Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-13

Woman in her own Bed-Theories of
a Burglars Work and Wife Murder
Advanced - Possible Arrest OF a
Thomas County Assassin.
GEoRGIA
Crops are fiourishing in Burke county.
Enterprising citizens Of Clarksville are i'm
proving that town rapidly.
The first County Court ever held in Warren
county was In session on Monday.
a son Of Marshall Perkins. OF Waynesb0ro.
was drowned while IN swimming a few days
ago.
A nest Of guinea eggs was found on Alb Ed
wards place near Crawford not many days
ago. containing seveuty-three eggs.
Macon is being weil-supplied with coal.
For the past three or four weeks fifteen or
twenty car loads per day have arrived.
Atlanta has not abandoned the idea Of max
ing separate exhibit at New Orleans, and
viii erect a special building il $4,000 can be
raised
Z. r. Heneger, citizen Of DouglasylIle,
was drowned while on his way 70 Texas for
the purpose Of looking at the cOnntry, pre-
paratOry 10 moving there
An armed posse from TallapOosa paraded
the streets OF Douglasville Wednesday morn
neg. with shOtguns, looking for q fugitive
whom they failed 70 find.
In the trotting race at the fair grounds at
MaynesbOro Monday, between Maude :. and
Lady Maude. belonging 10 $. SchwarZwess
and John Mccullough, respectively. Maude ;.
scored an easy victory
r. d. Page. better known among his friends
as Harry Page, shipping clerk OF the Globe
Cotton Planter Manufacturing Company. Of
Atlanta. was drowned at Anglers pond. near
Ponce de Leon Springs, Tuesday, while in
bathing.
". p. Bussey, who is the largest bee cuIti-
yatOr and honey raiser around BaTnesvile,
saws this season has been the best for making
honey be has known for some years. He has
several colonies Of bees that now have in their
hives from 50 % loo pounds Of honey.
A respectable white woman about five miles
from T. Ht0ntOu. becoming offended with
small stcp-child. deliberately hung it by the
neck wlth rope, and but for the timely APP
pearance of Capt. B. r. johnson, who cutit
down boz an unconscious state. the child would
have died. No action has been taken against
her.
On Saturday night last, rs one Of the ex-
cursIOn trains was passing Barnesville some
unknown party on the train threw from the
car piece o. wood which struck white boy
by the name Of Willie Safold the head,
cutting cash over hiE right eve. Apprehen-
sion Is felt by his friends that the injury
may prove very serious
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman, Of
Honduras. Central America, who are visiting
the family Of Mai. +. =. Camp, Waverly Hall,
Harris county, reported few days ago as
having smallpox. died Monday. IL Wss
most malignant case. and IS supposed to have
been contracted in New Orleans, where they
stopped some time while en- route. Every
prccautiOn has been adopted TO prevent the
been reported
Albany NeJcs amt Adrertiser: Mr. Dan
Luke. Of IhOmasvi.le, went up yesterday to
Smithvllle 10 identify "a negro man who had
been arrested rs the murderer Of Mrs. CleWis
and child. who were killed in Thomas county
some two or three years ago. The negro was
carried 10 LOwndes county for safe keeping,
but broke jail, and no tidings has since been
heard Of him. The negro at Smithvile was
arrested on suspicion Of being the murderer,
hut we could not learn whether Mr.. Luke
identified him as such or not. MIR. Luke was
sheriff Of Thomas county when the murder
was committed, and had had the negro in
charge
Wayuesboro Citizen: After a consultation
OF several country publishers the organization
of a country press association Is deemed Of
paramount Importance 20 their interests.
Therefore q call is hereby made for the or
ganizati0n of country press association.
The movement means business, not pleasure.
All newspapers throughout the state, espe-
cially the country papers, friendly TO the
movement are requested To publish the above
notice. It is esrahle thut every country
press i'm the state should DE represented. All
who desire to join the association viii address
". ID. sullivan, True Cutsen Office, Waynes-
horO, Ca, suggesting time and place Of meet
ing.
calhoun Courier: Mr.. Robert Adams. Of
Baker county. a gentleman whose yeracityfis
one of the dyed-iu-the- wool kind. was ia to
see Us this week, and related an occurrence
that we are forced 10 call a clear case OF
adoption on the part Of cat at his house.
The cat was the mother Of three kittens,
whose appearance proved source Of mex
pressible delight 90 the smaller members Of
uts flock. whose appreciation and affection
was SD lavish towards the kittens That il
proved the death Of one OF them. The old cat,
fn this dire moment Of distress, was determin-
ed that the family circle should be numerically
the same, and. sUitng the action To the
thought. Immediately meandcred forth into
the woods. hitched on so q young rabbit. car
ried IL into her children. gave them a short
lecture IN cat talk on the beauties Of brother
iy love, and the broken link was restored and
serenity once more predOmlnates IN the
feline's family.
Alvah smith. who died in Gainesville last
week. had g chequered career. He went on
whaling voyage when nineteen years Of age.
and the vessel being wrecked he was cast on
the shore OF New Zealand. There lie was
lipfilv treated. the natives giving TO him 100
hoEs. with which, as capital, to start in busi-
ness fle lived among them for seventeen
wears Sld then returned 10 America. His
iirst wife was Miss Lucy Pratt, who accom-
panied him 10 Gainesville. bat returned 70
her native place. North MIddlebOr0, Mass,
where she died. He returned to New Zeal
and after his first marriage, and remained
there six years-maki2g lu AL tWenty-three
years spent by him in that Isle OF the sea.
During the seventeen years spent there, ne
was the only English speaking man on the
island. He lived at st. Paul. Minnesota, and
established the first wholesale business in that
place lie came to Galnesville and expended
much money IN building houses, among them
the large carriage shoD which Mr.. Walker
now owns, and she Piedmont Hotel. He
brought a number of fine horses and vehicles
and conducted for awhile the livery business.
His mother was Methodist, his first wife
Presbyterian. his second wife Catholic, and
lis request for some time before his death was
fbs,t { Rev. WHY {. smith. a Baptist minister.
should preach his funeral sermon. He leaves
behina him two sisters, his second wife, who
was Mis- Kate Wright, Of Atlanta, and two
children, one by each wife.
Mrs. Charles Rose. living at No. - Ezzard
street. Atlanta, wife OF night Waterman IN
the ward of the Air Line Railroad, gave her hus-
band his supper Wednesday night and at the
usual hour retired for the night with her baby
and yeung lady named Miss y. NJ. Frazier,
whQ was sleeping with her for company
The Consultation continues the story IS fol-
lows Gbout Il O'Clock Miss Frazier was
9roused D = tbe sharp report Of pistol There
bad bce, 3 D., -tf left burning in the room, and
,,b,r- So - = 80 Lls her ewes she was astOunded
10 fir,j f6.,i 49, - Ead been eEtiuguished.
Size M firsf tbo-.Sbt ~ Mr.. Rose bad en-
tered the room and in Wy :. bI c,iIej
stepped upon a match. ''Jen- SSsas.1 hut in
10 Mrs. Rose. There was no re-, 49, - -, -
stead the young lady heard the 1 .,5r6,.Sb
huIFled footsteps, and man darted q, ~Sftv
one OF the rooms, and sprang out of q win q
and was gSne. She arose from the bed niue
excited, and with a trembling hand lighted 4
the lamp She walked over to the bed where
sne supposed her sleeping friend lay, when q
her gaze. The Sleeping BabT BpfbS'8Ts %as teray @fy
spattereu with blood, while on the right side
OF the mothers head great clOts of black blood
lay. 1he dying woman raised her left hand,
When the Young lady caught it IN her own.
The hand Of the dying woman fell to her side
sAe gasped teebly once and was dead. The
young lady. IN the widest state Of excite
ment, but without utterIng a cry. sat down
the lamp, ran out OF the house and into the
yafu- Inc moon was shining through the
clouds, but no one could be seen. The man
VINO had done the terrible deed had gotten
Wen away. Miss Frazier ran 10 a neighbOr's
house and gave the alarm. A number OF
people, men and women, proceeded to the
place. while others telephoned the news 10
pouce headquarters, aud a detachment Of
Policemen went out. The husband was sent
Tor, and when he reached his home and found
ms Wue murdered he was wild with grief.
up 70 a late hour had only arrived
at 3 theory rs TO the cause Of the crime The
house was a small wooden structure with
two rooms. Mrs. Rose was sleeping in me
end toward the city The burglar. for such
he has proved 20 be, entered by a window
at the opposite end Of the house. lie placed
an ordinary chOpping block on the ground
under the window, while he cut the putty
his hand IN and removed two nails that were
over the sash The window was then raised
and stick placed under il TO hold ii up. He
then craWled IN and went into the room where
lay sleeping the two women. On the mantel
lay pistol owned By MIR. Rose. IL is suD-
posed that this was the first thing he took. and
with 10 IN one hand proceeded 10 rummare a
trunk az the bedside of Mrs. Rose. While he
was in this act il is supposed that she
awuke and raised M in bed The burglar
quickly raised his hand and fired the cruel
shot, tnen hurrledly eXtinguished the light
sprang through the open window over a back
fence and was gone These are all the facts
Of the brutal midnight murder that startled
the eastern side Of the city, the details Of
which viii send a thrill Of horror to the heart
OF every man who reads them. Yesterday