The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-22
FOR FOUL MURDERS
THREE ALLEGED MURDERERS IN
DICTED BY GRAND JURY.
FOURTEEN BILLS RETURNED.
MANY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER
FOR VARIOUS CRIMES.

Sam West Indicted for Murder of
Alexander Paris-BilIs Returned
Against Abe singleton and Jim
Richardson, Who VIII Have to
Answer for the Murder of Charley
Qunrterman-AssaiI of George
Noble Indicted for MurderOus As
sauIt-others Indicted for Forgery,
MurderOus Assault and Larceny.
The grand jury held an interesting
session yesterday. AS a result four
| teen indictments were returned. three
of which charge murder. The docket
viii be called in the Superior Court
Monday, at which time the cases
against the parties indicted will be
assigned for trial.
! Abraham Singleton and Jim Richard
son were jointly indicted for the muir
der of Charles Quarterman on Sept. g.
| The homicide occurred in a house in
! Gwinnett lane, east of the Atlantic
| Coast Line tracks, at an early hour in
| the morning. The shooting resulted
from quarrel over a game of cards.
the amount involved being 20 cents.
| Singleton drew his revolver and shot
! Quarterman through the heart. 1t is
claimed that Richardson is an access
sorry to the shooting since he exclaim-
| ed: Shoot the -."
Sam West was also indicted for muir
der and will have to answer for his
| life before a jury of his peers. He is
charged with numbering Alexander
Paris in Fergerson's wood yard, on
| Waldburg and East Broad streets, on
| the night of Aug. 20. The eircum-
stances surrounding the killing point
| to the guilt of West, though there were
no eye witnesses. West made many
| conflicting statements to the officers,
| and 1T was upon this largely that the
| indictment was found.
| Attempted Murder; Was Indicted.
| Percy Moulden who cut the throat
| of George Noble and then drew the
razor across his own throat in an at
| tempt to end his life on Oct. 4, will
have to answer to the Superior Court
| for the attempt on the life of the Noble
woman. For some time it was thought
| that she would die, and he himself
| had but slim chance to live. But
| both survived, and an indictment for
| murderous accault was returned
against Moulden yesterday. Both are
| well known negroes.
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was indicted for larceny after trust.
| He was given 500 by one of his friends
| who was on the changing with which
| to pay the fine of the convict so that
| he might secure his release. He spent
| the 500 and the poor convict is still on
| the gang. 1t is probable that he will
soon be joined by Holmes, who admits
his guilt flippantly saying that he
'blowed the tin
For stealing dun colored OK named
| Joe, John Small, an individual with
enough aliases to supply a family, was
| indicted. The evidence upon which
the indictment was predicated was
that of Patsy Fulton. who testified to
the theft of "Old joe" an, animal
worth at least $40.
Bill Against Queer Crook.
Sherman Taylor, according to the evil
| dence before the jury, is queer crook.
| He stole five caddies of tobacco from
the railroad company. No one detect
ed him, but the tobacco was found in
| his possession, and Detective Murphy
| held him as a suspect for several days.
| No complaint of loss being made, and
| there being no evidence to hold him on,
| Richards was released; not, however,
| until he had engaged a lawyer and in
| stltuted habeas corpus proceedings. 1t
| was afterwards discovered that he had
| stolen the tobacco from railroad car,
| and an indictment has been returned
| against him for breaking and entering
| a railroad car.
James Nelson also broke into a rail
| road car. He was caught in the act,
however, and six pairs of pants and
| nineteen pairs of shoes were taken
from him. He was indicted yesterday
| on evidence given by officers of the
| Southern Railway.
Pringle williams will have to answer
for forgery An indictment charging
him with having forged a check for
$3.50 on the Central of Georgia Rail
| road was also returned
| Flozelle Hall, who owes his troubles
to a sleepy head, was indicted for bur
| glary, the specific charge being that he
| broke into a barber shop and stole a
pocket-full of razors and scissors. He
then laid down to sleep, and was lock-
ed in the arms of Morpheus when the
proprietor of the shop unlocked the
| shop next morning.
| Others Charged With Crime.
Paul Austin was indicted for muir
derously assaulting Andrew Robinson
on Oct. II. A special presentment,
charging him with carrying a conceal
ed weapon, was also returned.
For stealing n cents, which had been
entrusted to him to pay the express
on a trunk. John Brooks, a drayman,
had a bill returned against him. $.
| S. McFall was the prosecutor, and the
offense is alleged to have been com
| mitted Oct. 8.
Lewis Robinson had a bill returned
| against him for murderously assault
ing James Erwin. the crime having
| been committed on July 4.
T.. L. Rose will have to answer to
| the Superior Court for the larceny of
1928 from the Southern Cotton Oil Com
| pany. Rose sold certain goods of the
company. it is alleged. and pocketed
| the change.
Willie Jones was indicted for MUIR
derous assault, his alleged victim be-
ing John II. Grayson.
return of mo bil'' was made in
the case of Jim Williams and Charlie
Morris. held for murderously assault
on each other. They both claimed that
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