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GATO IS GUILTY OF
THE HODGES MURDER
Paul Reid, Another Negro, Also
Implicated,
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late tragedy at statessoro.
Trial of Those Suspected of the Mur.
der of the Hodges Family Draws a
Large Crowd—Few Jurors Disquali
fied—Sensational Affair.
Statesboro, Ga., August 16.—Will
Cato, the negro jointly indicted with
Paul Reid lor the murder of the Hod
ges family, was found guilty last night.
The jury was out just eight minutes,
returning the verdict at 7:18 o’clock.
Judge Daly adjourned court until to
day without passing sentence on tha
prisoner.
Paul Reid wrs placed on trial when
court convened this morning.
Court opened yesterday afternoon
with the railing around the bar cov
ered with soldiers from Savannah. The
crowd was so dense that for a con
siderable time business was complete
ly suspended. One indictment was re.
turned again Reid and Cato for the
murd( r of Henry R. Hodges alone im
mediately after the court opened. The
negroes are both muiattoes, or have
at least considerable white blood in
their veins. Gate appeared to be the
most intelligent. He was the first
arraigned.
It was a matter of surprise to those
not familiar with the courts to see how
few jurors were disqualified, but for
strikes of die defense, the jury could
have been selected from the first. 15.
names called. The number was easi
ly obtained from the panel of 48.
"Woodcock, the first witness, saw tha
fire which destroyed the Hodges’ homa
about 10 o’clock. He rang the bell tn
alarm the neighbors. The house waa
burned down when lie arrived. Ha
saw two of the burned bodies.
J. C. Deal was the next witness. Ha
said bedding appeared to have been
placed on the body of Mr. Hodges. Tha
witness explained a diagram of tha
premises.. He saw the track of Mrs.
Hodges. She came from her housa
and where she ran to the house sha
wasfollowed by one track pursuing
her. He saw a pool of blood and
marks on the ground of a struggle.
From there to the house there wera
only two tracks as if carrying a bur
den. Drops of blood reached to tha
house. He found a pair of old mis
matched shoes about 150 yards, from
the house. There was blood on tha
shoes. On. one was the hair of a
white woman stuck to it by turpentina
gum.
“I bad seen Paul Reid witli shoes
like the ones found,” declared the
witness. The shoes were tied up with
a calico string that was found similai
to the strip in the house of Paul Reid
I heard Paul Reid admit that they were
his shoes. A coat and shoe wera
found in Cato’s house. This shoe was
similar to the one that made one oi
the tracks. There was blood oq tha
shoe and blood on the coat.
The witness said he also found under
wear which Cato admitted belonged td
him, with blood stains on it. Tha
underwear was in the wash tub.
He said Reid and Cato lived about
a mile and a half from the Hodges
home. Neither of them went to tha
burned house until carried there. All
the other neighbors came.
Sam Smith found the shoes. Tha
first shoe found had blood on It. Tha
other had hair of a woman’s head
stuck to- it by gum turpentine. Kernel
Deal found a knife near the log when?
Paul Reid’s shoes were found. Isaac
Akins, H. H. Moore and Pleasant Bran
nen Identified the shoes as Paul Reid’3
Harriett Reid, who made the con
fession soon after the murder that hei
husband, Paul Reid, and Will Cata
committed the crime, was placed on
the stand. She said in part:
“Cato lived about a half mile from
our house. He came to see us often
On the night of the murder he cam*
to the house ab«jut 8 o’clock. Ha
went out with my husband in the di
rection of the Hodges’ home. Soon
afterward he returned with my hus
band.
"Cato did not come into the house.
My husband said they only wanted
some matches and were going oul
again.
“The two men returned again be
tween 1 and 2 o’clock in the morn
ing. Cato told me they had killed
the Hodges family and burned up th?
house. Cato said Reid killed Mr
Hodges, but he himself slew Mrs.
Hodges and the children, except on?
little girl, whom they missed.
“Realizing that there was a little
girl left to tell the tale, the two men
decided to go back and kill Her.
“The little girl was found hidder
behind a trunk.. They then billet
her va-m-np L „ ?.*
"My iVsband M ‘Cato
to kill the SatvirdayAi^bf 1
previous, AC
that look for th?
pot of gdld “which they believed Mr
Hodges had buried in his yard. My
husband told me Mr. Hodges heard
them in the yard and they made up an
excuse for being there. They said
Cato had been snake bitten and they
had come to get some turpentine.
“Mr. Hodges gave them the turpen
tine, and they left the place. After
wards Cato declared he intended to
have that money if he had to kill Mr.
Hodges
“I showed Mr. Eordhaji the track
Cato made going through the potato
patch. Cato told me they found the
money and Mr. Hodges took it from
him. Mr. Hodges they his
wife and gave it to her. His wife
came out of the house with a lamp in
her hand to receive the money.
When placed on the stand, Cato
made the following brief statement
denying his guilt:
I didn t go to Mr. Hodges’ house at
all. JPanl Reid and three others
went."
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Trouble Imminent.
"Savannah, Ga., August 16. —A spe
cial from Statesboro aays trouble is
Imminent. Some soldiers disarmed
by citizens. A riot call may be sound. I
ed in Savannah for the military.
Mob Seizes Telegraph Office.
Atlanta. Ga., August 16.—The offi
cials of the Western Union Telegraph
company have been advised by the
manager of their company at Savan
nah that the mob at Statesboro has
seized the Western Union olfice opera
tor there ami closed the telegraph of
fice at Statesboro. If is now im
possible to communicate with States
boro by telegraph.
MOB BURNT CATO AND REID.
Statesboro. Ga , Aug. 17. —Soldiers were
overpowered and Cato and Reid were ta
ken about two miles from town by a mob,
about ii o'clock yesterday, chained to a
lightwood stump about twelve feet high
add burned to death. Mob limiting for
three others implicated.
Later news is a pretty good rumor that
Handy Bell and and two other negroes,
implacated in the crime hat e been shot.
Negroes are leaving Bulloch county in
droves.
Unitud States Cruisers Saluted.
Victoria, B. CL, August 16. — United
States cruisers. New York and Colum
bia have arrived at Esquimault harbor
and were welcomed by a salute of 21
guns. Admiral Goodrich and the om
cers of the American cruisers wera
the guests at dinner of Commodore
Goodrich, of H. M. S. Grafton. The
New York will leave Thursday for the
Brooklyn navy yard.
MAN PARALYZED, MULE KILLED,
Live Wire Does Deadly Work on th-
Streets of Augusta.
Augusta. Ga.. August. 16. —A mule
killed and a white man completely par
alyzed below the v/aist and in a very
serious condition, is the result of the
falling of a live wire In this city Mon
day. Just after a heavy rainstorm,
a live electric wire fell from one ol
the poles on Ellis street, between
Campbell and Cummlng, striking the
back of the mule of the delivery car
of the Augusta Brewing company.
The driver, a whit email by the name
of Joe Weekly, grabbed the wire in
an effort to throw it off the mule’s
back, but the current had passed
through the body of the animal, kill
ing him instantly.
It was thought at first that Weekly
had also been killed, but when Dr.
Wright arrived on the scene It was
found that ho was not killed,
but had been severely shocked and
was completely paralyzed in the lower
limbs. The upper portion of the body
and heart were shocked and respira
tion affected. The man is In a dan
gerous condition.
WATSON’S CAMPAIGN.
Populist Candidate Will Fire First Gun
In Atlanta.
Augusta, Ga., August 16.—Major
Charles McGregor, of Warrenton,
reached Augusta Monday after having
traveled extensively over the east and
west in company with Thomaa E.
Watson, the Populist nominee for th ■
presidency, of the United States. Ma-
Jor McGregor said:
“Mr. Watson is going to accept th«
nomination in New York on the 18th,
and he is there now preparing hli
speech in answer to the notification
committee. He will not accept tha
nomination in a half-hearted way,
but in all sincerity, and for the pur
pose of making a great fight for cer
tain principles that are very dear tc
his hearr and to a great many peopla
throughout the country.
“You can also say that ?Ir. Wat
T neiv an*
preventing
their tails
all are open to in
object Sofno
time for ml.j»stmtfaL
cows and make them v*"*" "" *'
ers are dangerous iii ease'
dent. "AYfpfpH
The youth above referred t<%%j
a wontout bicycle tire and
one side over the cow’s back jtfSl
forward of the hips, the other side
hanging down behind just above
the gambrels.
The tire holds its circular form, is
flexible enough to allow for any or
dinary movement, but holds the tail
firmly in place. It can be changed
from one cow to another instantly
and does not annoy the animals. It
takes more than an uneasy cow to
get ahead of a Yankee boy.—Kenne
bec Journal.
Finger Print Identifications.
The identification of criminals by
means of linger prints introduced
in recent years in European police
and penal establishments is paral
leled by a similar custom which has
been used in Korea for centuries
to identify female slaves. In a pa
per recently read before the An
thropological society of London by
a missionary from Korea it was
stated that in the deeds of sale of
slaves the hand of the latter was
placed on the sheet of paper on
which the deed was inscribed, and
an outline of the fingers and thumb
was traced, while in addition an im
pression was made of each finger.
Such impressions, which naturally
furnished a complete identification,
have been found on deeds that date
back 1,200 years.—Harper s Weekly.
A Battle With Root Beer.
A woman in Museotah made some
root beer and bottled it before it
had fermented. A few nights later
there was a popping noise in the
cellar. Her husband, believing there
were burglars in the house, stealthi
ly approached the cellar door. Just
as he peeped in there was another
report, and lie was hit. lie then
poked the muzzle of a six shooter
into the crack and, turning the gun
from side to side, tired a fusillade
of bullets into the darkness, lie
was then out of ammunition, but
the enemy kept tiring, and he re
treated upstairs, where his wife was
screaming for help. The neighbors
arrived and found the man soaked
in root beer.
Only a Tenor.
Ellison Van House, the tenor,
tells this story of himself:
“Once when traveling in Germany
I visited Bonn and looked up nil
the Beethoven relies I could find. I
became intensely interested, and at
the home of the master the guide
was ‘put to it/ as we say, to answer ■
all my questions concerning the ’
man and the mementos.
“It suddenly struck me as being
singular that nothing was said con
cerning the musician’s father, and,
turning to my guide, I asked him
who and what was the paternal par- |
ent of the symphonist. - i
“ ‘Oh/ he replied
‘he didn’t amount to much. He wagj -
only a tenor. 1 ”
An Awful Possibility.
An engineer makes the somewhat
startling announcement to Phila
delphians that that glory and pride
of the City of Brotherly Love, city
hall, is sinking perceptibly every
year because of the quicksand on
which its foundations rest. It is
shocking to contemplate the possi- i
bility that in a short time tlte stfiid®
figure of Penn on the summit oOH
city hail w ill a.--ume an ultitm.flH|
consequence of this sinking tV
will plainly suggest a “won’t |H|
home till morning” experience.
New York Tribune. m ''.uß
Now Road Treatment. i
Instead of. sprinkling streets at a
cost of SIOO a iftile each season Los
Angeles is now experiment bag with
a new oil treatment. The method
is to tear up the surface of thu
street to the depth of about three l
inches. Then a mixture of hot oil
and sand is applied, and the whole,
is tamped down to a smooth sur
face with a heavy steam roller. One
treatment is expected to last for an N
entire season and after the ffirst
year is expected to cost less than
sprinkling. , -\%M