The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-16
bsnkment. knowing that the deer
stand was on the tracks.
How Enemies Met.

How Enemies Met.
Potter and Bourquin, deadly enc
mics as they were, came face TO face
and an argument followed, is the line
of theory followed by the state. 1t is
surmised that Bourquin announced his
intention of again having Potter in
dicted for hunting on Sunday and that
they talked for a minute or two, Pot
ter calling attention to the fact that
he was not then on Bour-
quin's land, but on the railroad
company's right-ofway. The off,
GERS tracked the deer that was being
run and found that it came out at a
point near where the shooting occurred
and not where Potter had been stand
ing. This fact caused young Potter to
move from out of the woods towards
the railroad tracks.
The prosecution will contend that
Potter heard his father and Bourquin
talking and quickened his pace. He
was then behind the buggy occupied by
his fathers enemy and the old negro
bOdyguard, Taylor. 1t is argued that
the young man remembered how his
father had been prosecuted and forced
to pay a fine. how his dogs had been
shot by Bourquin, and how Bourquin
killed his fathers friend, Terrell, years
before.
All of these things occurred to
Gwyne Potter and he pictured to him
self. the officers say another prose-
cution in the state courts for hunting
on Sunday The gun that Terrell had
owned was an excellent instrument for
revenge, and the quick tempered and
impulsive youth. the officers contend.
determined in an instant to prevent
any further prosecution of his father
and at the same time to pay the debt
for the killing of Ferrell
Officers Picture Murder.
The officers picture Bdurquin sitting
in his buggy with his muzzle loading
gun across his legs. talking to Potter,
while Ywyne stealthily came up from
the rear. Then the young man fired
one shot at Bourquin. who suddenly
wheeled in his buggy to fire at the man
in the rear. 1t is argued that when
Bourquin turned the older Potter fired
a load into his back. The man in the
buggy dropped back a corpse and his
gun fell and exploded.
The prosecution then pictures the
effort of the old negro to make his es-
cape, points out where he ran and
slipped down the embankment, and
shows how the elder Potter followed on
the edge of the embankment and finally
shot him down on the railroad tracks.
in shell for ten bore gun, was found
by Undertaken John H. Fox near the
Negroes body, showing that he had
been killed with a ten-bore gun. That
was the sort of gun Potter was armed
with, and the wad was exhibited to the
jury as evidence. Although purely cir
cumstantial, the evidence was regarded
as particularly strong. and the jury
showed no hesitancy in returning true
bills.
Potter Protests Innocence.
Both Potter and his son deny all
Knowledge of the homicide, and pro-
test that they are innocent of the
charges made against them. Potter
says that he has at no time endeavored
to conceal his feelings towards Bour-
quin. but declares that he did not see
him on the day of the killing, and
knows nothing of the homicide. His
son is equally as emphatic in protest
ing his innocence.
Neither man seemed greatly con-
cerned about the turn the case had
taken and both had expected it. Pot
ter stated to a representative of the
Morning News that he knew he would
be suspected of the crime lust as soon
as he heard that Bourquin had been
murdered. The prisoners secured coun-
sci in the person of John E. Myrick,
Esq. Immediately after they had been
committed to Jail.
The Potters will probably be first
tried for the murder OF Bourquin, and
If not convicted on that count will be
tried for killing the negro Taylor. The
trial of the case promises to be ex-
ceptionally long, but interesting. The
prosecution sets up the claim that it
will be able to prove the guilt of the
accused beyond all peradventure.