Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-21

SoIrt; charging Jackson with carrying con-
CeA!el weapons. II. NJ. Wright Represented
jackson ami his friend in Police Court and
~as PAID his fee for that service. On Decem-
ner 9, lss3, Col. MagrudeT, who receipted
jackson Tor Sz5. acting under orders. turned
the money into the city treasury as a fine, but
me Tor what did not appear. On January =
the Mayor, az the end OF his tenure of Office.
save an order to the clerk 10 pay this sum to
II. NJ Wright, attorney for jackson, and two
days alter 10 was 80 paid him. jackson
held the ,city's receipt, and he was
prpnlsed ms money on his return
home after March court II no in
,lciment was found against him on present
ing ms receipt and asking payment" IRE
receipt was sued on Thursday and much evil
oenfe offered, showing want of authority in
Wright 90 collect the money. The issue being
whether the relation OF attorney and client
htt ceased 10 exist before the money was
pa't to Wright. II he was not attorney for
jackson he had no authority to receive the
1uud. Alter evidence for both sides and ar
Eument had. the jury found Wright had no
power Co collect. and the CITY must reenond 10
her receipt. The plaintiff c0ntended tbat tbe
city was yeXati0usly litigOus % this matter in
re'i-tlnS his rights. For that cause s. was
added 10 the verdict for attorneys fees.
Three weeks ago john BRYAN. who faru,a
near Gordon. went 70 Macon and visited tie
warehouse of }. :. Stewart & Son. He asked
lot tAe llAn Ol sJl, or ITS equivalent IN sup
plies. hen asked what security he could
give he replied that he could furnish auv that
would be satisfactory TO the firm. Mr. W
DAVIS told him that II he would get Mr. jam :
stevens. of Gordon, TO indOrse his note he
could have the loan. Bryan appeared salts
heu ana went away. Tuesday he returned
u M1rnn with one Of the blank notes of
the nrm signed by Mr.. stevens. The sig
nature was Immediately suspected, as no
amount was specified on the face OF the note.
Frank stew irt took the note In hand and
while Bryan was detained at the warehouse.
prucce'iel p" the Capital Bank To compare
Dr. with other signatures Of MIR. Stevens
fHf fensar a
to hc forgery. aud Nr. Stewart returned
'itA % the warehouse. On the way
Ht"N tl attorney was consulted. and the
opinion gwen trot no action could be taken
--.t.t oat- ncu the warehouse was reached
tir- .iu Was req lu-a ed 10 Ill out the note and
ei4 so. Tie forgery was complete. When
Bryan ' as accU -eu OF the crime he denied lt
clnpaJtIcaL Hnd offered To take back the
note and re-urn with Nfr. Stevens to identify
tae igHature. TIE Grm suggested that they
would hold The note and write to Mr.. Steven.
about lt, whereupon Bryan became alarmed
and said h. didn't believe that he wanted
the money, and that he would like to get
back the note IN his possession. He rendered
as AN excuse for not wanting the money that
he would have 20 lay a heavy interest on the
loan. lie was assured that neither would be
required Of him, and then. seeing that there
was no ioOph0le through which To escape- he
acknowledged the forgery. On account of his
age. go years, ami the feeling be manifested
over the occurrence, lt was agreed ty the firm
not TO prosecute him. The note was then
returned to him.
Miss Turner resides at % Fulton avenue.
Atlanta, iu the rear OF the Second ward. She
aud Ter widowed mother and a sister are the
sole occuBants at night OF the home Her
brother Is connected with the fire department,
aut when he Is absent from nome, as ne is
during the night, especially, his oldest sister
assumes the role of guardian. She occupies
room Ia the rear end of the residence. Friday
morning about > O'Clock she was awakened
from her sleep by moi e IN her room. Atfirst
she paid no attention TO the noise, and
turning over. was IN the act of going To sleep,
when noise resembling the rafting of break
IuE glass induced her to look about the room.
T Imagine the young lddy's terror when she
discovered that a negro man was standing be-
. 30 te htr dressing ease, going through the
drawers. Miss Turner has been in the habit
ut sleeping with pistol under her pillow
and a- 50 IN a. she observed the negro She
quietly reached for the pistol. Her motions
hal been quiet. and were unObserVed by the
I hursiur. The young lady, after securing the
I pistol, and Whle yet lying upon her side,
f pointed Do sQuaTely at the negro and Dulied
+ the trigger. deateniug report ensued, and
simultaneous with the report, the negro
ieaped into the air and gave an uneartnlv
+ yell Miss Turner felt satisfied that her bull
/ let had not gone far astraE, but desiring 10
klil the negro, she pulled the trigger again.
BY tuls time. however, the negro was
running across the room toward the
/ window, and the second bullet went
wide Of the mark. This did not disturb the
Young lady and the third shot ensued. The
I rapid succession Of the shots and the evident
[ courage of the Young lady frightened the
negro. and just as he reached the window he
gave "a leap which carried him through glass,
sash and shutters. As the negro made the
leap the young lady fired again, and as he dis
arpearcI through the window she fired the
Hlth time. PatrOlmau Moss was on the beat,
and was attracted by the shots. He believed
that some one was being murdered. aud hur-
rlediy located HE shots and asCertaned the
cause. Miss Turner declared that she be-
lieve she had hit the negro, and pointed to a
spot Of b.oOd on the window casing which
looked fresh. PatrOlman Moss attempted 10
trace the burglar. but was unsuccessful. He
| l.nL. cerLaIn llut Inc negrn was wounded.