The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-07
KEENE'S THREE YEAR-OLD, DELHI.
WON RICH GRAND REPUBLIC STAKE
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN HODGES TRAGEDY.
Officers Following Every Clue, But
So Far No More Arrests.

So II w luOEC AEEeBNSs
Statesboro, Ga, Aug. 6.-Judge
Daley's order for an extra
term of the Bulloch Superior Court
Aug. Is to try the negroes implicated
in the murder of the Hodges family
assures speedy trial.
Every effort was made to have the
court convene here Monday, Aug. 8,
but it was found to be not only i'm
possible, but unwise. While a special
solicitor general and stenographer
could have been secured, it would
have been impossible to have sum-
moned the jurors according to law by
Monday. The jurors who served at
the last term of court will be used
at the extra term and they will have
to be subpoenaed the same as if they
had not served.
Reed and Cato still maintain that
there are others who were connected
with the crime, and by waiting an
other week it is expected that the
truth or falsity of their statements
may be established. Reed now says
that he went up to the house. Here
tofore he has stoutly maintained that
he did not go near the house, but re-
manned nearby to watch while others
committed the crimes.
Many interesting incidents are be-
ing related in connection with the
crime and the arrests. When Sheriff
Hendricks was bringing in a lot of
prisoners last Friday night Lovell's
boy was wanted, and the officer, hav-
ing no more riding room, told the
boy he would have to walk into town.
The old negro said that If he would
allow him he would hitch up his bug
gy and bring the boy along. While
in the road ahead he turned and said:
BOSS, you ben resting any white
folks fur dis crime?" When told that
there had not been any such arrests,
he said: "Well dat amt right / t'ink
you orto rest everybody as you go"
1t did not take long to make the old
fellow apologize for his uncalled for
advice, which he did very fully.
Will Cato has an acquaintance
named J. c. Cato. who lives at the
corner of Ann and Orange streets in
Savannah and who says that he has
known Will Cato since 1899; that his
name is not Cato, but Gator and that
Gator and Paul Reed lived in Yama-
craw.
A negro in the Hodges neghbor-
hood said a few days ago that the
Reed and Cato women ought to be
uutlS lOT Telling OH their HuSDdnQS.
Whether he had anything more to
say about the crime will not be known
probably until the trial comes off He
may be made q witness for himself
or against others.t
Sheriff Kendrick and his deputies
are following every clue to the crime.
AS for Andy Bell, there seems to be
nothing new that will convict him.
The sheriff and one or two others sub
jected him to an examination yester-
day in the jail, but he stoutly denied
having anything to do with the crime.
and told the men that they could put
him to death along with the others,
but he did not know anything about
the murder more than he had already
told.
There is no doubt about Sheriff Ken
bricks action making him more pop
ular as soon as the people can be
made to fully understand his posi-
ton. He is being congratulated on
every hand by people who never knew
him before. People in other counties,
while not discrediting their own sher-
ifs, say that if the people of Bulloch
do not want him, just say the word
and he can get a job for the asking.
great deal of the dissatisfaction
that has been expressed was brought
about by the opposition to Sheriff Ken
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