The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-09
MEMORY BROUGHT
OUT new CHARGE
MENTION OF NAME "GR0VES"
BY GRAND JUROR GAVE DETEC-
TIVE MURPHY CLUE TO CRIMINAL.

Grand Jury Was Considering
Charge of Forgery Against
"COOker" Williams and Detective
Murphy Heard That Name Forged
Was That of H. @. GrOves-COm-
pared the Forgery With Signature
to a Receipt for Bicycles, and New
Charge Against williams Result
ed-NegrO Charged With Attempt
ing to Wreck ThunderbOIt Car In
dicted.
The memory of Detective ]. j. Muir
ply is responsible for the fact that Ed,
alias Cooker Williams, is indicted for
forgery and also turned over to the
City Court for trial, charged with steal
ing two bicycles. The incident was
one of the features of the meeting of
the Superior Court grand jury yes
terday afternoon.
The grand jurors were considering a
case against Cooker Williams, charged
with forging the name of H. c. Groves
to check for $4, and presenting it at
the Citizens Bank. Detective. j. ].
as witness in an entirely different
case. He was just preparing to leave
the grand jury room when he caught
the name Groves in connection with
the forgery case.
Recalled Forged Check.
He turned at once and asked the So
licitor general for the forged check
This was presented to him. Murphy be-
gan searching his pockets and finally
flshed out two receipts. stating that
the bearer purchased two bicycles of
one j. H. Groves and paid for them in
full. comparison of the names
Groves" on the forged check and on
the receipts, showed beyond the shad-
ow of doubt that they had been writ
ten by the same party.
Detective Murphy then stated to the
grand jury that he had been working
on the bicycle case, but could find no
clue to the person who had paWned
them. All that the pawn broker could
state on the matter was that the fell
low had started to write Ed" and then
crossed it out and signed another
name.
The extremely low price at which the
wheels were offered aroused the sus-
picion of the pawn broker, and he had
| told the negro that he would not buy
them till receipts for their purchase
we're shown. The negro had then left
and returned a few minutes later with
the receipts signed by j. H. Groves.
His apparent like for the name Groves,
| caught him.
At the advice of the solicitor general,
Williams was held in the Superior
Court on the forgery charge, and turn
| ed over to the City Court on the other
| charge.
Indicted Alleged Gar Wrecker.
Nick Mcintosh, the negro accused of
| attempting to wreck one of the Thun-
| derbolt cars of the Savannah Electric
| Company at the trestle just this side
| of Bonaventure Cemetery, was indict-
| ed for attempted car wrecking. He
will be given a trial some time this
| week.
The evidence against Mcintosh was
| presented to the grand jurors by Mr..
| Ed O'Connor and Supt. Rhodes of the
electric company, who had worked up
the case. Upon their evidence the ne
| gro was held, and if convicted a heavy
| sentence is probable. 1t is claimed that
the attempt was actuated by pure NAL
ice and a desire to get even with one
of the company conductors.
Besides the two indictments men
| TONED above. indictments were re-
turned against the following for the
| offenses after their names:
Charlie Jackson, burglary.
George Ford, attempting to pass a
check which he knew to be forged.
Joe Simmons, assault with intent to
| murder.
Edward Powers, larceny after trust.
The grand jury was in session for
more than two hours Only one mo
| bill' was returned and that was in
| the case of R. A. Hackett charged
| with a misdemeanor.