Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-21

amount was spent for whisky. Perhaus while
uhuer t, the influence Of the drug he never once
thought OF his sick wife or the little baby VINO
d,s ,t Ras1eu "a & 70 tne spirit land. For nearly two
uayS ne mad been on the drunken spree. snend-
Lne ne money with lavish hand among vile
~. % u. panlons, Whlle the little one lay cold in
~IeaLh ~ Ih tne desolate home. Kind neigbbors
leaFneu OF the sad condition Of the mother
anu assistance was rendered In the after
noeh the husband had sObered M sufficienfIv
20 70 ne released. He realized to some extent
he was dead. ~ e
Urahtyllle correspondence Newman Ve,rs.
fIIuay X. /. O'kely, with the assistance of
some some negroes, caught a young white girl
aOOlt - years old above town and brougbt
her here. When she was irst disco1-eraJ sb ~
was lylng In tree top and moaning most
piteolsly, but when she saw O'Kei1v an
pI,29aGhlng she ran OF through the woods.
y nelly procured assistance and after a CON
slueraDle chase she was caught She was dis
coNereu 10 be demcnted, and from her random
LIE anu excited demeanOr It is feared that
she. has been fOully dealt with She couId
give no account Of herself answered no oues
tioh5 anu shrank 6rOm the approach OF aDv
one. She was put in the care of Chose who
u Houlu IOOK aIter heF through the night. and
saturday morning seemed to have somewhat
recovered her senses. she gave her name as
susie IlamsOn and saws her home was near
C@IrOilten, which she lett some time ago be-
cause OF I'll treatment bY her father. she
also states that she lived recently at a Mr.
DunDars. but can give no account OF hersel
from tue time Of leaving Newman TO the tame
she was found by O'Kelly. he was pitiabie
10 behold when brought into town. Her mOa9s
were horrible, and the wild stare in her ewes
gave evidence of great mental or physical
suHeTlng, ana she made frequent endeavOrs
10 get away from hCrcaptors.
WarrentOn CEiDDey: United States Deputv
Marsnals Charles MOsely and Joseph Raley
left WarrentOn for Macon SATURDAY. morninsT
having under arrest Thomas Adams, Andef-
son Green, Eli Thomas, John BRAY. Squire
whitehead and Wash Cheey, all negroes
charged with conspiracy and intimidation OF
witnesses large number OF witnesses also
went over on the same train. James White
nead, negro IN NarrentOn. was arraigned
IN the United states courts some time during
last october for selling whisky without special
tax, ana was bound over on evidence fur
nlshed by Frank Rhodes. While the trial was
pendlng IL Is reported and seems to be sub
stanJlated by evidence that the parties under
arrest went TO the house of Rhodes in the
night time Tor the purpose of whipping him
iOr having testified against Whitehead. The
latter. however, succeeded in avoiding an in
terVleW with his assailants and afterwards
reported the circumstances to the officers Tn
10 TINS writing all OF the accused have been
released on sllpshOd bonds, except Anderson
,1reen, VINO Is still in prison. Ii is thought
mere that small amount OF money judicious-
y used VIII settle the whole affair. At first
the ease presented all the formidable appear
ances OF the Banks county ku kluX matter.
but the chances are il viii turn out to be
what the court IL is being tried in has proved
itself TO be- a farce.