Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-19

IA. kailroad. This county, during the past sea-
son, was Well paid for her black seed COTTON
S,SP, SS.oP, 3ug ti tne hfm OF toy Co. intend lend
lI1gs Ing a a helping hand by putting up a much
D. - - cott0h gln and transporting all traffic
Dy next spring their engines whistle will be
nu BeaTu AZ every crossing between here and
their freight. each a ~ al Win
i,l5 Hs 0lnson Ente'.Drase prints the following
auultionai particulars of an event recenfIS
mentioned In the NEWS: On last Satnrday
laOIhllng me news reached us that horrible
nuruer had been committed several rniies
Sast OF mere, just over the GIasscoeE Iinc in
JeHersOn, az the house Of Mr. John Ivev- at
MI SIOSA IN, s44tnrday morning. The murdered
I1.ae J. " - JACK 9cCaulay, OF Warren. and his
DESTROYER was Miss Virey Ivev a vorno- Is,j,,
~ or ~ years old. also from Warren. The de-
ceased nad recently turned hls pronertv INTO
flottSS5' anu deserted his wife and children
-. 70. % lnS purpose OF clipping with Mss Ivev on
t1taturuay several parties went from here to
me scene OF the murder. They describe tho
was the 11T-s,er1I Die Lying near the house
OF Two around covered with blood ON the sida
Ol MS lace was large wound madebv Is buclr
~ sie.eIly from short range,fOr one side of
nlii were a pair Of ladies' shoes a bOx Of
81 ~ ing anu q Pile OF money amounting to
,t,Ssyi 1iTey Ivey on being questioned said
tuaI she Killed McCaulay and wasn't sorrv Tor
Il either That some one had been prov1liD@
auout the house for two weeks and She GOT
tlred OF II and determined to kill whoever il
the dogs barked so that she cOuld moi sIeen
ana about l O'Clock she heard a tan ON tbe
MlnoOW. Going TO It McCaulay told her to
come with him and he would give her 81 800
She told him she would NOT 90 and ne said n
sle ulu not 90 he would blow her brains out
Ihen 70 Tool him she handed out the shoes and
III ~ t anu as ne stopped down she got she gun
anu Wnen ne arose she fired. No one took il
upon himself TO arrest the woman. and after
the inquest she left and it Is not known where
she went. Public opinion is that Miss Ivev il
Innocent and that her her.
the CRIME, and she took it upon herself ex-
pectlng TO come clear at the trial
Mrs. Barron. wife of the late Peter Barron
Nas burned 10 death a. Atlanta Wednesday
nlgnt. Mrs. Barron had been in the habit Of
Smoklng pipe for years past, and TO this
nabit her painful death was due Wednes-
Jay night about O'Clock she filed her pipe
win tOoaccO, and picking up a candle applied
the blaze to the pipe. The pipe stem was
snort, and by some means she blaze touched
a lace around the old lady's neck, In an
instant the light flimsy lace was a sheet of
nre. and IN another instant her dress was
being consumed. The fire burned rapidly
the Diaze fairly and fully envelOping tie
breast, shoulders. face and head. The old
lady gave loud screams which attracted the
attention OF Mr.. and Mrs. Schrimper, who
were IN an adjoining room. They ran into
iTs. BarrOn,s room. Mrs. Schrimper sprang
10 the otu lady's side and tried to
smother the flames, but by that time all of
MIS- BarrOn's wearing apparel was on fire.
am 1t was impossible To smother the fire. Di-
rectlng his wife to continue her efforts Mr.
Schr1mper ran out on the rear porch. and
picking up tub Of water re-entered the
room and threw it on the burning woman
The water eXtinguished the fire, and as the
last spark died out Mrs. Berron sank to
the nOOr almost dead. DR.. Martin was hur-
rledly sent for, and when he arrived he found
the OLD lady in a terrible condition. Her hair
ana eyebrows were gone and her arms and
breast were scOrched and drawn up aWfully
From her feet To her body the skin and flesh
peaied OF until the bone was laid bare in one
place. Her agony was terrible to witness
She rolled about on her bed giving utterance
70 the most heartrendlng grOans and screams.
She begged to be killed, and for a long time
Dr. Martin was unable to give her any relief.
In his examination DIR. Martin found that
Mrs. BerrOn had inhaled the flames, and that
her throat and lungs were parched. He knew
that the case was hopeless one, but watched
by her side until death came to relieve her.