The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-26
TRUE BILLS GALORE
GRAND JURY RETURNED THIRTY
THREE INDICTMENTS.
TWO OF THEM FOR MURDER.
HENRY BROOKS AND A. j. GABLE
CHARGED WITH THAT CRIME.


on Dec. 30-T. d. Murthn Indicted
for Forgery-Said 10 Bave Forged
the Name of His Uncle, NJ. BoIey, as
Indorser Upon "a NOte-White Man
Charged With Attempted Assault
Upon Negro Girl.
The grand jury OF the Superior Court
struggled with criminal cases for more
than three hours yesterday and as a re-
suit of this elaboration and investigation
returned thirty-three true bills of indict
meat.
1t was a good hard days work for the
twenty-five grand jurymen who were
present. The bills they returned are
against an even larger number of defend
ants than there are indictments, as there
are two or more defendants Jointly in
dlcted in several instances. During the
afternoon the grand jury examined more
than seventy witnesses. The crimes into
which examinations were made ana
against the perpetrators of which indict.
ments were returned range in gravity
from simple cases of assault and battery
! to murder itself.
First in interest and Importance, of al
the Indictments returned, is that against
Henry Brooks, which charges him with
the murder of Policeman Harry b. Fend-
er. The circumstances of this brutal and
cowardly killing, which was done on the
early morning of Feb. 16 are fresh in
the minds of the reading public. At first
the evidence against Brooks was circum-
stantial merely, but it has been strength
ened since by the discovery of a witness
who saw the crime committed. In the
minds of those who have investigated the
! crime no doubt about the gu 1t of Brooks
has been cast by the letter of the man
who describes himself as the perpetrator
of the deed. He is usually believed to be
some friend of the murderer, who is TAX
ing this course in order to do him a good
turn, and divert suspicion to another
channel.
! An Indictment for murder was returned
also against A. j. Gable who kill w IL
lam Smith, at Tybee, on the night of
Dec. 80, of last year. Gable is a man
considerably snail er than was SIN tn and
when the two became involved in a
difficulty Gable picked up a pitcher from
the supper table, at which both men We re
sitting, with which to defend himself
With this pitcher he struck Smith a ter
rifle blow on the temple. from the ef-
fects of which the man ded.
T. b. Murtha was indicted for forgery.
The grand jury charges him with having
forged the name of M. Boley, who is his
uncle, to an Endorsement of his own note
for $3.50 Murtha executed the note end
made it nayable to the order or Mrs.
Alice r. Mailette, who preceded him as
the proprietor of the Marshall House, and
from whom he subleased the premises
The note was for rent and she demanded
a good Endorsement. The grand jury
and the witnesses who appeared against
Murtha, say he supplied this with his
own pen. When the note fell due, Muir.
tina did not pay it, nor did the alleged in
dorser, and then the trouble began.
The proprietor of the Marshall House
was arrested and, in default of bond, was
committed to Jail. There he has remained
ever since, and it looks now as Though
he will only be removed to stand tria
for the crime of forgery.
| A sensational charge is made by the
grand jury against r. G.. Shivers, a white
man, who is said to have attempted q
criminal assault upon Susie Bell McLen.
don, little negro girl, y or IS years old
The child was before the grand jury, anc
described to that body Shivers' alleged
| - 10 assault IeI CIlullIdliy. SHlNeTs
denies absolutely the truth of the charges
brought against him.
Curt Hernlen, the young German whC
has recently figured rather prominently
in police and court reports, is twice in
dicted by the grand jury, the indictments
charging him with impersonating Judge
u. M. Norwood and with the larceny oil
a valuable letter, belonging to w. G.
Woodfn, from the office of the janitol
at the County Court House.
The first Indictment charges that Hern
lein "did falsely and fraudulenty person.
ate one Thomas NJ. Norwood by repre-
senting TO one d. c. Carson, teller of tht
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
that he was said Thomas NJ Norwood
and the payee of certain check, ther
aud there presented, drawn by Youman,
& Demmond." Hernlein is about % year.
old and absolutely clean shaven Thos,
who know Judge Norwood will be abb,
TO appreciate the nights to which Hern
lein has climbed in the matter of nerve
Tor he has been before Judge Norwood
twice In the past and been sentenced Il
terms on the chain-gang He know,
therefore that he doesn't look anything
like the Judge.
John Egenese. Jim Egense Dave Stan
ley and l.. Purdon, four white BOYS, tn,
eldest of whom is only about Is, were in
dicted by the grand jury for the offens,
, or burglary The boys broke and entered
the store of the Palmer Hardware Com
pany and stole large number of knive,
and. other like articles and some money
Their unfortunate proclivities in this di
, recton have served to get at least TIVE
o. the boys In similar trouble Oh forrne,
occasions.
John Nielsen is cahrged by the grand
jury with assault and battery, alleged K
have been committed on o. C. Lands
} verk. Nielsen and Laudsverk were FOR
merly partners in the ship chandler,
business on the Bay. Their partnership
was abruptly concluded, and afterwarC
Nielsen concluded that he was entitled Il
/ beat Landsverk some. Report has IL tina.
: he administered a thrashing to tn,
Queens taste, and to the taste by tn,
way, of a number of other persons wht
, are familiar with the relations between
the two men. The grand jury objected I;
this effort on his part to take the Law
into his own hands and administer ius
tice on his own account and indicted hin
t for assault and battery.
Ben Butler, a negro policy writer rep.
resenting some Of the local concerns en-.
gagged in this business, was indicted fol
> the offense of maintaining one of thes,
pleasant little moneymaking devices
: Butler was captured in a raid made by
the sheriff and his deputies on one Of IN,
200 or 300 branch offices Of policy lot
teries that are scattered all over the city
The particular one that Butler conduct