The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-27
FOLKSTON SAW
NO OUTBREAK
ARRANGEMENT OF PRISONERS
UPON INDICTMENTS OF MURDER
FOUND AGAINST THEM.

The AItmRns and Harvey Must An
Swer i'm Charlton County for the
Killing of Jackson Duncan and
the NegrO-PrOmises Made Sheriff
MattOx That There VIII Be No
Violence offered by Partisans of
Either Faction.
Waycross, Ga. Oct. 26.-The trial of
Hillary and Charley Altman and Ivey
Harvey, charged with the murder of
Jackson Duncan and the negro jim
Kelley, was commenced in Charlton
Superior Court at Folkston this after
noon. The two Altmans are to be tried
together for the murder of Duncan.
The afternoon was taken up in the
hearing of demurrers and actual teeti-
mony will not be commenced. nor the
jury drawn, until tomorrow.
Judge Parker at O'Clock. granted a
continuance until morning. because of
the absence of certain witnesses for the
defense.
There is strong array of legal tai
ent on both sides of the case. Solicit
or Bennett for the state, is assisted by
Toomer &, Reynolds of Waycross, and
Clark, Parker & Hemings, and L. E.
Wade of Jacksonville. The attorneys
for the defense are Bryan & Bryan,
and Walker & Slayer of Jacksonville,
and j. S. Williams and A. E. Cochran
of Waycross.
Beyond the unusually large crowd
and occasional signs of too much
whisky. there was little indication of
the expected trouble at Folkston
Friends of both the Altmans and Dun
cans are there in large numbers. There
is a distinct line between the two fac
tions, and at no time to-day was there
the least sign of the expected row.
The greatest apprehension felt by the
Duncan faction was that some attempt
might be made to drive off the negro
witnesses for the state. These wit
nesses did not remain in Folkston last
night, but were brought to the Way
cross Jail. They were carried back to
Folkston this morning and were shut
up in small clubhouse in Sheriff Mat
tox's yard. Three deputies guarded the
negroes during the day
Sheriff Mattox last night received
every assurance from the Altman fac
ton that there would be no trouble,
and none is looked for. at least not
until after the trial is completed
Many are of the opinion, however, that
there &c n hA n CHI
jury return a verdict of murder.
The grand jury this morning brought
in an indictment against the Altmans
and Harvey of murder in the first de-
gree.
The witnesses for the state were
brought back to Waycross tonight to
prevent any possible outbreak. Some
of the Duncans are spending the night
in Waycross. ga
Should the Altmans and Harvey be
cleared of the murder in Charlton there
are charges against them in Baker
county, Florida. for the killing of
Deputy Sheriff Thrift and the shoot
ing of w. NJ. and John Duncan at
Baxter. 1t is claimed they also seri-
ously wounded Marshall Duncan and
threw him from the train at the time
Of the killing of Jackson Duncan and
the negro.
About twenty of their friends and
relatives are also implicated in the
Baker county trouble. These men are
awaiting trial in the Florida courts and
are under bonds of 81, 900 to $1,7O0 each.
All of the Altmans and their friends
voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff
Herndon of Baker county shortly after
the row at Baxter.