Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

her enough money to paw her fare 70
Shester, south Carolina, where she had rels I.
tlyes. Her stepfather was also crnel in bis
ents saSa.lllens oi her. She told her story in a
manner that convinced the officer that She was
telling the truth, and after Consultation with
the chief, Sergeant Irwin took the Iiftla s-irI
20 MS own house and cared for her until eve
Mnen @ ne escorted her to the depot and
Put nef on the train for Chester. seeing her
safely on. Her stepfather arrived from A.
iahta on the next train, but found that he was
700 i1te, ana taking the first train. returned
10 Atlanta without the girl"
4 Kingston correspondent Of the Atlanta
Constitution wrote as follows: "a very sad
aHar look place near this place. Mr. Frank
crawford, son Of II. ;. Crawford. and for
merry merry OF birmingham, Ala, was noticed ever
since he returned from Alabama to be insane
and few days ago had a little disDufe with
MS father about a pair of mules and wagon
claiming them as his own. The ownership
was denied by his father. whereupOn he went
70 neighbor's house and asked to borrow A
gun, saying he knew where some turkeys
were rOOstlng. He failed to get one lie
then went to another near by, and falling
there he offered one Frank Efrod $500 and a
wagon and palr Of mules if he would way-
lay MS father on his way to his INNER
place and kill him, and stated Mt the same
Time that he intended killing his brother, Dr.
Johh CRAWFORD, druggist in this place. as soon
as he arrived from Birmingham, Ala, and
Then he would nave everything his own way
HIS father at once went to Kingston and pro
Towers
ana a posse at once went to the residence Of
Mr.. Crawford, but he anticipated their ar
rival aud skipped. Three of the party STAYED
10 catch him when he came in, and about 6
O'Clock they found him on the railroad track
and arrested him. After finding out the cause
OF his arrest, and the south bound passenger
train nearing them, he wanted to stay on the
track and be killed bv the train They finally
had TO force him from the track and hold him
10 keep him of the track. He was brought to
town and guarded all night and this morning
he was carried to Cartersyille on the Rome
express train and tried for lunacy and put in
jan, where ne Will await an order for the asy-
lum"
Jasper Yarbrough, the leader of the So
called Banks county kukluX has made the
following affidavit: UNITED States of
America, Northern district of Georgia Be
Tore me personally appeared Jasper Var
brOugh, who being duly sworn saws that he
resides in jackson county, Georgia, is well
acquainted with Dilmus YarbrOugh. who is
the brother of depOnent, and with E. H.
Green, who Is the near neighbOr of depOnent
nat deponent was one of the body of men
Who whipped Warren BrysOn and Aleck
Brooks and shot Berry Sanders on the night
OF the 24th of July, lSS3 in the county of
Banks and state of Georgia, and depOnent
knows that neither the said Dilmus Yarbrough
nor +. II. Green, who have been indicted, tried
and convicted at the September term. 1888, of
the United states Circuit Court for the North
ern district of Georgia, for the Offense of con-
splracy with depOuent and others IN relation
10 the commission Of said Offenses. were pres
ent at the time and place of the commission
Of said ohenses, or either Of them, and that to
the best of depOnent's knowledge and belief,
neither the SAID Dllmus arbrOugh nor +. IL
Green entered into any conspiracy, cOmbina-
tiOn or agreement to injure or maltreat either
the said Warren BrysOn, Aleck Brooks or
Berry sanders. or for any other unlawful
purpose. and that neither the said Dilmus
\ Narbrough nor +. II. Green aided or abetted
mn any way IN the commission of said Offenses
or either of them. That depOnent, for reasons
fn himself Mffhhnld IA foot q
herein stated from the knowledge of both said
lllimus 1arbrough and L. II. Green until af-
ter the verdict of guilty, and until the 18th
day of December. 1883. j. NJ. Yarbrough
sworn to and subscribed before me. this, the
goth day Of December, 1883. 4. W. Hoffman,
United States Commissioner"