The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-11
GRAND JURY BUSY
MANY INDICTMENTS RETURNED AT
SPECIAL SESSION.
FOR MURDER OF MUNGIN
AN INDICTMENT WAS RETURNED
AGAINST LEWIS WHITE.

Two Indictments for Murder and
One for Arson Among the Results
of the Grand Jury's Afternoons
WORTHWHILE Calvin, Slayer of
Rosa Pace, the other Alleged MUIR
derer-Marthn Hill Indicted for At
tempting to Burn Churchill Resi-
dence to Conceal Commission of n
Lesser Crime-Other Indictments
for Assault with Intent to Murder,
Larceny and Burglary.
The grand jury of the Superior Court
returned two indictments for murder
one for arson and a number of others
for burglary, larceny from the house
and other crimes at the session of yes
terday afternoon. First in interest and
importance among the indictments is
that which charges Lewis White, alias
Taffy Lewis, with the murder of David
Mungin.
The story of Whites arrest in Phil
adelphia on Monday last for a crime
committed more than three years ago.
has been told in the Morning News.
The session of the grand jury was
called especially to return an indict-
ment against him, and last night a
certified copy of the Indictment was
sent to Gov. Gambler at Atlanta, with
a request to issue a requisition upon
the Governor of Pennsylvania for
Whites surrender.
The requisition win be issued to-
day, and is expected to reach Savan-
nah tomorrow morning Armed with
it. Chief Deputy Sheriff Sweeny will
leave for Harrisburg, and as soon as
the requisition has been honored, will
bring his prisoner back to Savannah.
The second Indictment for murder
was returned against Willie Calvin,
who on Sept. last, killed Rosa Pace,
a woman with whom he had been liv-
ing, with a razor. Calvin murdered
the woman in a fit of jealousy, nearly
severing her head from her body. The
crime was committed in Sunnyside, a
negro settlement just south of the
city, where the woman lived.
Arson to Conceal Theft.
Martha Hill was indicted for arson,
crime that in this state is punish
able by death or imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life. The woman is
claimed to have stolen a silk skirt,
valued at $65, from Mrs. A. F. Church
i'll, by whom she was employed, and in
an effort to conceal the commission of
this crime set fire to the Churchill res
idence. Fortunately her efforts were
sunavailing and the house was not de-
stroyed.
In addition to the indictment for
ha oil ;oI
larceny from the house of the skirt
the theft of which she tried to con-
ceal by such desperate means. Con-
viction of this latter crime means a
term in the penitentiary.
John Kelly is charged by the grand
jury with using towards a woman
language tending to provoke a breach
Of the peace. The defendant, in his
effort to collect an amount he claimed
the woman, Margaret Shelby owed
him, is said to have interlarded his
conversation with many strident oaths.
An indictment for larceny from the
house was returned against Nancy
Mcknight. The averments indicate
that Nancy made quite a haul, for she
is charged with lifting from the house
OF Mrs. 2. Kelly a gold watch, valued
at $50, a satin skirt. worth $40, and a
bed spread worth 81. with all of which
she managed to get away. She was not
so successful in eluding detection and
arrest, and her indictment will be fol-
lowed by her trial and probable con-
Victfon in the course of the next two
weeks
Negro Desperate.
Tom Gallishaw was indicted for as
sault with intent to murder James
Thompson Gallishaw is a negro des-
perado, who for some weeks terrorized
the negro inhabitants of Isle of Hope
and other places on the salts. On one
of his expeditions he ran across a
dance, to which he had not received an
invitation, and vented his spleen by
firing into the crowd inside the room.
Thompson received a wound that came
near resulting fatally.
Other indictments for assault with
intent to murder were returned by the
grand jury against Joe Houston, Anne
liza Mckenzie, Rafe Babbett and Re-
becca Brown. Indictments for bur-
glary were returned against Gun I'm
derwood, Philip Henry, Willie Rivers
and Willie James. The last two were
indicted together for the commission
of two different offenses.
The cases in which indictments
were returned yesterday will proba-
bly, be tried during the two weeks be-
ginning Monday, Oct. 20. A petit Jury
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