The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-31
AT DEATH.
MURDERER COHEN INDIFFERENT
TO HIS FATE.
WILL NOT HANG FRIDAY.
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO Sc
CURE HIM A NEW TRIAL.

Cohen Himself Says He Don't Care
When He Dies-FaIked With His
Wife, Who Came From Brunswick
Yesterday to See Him, as Though
He Had n Long Life Before Him
Instead of the HanEman's Cell
COIOred Preachers Hold Daily Ser
vices for Him-AttOrney McCuen
Employed by the Murderer's
Friends to Try and Save His Life.
Abe Cohen, who was tried in the
Superior Court last month and sem
fenced to hang for probably the most
cold blooded murder ever committed in
Chatham county, will not be hung next
Friday. Mr.. D. E. McCuen, who has
recently been employed by friends of
Cohen, said yesterday that he intends
to file a motion for a new trial in
few days. This motion would act as a
supersedeas, and would stay the exc
cution pending it's determination by
the Supreme Court.
The execution was scheduled for
Friday. Sept. 5. Cohen admitted on
the stand, at the trial, that his sole
provocation for killing his victim, Su-
sic Rodgers, was because she had re-
fused to go home with him. The tes-
tinony developed, also, the fact that
after he had shot the woman he re-
turned to her PROSTATE form, and lift
ing her arm from over her heart, fired
again into her body.
Appeal for New Trial.
Mr.. John Myrick, who defended the
negro at his last trial, is not in the
city, and Mr.. McCuen was employed
to argue the motion for the new trial.
The grounds for the motion, Mr.. Nc
Cuen said would be, besides the gem
eral grounds of the verdict of the jury
being contrary to the law and evidence
in the case, predicated upon the dis
covery of evidence which would serve
TO mitigate, if not entirely change the
finding of the jury on the trial. 1t is
not known what this evidence is. Mr..
Myrick, on the former trial, made
practically no defense, and devoted
himself entirely to the question Of
a recommendation to mercy in his
argument to the jury.
Cohen UncOncerned.
Cohen himself is apparently the most
unconcerned of all interested in the
case. At the Jail he is perfectly will
ing to talk about his affairs, the
hanging included, and has expressed
himself as perfectly rFconciled to his
fate. The day makes no difference to
him. Through the bars of his cell he
chatted a long while yesterday with
his wife. who has come UP from
Brunswick and the two laughed and
seemed to be having as pleasant a talk
as any pair in the land. They APP
peared to be unaware of the shadow
that was overhanging the powerful
frame of the condemned murderer
discussing at one time money matters
and at another some mutual acquaint-
ance. Cohen is sure that he is con-
verted and that he will go to the home
of the saved.
His Religion Looked After.
The religious features of his daily
existence are well attended to. The
preachers of his own race have spent
much time with him. and his fellow
prisoners hold services at every OPP
portunity. Even while ne was talking
to his wife, the singing and praying
could be heard behind him. He was
told that his wife had been informed
that he had swallowed a cup of car
bolic acid and he laughed, adding that
he wasn't going to do anything like
that. Even if he was going to die
soon he wasn't trying to hasten the
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