Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-02

the time OF his death Worshipful Master
i OF the Masonic lodge ut Live Oak, Fla.
! lie was graduate Of Emory College, in
! the class OF 1851. He was a prominent
! ciLlzen of Live Oak, and ranked among
/ the hrst as lawyer. HIS remains have
/ been forwarded To Live Oak. About three
weeks ago the deceased, with his wife,
! started 10 Marietta, Ga, hoping to regain
| his health, having had lingering attack
| OF malartal fever. UpOn his arrival in
Atlanta he was 100 feeble to con tinue his
trip, and stopped with his cousin, Mrs.
Cause, where he was kindly cared for
during his last illness.
Some time ago the Atlanta papers made
great sensation over the grave robberies
at Decatur, committed by George Vaughn,
JanitOr OF the Atlanta Medical College,
and Joseph Smith, cOlOred, sexton OF the
| Decatur cemetery. Both Of these parties
have been convicted. Judge K. ID. Clark
sentenced Vaughn to three months in Jail
and to pay fine of $1,000 and costs, or
in default thereof to serve twelve months
in the public works. Smith, the sexton,
who has been Jail since January and was
corrupted by Vaughn, was sentenced to the
public works for three months, and to
fine of 500 and costs; and in default OF
payment to serve nine months on the
public works. The interest of the Allan
ia papers cooled off suddenly in this item
and there has been only a bare mention of
the conviction in the Atlanta journal.
! When the robbery was discovered of the
body of Israel Sanford, colored, it was
found that four or five other bodies had
been taken from the same cemetery,
among them the bodies of one or two very
reputable white citizens. Judge Clark
was right to make the penalty severe in
| these cases.
Oconee correspondent Athens Banner
Waterman: Since Judge Hutchings has
sustained the writ of mandamus against
b. h. Thrasher, Ordinary of OcOnee coun-
ty, ordering him to declare the result of
the prohibition election al once, it is cur
rently reported that the Ordinary intends
to declare the election in favor of 1.-THE
SALE" Now, such a step on the part of
the Ordinary would no doubt bring about
results that would long be regretted by
the best citizens of this county as.well as
| by Mr.. Thrasher himself. The Ordinary
has certainly forgotten statements he
has made to number OF reliable citi-
Zens OF this county as to what the result
OF the election WAS. He has stated (and
it can be pTOven) that he was thoroughly
acquainted with the law on elections,
having been engaged in contests before,
and that he had carefully investigated all
the points in the late prohibition election,
and that there was clear legal majority
OF forty-two votes for prohibition, and
that be would so declare the result. The
writer would respectfully call Mr.. Trash
er's attention to the above facts, in order
that he may look before he leaps.
News has just been received of a daring
robbery committed last Tuesday night
about thirty miles from Neville, in Mont
gomery county. Glenn Mosely is an old
miser who lives in remote corner OF the
county, and has been conceded to have
considerable money. Last Tuesday night,
about IL O'Clock, crowd of men, all dis
| guised with false faces, drove up to the
house and commanded the family to re-
tire, under threats that If any showed
their faces before day they would in
stantly be killed. OF course, the family
being helpless, were easily intimidated,
and retired as commanded, and were
all locked inside of the house by the rob-
bers, who proceeded at once to a small
office adjoining the dwelling, where Mr..
! MOsely's iron safe was kept in which his
money was deposited. With axes and
hammers they forced the office door open,
and four of the burglars lifted
fifth man held a lighted
lamp, and then drove rapidly away. In a
few hours a posse was in pursuit and
tracked the wagon down near Long Pond,
a distance of about twenty-three miles, to
lobe MoZo's house, where they found the
wagon. Mozo has been arrested, together
with three negroes. The safe contained
about $4,000 In cash about the same
amount in good negotiable papers, togeth-
er with all of Mr.. Mosely's land papers.
1t is more than probable that the wagon
was stolen from Mr.. Mozo for the purpose
of making 1t appear that it was he who
committed the deed, as the mule that
drew the wagon was stolen from n. Gibbs
a few nights before. The safe had not
been found at last accounts.