The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-09-11
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EARLY SUNDA
GOrORer's Jury Unable d
Discover any Facts About
Murder
NEGROES were FUND DEAD
NEGROES WERE FUND DEAD
A Torn Up House, a Deck of Cards
and Blood Stains Told Story That
Gambling was the Cause of
the Tragedy

A mysterious shooting ARRAY oc.
Cured at the home of Ella Burg.
man and Eva Berrie. colored. which Is
located at PIG north Lee street. at
$50 O'Clock Sunday morning. AS 4
result of the affair two negroes. Is,
rael Lindsay. a well known local car.
penter. and Sam Streator formerly
employed on the wharves of G. $.
Baxter & Company were both killed.
The shooting and all of the Saets con-
nected with I. IS a puzzle as yet un.
solved. and although the pfIcers OF
the law have been busy at Work and
a coroners jury has held two sessions
it seems TO be a difEeuH matter 70
unravel the case or 70 fasten the
crime upon the guilty paf
That Lindsay and Strea did nos
kill each other there IS DOUBT
Lindsay was found In tha of a
neighhor's Apouse with bnlle hole
through heart a fun block away,
under an immense oak tree, sireabar
was located with a bullet ID his left
shoulder indicating that he was shot
either on the run or in erouchiug
position.
In the house where the Shooting
probably started deck OF cards on
the table and broken chinaware and
glasses. with blood stains all ever the
room. told of gambling game and
death struggle between those who
participated.
Coroner jennings Sunday mornin9
summoned a jury which met at u
o'clock and proceeded to look Into
the murders. The jury consisted o.
C. II. Leavy, foreman. e Burdette
j. M Armstrong, Ado Miller. James
Dreamer and J. A Thornton. Afte
viewing the bodies and taking the tes
umony of John Robertson and D. C
Craden as to the Identification Of th'
dead men the Jury recessed TO NEE
Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock in TN
Office OF Coroner Jennings.
In the meantime Chief Burney
Lieut.. owens and Officer Coins wer
busy and had arrested Claud Mile
a negro. fisherman. together with Ell
Burgman and Eva Berrie. the tw
inmates Of the house
Reports were carrent on the street
yesterday morning that other dead an
mutilated bodies had been discoyere
but they proved to be groundless.
Israel Lindsay Is well known
Brunswick and enjoyed pretty ia
reputation. He came mere from ste
ling and has been doing carpente
ing about the city for years II
body was turned over to his aunt ar
was buried at Sterling Sunday ate
noon streator was strange neg
and had been here only a few moaf
bmut during the time had ~
worker on the wharves, having work.
for Baxter & Company for three
four months. Coroner Jennings, WI
commendable energy raised a snbsci
s-Sra94Fzsl - funeral EXPENSES,
crowd Of negroes present contribute
TO the fund. which finally reach
$14.
The coroner's Jury assembled ag'
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock
aavosed about three hours to the ca
Ella Bergman. one OF the inmates
an the house was the first. Withe
She swore that Lindsay came no
at,,nk about O'Clock SATURDAY M
and tore most Of her clothes OF o.
sba became grigbteped apa sop
,be home Of a>cousin in the neigh
hood and did not return 50 ne ~
unt,l o'clock when passeroy
her that the row was going On 81
Che rushed to the house Y sse Z.
Ser baby as she had leis 4 =
ane heard two pistol ehq's aa9
.wo men leave the house s2e
~. ,ront and the other iF9ia .hS
w .sce she saw no 1Fhnng
- but one Of the msa' CIV ~.
,.Ssraed s with hsE sns '
5,ose aboat lAe ea1