Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-18

| the first battle Of Bull Run. In 1865 believing
that her husband was dead, she married Thos.
Z King. The couple moved to LAGRANGE. Ga,
Z where they lived happily until last year. three
children being born to them. aged respectively
| Il, Is and - years. One year ago Mr.. King
was shocked to hear that the long missing
husband still lived. He Immediately separa-
ted from his wife, and was inclined to sue for
a divorce. He was advised that the marriage
having been invalid the case could not be SET
tied by divorce proceedings, 50 he mas Just
flee in the Fulton Superior Court bill IN
equity praying that his alleged vile ana lhree
children be cited before the spring term OF
court to answer the bill, and prays the court,
in order to determine his relations toward
sad Mary King and children and toward
societv and to h the legal status of said chill
dren. to annul said marriage and declare It
void
The Rome BuEtetjn Of January l6 says:
Monday afternoon a commercial traveller by
the name Of EnOs. said to be from Philadel-
phia, called IN at the Central Bakery Of a. NJ =.
AntOgnoli CO.. and handed note to
Young lady who clerks there-a sister ln-law
Of Mr.. A. NJ. AntOgnOli-Which read as fol-
lows: Can / meet you tO-nIghty Fix the
hour The young lady told him she
would show the note to her brother
in-law and he would answer it. The
the young lady says, to threaten her If she
showed the note OF told Of his indecent prOpO
sal, saying that it would be all the worse for
her, and that she had best keep her mouth
acquainted with the facts, began hunt iOr
the said knOs yesterday morning. lie met
him in front Of the bakery and knocked him
down and beat him and cuffed him and wiped
up the sidewalk all around there with him
until sheriff Mathis inteFfered and peace was
restored. The said Enos quickly repaired to
the Central Hotel. and though Marshal Ma
gruder and his entire force have hunted him,
nowhere can he be found. Mr.. AntOgnOli IS
also looking for him, as he wishes to wipe up
the sidewalk again"
4 Griffin special Of the 18th inst SAYS: "The
killing Of a cOlored girl named Hood. and the
suicide of her murderer, develop features
which do not warrant the claim made by the
friends Of the dead man. that he was out OF
his mind. Brewster McWilliams, l6 years
old, wild young fellow, who had been al
lowed, from his earliest bOyhOOd the free use
of firearms, was the son of r. p. McWilliams,
q prominent citizen. He had been out hunt
ing in the afternoon. and returning.
short distance away from his fathers house
he stopped a moment and engaged in
conversation with young mulatto girl. n
negro woman, who passed through a gate
near which they were standing, heard the
crack Of a pistol and saw the girl fall, and
saw Brewster Immediately put the pistol TO
his head and shoot himself. The girl died
almost instantly, but the boy was taken home
and lived an hour, although he was uncon-
scIOus to the last. The ball went into one
side Of his head close to the ear and out on the
other side. The shots were fired from
Smith x WessOn revolver, which had only
three cartridges in it at the time. one being
found in it afterwards. Whether he quar-
relied with the girl and shot her on the i'm
pulse of the moment. and with swift re1iec
tlOn killed himself TO avoid the consequences
of his rash act, or whether he was playing
with the pistol and shot her accidentally. and
filed with anguish. shot himself as soon as he
saw what he had done. will probably never be
known