The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-23
CRIME WAS MURDER
ASSAULT ON AUGUSTUS SHEPPARD
WAS UNPRoVOKED.
GLOVER MUST ANSWER
CORONER's JURY FIXES RESPONSE
BILITY FOR NEGRO'S DEATH.

Lizzie Stewart, the Only Eye Wit
ness, Tells How Glover Delivered
Vicious Blow With Glass Bottle.
Sheppard Was Looking Out of
window when Bottle Broke ON
His Head-GlOver Had Cursed the
WOman-Dr. Osborne Told Jury of
Fracture of the Skull and De-
Hcribed Wounds.
Upon the testimony of Lizzie Stew
art, colored, who witnessed the assault,
and DR.. E. S. Osborne. who held an
autopsy, jury impaneled by Coroner
Keller last night, returned verdict
holding Henry Glover for the murder
of Augustus Sheppard.
The testimony of the only eye wit
ness showed that the assault upon
Sheppard was vicious one and was
unprovoked. DR.. Osborne. under
whose direction the remains of Shep-
pard were exhumed, told clearly of the
condition of the negros head, and gave
it as his opinion that the blow had
caused death. The verdict of murder
was agreed upon without discussion.
and Glover will probably be indicted
by the grand jury this afternoon.
The Stewart woman testified as fol-,
lows:
Story of Eye Witness.
Sunday morning at o'clock. Oct.
4, Glover came to my house, Thirty
fifth street. between Habersham and
Price, and called me. He told me that
he wanted to see me. l told him that
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his clothes and l told him that he
would have to wait until the morning.
He started to quarrel and cursing me
first, and also Augustus Sheppard.
Then Glover shook the window blinds
and Sheppard opened his window and
told Glover to 90 away that he was
disturbing everybody, and that he
wanted TO sleep. Glover said that he
didn't give a -, and asked Sheppard
what the - he had to do with it, and
called him - - , and an old
skunk.
Sheppard said that if Glover didn't
go away that he would make him get
away. Then Glover hit him. 1 heard
the blow but don't know what he hit
Sheppard with, until Glover told that
he hit Sheppard with a bottle. After
Sheppard was hit 1 did not hear any
thing more. Later, Sheppard came and
that man has knocked the blood out of
me- 1 said Mr.. Sheppard, you ought
not to put your head out of the window
and talk to that man in the dark. be-
cause he is drunk Later 1 called a
hackman, who was passing, to come
in and help Sheppard. I told him that
Glover had almost killed Sheppard. by
hitting him on his head with a bottle.
There are five rooms in the house and
Sheppard occupied one room for over
two months. Sheppard had no pistol
in his room"
Doctor Describes Wound.
The autopsy was held in the oolored
portion of Laurel Grove Cemetery in
the morning by DR.. Osborne and Coro-
ner Keller. DR.. Osborne gave the jury
| an accurate description of the wound
that caused the death of Sheppard. The
physician said: II found a lacerated
and confused wound of the skin i'm
mediately over the left eye. Upon re-
moving the scalp there was a depressed
fracture of the vertical plate of the
frontal bone, extending upward from
the supra orbital ridge on the left
side for distance of one and one
eighth inches. and extending transverse
ally for a distance of one and three
fourths inches; the depression was
three-eighths inches deep. Upon re-
moving the fragments of the bone from
the fracture the frontal sinus on the
left side was found to be filled with a
blood clot There was a linear fracture
of the inner or horizontal plate of the
frontal bone. Upon removing this plate
blood clot was found at the interior
surface of the frontal lobe In nv
opinion the intensity of the blow was
suthclent to produce DEATH"