Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-17
TWO BEING HELD IN
CONNECTION WITH
KILLING Of S|EGEL

Two negroes whom the police be-
lieve were implicated in the murder
of Sam Siege1, the Auburn avenue
groccryman, who was She to death
by masked highwaymen Saturday
night about II o'clock as he was pre-
pairing to clos his store, were taken
into custody Monday, and are being
held pending further developments.
John Wright, who told county po-
licenaen that he lived in the rear of
is Fairviswnt0 Il. one of the negroes
apprehended, was arrested following
information furnished Solicitor John
A. Boykin by man who gave his
name as B. A. Hendricks, and who
told the solicitor got he was stand
ing within twenty feet of Mr. Siegel
at the time of the shooting and that
he believed he could locate the negro.
Solicitor Boykin directed Mr.. Hen
bricks to Deputy Sheriff Gordon
Hardy, who assigned Deputy Sheriffs
w. T. Thompson and e. j. Bartlett
by Mr.. Hendricks, the deputy sher-
ifs went to the address on Fairview
road. arrested Wright, and brought
him to the courthouse.
Members of the family of the
slain man were summoned to the
courthouse, and it is said that
Wright was positively identified by
Sarah Siegel, daughter of Mr.. Sic
gel.
Wright, when questioned by a re-
porter of The Journal, denied any
knowledge of the attempted hold-up
or the murder. He said he came to
town Saturday night to have his
shoes repaired. 0nd was back home
by IL o'clock. Wright is being held
on a charge Of murder.
Thomasene Harvey, negro wom-
an, who lives within three doors of
the Siegel store on Auburn avenue,
was arrested late Monday after
noon on an order from Solicitor Boy
kin, and is being held at the Tower
curry into her alleged connection
with the murder. Neither Solicitor
Boykin nor county policemen would
discuss the reasons for her arrest.
John Sawyer, another negro sus-
pected of possible connection with
the crime. was arrested Sunday aft
ernoon by Officers Goode and Will
liams, and is being held for investi-
cation.
City Detectives sturdivant and
Campbell arrested and lodged in po-
lice station on charge Of sus-
gave his address as $50 IL East
Cain street. The detectives claim
that Perdue answers the description
furnished by the member of the
Siegel family of the murderer, and
that he is known ito have been In
the neighborhood of the siegel store
Saturday night. Perdue denied any
knowledge of the murder, claiming
that he was at home and in bede
SON OF SIEGEL IS
AT ELLIS ISLAND
In quarantine at Ellis Island after
a long trip from Russia to see his
years, Abraham SiegeI received news
Monday that his father had been
murdered by highwaymen in the
presence Of his mother and sister.
Last month the boy sailed from
Russia glad because he was to be
cause he would see his mother,
father and sister Sarah after years
of separation. He dreamed of the
welcome he would receive in Atlanta,
and of the joy which his coming
would bring to his parents. He
thought that he had forever left
bloodshed and murder and tragedy
behind him.
Last year his mother and sister
came to America. fleeing from gen
trict in which they lived. The father
had saved enough money for their
transportation to America. Last
month he sent for Abraham, the SON.
The boy left Russia three weeks
ago, travelling steerage to New York.
Almost the first news which greeted
him on his arrival was that his
father had been murdered, and that
his mother and sister were bowed
down. with grief.
Now he is in quarantine. Typhus
has broken out, and it may be weeks
before he can come to Atlanta.