The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-29
A MUSCOGEEE
NEGROCHARGEO
WITH MURDER
FRANK RICHARDSON, WHO KILL
ED slx-YEAR-oLD DAUGHTER
WHEN HE FIRED AT HIS SON.
IN-LAW, is ORDERED HELD BY
coRoNER'S JURY.

Charged with the murder of his six
year old adopted daughter, Frank
Richardson, colored. was arretsed yes
terday morning by Deputy Sheriff
Lowery and placed in the county Jail,
where he is still incarcerated, the
cOroner'S jury, which. held an inquest
at the scene of the crime near Mus
cogee yesterday morning, having re-
turned a, verdict to. the effect that
the little negro girl, Lillian Daily,
came 20 her death from wounds in
fiicted by a shotgun in the hands of
Frank Richardson and ordering that
he be held charged with the murder.
Will Odum, at whom Richardson was
shooting when he killed his daughter
and whom he slightly wounded, was
also brought to the Jail and is>held
on the charge of assault 1t being al
legged that he had beat his wife, who
is the daughter of the Richardson
negro, and which caused the begin
ming of the trouble, according to the
statement of Richardson and some of
the other witnesses examined by the
coroner's jury.
intended Giving Up.
According to the statement of Rich
ardson, when seen in his cell last night
by a representative Of The Journal he
render to the sheriff when he was ar
rested in the waiting room at Can
Torment. He said he had already pur-
chased a ticket and was waiting for
the train.
The officers confirmed the statement
of Richardson that he had ticket to
this city at the time of his arrets and
are of the opinion that he was coming
here for the purpose of surTendering
to the authorities
Sheriff Notified Wednesday Niaht.
The sheriff eoff1ce was notified on
Wednesday night of the killing and
Deputies Rupert, Bowman. Johnson
and Lowery left the city in an au-
tomobile for the scene of the trouble.
information possible and separated,
Deputies Johnson and Lowery going
in one direction and Deputies Rupert
and Bowman going in another in
search of Richardson, and, as stated,
Deputy Lowery located him at Can
torment and placed him under arrest
In the meantime the deputies noti-
fled Coroner Nicholson and he joined
them yesterday morning and en-
panelled jury to conduct the in
quest. The jury was composed of the
following: A. Mcleod, foreman; W.
s. Arnold. T. D. Fflltngim. O. A. Mer-
rift. W. A. Suggs and Matt Hender-
son.
odum Not Seriously Wounded.
Will Odum. at whom Richardson
fired three shots, was not seriously
wounded, although his coat shows
that one load of shot went through
the lower side near the pocket, while
another went through the back the
holes showing plainly where the load
went in on one side and out on the
other. The latter was the shot which
hit him, but only grazed the flesh.
while the load which went into the
lower part OF his coat did not strike
him. The negro's coat was probably
hanging loosely, which accounts for
this.
Richardson's Statement.
Richardson talked very freely about
his case to a representative Of this
paper. saying that he had no inten-
ton whatever of killing his adopted
child, whom he said he thought as
much of as though she had been his
own child and that he would never