Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

Will Johnson and Charlie Walker, ne
groes, were Wednesday afternoon posi-
lively identified by Conductor w. II.
murdered Motorman s. T. Brown and
shot him (Bryson) through the back at
the end of the Druid Hills street car line
Saturday night a week ago.
The identification was made Wednesday
die Immediately When he rallied the doc
tors thought his death must be but "a
question of a short while.
Almost inevitably in such case in
ternal bleeding causes death, or, should
the bleeding be stopped by a blood clot
forming. fatal abscess follows.
i Somehow, in his case, both results have
been avoided.
His recovery will be largely due to the
excellent and constant attention that he
has received from the doctors attending
him at the Atlanta hospital. These are:
Drs. Thomas H. Hancock, w. c. Jarna-
gin, E. X. Armistead and James Manget
FOUR NEGROES SCRUTINIZED.
Detectives Black and Billiard took four
negroes-Will Johnson, Charlie Walker,
Emmett Walker and Will Anthony-be-
fore Bryson for identification wednesday
afternoon. They believed two of the ne
groes were guilty but wished to make the
case stronger by having them identified.
The four negroes were first taken into
Brysons room in a body. They were
lined up and the injured conductor al
lowed to look them over without making
any statement as to whether he recog-
nized either of them.
Next the negroes were brought into the
room one at a time and the conductor al
lowed to closely scrutinize them. After
he had looked them over closely ne was
asked whether any of them were the
guilty parties. The wounded man imme-
diately described two of the negroes as
having participated in the murder and
hold up. From the description furnished
the detectives brought Charlie Walker
and Will johnson into the room.
Conductor Bryson, with a start said:
''They are the ones" He said the tall
ginger-cake colored negro CWalker) shot
hin, and the chunky built one (Johnson)
murdered the motorman.
At the time of the identification De-
tectives Billiard and Black, DR.. E. X.
Armistead house physician at the At
lanta hospital, II. l.. Bryson, brother
of the conductor. and Journal represen-
tative were in the room.
Immediately following the Identification
the negroes were taken back to police
station to await the returning of indict-
ments and the issuance of warrants.
BLOODHOUNDS TRAILED THEM.
Charlie Walker and VIII Johnson are
both members of the Nichols grading
camp, located 200 yards northeast of
the scene of tile tragedy, and were ar
rested at the camp Tuesday following
the murder. The blOodhounds carried
the trail to Walkers door in the camp
on the night of the murder, but no
arrests were made at the time, Wal
ker feigning sleep when the detectives
went to the house with the dogs. A
woman, claiming to be Walkers wife,
was in the house at the time and
stoutly denied that Walker had been
away during the evening.
Later in the week the women was
taken in hand by the detectives and
finally broke down and confessed that
Charlie Walker had been out the night
of the murder and came dashing into
his shack some 20 minutes after she
heard the shots. She told the officers
that he appeared very much excited
and told her that something awful had
happened and cautioned her not TO tell.
He first threatened to kill her, but let
her off with the promise that she would
not tell anything that she had heard
or knew.
wOMAN'S STORY.
The woman also related to the oIfi-
GERS that Emmett " alker. brother to
Charlie Walker. had called to see Char