The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
FOR MURDER ON DAUFUSKIE.
Addison Lindsay Charged With Kill
ing Negro with "A Brick.

/
ing Negro With a Brick.
Addison Lindsay, a negro who es-
caped from the county chaingang in
| October 1899. was arrested yesterday
at Oemlers oyster factory on Whining
ton Island, and is held at the county
Jail on a charge of murder, committed
last Tuesday on Daufuskie Island. The
negro killed was Frank Demere, also
an escaped convict. The killing was
done with a rock.
Immediately after the homicide Lind
say left Daufuskie for the Wilmington
oyster factory, where he secured en-
ployment, and remained until he was
taken in custody. He was greatly sur
prised at his arrest, but came to the
city without any trouble. AT the Jail
he was charged with being an escaped
convict, and also with the South Caro-
lima murder. The prisoner was seen by
a representative of the Morning News
and talked freely of the killing and his
escape from the county authorities
here.
Lindsay says that he went fishing
at Daufuskie last Monday, and that
they were in a sail boat. They were
skimming over the water when another
boat came up, and Demere was chal-
lenged for a race. He accepted and the
fight for supremacy on the water was
begun. Demere's boat was in the lead,
but was not acting exactly right, and
he ordered the boy TO pull up the CEN
ter board, saying that the trouble was
at that point.
The boy did not have strength enough
to perform the task, and Demere told
Lindsay to pull the board up. Lindsay
says that he was busy making ciga-
rette at the time, and that when he
finished he forgot all about the center
board. Demere thought that it had
been pulled out of the water, and ex-
pressed surprise when the challenger
passed him. Not only was he amazed
but ne was angry as well at being
beaten
In the meantime the boat ran on a
bar, and stuck, and Demere became
more enraged as the rival boat skip
ped lightly over the water and past
him. According to Lindsay, Demere
shouted to the victor that he would
not have won had it not been that he
had as assistants a pair of - - -
- -. Lindsay said that he was on
the bar pushing the boat into the water
when Demere used the offensive Ian
guage, and that he spoke to him about
it. Demere, he said, threatened to
knock him into the water with the
tiller stick, and he told him that he
would get no credit for it If he should
make good his threat.
The prisoner claims that Demere then
got his butcher knife, and stated that
he would use it when he went ashore.
He changed his mind, however, and
there was no more trouble when the
men left the boat. On Tuesday De-
mere did not accompany Lindsay on
his fishing expedition, and the fisher
man and his other companion sold
what they had caught at Tybee. They
returned to Daufuskie, and with Others,
became engaged in a game of 'five-up"
on the .danving pavilion. The men were
playing for cents a corner, and were
intent on the game when Demere came
up.
Lindsay says that his enemy of the
day before said something to him about
carrying away some mans oars, and
that he denied it. Demere threatened
to wipe the ground up with him, and
Lindsay told him that he would find
much difficulty in executing his threat.
Lindsay says that Demere then drew
knife and started for him and that
he backed away until he secured
large rock. This he hurled at Demere
with much force, and that individual
fell to the floor with an ugly wound
on the side of his head. His assailant
did not know that the wound was
mortal one, but left the island at once.
He says that he acted in self-defense,
and that he has no fear of going to
trial on the grave charge. Lindsay
was convicted of the larceny of a coat
and sentenced by Judge Norwood on
Sept. /, 1899, to serve nine months on
the county changing. He says that
Demere was given twelve months for
the larceny of a turkey, and only serv-
ed a short while when he escaped and
went to Daufuskie.