Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-26

r., O. Taylor, the man who slew Conductor
n, v Raleigh about three weeks ago ON the
Iazt..5 ol t5W VICE ana AIbany Road has been ar
Lesteu iteu near AdalTsvllle by @. W. johnson
VINO met him on the road and recogniIed rim
a. tie fugitive murderer. The train of which
I1eis NaieisH was conductor was on its Wav to
5.i,i 5aSoh. l Az Lumber City it was necessary to
uflll some OF the cars to be left there and INC
engine TOOK on the cars and ran uDon n side
1Fdch' Whlch Is about half mile of Town Eli
IaylOr, VINO had been wharfman and freight
house hand for many wears disDufed viii
conductor Raleigh as TO the switch TavlOr
insisting upon setting 1t for the track he
wanted the cars to be run on. Seeing that
1aylor was determined to set the switch ac-
C1FIlng 10 ms own way, the conductor jumped
Oh lhe engine and set the switch. Some words
IouoWed, IN which Taylor was very impu-
dent. The conductor then picked up a small
stick and advanced toward TAYLOR, who
picked up GghtwOOd knot and dealt
me conductor a numerous blow on the lore
Head. i MS blow Knocked the conductor
down, his head falling upon the track almost
Immediately under the wheels of the car
/ which was being pushed by the engine. In
second the wheels were over the head of the
stunned man. reducing IL TO Jelly of flesh and
bone. Engineer Tubbeyille stODped the en-
gine and jumped to the ground, and he was
so h0rror-stricken at the spectacle that ne
could scarcely walk, AS soon as he could re-
cover himself he began a race after TAILOR.
VINO Immediately took 10 the swamp. Sever,
al rtit hands Joined IN the chase, but Tavlor
Hau the start and made good his escape The
news was carried from station to station alOnor
the line OF the road. and when il reached East
@ l.l.lu 10y OF uogs belonging to a saw mill there
were placed on train and taken to Lumber
1lty and put on the track OF the fugitive
/ ne remains OF the dead conductor were then
paced on the train and taken to Macon Mr.
Atdleigh was Tor long time on the Southwest
ern Railroad, and for the past year had been
on the Macon and Brunswick He was rated
as safe and hrst-class conductor. and had
children. ~
Milledgeville Rscorder: As you publish oc-
caslonally old Midway scenes and incidents
permit me to give you one that occurred over
Iorty ye RS ago. Perhaps you may remember
~, ~, a. you We're student Of OglethOrpe at
that tune. One sabbath in lS42, BisbOp E..
an eminent divine of the Episcopal Church.
was invited to preach in the college chanel
The first one that rose that morning saw an
ethgy suspended from the top of the bui ding
IN 'front.' and about fifty feet from the ground
soon the campus was alive with professors
ana students. The first question was, how
did the thing get there2 and the next, more
niomentous, was how to get il down, and
down u must come before the CONGREGATION
assembled. The old President DR. n was
then walking to and fro with his usually
placid cOuutenance ruflied and every nerve
strung 10 its utmost tension. Among all the
rules Of philosophy which he taught he could
not lind one To bring the thing down to ite
former gravity. The professor OF mathemat-
les could suggest nothing but a sixty foot lad
der, and that could not be obtained. But it,
must be removed. The Bishop would soon
arrive, ana IL might represent him. or II
HlEut mean lue OLD PRESIDENT or anV
other one that might be imagined. But
relieI was 10 come in an ursuspected
way. The form Of one OF the heaviest stu
dents lCl was seen to emerge from a trap door
IN the top Of the cupola. Kidding himself of
his boots and getting over the cOrnice with
the ard Of his fingers and toes inserted be-
tween Stats that did not seem strong enough
70 hold l0-year-Old boy, he descended about
Il feet 20 the roof, and then with steady stems
about the same distance on the roof to the
end, he removed the eye sore and il came to
the ground. He then retraccd his steps, but
ms nerves seeIced to fail him, for instead Of
going up he came down, he went around to
the back Of the cupDla and entered at the base
through an opening which had evidently been
made the night before. The mystery was
now solved. There was but one who had the
nerve 10 put 1t there, and it was he who had
the nerve TO take it down. The excitement
was now over. The students went to their
rooms To fix up for church, and the old Presi-
dent went home TO calm and prepare his
mind for the services of the morning. In
few hours the chapel was fol-, and the Bishop
preached an excellent sermon to an attentive
audience, but none save the eyewitness
knew anything Of the little episode that came
i'm so unexpectedly on that bright and pleas
ant Sabbath morning.