The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-02
MUST FACE A JURY
HERRING INDICTED FOR SHELTER
ING JOHN WISE.
ONE WITNESS AGAINST HIM.
MEVADY GAVE TESTIMONY ON
WHICH INDICTMENT WAS FOUND.

Indictment Charges Herring with
Being an Accessory After the Fact
to Wise's Crime-NeGrO Denies His
Guilt and Says He'll Be Able TO
show His InnOccnce-J. II. TOOmer,
Negro Politician and Former Mes
seDger in City Exchange, Indicted
for Larceny After Trust-ApprOpri-
ated Proceeds of Check Given Him
to Cash-other Indictments Re
turned.
The grand jury of the Superior
Court on yesterday afternoon returned
a true bill of indictment against Wes-
ley Herring, the negro who sheltered
John Wise, the ravisher of Mrs. John
Smith, in his home at Pooler The in
dictment charges Herring with being
an accessory after the fact to the
crime committed by Wise.
There was but one witness against
Wise at the hearing before the grand
jury, Michael McEvady, who swore out
the warrant upon which he was ar
rested. The indictment charges that
Herring knew of the crime that had
been committed, and that Wise was
the guilty man. and that despite this
knowledge, shielded him and concealed
him from the officers of the law.
Herring is now in Chatham county
Jail, to which he was committed upon
his arrest a few days since. He now
disclaims having had any knowledge
of the identity of Wise or any inten-
ton of sheltering or protecting him.
and expresses with great confidence
his ability to show his innocence of
any wrong.
TOomer Used the Check.
j. H. Toomer, local colored politi-
clan of some note. and formerly mes
senger in the Office of the director of
public works, was indicted by the
grand jury for larceny after trust
Toomer had been entrusted by Leander
Butler with a check for 800 on the
Citizens Bank. drawn to Mr.. Butler S
order by Frank Werm, with instruc-
lions to have the check cashed and
bring Mr.. Butler back the money. In
stead of doing this Toomer appropriate
ed the money himself and decamped.
There were in fact very many cases
of larceny after trust in the bunch
of indictments the grand jury return
ed. C. b. Tyson was charged with
having appropriated $50, that had been
entrusted to him by Hannah Hopkins;
Cupid Welsh with the wrongful use
of the proceeds of the sale of a lot
of fruit, that T. J. Houston had en-
trusted to him: Edward Barnard had
made away with the profits of the sale
OF bunch of chickens, and c. Cum
ningham had done away with SIS. 81,
with which James Berry had been
foolish enough to trust him.
Langley stole "a Piano.
A peculiarly ingenious and somewhat
laborious crime was that with which
the grand jury charged Alfred Lang
| ley. He had entered the armony of
| the Chatham Artillery from which he
had removed bodily a large piano val
ued at $3.50 and the property of Mrs.
| Ruby b. Nicoll. The size of the prize
made it somewhat difficult for Langley
to conceal it and his efforts in this
direction led to his arrest and the re-
oovery of the instrument.
Ibert Jenkins was indicted for the
burglary of the house of Hannah Nor
gan, George Montgomery for a similer
crime committed at the store of G.. H
Lennon, and Ernest Gaillard for the
burglary of the dwelling house of Eta
Barnes.
An indictment for assault with intent
to murder was returned by the grand
jury against Eveline Collins, for as
sault with intent to murder. On July
II the Collins woman assaulted Re-
becca Harmon with a knife and cut
and slashed her after a fashion that
for a time made it uncertain whether
the latter would live.