Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-12

who executed the arrest about O'Clock in the
| afternoon Ihomas was taken before Com
missioner X. r Boyd and bound over In the
sum Of $1,000 for further appearance Wy
Doc Wilson, Of HARMONY Grove tbraa,ans
70 bring SUIT against the city of Athens for
Sz5.OOO damages. Ii seems that Doc was
aIfeste1 Ine other day and jugged for an old
Offense, but he managed to escane He go orS
the officers refused to accent bond aIfboncb
il was rendered
Warren Price, of johnson county. has been
I0und guilty Of the murder of Romanus +
ferry. his daughters husband Sentence was
ayerted in consequence Of a motion for a new
triiI; Perry was shot dead while approach
ing the residence OF his father-in-law to seek
an interview with his faithess wife. who, bv
the way, was only sixteen years of age.
The location Of a water ditch over rfortv-fl five
miles has just been completed. the survey
running along the base of the Blue Ridge,
from the headwaters Of the EtOwah to the
ahOOla river, at the head of the YahOOla
ditch that brings the water to DahlOnega and
the gold mines in the adjacent county, which
ditch viii also be enlarged above and when
completed the water used in the gold mines
az A Aufaria viii have come in water race or
ditch over so miles.
The counsel Of William H. Howard bavino
Nithdrawn their notice for motion for new
trial, the defendant was taken into court at
Atlanta Immediately after the cOnVenlng of
the evening session Tuesday. when Judge Nc
LAY passed sentence OF three years in the
Albany penltentlary upon him. In the room
was large crowd, among them HOward's
Father. uncle and other relatives During the
passing OF the sentence the convicted man
seemed collected but somewhat moved. and
vas deathly pale. After the sentence had
been passed. Howard was taken in charge Inv
chap Norris and conducted to iail. where he
Will remain until sent to the ALBANY peniten-
tiary.
The Marietta Journal has the following.
w e have been told of little incident in the
life Of Mr. Jacob Shaner, who was murdered
IN Gainesville not long ago. Mr.. Shaner
fought in the Confederate army, and after the
war went to see his relatives in Pennsylvania
His brothers closed their doors in his face and
refused to have anything to do with him He
returned South and vowed that his brothers
should not have a cent of his money at his
death. But Mr.. Shaner, being bachelor de-
5slA lsAe1 making wIl, and on the night of the
zSth OF january last he was murdered by un-
known parties. Now his brothers in Pennsyl-
Yania, who closed their doors in hiss face he
cause ne fought IN the rebel army, will get
some S6,OUO worth of Mr.. Jacob Shaner's prop
erty. We dare say that they will throw wide
open their doors to entertain their rebel
brothers money"
The Birmingham, Ala, Age thus narrates
the misfortune of a gentleman from Coying-
ton, IN this State: "Dr. II. n. Pitts left Gov
mgtOn, Ga, last week for the purpose of en-
gaging In business in this city. Before starting
he placed IN one of his trunks $1,000 in gOld
500 IN silver. three gold watches and six gold
chains, intending to buy exchange for Rir-
mingham when he arrived at Atlanta, Ga but
was not allowed to open the trunk, as they
were checked through to Macon Ca. At Ma
con he concluded to leave the money i'm the
trunk and had 1t checked to this place He
arrived in Birmingham Tuesday afternoon
and gave his checks TO the porter of the Nixon
House. The next time he saw the trunk con-
tanning the money and Valuables was in the
hall of the Nixon House, and he requested Mr.
Nixon, the proprietor, to have it removed to
his room. At ten o'clock the same night he
tore retiring he went to the trunk, in which
he had placed the money. for the purpose of
been broken and the straps unfastened. UDon
investigation he discovered that all the gold
$1,000 IN twenty dollar pieces, a portion of the
silver and all the watches and chains had been
stolen DIR. Pitts is unable to say at what
time or place the theft was committed
From the LawrenceYille Herdd comes the
narration of a crime which should be punished
by hanging. The account reads as follows:
"A week or ten days ago a party of young
men in Ben Smiths district disguised Them
selves and were Faiding around the country
at night. There are various reports as to the
number in the party, but from the best infOr-
nation we can get there were not less than
seven or eight. What their purpose was can
only be cOnjectured from what occurred. 1t
seems that the party separated at a late hour
and two of them went to the house of a widow
Mrs Hill. where she and Mrs. Barnett
lives. about ten or eleven O'Clock at night,
broke open door and struck a match to see
where the women were sleeping, and then
went to their bed and by force and threats
committed an outrage upon them. They
disguised and changed their voices so as to
keep from being detected. After committing
this horrible crime they left and notified the
" smen that If they said anything about il
they would come to see them again. The wO-
men are at least forty OF fifty years of age and
have borne good character. They were so
much frightened that il was a day or two
before they informed their neighbOrs of
the occurrence, when warrants were
issued for Ben Hall and George
Monaghan. Hill was arrested and had
preliminary trial before Esquires Cosby and
Ethridge. who. after hearing all the evidence,
committed Hall to iail to await his trial be-
fore the Superior Court. The evidence before
the committing court is not clear that Hall
was the guilty party, as il was difficult for the
women to recognize the men, but the court
thought it was sufficient to hold him to an
swer. He was brought TO town and lodged in
jail last Thursday. Hall, we understand. de-
nies that he is the guilty party. Monaghan has
not been arrested. and therefore il is not
known what defense he has. or what the
proof Is against him. The other persons who
were in the Taiding party do not seem to have