The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-11-12

lose Oh -NsitiiiStn JuS!itc IN the
Shape of II Sentence to Ninety Days
in Prison..
From tie Nh"I |ftc PyC.&. O@tobrr 81.
l;x-Govcrnor Franklin j. Moses, Of
South Curui:na, charged with Stealing
SD from III Row l.. l.. H"Nforl, ID .
pastor Of the l;nivcrSaliSt Church. bv
obtaining that amount from him by
falsely representing himself as the Rev.
DIR. ~lIict$, Of Washington, spiritual adj
wiser of Cu;tca';, The ASSASSIN Of lrcs;-
dent Garfield, made IN attempt, about j
o'clock yesterday morning, to hang him
self III his cell in thc county Jail. The
prisoner lha'lr Il rope from TIVE hand
kerc;ici,, which he placed around his
meek a"! tied OF" end to his cnil door.
lie tEci! kicked n stool On winch he stood
from under his feet. and WAS struggling
~l>n j!ir noise was heard 10y II prisoner
who occupied an a,iioiu;u- call. The
i~nlAa.oS Of tbs ward are not locked up
in t;,cir cells at night. This saved the
"X-Guv"rnor', life. The prisoner who
hrar,! the noise arose and g0in. into the
corridor found MONIES hanging. His
face had tn:mrl black, and in Il minute
O: two moro lie would hav" been Stran-
Hu'at"d. TIL" prisoner ">"d an old pair
Or scissors which were allowed in The
ward 60. hair trimming purposes to cut
H. ~ " I
LIN Oh his be-. where h. WAS revived
H"o:g =. -" vy'rti"::& Of OTHER prisoners.
who had been awakened by Il cry Of
alarm. Moses said but little Of his at
tempt, although lie acknowledged that
l." Was deterinin2.i to die rather than
go 10 prison. lie realized the position
he was in and for some time had been
very Gcsron!cnt. This was the first at
tempt at %su;ci!c in The Jail for many
years.
When Moses was brought into the
police court yesterday afternoon Cor trial,
he looked very pale and feeble, and dis
played some nervousness. He was
neatly dressed III black, but had an IN
shorn face, which he turned away from
he spectators who gathered to get Il
glimpse Of him. In front Of the pris-
oncf's bcX sat Hcv. DIR. NcXrord with
his wife and daughter. ready to proceed
with tilc ease. Moses eyed the reverend
gentleman when! he hal swin:llcd, but
did not speak 10 EIm. At 3.l5 o'clock
Justice Miner called the case of ''.Juhn
+. May" when his attorney, George y.
NJ. Collier. arose and asked that it be
continued until The mental condition of
his client could b" established. lie said
thai since the last adjournment Of the
case II" had malr G%:iim"nt efforts to Get
witnesses here in his behalf, but had
failed. He h"! correspondent with Il
nmhc OF persons in the Southern
States, who were a"GuaintaHccs Of the
priScn"E, anil received several ::
but Oh o Of the election excite
mcnt they coui,l not com" here until
after the close OF the campaign. Among
the letters received was one. from the
Secretary OF the Navy. who wrote that
the son Of tie prisoner is in the naval
department. in California. 1t WAS Ger
tain that he could lot come to help his
father out.
Justice Sinner replied that the case
had already been continued an unusual
time. ana: he couil not see how the pris-
on"r could he hencitcd by another
adj "nrnmcn;. There is no positive ASST
rance that witncsscsih his Ec!.al: would
he present at II future time. II 4 con
t'nrancc WAS granted it could nnly be
Gone nnHi ..o,rlnhvr 5, rs the case will
then have lc"n in court TO: n month.
sal ;n:'rr the law it must be DISPOSED
"f in that time-otl.crwisc the cour;
w""i | have no jurisdiction.
A". Collier SAID that lie was author
iz"! by his client to say that il he does
not furnish any evidence at the time the
raSc is adjourned to he Will Withdraw.
his Flea OF not guilty and plead guilty.
IN" "t'"rEnv agreed that II the Court
w"S diSinc!incd TO grant an sher adjourn
M"ni 1t Won'd.ha useless to proceed to
trial, as the facts in the cast wcr, we'll
understood and q trial would be waived.
4 Court said that he had I:ccn very
indulgcnt in the matter of c~ontinuinn
tie cast, both to the complainant and
the defendant. The business Of the
Court demanded that it be DISPOSED Of
within til" time prescribed by law.
MIR. Collie: sail in nnswc to This iho.
an Adjournment Of two or three days
would be Of no benefit to him.
Justice Miner "What 10 you intend
10 show for .;our client p
Hr. Collier IL desire TO prove Is
medical testimony that my client is on
t:s"ly irresponsible for his acts. lie has
been travelling from place 10 place en-
gaE"d in the business he is CHARGED
with here. don't know anything aboul
h.ll rXcCDt What bn hoe ,,or.,n,n.. 49,,