Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-13

On Monday last" says the Lumpkin hide
pendent "a negro man. named Og Calhoun,
wRs knocked in the head, on Hannahatchee
bridge under the following circumstances:
During Christmas week Og attended a supper
at a neighbOr's house, where he met some sis
ters OF Cass Bedingfield, with whom he got in
70 a dispute which finally took the shape Of a
general cursing out. Cass upon h airing OF il
said that he should whip Og on sight. On Monday
morning the two met upon the Hannahatchee
bridge, and just as Oy passed Cess dealt him e
heavy blow with piece Of scantiiDg. upon the
back OF the head knocking him down and rem
deftng him senseless. Cass then left. leaving
Og lying upon the bridge IN an insensible con-
dltion, where he remained during the day until
late in the evening. when he was carried home
DR. Cor was called 20 see him Monday night,
and urOn examination found his skull all right
and the negro slowly recovering from the Ter
rihle shock. AT last accounts he was doing very
well and viii doubtless soon he up again, ready
for another tap on the head"
Atlanta Constitution: "Cn the 18th of De
cemher Ben Watkins. a notorious negro thief,
stole some clothing from a house on Forsyth
street. and succeeded in escaping. but a re-
ward Of twenty-five dollars was offered for his
capture. and on Saturday Ben was captured in
Columbus. where he had gone to see his wife
The sheriff OF Monroe county. after being in
formed Of Bens capture. induced Dock Means
| OF Griffin. 10 fetch him back from COlumt us.
On Sunday last with his prisoner. who was Sc
curelv handcutfed, Dock reached Macon and
| transferred him from the Columbus train to
| the Atlanta train, and was occupying a seat in
| the second slaSs car with Ben next to the win
| dow. Ben complained Of being wa-m, and
| Dock raised the window in order 70 give him
| air. just as the train was leaving Smarr' sta
/ tiOn. five miles from Forsyth. Ben asked his
guard O. get him a drink Of water. Dock arose
/ % comply with the request, when Ben shot
| through the window like an arrow and fell
upon his head on the ground. Fut i'm the twink
| ling Of an eye was on his feet fiving down the
| track towards Macon Mr. Means quietly took
| his seat and gave up his prisoner"
Macon Telegrdph: Last night Conductor
Smith brought on his train another victim Of
| the bridge over Flint river between Monte
yuma and OglethOrpe. The killing OF Young
/ Liph Brown by the bridge Is still fresh in the
minds OF the people, and Jhe Young man who
was knocked of yesterday seems to have been
/ struck in about the same position and almost
under the same circumstances. From what
we can learn Of the sad affair, a train hard
named Lawhon, who went down on the freight
/ train which left Macon at 1910 yesterday morn
/ irg. was knocked of bv the bridge as the train
passed at about three O'Clock. Without know
| ing anything Of the accident, the conductor
| passed on. and probably does not know any
/ thing Of IL yet The bridge watchman discover
/ ed the unfortunate man lvirg prone on his face,
/ and dil all he could 10 alleviate his suffering
/ His head was terribly cut, and his nose mash
/ ed into a Jelly. He was wholly unconscious
/ for a long time When the up passenger train
came along he was taken aboard and rallied a
/ little before reaching Macon He was taken
and when questioned was unable to
| give any account of himself In a
rambling way he said his name was Il aw-
/ hon. ana that he lived on the Houston road
| He walked oVf in front OF the shed and called
/ a hack aud eIFected the hackman to take him
/ TO his home. lt was evident to those who saw
| him that he had lost his mind He told Con
| ductOr Joe Dasher that he had been lying
/ down on the track and the engine run over
/ him. Strar ge to say. none Of the employees
/ about the shed knew him He is about twenty
| three years Of age, and Of slight build"