The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
Rsvo|tng Crime In Heart of Cib Arousss Ire of Cii-
 lens to Furious Pitch
NEGRO USES AK UPON
 INNOCENT VICTIMS BIoodhounds Are Put on Trail With out Effect and Reward Is Offered For the Murderer By Mayor
 of Savannah.

Savannah Ga, December 10.-victims of a revolting crime. Mrs. Eliza Crib ble, aged 70 years, and her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, were found dead in their home, No. 4O1 Perry street, west, here today while a third woman, Mrs. Maggie Hunter, found just inside the front door of the house, is at the Savan- nah hospital dying.
 Physicians state that Mrs. Ohlander was the victim of criminal assault just before she was killed. One hundred and fifty negro men, caught in the meshes of the police dragnet through Yamacraw, the negro section of the city, are prisoners in the police station, the theory of the po- lice being that a negro man. having planned an assault upon Mrs. Ohlander was compelled to commit the other crime and escape.
 Other arrests will be made before morn- ing until every negro in the city who in any way resembles the description of a negro who, during the last three days, has been seen frequently about the prem ises of the house of the murdered wom- en. is a prisoner.
 Police believe that this negro, using an ax taken from the wood shed in the rear of the Gribble home, beat Mrs. Gribble to death, struck down Mrs. Hunter and after assaulting Mrs. Ohlander in the wide. long hallway where the bodies were found. finished hiestgzrible aworis by beat ing in her skull with the weapon.
 Mrs. Gribble evidently was attacked hoI ind cho cof fin an, aac ha iT reading. On the floor beside her body were found the newspaper she was read ing and her spectacles. One or possibly two blows were dealt her. Her gray hair blood-spattered, showed the imprint of the blunt ax. It is probable that Mrs. Hunter was the first to be struck down: that she met the murderer at the door as he entered and was struck before she could escape. Then the mur- derer. stealthily approaching aged Mrs. Gribble killed her.
 It is believed that Mrs. Ohlander as she left her room to enter the hallway. was assaulted and killed. Mrs. Hun ters skull was crushed in and her death is a matter of but few hours. Other theories are entertained by search CTS for the murderer, but the police are proceeding on the theory that negro is the guilty one. Many entertain this theory
 
 The motley horde of prisoners in the police station and Jail are frightened. It is believed that if the negro suspected of the crime is caught he can be quickly identified.
 Bloodhounds have been used in an effort to take the trail from the woodshed where the ax used by the murderer was found, but as the house of the murders is al- most within the heart of the city and as kol y%o- fore the discovery of the bodies the dogs will be of little use.
 Tonight Mayor Tiedman of Savannah of fered a reward of 5000 for the capture with evidence to convict the slayer of Mrs. Gribble and Mrs. Ohlander and assailant of Mrs. Maggie Hunter, who was not Identified for hours after the discovery of the murders and who is the woman at the point of death in Savannah hospital.
 It Is now almost certainly known that negro. the negro who was at first sus- pected. is the guilty man. Persons have been found who state that this negro was seen entering the Gribble house with an ax in his hand and was seen closing the shutters to the windows of the house, and 10 leave the premises, all at the hour \ when 1t is believed the murders were committed
 The negro's description has been printed on handbills and scattered broadcast over the city and country with the reward offered and an nearby towns have been notified and are on the lookout Police officers in automobiles have covered all the roads for miles around the city. while posses on foot have secured the places where automobiles could not go. The house to house search of the negro homes continues and the negro's capture is ex- pected momentarily.