Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-15

interest OF that service. As a commitment to
LnOse gentlemen, and as a display for the
members OF the General Assembly, Capt John
MII MIIlIeuge ordered parade of the Governors
morse Guard The cOlOr-bearer of the trOOD
carried the legal and proper Georgia State
cOlOrs, flag whose composition OF cOlors is
scarcely more suggestive OF the Confederate
nag than the trl-cOlOr OF France. When the
troops dashed up to the front of the capitoI
several persons declared that the fac was tine
confederate nag" and one negro stoutly in
si7teu 70 crowd Of his fellows that such il
was A gentleman belonging to the General
Assembly remarked: ''I'lI bet SO that some
= skunk telegraphs North that the Atlanta
mllitary were out parading with the COnfed-
crate dag!" He was correct, with the eXcen-
ton tnat the savOry special sender to whom
ne referred managed to get the flag on the
eop ol the state capitol. A Canadian gentle
man, on MS nrst visit to the States and the
SOuth, felt certain that the flag was the Con
Ieuerate nag," and so declared When the
nag was nrst adopted and displayed from the
central dome OF the old Kimball House. a
similar lying telegram about its being a Com
ieuerate nag was dispatched to the New York
Tribune and other Northern papers.
Milton Democrat: On last Tuesday. being at
gainesville, we obtained leave of Sheriff
Gaines and visited the cell of Eugene w
Beck, the murderer OF Clayton. We found
him IN good health. He expressed himself
pleased at our coming to see him, and asked
after the people of tnis county. 1t will be re-
mem bered that he was citizen of this county
until one year ago. He asked what the peO-
PIE lhOughJ OF his case and conduct. We told
MIN that they were surprised, grieved and
outraged In their feelings, and asked him to
give us an account of the terrible tragedy
tie gave us substantially the following state
ment: Il am here in Jail without sympathy.
and have committed the worst crime ever
committed in Georgia. 1 have killed the best
friend / ever had-mY Wife-and an inof-
fenslve, good girl who had never done me any
injury, and i ought to and will suffer death
for IT. We asked him n he remembered the
killing. and n he had contemplated it. He
said: Il never had contemplated killing them
or even harming hair of their heads, and
II | had ten thousand worlds would give them
all to restore them to life. / have a
vague recollection that is like horrible dream
Of shooting at something, but did not then
think lt was human beings that l was killing
lt was two days after the deed before / could
fully realize the enOrmity OF its character. l
had delirlum tremens. / had been drinking
hard for four weeks, but had stopped that
morning, and IN consequence took tremens.
There was no cause for my act" We asked
him what his future hope was. He said: Il
have TO hopes save in the mercy OF God. 1
am praying to him every hour, and want all
the good people Of Milton county to pray for
me- ] shall not trouble the courts to Try me-
/ shalt tell them as l have told YOU, that / am
guilty and deserve death. / would not live if
/ could. Tell the Young men that read YOUR
here in jail for the most horrible murder ever
committed. and that there was no cause for it
but whisky. and for them 10 let 1t alone be-
fore nc ruins them as IL has me-" He said that
he was afraid that DR.. Baily and his wife
could not survive the shock. but that he was
praying for them. We left him. believing that
we had seen the most wretched man living.