The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-21
PADDED APAY ROLL
A. f. SCHWEIK ERT, FORMERLY
PAYMASTER OF :. A. l..
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY.
FIFTEEN TRUE BILLS WE'RE RE-
TURNED YESTERDAY.

:. :. SASser Indicted Three Times
as Result of Shooting on Os-
sabaw Island - MOrningstar ana
williams We're Also Indicted-Ne-
gro Boy Who Robbed Two White
Boys Had Two True Bills Return
ed Against Him-Bcn Aiken Will
stand Trial For GfIIing in Skid
away River.
On a charge of having padded the
pay roll while acting in his official ca
pacity as paymaster of the Seaboard
Air Line A. F. Schweikert was in
dicted by the grand jury on two
charges yesterday. Schweikert it is al
legged, was guilty of Misrepresentation
on the company's roll, and the two
cases against him. it is said, being but
instances of other depredations.
The indictments both charge him
with cheating and swindling. In the
first of these it is specifically charged
that he falsely represented that one
II. L. Pugh was a switchman in the
employ of the Seaboard Air Line for
fourteen days in January, 1901. during
which time he earned ST 81, when, as
a matter of fact, such was not the
case. The second of the indictments
accuse him of falsely representing that
one Irwin Johnson worked as a
switchman with the company during
July, 1901, and during his service
earned $34 50.
AS a matter of fact, the officials say,
no such men We're at that time in the
employ of the railroad, either in the
! capacity of switchman, or any other
| capacity, and the padding of the pay
! roll was done for the sole purpose of
! pecuniary gain. Mr.. r. o. Cowling APP
| peared as the prosecutor in both cases,
| Anderson testified before the grand
! jury.
An Ugly Affair.
The grand jury also returned other
| indictments. S. S. Sasser, a resident
of Ossabaw Island, was indicted on
three charges of assault with intent
to murder. the persons upon whom the
assaults are said to have been COM
! mitted being General Morningstar,
Moses Lindsy and Bob Williams. Morn
ingstar and Williams were, in turn,
| indicted for hog stealing, the prose-
! cutting witness in each case being Sas-
ser.
The trouble occurred on Jan. H.
on Ossabaw Island. According to the
account given by Sasser, the negroes
were attempting to steal a hog when
shot by him. The negroes tell an en-
| tirely different tale, declaring that the
hog was killed by Sasser as an after
| consideration, in order to hide his
| crime. They say that they came upon
the island to get warm, and had no
| idea of stealing q hog. Morningstar
| appeared before the jurors on crutches.
| Considerable feeling has been aroused
| by the incident, and it is probable that
when the case comes up for trial next
| term there will be some interesting de-
| VelopmentS.
Robbed Two Boys.
| For knocking down two white boys
| and robbing them of rifle and a shot
| gun, Curtis James, alias Charlie Jones,
was indicted, there being a charge in
each case. The robbery occurred in the
southern section of the city in broad
| daylight, and created much indigna-
| ton in that section at the time. The
| two boys, Louis Rogers and j. D. Be
| Ville had been out hunting and were
| returning, when accosted and assaulted
by the negro. The arrest was made
by Detective Frank Wall, who was one
of the principal witnesses for the state.
AS a result of the determined effort
being made by Fish Wardens Westcott
and OConnor to break up the illegal
custom of gilling in the waters near
| Isle of Hope, and in other portions of
| the county, Ben Aiken, who, it is al
| legged was caught red-handed IN the
act of catching fish in gill nets in the
headwaters of the Skidaway river on
Jan. ID, was indicted by the grand
! jury.
Indicted All Three.
Nine witnesses were examined in
the case of John Proctor, Mack Law
renee and Joe Johnson, three negroes
| who were accused of assaulting with
intent to murder Harry Turner on the
night of Jan. q last. There was con-
| siderable doubt as to which negro had
the pistol which was responsible for
the disturbance. All three were in
dicted, the Jurors being certain that
there was sufficient evidence to war
rant the retention of two of them for
being accessories.
For breaking into the Coca Cola
| Company with intent to steal. Eugene
Williams, who was apprehended by
Detective Nose Davis, was indicted for
burglary. The attempt is alleged to
have been committed on Jan Is. An
other burglary case, the accused in
this instance being a woman was that
of Oracle Fields, who was charged by
the jurors of having burglarized the
| residence of Bessie Mason.
Lucius Bryant, Jr., appeared as the
prosecutor against James Lane, who
was indicted for assault with intent to
murder, Bryant swearing that Lane
advanced upon him. pistol in hand, and
fired at him with intent to take his
life. Nine witnesses appeared for the
| r,rsO.