and
His Liberty-Emma Anderson
charged with the Murder of Her
ADOPTED Infant Child Thomas
0ouaro Got $3.50 From Germania
Bank ON Forged Check and Must
answer for 1t in COurt-Several
other indictments Returned by the
Grand Jury.
Clifford c.. Hill, former keeper of Lau-
rel Grove Cemetery, was indicted by the
grand jury Of the Superior Court, yes
terday afternoon, for the offense of en-
bezzlement. The indictment charges Hill
with embezziing $725,7S
The indictment is in three counts. All
of them fix the date Of the alleged en-
bezzlement OF public funds at Oct. 80, 1900,
and all of them set out that at that time
Hill was an officer of the city of Savan-
nah being keeper of Laurel Grove Gene
terry. The first count charges the embez-
element of $67573, the second the embez-
element of $50, and the third the embez-
element of $40 1t may be that the two
bv Hill of additional sums of money,
hut only to separate items of the total
amount included in the first count.
The story of Hills downfall, which has
become a thrice-tod tale in Savannah, is
the old one of wine, women and cards
especially cards. He seemed to have de-
Veloped an uncomfortable passion for the
LIZ
from a position of trust in the city gov
eminent and the esteem of a wide circle
OF acquaiutances, he drifted first into
criminal ways and then to the cen he
now occupies at the county Jail
1t will be remembered that ne was cap
tured in New Orleans by the police of that
city. and that Sheriff Swceny brought him
raek to Savannah.
TIE return of the Indictment will oc-
JASON some little surprise. At the time
OF Hilrs return to the city he was quoted
as saying that there would be no diff
Guilty in his making up the amount of
lis deficit among his friends. and that
the prosecution would be quashed. What
ever public opinion there was on the sub
ject seemed to support this statement of
HRS. However, ne has been indicted
aud now that he is, viii be obliged 70
stand trial like any other offender against
the laws.
\ true bill of indictment was returned
by the grand jury against Emma Ander-
son, charging her with the murder OF
Marguerite Anderson, her ten-months old
adopted child. The story of the states
Witnesses is to the effect that the woman,
in tit of temper. beat and choked the
infant she had adopted until the poor
Little creature was unconscious, infiicting
wounds from the effects of which the child
cied within a short time afterwards.
The woman is well known to the police.
under the name of Emma Anderson, watch
she was using at the time of her alleged
crime and her arrest and as Ella Walker
and Emma Flower.
Thomas Denaro, a negro was indicted
Tor the offense of obtaining money on p
false writing. Denaro is charged with
presenting to the Germania Bank a check
purporting TO have been signed by Ed.
I. Gaddis of Washington, directing the
payment to him of $3.50. The check was
- forgery, or the money which it directed
paid, at any rate, not intended for the
defendant
Ihree ind ctmcnts for burglary were
returned by the grand jury against Sam
jenkins, nj gro who has been p omi-
nent in the commission of the burglar
ieo recently Commute in the Nut IN
section of the city. The indictments
charge him with the Offer ses of breaking
and entering the houses of George T.
Hubert, Henry Golden and Shkre Sassen,
each time with intent to commit lar
ceny.
Robert Scott and Henry Wilkinson are
also indicted far burglary; George Jones
ana Jim Robinson are charged with as
sault with irtent to mu der
As result of a row on Gas House Hill,
Mamie Rowland and Carrie Hill are now
called uron to swer an Indictment
charging them with assault with intent
TO murder Emma Robi son. The women
are said to have made a vicious assault
upon Their interd d Wet m with knife
or knives and to have inflicted wounds
from which she suffered much
James Porter was indicted for assault
With intent to murder Savannah Porter
The woman whom Porter is charged
with trying to kill did not offer hesslf
as witness and the officers of the court
have been VI able to find her CITY Polio :
man c. A Collins. by whom the d frnd-
ant was arrest d. eppeared as pros Gu
tor before the grand jury.