The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-06
ACCUSED OF CRIME
MURDERER OF GEORGE POWELL
MUST STAND TRIAL.
FIVE INDICTMENTS RETURNED.
GRAND JURY FOUND NO BILL
AGAINST OFFICER HICKS.


"Eyes," Charged With Murder of
George PODveII-KiIIing Occurred
Two Years Ago-POIiceman w. r..
Hicks Released From Charge of
MansIaug hter-Jury Did Not Think
That He CIubbed Sarah Dixon TO
Death-IIenry johnson Indicted for
nm Unusual Crime-A Single Wit
ness Against Him-NO Bill Return
ed Against sam Gardner and An
tonic Nicholas.
After a thorough investigation of the
charge of manslaughter preferred
against officer w. e. Hicks by James
| Mongin. the grand jury made a return
of mo bilI' yesterday afternoon on the
indictment against him. The investl-
cation lasted about half an hour, dur
ing which time four witnesses were eX-
| amined.
Hicks was charged with beating
Sarah Dixon, colored, whom he had
under arrest, on Nov. 3. AS a result
of injuries received at that time she
died three weeks later at her home,
in York street lane. Directly after the
arrest when the nature of her in
iuries were learned, the woman was
taken to the Georgia Infirmary. Here
she remained for some time, later re-
turning to her home.
on the day of her death her son-in-
law, James Mongin, swore out war
rant before Justice Naughtin, charging
Hicks with her death Hicks was ar
rested by Constable Nose Lilienthal,
and was afterwards required to give
| 81 900 bond. He commended at the time
| that he did not use his club on the
woman, but that her injuries resulted
| from her own actions. The grand jury
evidently took the same view of the
| matter.
She Fought the Officers.
The case is a singular one. The Dix
on woman and another negress had
| been fighting, and the other negress
| called the officer. When he endeaVored
| to place her under arrest she ran into
the house. She ran up stairs. jumped
on the roof of the porch. and then to
the ground. the officer following her.
He succeeded in capturing her, but all
| the way to the box she kept up Wig
orous fight against him, until at length
| he was forced to throw her to the
| ground and hold her there until the
| patrol wagon came.
Before she was placed in the wagon,
| blood was noticed on her foot. An ex-
animation at the barracks disclosed
| the fact that the woman was injured
| internally, and that the bones in one of
| her feet were sticking through the
flesh. The officer claims that she re-
| ceived the injuries when she jumped
| from the shed. or at some time while
| eEdeavoring to escape him, maintain
ing that he did not strike her.
eyes" Indicted for Murder.
Jesup Fields alias Eyes" - was in
| dicted for the murder of George Powell,
in August 1900. This is the second
time that the case has been investi-
gated by the grand jury. When it was
| investigated the first time, before the
| grand jury for the July term, 1900, no
bill was found. Eyes" shortly after
wards went to Philadelphia. The only
witness against him at the previous in
vestigation was one Water Jones, alias
Toes" a running mate of Eyes"
Since that time new evidence has
been discovered. Before the jurors
yesterday, Bonnie McGrath swore that
| the murder was unprovoked. He said
that Ewes attacked Powell while he
was unarmed. and struck him in the
head with rock. The accused is now
in Jail, where he has been since brought
back to Savannah by Chief Deputy
Sheriff Sweeney several weeks ago.
Bandmaster Was Indicted.
Hugo Ockerman was accused of
forgery by the grand jury. E. Mas
sart his prosecutor, swore that on Oct.
Is, Ockerman, who was at the time the
| leader of the First Regiment Band
| forced hic ipdorcapnaut ~ bu nh oyacly
for $35 on the National Bank of Sa-
vannah. The note was given by the
Savannah Electric Company for the
! services of the band at the Casino.
Ockerman is in jail
Henry Johnson, colored, was indict-
ed for most unusual offense, the pun
! ishment for which is confinement in the
| penitentiary for from five to twenty
years. The crime is alleged to have
been committed on Oct. s. Abraham
Buchsbaum is the sole witness against
the negro.
BurgIarixed a Terrapin Crawl.
For burglarizing the terrapin crawl
| of Henry Ambos at Thunderbolt, on
the night of Aug. II, William Douglass,
| aonther negro, was indicted. The ne
| gro was detected while on the crawl
random shot scared him away, but
he was caught later on the bluff, by
the town marshal The charge against
him Is burglary.
Abraham lizard was indicted for
| robbery. the specific charge being the
robbing, by force. of Mason Turner.
| After going through his victims pock-
! cts lizard, 1t is alleged. got but 81 The
arrest-was made by Detective e. T.
Wall.
Two more cases were investigated.
in both of which the accused were
charged with larceny after trust The
cases We're against Sam Gardner and
Antonio Nicholas. There being insufl-
cient evidence adduced to warrant an
accusation, return of no bill was
made in each case.
Meet Again Friday.
The grand jury met at four O'Clock.
Judge Barrow advised them that he
had no matter to bring to their atten-
ton, after which they retired to the
! consideration of the several matters
above mentioned. After a session of an
hour and half, they returned to the
court room and returned their indict-
ments into court. The court asked the
foreman when they desired to meet
again, TO which the reply was that the
jurors would prefer meeting every Fri
day afternoon, when their services were
| needed
Solicitor General Osborne said that
IL was probable that there would be
some matters which he would wish 10
submit to their consideration next FRI
day whereupon the court ordered them
to meet again next Friday afternoon