The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-26
MACK PAULK IN JAIL
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
HIS BROTHER, HILLMAN.
THE EVIDENCE Is STRONG
THAT CONNECTS HIM WITH HILL
MAN PAULK's DEATH.

Sether in Mack's Buggy a Mile
From TiftOn-Mack's HIT and Shoe
Found Near Murdered Mans Body.
Queer Conduct on the Night of the
Trngedy-LittIe Interest Manifest
ed by Some of the Victims ReIa-
/ tives-Refused Permission TO At
tend Funeral.
Triton, Ca, Aug. 25.-Mack Paulk,
brother of Hillman Paulk, who was
found dead near Triton yesterday
morning. lies in Triton Jail to-day sus-
pected of his brothers. murder.
officers are also looking for John
Walker, a young white man living in
Irwin county, who is likewise suspect
ed
The hat and shoe, found near the
cold and lifeless body, are the clues
which led to the arrest. The shoe.
which was lying in the road some dis
lance from the body. has been pos
itively identified as one of a pair worn
by Mack Paulk the day before his
brothers murder. The hat resembles
both one worn by Mack Pauk and one
worn by John Walker although many
are of the opinion that it was the prop
erty of the latter.
| About five years ago John Walker
killed a young companion in Irwin
I
county, and Hillman Paulk was one
of the posse that arrested him. He
was afterwards tried for murder and
acquitted. Yesterday, Mrs Paulk, wife
OF the murdered man, told the coro-
ner's jury that Walker had threatened
her husbands life for aiding in his
arrest, and had also threatened her
with violence.
Waiting for His Brother.
Hillman and Mack Paulk were both
married men, with families, living sew
eral miles apart. Both were in Triton
the day before the murder, as was also
John Walker. Hillman Pauik was last
seen In Triton about $50 o'clock at
night, when he said he was waiting
for Mack, who was going home with
him. The killing is supposed to have
occurred about an hour later.
A negro man states that he passed
the two brothers about a mile north
OF Triton shortly before 10 O'Clock Sat
urday night. They were alone, riding
in Mack Paulks buggy and leading
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left his buggy in shop in Triton to
have some repairs made.
| The closer examination of Hillman
Paulk's body brought to light signs OF
struggle, there being an imprint of
teeth as if he had been bitten on the
back of his neck; his mouth was bruis-
ed, as If from a blow.
There is good evidence that the two
brothers left Triton together and Mack
reached his mothers house alone Be-
fore arriving at his mothers. he passed
several houses, driving at a break
neck speed, and once stopped and call
ed man out and drove away before
he got to the gate. The next morn
Ing, before the body of his brother
was found, he stated to some friends
that he had killed a man the night be-
fore and left his body in the woods.
When the body was discovered yes
terday morning a loose horse. with
saddle and bride on, was feeding near
by. There were tracks of a buggy,
which had been driven past the scene
of the struggle some distance, then
turned, came back, and later turned
around again and pursued the same
course it had first taken. The position
of the body and the condition of the
clothing show that it had been dragged
from the roadside.
They Left Triton Together.
The wife of Hillman Paulk, with
her three children, was spending the
night with her mother-in-law the Wild
owed mother of Hillman and Mack.
She says Mack came to his mothers
about IL o'clock the night of the MUIR
der. and asked If Hillman had got
home yet. He spent the night there.
and spoke of having lost one Of his
shoes.
Mack Paulk did not come near where
the inquest was being held yesterday.
although 500 or 1000 people visited
the scene. His brother, James, came,
out acted in a strange and uncon-
cerned manner. not going near his
brothers body This morning, Mack
Paulk came to Triton. and was at
once placed under arrest. He denies
any knowledge of his brothers death,
and says Hillman left town several
hours before he did.
There are three instead of four bull
let wounds in Hiilman Paulk's body
one evidently made while he was
standing. the other two apparently
while he was lying on the ground.
Either OF the three would have pro-
duced death. The coroner's jury adj
journed last night until tomorrow
Hnlman Paulk's body wat laid to rest
this morning in the family cemetery
at the old Pauik homestead. in Irwin
county Mack Paulk asked to be al
lowed 70 attend his borthers funeral.
but this the coroner. for good reasons.
refused.
Crusade Against ths Tigers.
This Killing. following close upon sew
eral difficulties, growing ouf 81 the a.
Continued "a fesfth Ea.aA