The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-17
CHARLIE SiMMS, NEGRO, ARREST
ED WITH STRONG EVIDENCE
AGAINST HIM.
W|FE's ACT IS PuzzLINC
Though Her Husband Was Fatally
Stabbed She Did Not Give ANY
Alarm Until He Died, Two or Three
Hours Later.

murder, puzzling in some of the
details, was committed at an early
hour Sunday morning, when Nick
Papadlmos, who operates a Jtore at
the corner of Ellis and N streets. was
stabbed to death, has caused the
greatest kind of stir among Bruins
Wlck's Greek population and at the
same time has aroused the people
generally to such an extent that dras-
tlce measures are to he applied in IN
effort to step this slaughter of Greek
merchants, two having been similar
ly murdered within few months
and another effort made.
The mysterious part about the MUIR
DER early Sunday morning is that the
wife of Papadimos, although her hus-
band was stabbed in the head, the
murderer leaving the weapon plunged
into the mans temple, failed to no
THY the police Or anyone else about
the affair until Papadimos passed
! away three or four hours later. The
chances are had physician been
summoned Immediately the life of
the man would have been saved
From the story related by the
wife of the dead man, it seems that
Papadimos and mis- wife, after clos
ing their store Saturday night, went
upstairs, where they resided Short
ly after retiring Mrs. Papadimos, for
some reason, got up and, opening the
door to tall wardrobe, she saw a
negro standing in it. She at once
called her husband and death
struggle followed, in which the negro
used a pocketknife, inflicting fatal
wound in Papadimos' temple After
the Greek had been stabbed he man
aged to handle the negro and threw
MN from the second story window,
about nine or ten feet from the
ground.
The wife. greatly excited, pulled the
knife from her husbands head ano
inquired if he was seriously injured,
I to which question he replied that he
was not. Lying down on the bed
Papadimos, the wife thought, dropped
off to sleep, but a few hours later,
when she tried to arouse him, she
discovered that he was dead.
A physician was then summoned
tut he arrived too late, as the Greek
had been dead for some time.
The police were later notified lnl
an investigation started at once.
The negro had pulled off his shoes
while in the house and they were
lett. After being thrown from the
window he walked out of the yard
and was traced in northerly direc-
ton toward the Standard Oil Com
Dany plant, thence east across Nor
wich street, where his tracks were
lost. Bloodhounds were secured but
they failed 10 take the trail.
Later in the morning Orncers Price
and Goodbyead arrested Charlie
Simms, and since his arrest some
strong evidence has turned up
against him The man was taken to
the scene of the crime and was made
to walk in the tracks left by the
murderer and his foot fit precise
ly. The shoes left In the house also
TT him, not merely as fit, but they
bore the shape of his feet. Yester-
day further evidence was secured
against him and it is believed that
lie is the guilty negro.
The fact that he gave chase when
he saw officers coming toward him
is what led to mis- arrest. He was
chased out to the golf links by the
two officers before he was captured.
The police are still working on eyi-
dence against Simms, and at present
everything point to him as the guilty
negro.
1t was only several weeks ago that
James Donkas, operating a store out
on London street, was murdered by
an unknown negro, and only a few
days ago an attempt was made TO