The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-10

tarium 1 never heard such profanity,
though I heard many things that were
enough to make one lose his religion"
Experts ON stand.
Immediately after the trip to the
rooms where the sisters were
confined, the testimony of the
experts was heard. This was
in substance that the sisters were SEN
sitive and subject to catalepsy; that
they were music teachers by profess
sion, but that because of their pecu-
liarities and the eccentricities display
ed in their dress, they were often fol-
lowed to the very doors by the rab-
BILE. This resulted in a loss of their
patrons, and finally there were without
support. They We're too poor to buy
food, and too proud to beg. AS a con-
sequence they almost starved.
DIR. Drummer testified that they had
come to the City Dispensary and made
application for two weeks supply of
certain drugs which, he said, they
used as sustenance, rather than accept
food. On the occasion of these visits
the older sister cursed out Rev. A. M
Williams and Mayor Myers, saying
that she was going to kill the latter.
1t was the opinion of all of the eX-
perts that both sisters were fit sub
jects for a sanitarium for the insane
After the testimony of the expert
Mr.. Saussy, foreseeing the inevitable
result of the trial, suggested to the
jury that they recommend to the Or
binary that guardian be appointed
for the younger sister, so that she
might be taken care of until her con-
dition improved. The jury, while dis
posed to do the most humane thing
possible, and sympathizing with the
unfortunate sisters, was unwilling to
make this recommendation, the prin-
cipal objection raised against it being
that it was altogether impracticable.
The women will be sent to the state
sanitarium in accordance with the rec
ommendation of the jury. at the earliest
possible time. The County Commits
sioners have done everything in their
power to make them comfortable and
to see that they received courteous
treatment at the Jail They do not de-
sire to keep them confined any longer
than is absolutely necessary, and as
soon as they have been notified of the
action of the trial jury, and have re-
ceived word from the sanitarium, they
will have the sisters sent to Milledge-
VILE. This will probably be within a
week.
Detectives Gave Evidence.
Detective Wall was the first witness
to be examined, he being the person
who swore out the warrant, against
the sisters. In answer to questions
to him by Judge McAlpln,
he told of his experience with them in
the past, and of the facts which led up
to the swearing out of the warrants
This testimony has previously been re-
viewed in the Morning News. The owl
dence of Detective ]. j. Murphy was
practically the same. He told of the
frequent visits of the sisters to police
headquarters, when they endeavored
to secure protection, at which time
they threatened to sue the city for
million dollars.
Mr.. T. j. Sheftall who lived near
the sisters, told of other eccentricities,
saying that he had seen one of the sis
ters strike an unoffending boy with an
and had known them to spit
at men who passed close to them. Like
all of the other witnesses, he said that
he had never seen them do any acts
of absolute violence, though he consid-
cred them dangerous.
"They are not more dangerous than
are they?" asked Mr.. Saussy.
not.
: "Well, do not bulldogs run at large?"
asked Mr.. Saussy.
Yes. but they should be muzzled,"
was the reply.
Threatened to XIII.
Mr.. G. b. Whatley at whose
home the women. have lived
for the last ten years, tes-
titled TO their peculiarities, saying
that, though he had been very kind to
them, the younger sister had re-
fused to speak to him for several
years, left the sidewalk when he
passed, and had even threatened to
kill him. 1t was his opinion that the
mind of one of the sisters was entirely
gone, and that neither of them We're
safe when left alone.
Miss Clarke, who lived in the same
house with the sisters, testified con-
corning their actions on the night of
their arrest, saying that the manner
in which they acted was induced
largely by the return of the third sis
ter.
Mr.. Saussy's cross-eXamination was
directed throughout to show that the
sisters were not insane, but of an eX-
ceedingly high strung and nervous
and that their eccen-
tricities were aCcentuated by the treat
ment which they received at the hands
of a certain part of the public.
The jury which tried the case was
of the following gentlemen
j. G. Keller, George l.. Hartman, A. A.
M. X. Corbin, Neyle Col
quit, NJ. F. Dunn, James Lane, E. II.
w. B. Puder, John r.
Lubs, Walter H. Fleming and Joseph
j. Carr.