Burgess v. State

On the morning of October 25, 1926, a white woman by the name of Mollie Crosby was found in her home, in Glynn County, with her brains beaten out and -in an unconscious and dying condition. Blood was scattered all over the room, showing evidence of a struggle. In the room was found a claw-hammer and a shovel-handle, on both of which was blood. On the body of the deceased were found finger-prints, on her breast, thighs, etc., as appears from the evidence of J. D. Baldwin, the coroner of Glynn County, and the undertaker who prepared the body for burial. Also finger-prints were found on the calf…