Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-18
APPEAL SPECIALS.
Burglary and Attempted Murder at Bir.
mingham, Ala.-The Proprietor Of
the Relay House Fatally Shot.
Work on the Birmingham Mineral Rail
road COmmeneed-Pr of
the Mississippi Legislature.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Work Begun ON the Birmingham Min.
eral Railroad Murder ana
Burglary.

work Begun ON the Birmingham Mfn-
eral RaiIrOad-AttemptedM Murder and
burglary.
Special to the Appeal.l
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, January ia
middle-aged, rather well dressed stranger,
giving the name of Capt. Smith, was ar
rested this evening on suspicion of COM
plicity in the burglary of the Relay House
and the shooting OF George r. Ward,
the proprietor, about 3 o'clock this morn
ing. Smith was found in the house just
befc daylight He could give no sstis-
factory account of how he came there,
though he claimed he was looking for a
friend. No proof was found against him
and he was released. He is still under
surveillance, however. The burglar lodged
into side hall as Mr.. Ward was pursuing
him, and Ward went ahead down the
stairs AS he was returning he met the
burglar, who was descending the stairs
and who struck him with a slung-shot.
He then shot him. The ball entered Mr..
Wards cheek and cannot be found. His
condition is somewhat critical A hundred
and fifty dollars was stolen from one of
the guests of the house.
The work of construction has begun on
the Birmingham Mineral railroad, the road
projected with view to hauling the ores
from the mines, near Birmingham, down
the Alabama Great Southern road. The
new road will have two arms to connect with
the Louisville and Nashville about two
and four miles respectively south of Bir-
mingham. The nearer and longer branch
will run to Sloss mines, past the Hillman
and Woodard mines. The shorter arm,
which will be on the far side of Red
mountain, will run to new mine. The
road will attach passenger coach to each
train and make stops wherever desired ;
and as the train will run into Birmingham
on the Louisville and Nashville road, it is
thought that a good many business men
of this city will be induced by this con-
venience to build and make their homes
on the mountain side.
A purchase of eighty acres of land has
been made for $4,000 at Elyton, a mile
and a half below Birmingham, on the
Alabama Great Southern railroad, and
it is thought it was bought for the Ala
bama Great Southern company, or
rather the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific system, as site for their
shops, or use ON speculation, with view
to selling it to them. The consideration
with the road in buying land for their
shops instead of building on that offered
them by the Elyton Land Company would
| be that the conditions OF this offer require
larger immediate outlay than the man.
agement feel able to make all at once,
while, if they buy their grounds, they
can OF course build as suits their means
and inclination. The contract under
which the Elyton Land Company propose
to give the ground for the shops is now in
London under consideration OF the Erlan-
ger directors. 1t would cost nearly $780,
600 to make the improvements it stipu-
lates.
There is good deal of curiosity through
out North Alabama as to the whereabouts
of the negro Charley Adams, who killed
Policeman Street at Huntsville in October,
and who was arrested at Calera, thirty
miles south of Birmingham, some two
weeks ago. He has not yet shown up at
Huntsville, and the newspapers at that
place begin to question the fact of his cap
ture. There is reason to believe, however,
that the officers who have him in charge
are keeping him away from Huntsville
| until satisfactory assurance can be had as
to the rewards offered for him, and prob
| ably, also, as to his security from lynch
law