The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-04-30
EDITOR,s CORREsPONDE
ENCE.
QUICK TIME FROM WEBSTER TO
FRANKLLM--MACON c0URT.
IN INTERESTING CASE
FRANKLIN'S CHEEKY
APPEARANCE, ETC.
FhAxkLIN, ApriI 2Ah. lss5.

FRASKLrS, April 9th, 1885.
Judge Gilmer reached here this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, having made the drive
from Webster in three hours and forty
eight minutes, the last five miles being
made in thirty five minutes Capt. j.
B. Young's famous PAGER, Santa Claus,
had the honor of expediting the Judic-
iary and winning honors for. himself.
The Judiciary was not exhausted by
any means, but. Immediately entered
upon new tour of duty. The Court
was promptly organized, the Grand
Jury ably charged, and Solicitor Fergu-
son entered on his work An exalnina-
ton of his docket develops an unusual
number of fmisdemeanors, busyery little
of crime. Only four eases Of larceny
appear, which speaks well of the hon.
esty of the people. There issFather a
liberal exhibition of assaults and bat
teries. smaller nuInber Of affays and
a goodly number Of yielding to thetemp-
tation of carrying concealed weapons.
Among the cases are twenty-one bills
against woman, one Lofty Galloway,
for selling Whiskey without license.
There is one case ef burglary IN which
It is hoped and believed that the char
acter of the accused will be amply vim
dicated. He Is young man of q highly
respectable and influential family, far
removed above the temptation to the
crime with which he stands charged,
and with no antecedents which might
properly subject him to suspicion. He
will probably be put on trial to-mor-
row.
A case was tried this afternoon which
just one year ago was the occasion of
wide spread interest in this and adjoin-
ing counties. Early in April of last year
a party of young mcn were working one
Of the public roads. There was much
emulation between them and some rath-
er rough bantering, relative to work and
capabilities. This was more especially
with Benjamin Buchanan and James
w. Shepperd, the latter scarcely come of
age, the other older and married man,
though a very young one. Buchanan,
enraged at an insulting expression of
Shepperd, suddenly raised the hoe with
which he was working, and struck Shep-
perd heavy blow ugon the very crown
of the head as he had turned to resume
his work. He did not fall until he had
reached his house, several hundred
Yards distant, which he did bathed in
blood, then falling unt onscious on the
floor. Physicians were obtained as soon
as possible from Franklin. His skull
was found to he cleft open, fragments of
the skull driven into the lacerated brain,
and in dressing and cleaning hewound
a very material quantity of the brain
MAS removed. DIR. Lyle, g. practitioner
of long standing ahd extensive practice,
told me that he had never known any
one to survive the removal ofso much of
the brain, and that in nine cases out of
ten the injury would have been followed
by death in twenty four hours. Shep-
perd is well and gave in his testimony
this afternoon with clearness and
directness that proved that his intellect
ual powers were not materially impaired.
He is said however, to have had slight
attacks of epilepsy since his recovery.
At the close of the testimony the de-
fendant submitted to a verdict of guilty
and was sentenced to eight months inn
prisonment in the county Jail which
with prisoners confinement will go to
make up year III prison for an offence
which seems to have come from sudden
impulse of uncomfortable Temper rather
punishment falls heavily upon sick
wife and helpless children, and Justice
might ask for no more.
Franklin wears a. CHEEKY appearance.
The newly created municipal authorities
have done much good work in repairing
streets, making size walks, providing
crossings, and in planting shade trees
which stretch out in long rows, enclosed
in newly white washed boxing and have
a look of health, care and taste. There
is not much building going on. Mr.. A.
5. Bryson has q large stock of bricks
ready for the erection of building near
the Arlington Hotel. The three hotels
here are in good keeping and well kept
The Arlington, the youngest, by Mr..
Bryson is very pleasantly situated and is
very popular. d. G.. Cunningham. with
the additions to his house maintains, if
he has not increased, his popularity; for
the house is full to overflewing. TIE
house of Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Altman is as
charming to me as it always has been.
Finding my way there once, / have al
ways been true to it. Here are Judge
Gilmer, Solicitor Ferguson, w. A.LGash,
Ben Posey and his brother A. E.sand a
number of others beside, enoughuto fill
up the bountifully and nicely supplied
table. rI7r
The advaneein vegetation on this side of
the Cowee mountains is Observable The
forests are being clothed in green, the
buckeyeisin full leaf, the apple treeseasta
deep shade, thegardensare very forward,
potatoes, beans and corn up. Straw
berries in bloom. Clover heavy enough
to bend to the breeze, the meadows and
pastures green as emerald and with the
presence and song of the Spring birds
assurance seems to be given that summer
is not far.
There is the usual report about the
wheat crop. It is very short. Tobacco
will engage more attention than ever
before.
win write again tomorrow. G.
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