Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-21

The crime for which Henry Cato is on trial
IN Decatur county was a most cold -bIooded
aHalr. The victim was another negro. His
name was jackson Dukes and he is reDorted
20 nave Oeen an honest and industrious colOred
man, having the respect Of the entire COM
munlty- Cato became incensed at him from
some trinlng cause and followed uD the diff
Guilty until Dukes caught hold OF him and tried
70 push MIN away Cato thereupOn com
menced operations upon Dukes with a pocket
khie ana succeeded in infIcting upon him
seven horrible stabs, two Of which were either
OF nature and in place to prove mortal.
Dukes fingered some thirty hours and died
Cat0 was committed to Jail and is now on trial
Tor ms LIE. lie l. defended bv eN-COngress-
man Gambler and son. and is attended during
the ordeal by his wife, an humble and sOr-
fOWIul looking OLD cOlOred woman. One Of
the features of the ease is the almost total alb
senee OI any sympathy with Cato among the
people oi his own race. \ conviction was
looked for yesterday.
Near MabeltOn. in Cobb county. Elizabeth
Avery, aged 3j years, gave birth to an ille-
gltimate child, and, to hide her shame killed
IL 10y Wrlnglng its neck and dealing il a blow
on the head with a stick. The crime was ra
Nealed by very young daughter of the muir
deress. who did not comprehend the gravity
OF her mothers Oflense. The little girl upon
being closely questioned, said she knew where
the BABY was buried, and lead to the SPOT
near the house. Her mother had made her
take hoe and scrape out a hole and place the
murdered child IN II. covering il with a little
Ile
mother warned the child that If she disclosed
us whereabouts she would kill her. The dead
infant was uneaTthed, and DR.. Childers. upon
examination found its neck broken and its
skull crushed. The mother. when confronted
with the ghastly corpse. acknOW ledged giving
the child birth, but denied putting il to
death. she gave, however, no satisfactory
statement Of its untimely taking on A. p
DOdgen, Notary Public. acted as Coroner.
and held an inquest. The jury placed the
suspicion on the mother, and as soon "a her
physical condition viii admit, she Will be
brought To Marietta and lodged in Jail.
IN an article on the history Of EatOnton the
thr0ntcie says: "Eatonton was called for
General Eaton. for several years Consul in the
Bdrbdry states. The population Of the town
IN ISIS was I26. There were then sin doctors.
81 sTNcn VI. @ @IdN eTa, anu thlrty stores ana shops,
about equal To the present number. The lots
oi the town were sold on the 18th Of April,
lS0s. Mr. Williams erected the first frame
building in this year. and II was after lS:iI
before any fine residences were built. The
old Mon Church was erected in the early
history of the town. but it was in 1856 that
the McthOdists built their splendid house.
a credit to that denomination. EatoutOn
ungulshed men, whose names are too
many 10 occupy space IN this article. 1t is
me county site 1i futnan1, ana Is at the
terminus of the EatOntOn, Milledgeville and
Gordon Railroad, branch of the great Cen
tral, which has leased the former for the term
OF ninety Y-nInc years at a guarantee of per
'cL' "he year anu tiie heAl. Inns toWh'
which was Incorporated city a few years
back. with a regular Board of Aldermen and
Mayor, has nearly l,jO0 inhabitants now. 1t
has thirty stores or business houses, one con-
tractor and builder. two master mechanics
besides others. one stone and brick mason.
three blacksmith shops, one sale and livery
stable, one hotel, four boarding houses. one
barber shop. two printing offices. five lawyers,
i've doctors. live teachers (inciuding two col
uredI. two white resident preachers. aud two
culOrtd. The city Is one of the prettiest in
Georgia, especially the park in which is erect
eel the court house.