Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-02
OUTRAGED BY A NEGRO.
TERRIBLE FATE OF A YOIJNG
WOMAN NEAR COLUMBUS.

/ Further Particulars of Post Office In
sPector Lanier's RascaIity-Two Muir
derers Pay Their ID ebt to the Gibbet-
Kate TOwnsend's Murderer Acquitted
Other Chapters in Crime.
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. Information
has just reached here from Chambers
county, Ala, of brutal outrage commit
ted upon the person of Mrs. Henry strib-
lin, young married lady about 10 years
of age, by negro named JEFF. Rogers
who also stabbed her in the back and
neck. Rogers was arrested and lodged in
the Columbus county Jail.
SYKES ACQUITTED.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-The iurv in the
case Of Troisyille Sykes, for the murder of
Kate Townsend, have returned verdict
of not guilty.
SWUNG WITHOUT FLINCHING.
NICKsBURG, Miss, Feb. 1.-SimOn Bon
nor, colored, was hanged at Port Gibson
this afternoon for the murder of James r.
Light, white, in November last. BonnOr.
who made full confession of the crime
last week, showed considerable tirmness
on the scaffold. The fall was eight feet.
Bonnor died without o = -uggle,
HANGED IN THE RAIN.
NEVADA CITY, CAL, Feb. John c.
+. Collins, who robbed Moore's Flat
stage on Sept. l, 1879, and killed w. f.
Cummings, banker, while robbing him
OF two bars of gold worth $1,000, was
hanged this morning. The execution,
which took place during a ram storm,
was witnessed by large crowd.
RAvIsHED HIS OWN DAUGHTER.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA special from Vim
cennes, ma, says: "E. G. Lindsey is in
jail at Princeton on a charge of ravishing
his own daughter, aged 10 years. Word
mas been received here that arrangements
are being made at Petersburg-L Lindsey's
home, for mob to go to Princeton to-
night for the purpose of lynching him"
KILLED FOR PROTECTING HIS SON.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Feb. AT Cam
bridge, Maryland, yesterday, John Muir
ray tormented a little son of John II.
Steele until he provoked Steele into strik-
ing Murray on the head with a poker.
Murray then drew pistol and shot Steele
twice. Steele died to-day. There were
no witnesses to the concluding portion of
the affray in which the shooting was done.
SENTENCED TO BE HUNG.
NICKsBURG, Miss, Feb. LIN the Cir
cult Court here to-day, Judge Cowan
OYerruled the motion for a new trial in
the McKenna murder case, and sentenced
Mchenna 10 De hanged on the 2lSt of
March next. The sentence appeared to
have but little effect upon McKenna, who
left the court room apparently uncon-
cerned. His counsel will take the case to
the supreme Court,
LANIER's swINDLEs.
w WASHINGTON, Feb. detailed re-
ports are coming into the Post Office De-
partment of frauds practiced upon
Postmasters by Post Office Inspector b.
ii. Lanler, who was removed from office
yesterday. The office at Mobile was de-
trauded to the amount of $270, Jackson
vile, Fla, to the amount of $500, Pensa-
cola 500, Houston, Texas, $125, Atlanta
$50, New Orleans $3.50, Selma, Ala, S10O.
Other points not yet heard from that
Lanler is known to have visited are ex-
pected to swell these figures considerably.
He also holds $40 belonging to money
order funds. Different plans were
pursued by Lanier in obtaining
money from Postmasters, but his
taVorte scheme was to appear
before a Postmaster, present his creden-
tals and ask for loan from the postal
funds to aid him in an attempt to arrest
criminals. 1t is said at the department
that the Postmasters must lose the money,
as they were not authorized to eXpend the
postal funds i'll the manner above de-
scribed. A dispatch received last evening
1rom New Orleans stated that Lanier had
fled TO South America.