The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-24
HIS LIFE AT STAKE
HENRY GLOVER WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER FOR THE
MURDER OF GUS SHEPPARD.
WITH OTHERS. WAS INDICTED BY
THE GRAND JURY.

Circumstances Surrounding His Ar
rest UnusuaI-After Victim Had
Been Buried He Was Suspected of
the Crime-BOdy Was DisinteFred
and Autopsy Revealed Fact That
Sheppard Had Died From Frac-
ture of Skull, Resulting From As
sault by Glover - Seven Indict-
ments Were Returned.
Henry Glover was indicted for the
murder of Augustus Sheppard by the
grand jury yesterday. The case is one
of the most unusual in the criminologl-
cal records of the county, it becoming
necessary to exhume the body of the
murdered man before the case could
be brought to the attention of the
grand jury. The details of the disin-
terment and autopsy, resulting in the
arrest of Glover, have appeared in the
Morning News.
The crime was committed on Aug. 4,
though Glover's victim did not die until
Oct. 10. Glover had been living in the
same house with Sheppard, and a won1
an named Lizzie Stewart. The woman
was a witness against him at the in
vestigation yesterday. She told the
grand jury that Glover came to her
house late at night and wanted to come
IN, and that Sheppard refused to open
the door; and that Glover struck him
over the head with a bottle.
Coroner Keller and DR.. E. S. Osborne
were also before the grand jury. and
| told of the inquest and autopsy after
the elimination. Glover claims that
he used the bottle in self-defense. as
Sheppard attempted to kill him with
pistol, but this the negro woman de-
MED at the hearing yesterday, saying
that Sheppard had no pistol and that
Glover was drunk.
Others Indicted.
There We're several other indictments
returned by the grand jury for vari-
Gus felonies and misdemeanors, but the
one against Glover was the only case
which has claimed much public atten-
ton. All of the cases will be assigned
for trial Monday, and will be tried
during the week commencing Nov. 2.
William Bell was indicted for steal
ing a basket of vegetables from Re
becca Williams, after having been in
trusted with it for the purpose of sell
ing the contents. The woman was be-
fore the jury and accurately described
the contents of the basket, which she
said were IA quarts of tomatoes, 112
dozen pineapples 5 quarts of butter
beans, Z quarts of Irish potatoes and
Y ears of green corn.
John Davis had bill returned
against him for murderously assault
ing Diana Middleton on Oct. Is. The
assault was made with a pistol. Davis
is under arrest.
Lucius Cleft was indicted for lar
ceny after trust, the particular al
legation being that he did not return
a gold watch belonging to Zach Cabe,
which had been intrusted to him for
the purpose of having it repaired. 1t
was neither repaired nor recovered.
For Receiving Stolen Goods.
D. C. Nelson, who was acquitted on
Thursday on the charge of breaking
and entering railroad car, and was
held under order of Judge Barrow for
the further action of the grand jury,
was specially presented for receiving
stolen goods, the case being part and
parcel of the case already tried. The
goods received consisted of three bales
of cotton which had been taken from
| a Seaboard Air Line car.
A bill was returned against Charles
Harris, in which he is charged with
having appropriated double barrel
ed shotgun to his own use, which had
been lent him by William Moore on
New Years Day.
Will Sales was especially presented
for an assault and battery upon Joseph
Green, the assault being alleged to
have taken place Sept. l. last.
The case against Joseph Green,
charged with murderously assaulting
Sales, was also investigated, but the
jury decided that Sales was at fault
and that Green acted in self-defense.
Green was, however, indicted for car
rying concealed weapons, the bill be-
ing a special presentment.