The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-09
WANT ADAMS BACK
PRISONER GOES FREE WHILE
GOVERNOR CLAMORs FOR ARREST.
FINED IN CITY COURT.
ADAMS PAID THE FINE AND THEN
WALKED CALMLY AWAY.

DulcerS GOr2ON Nne commitment On
the Charge of Bigany That Hung
over His Head-When Concealed
weapons Case Was Ended, Adams
and Everybody Else Seemed to
Think That Ended 1t AII-GOvern-
or Changed His Mind AbOut Cor
rectness of COmmitment-Deput
Searched for Him But the City
knew Him Not-His Whereabouts
still Unknown.
Jesse H Adams is again a very
much wanted man. With a commit
ment to the county Jail to await the
arrival of a warrant of detention from
the Governor still in force, Adams
walked out of the Superior Court room
yesterday morning and in ten minutes
did a disappearing act that makes the
feat of the late Mr.. McGinty look
cheap.
With the other Jail prisoners charged
with misdemeanors Adams was march
ed up to the Court House to stand trial
in the City Court. The City Court
room is undergoing repairs. and it was
across the corridor that the trials were
conducted. When it came Adams
turn he promptly entered a plea of
guilty and was fined $40 by Judge Nor
wood. The fine was paid.
Nobody made any further effort to
detain him, and with w. F. Slater, his
attorney, he left the court room. The
two men separated outside and from
that moment nobody seems to have
seen Adams again. In the course of
few minutes he was being searched for
by deputies of the City Court, but he
was not to be found.
The perturbation of the City Court
deputies was relieved by Mr.. Slater.
who handed to them a formal dis
charge of Adams from custody on the
warrant for bigamy. The discharge
was issued and signed by Recorder
Myrick.
Governor Wires to Arrest.
But the broken thread was mended
only for a moment After a brief in
terval there came a telegram from Gov.
Gambler to Sheriff John Schwarz. di-
recting that he arrest ]. H. Williams.
anu nOlu MIN uHlll JNe arrival Oh all
agent of the state of South Carolina"
AS no j. II. Williams is known to be
wanted for any offense, the name was
assumed to represent a clerical or tele-
graphic error and Deputies O'Connor
and Hartigan began the search for
Adams Though they searched for him
everywhere, they were not able to find
him, and up to an early hour this
morning he will still somewhere at lib
erty.
Adams was being held under a war
rant charging him with bigamy, which
was sworn out by wife No. 1 before
Recorder Myrick. A copy of this war
rant had been sent to Gov. Gambler, ac-
companied by a request for the issu-
ance of a warrant of detention.
The authorities here. under the law,
were required to hold their prisoner for
four days awaiting the action of the
Governor. AS yet no reply has been
received from him in the matter,
though the Morning News correspond
ent in Atlanta has wired that the Gov
ernor said he would not issue the
warrant, because the Recorder unlaw-
fully issued the warrant for bigamy,
as Adams had committed no crime in
this state and could not be considered
q fugitive from justice.
After leaving the Court House.
street, stating at the time he was GO
ing to the Union station and take the
first train for his home and the So
c1ety of his second matrimonial ven
ture. However, he did not follow this
plan, for the train that left at 3
O'Clock in the afternoon did not take
him away from Savannah. If he has
gone at all he left on a later train or
took one moving in another direction.
PnGEihl1r he 10 &c ha
Had "A Change of Heart
Gov. Gambler must have changed his
mind as to the correctness of the legal
position taken by Recorder Myrick in
issuing warrant for Adams 'confjne-
ment On Thursday he stated to the
Morning News correspondent in At
lanta he would not issue a warrant Of
detention, yet on yesterday he wired
Sheriff Schwarz directing the arrest
OF the defendant. Unfortunately the
telegram came when Adams had all
ready succeeded in getting out of the
way.
The man has professed the utmost
Willingness to return to his South Car
DINA home, and there stand trial for
the oftense of bigamy to which charge
he claims to have a good and valid de-
tense. 1t is possible that he has
moved In that direction, though. per-
haps equally probable he is still hang
ing up somewhere around Savannah.
f. M. Oliver, representing the prose-
cuton is stirred up over the turn that
things have taken. He has received
no communication from the Governor:
as far as he is advised none has been
received, nor does he think that the
Governor Will refuse to issue a war
rant for Adams detention. He said
that the case was clearly within the
purview of the statute. and that the
Governor could have no legal justifi-
cation for such a refusal
Mr.. Slater. for the defense. said that
Adams was told that he might go, and
60 he did.
Counsel Thought Him Free.
when he had been fined the ten
dollars for carrying concealed weapons
and l had paid the fine, 1 was told
that he had been released under the
bigamy charge, and that he was free
TO go. l turned to him and said.
Come on, jerry and we left the
court room together He was as free
as 1 was and he made no attempt to
conceal his departure. 81 don't know
where he is now"
The South Carolina wife still contin-
ues faithful TO Adams. Not later than
yesterday morning he received from
her tender and affectionate letter in
which she besought him TO return TO
her as soon as he could. Mrs. Causey
declared she still loved the man who
has wronged her and had no faith in
the charges brought against him. She