Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-27
j. H. EsTILL, PROPRIETOR.

therein Mr: Norris, not suspeciing ANYTHING
had Just unlocked the jail door. when
hind the Jail and attempted to shova
Mr. Norris inside the fail and oyerpower Rim,
but but they had the wrong SOW by the ear that
three Of them inside and came near baeeino
them then and there. Had it not been thaf
after unlocking the padlocks he hung them
t pacA IN the staples thereby preventing the
hAspS from going on the staples, he would have
aad the three men who wore the masks safely
housed As it was the three men couId mil
stronger than one man could hold, and they
escaped his happened on Wednesday night
iast,an up to this time two of the parties have
been arrested
says the Blackshear NeaCs: 1--WE are sorry to
say 1t IS again made our duty 10 chronicle the
sad calatnl.y OF house burning in our commu-
nltS on Saturday last near our town. mr H.
JoT6on, hard working farmer, met with the
sad misfortune OF losing his hard earnings for
Ihe Iast. perhaps. twenty years by fire. His
d"eIlng house, kitchen, smoke house. sugar
mouse, and almost the entire contents were de-
stroYed While he was away from home. There
was no body at home except Mrs Jordon and
Two OF three little children. and she could do
hoJhlng but weep over the spoils. (Such must
oe horrible 70 witneSs) They lost all their sy-
rup, sugar, bacon, lard. tables. bedsteads and
many other things not enumerated. The cause
OF the catastrophe was rather a strange incl
dent, though unavo dable. The origin of
the fire came from the chimney,
Wnlca was made Of sticks anu
clay. The clay had fallen of of a stick at the
top OF the funnel. which left it exposed to the
nre and ignited from spark. as soon as Mrs
j. dis Covered the fire. she got long stick TO
Pureh It OF, but the chimney stick did not fall
down the chimney, as she probably thought it
would, but, rather. caught on the roof and
rolle1 down to within a few Ieet of the cave,
and stopped where she could neither reach it
with water or stick. The wind, blowing very
hard, soon kindled it to the shingles and the
house was soon wrapped in angry flames.
little girl was sent to Mr.. VIM. Boyd's to obtain
assistance. but the dispatch came too late to
nation Of the loss but from cur personal
knowledge OF Mr.. Jordon's worth, financially,
SiC6O"
We have already made brief mention of the
killing of Policeman Hancock in Griffin by Alf
DOyat The NstrS of Sunday gives the follow
ing details of the tragedy: "a few minutes be-
fore six o'clock yesterday afternoon two pistol
sho.s r. ng out upon Hill street. and AIf Doyal
was seen to move out of the quickly gathering
crowd in front of a. !. Clark : store braEdi-hing
pistol over his head with his left hand, threat
ening to kill any one who attempted to arrest
him. He rushed into the aleywaY pc
tween g. II. JOhnsons aud Mcke7s and
Jared down the alley. Sheriff Conneii,
darted after him. The Sheriff caCght up
with him near the old lanyard, and placed
him under arrest. Both shots were fired by
DOYal at police officer Hancock. VINO was
an tif Just below tue cistern In front OF j. II.
Keith's sore. The first shot entered Hancocks
stomach, and almost doubled him up. He
hall 5Oel, % Lordv,' and the second shot was
drej. which, it is thought, missed The wound
Ell man turned and walked 10 Harris drug
store few steps of DR. Harris, who was at
traced by the pistol shots met him at the
door Hancock exclaim d. Pray for me. Doc
tor, am shot, and fell upon his knees in the
doorway DIR. Harris laid him on the floor and
placed a pile of aImanacs under his head Dr..
Moore and Dr. Ellis were summoned, and, with
Dr HsTris did all that human skill could do
for the diving man. Hancock sank at once
into a stupOr and in about twenty minutes
YVES dead. The ball penetrated a few inches
above the navel and ranged downward. cauS
| ing internal hemOrThage, which produced
/ death The death pallor had begun to settle
/ upon the face of the dying man almost as soon
/ as h- was placed uDOn the floor Il was
/ gnastly sight to look at. Just at the moment
when the poor man breathed his last, Mrs
! Hancock the wife, and a youug son arrived
/ aad hung over the dead husband and father
4 Their grief was one of the most touching spec
/ tacies ever witnessed in this city. After the
! xii ing and last night public sentiment was
4 very strong against DOyal. DOyal expressed
/ no concern or regret over the killing, and free
1 " asserted that he would do the same thing
/ over gain. He was lodged in jail to await
/ tri ]. -