The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-09
MUST FACE JURIES
TWO DOZEN ALLEGED FELONs AND
CRIMINALS
WILL BE TRIED NEXT WEEK.
CRIMINAL CASES ASSIGNED IN ST.
PERIOR COURT.

The Trials Will Be the Most Inter-
esting of the June Term-TwO
Wanderers and other Alleged Eel
Ons VIII Have to Face Juries of
Their Peers-HaIf of the Accused
Are White Men-SOme of Them Are
Well known in the Community.
Court Will Have a Busy Time.
The most interesting criminal trials
of the June term will take place next
week in the Superior Court. Besides
two murder cases, there are other
trials for lesser offenses which, either
because of the prominence of the par
ties or the circumstances surrounding
the crime, make them equally inter-
esting. These cases were assigned by
Judge Barrow when court convened
yesterday.
Twelve of those to be tried are white
men. Among the offenses which APP
pear upon the calendar are murder,
rape, burglary, murderous assault,
larceny after trust, hog stealing, using
approbrious words keeping a tipping
house open on the Sabbath day and
trespass. d. ]. Charlton will appear
for the state in all of these cases,
while those who had not counsel were
provided by the court.
Charged With Murder.
Isaac Washington, a Yamacraw ne
gro who is known by the less euphon-
ious name of Bum will be tried for
his life for the murder of William
Holmes on Nov. 16, last. 1t is alleged
that he shot Holmes, after a row,
which followed a quiet game of skin.
The men had an alteration over a
quarter Washington fed. and was
only recently captured. He will be
tried on Tuesday and will be repre-
scented by w. F. Slater.
Ed Hazel, the notorious criminal,
whose operations in defiance of the
law caused the Governor to brand him
as an outlaw, and put ransom on
his head, and who was not captured
until after several officers had been
wounded, will be tried on five charges
of assault with intent to murder. his
| intended victim being, in each case, a
different officer of the law. Much in
| terest attaches to the trial of these
cases, especially since the negro has
! already been given a ten-year term in
| the penitentiary on one of the six
charges. His trial will be on We'd
nesday, his counsel being w. F. Slater.
For Larceny After Trust.
On the same day Lacey D. Nell and
| R. e. w. Edwards, two we'll known
young white men, will be tried on
charges of larceny after trust. The
= charges are distinct.
II. II. Mickler will be tried on Mon
day on a charge of hog stealing, the
charge being preferred by ]. w. Lar
| rissey. On the same day Martin j.
Berry and Cornelius Dulehery, two
West Broad street grocers. will be ar
raigned for keeping a tipping house
open on the Sabbath day. The same
charge is preferred against ]. H
| Grimm, Eliza Newton and Walter
Rice, the last two being jointly in
dicted.
r. e. Thornton, who is charged with
| murderously assaulting Hartridge
Harm, will be tried on Thursday. Be-
cause of the mystery which for long
time shrouded the affair, the trial bids
fair to be interesting.
| RRcy Hearing.
Another interesting trial Will be that
of L. L. Dotson, white man who is
| charged with the unusual offense OF
using approbrious words. If the case
comes to trial it will be rare and
racy, for according to the language
imputed to the accused, he is a pass
| master in the use of oaths and indel.
icate epithets.
There are other cases set for hear
ing, among them Sam Simmons, alias
| Black, charged with burglary; Ed
ward Taylor, indicted for rape; Joe
Coachman, assault with intent to muir.
der; Hudson IIuger, charged with
shooting Waterman Briggs at the
nemler Oyster beds near Wilmington
island; George J. Barthelemas, charged
with murderous assault; Andrew
Washington, with burglary; William
Walker, with murderous assault;
Thomas Gordon, assault with intent tc
murder; Robert Green, A. S. Cave anC
George Chaplin. all charged with muir.
derous assault, and E. M. Bailey
charged with trespass.