Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-26

been on the docket for several years and
continued from court TO court for causes,
and the latter having been once tried and
the accused adludged insane.
Charles and George Rose, notorious in
the Rose murder case and pay car rob-
berry at Atlanta, have made 4 bad reputa-
ton for themselves in the chain-gang.
They are at work at the Dade coal mines,
and few days ago made an effort to
escape. They had by some means made a
hole in the floor OF their quarters, and
were in a fair way to get out when their
scheme was detected. Their fellow con-
Yicts say the Rose boys had planned to
kill guard, and had made every effort to
induce other convIcts TO join them in their
plan to escape.
Mr.. CASTOR McCarter, of Greenville, has
been greatly troubled OF late with his
neighbors' cattle. Sunday night last,
hearing the cattle in his front yard, he
seized his gun and fired upon them. I'M
mediately alter the shot he heard a child's
scream, and discovered that he had dis
charged the whole load into the body Of
his little boy. The child had gone into
the yard to drive out the COWS, unknown
TO his father, who thus accidentally killed
the child. Mr.. McCarter is frantic with
grief, and it Is feared by his neighbors
that he will lose his mind.
James Mccoy, the man arrested for the
murder of Deputy Marshal Kellett, on
Lookout mountain, denies killing kellett
or shooting at Deputy Marshal Campbell
| the night he was arrested. He says he
never did say he wanted to put a bullet in
helletps carcass, and that no one can be
produced who will say so ia court. Nc
Coy claims that he was ON his way to At
lanta to give himself up when he was ar
rested. His story in regard to the arrest
Is in direct contradiction to the one given
by the revenue men who pulled him. He
claims that he will be able to establish his
innocence when the case is heard.
The home of Eli Barrett, near Kingston,
came very near being destroyed by fire
night before last. One Of the children had
taken up the ashes late in the evening, in
a pan, which had a hole in the bottom,
and, instead of emptying them, placed
them under the stove on the floor. Be-
tween and O'Clock in the morning one
of the members of the family was awak-
ened by the smell of something burning
Quickly awakening the others, they hur-
rled TO the kitchen to find it filed with
volumes of smoke and the floor around
the stove burned away and the stove fall
EN- through. Dashing water on the flames
they were arrested and the house saved
At Atlanta, Wednesday, W. II. Nc
AAhhAoh oPPOoLCO thO AbCSOAOCA
charged with dIsorderlV conduct and
quarreling. The evidence showed that
on Cone street, after midnight, he at
tempted to put his arm around the waist
of a married lady, and became very dis
orderly when her husband appeared on
the scene and entered a stern protest
He was fined $40 rs. He is the same man
who attempted TO commit suicide on Nov
10, 1885, by drawing a knife across his
throat His love for Miss Nora Cook, a
young and pretty girl, was the cause, her
parents violently opposing the match.
At Atlanta, Wednesday, PatrOlman
George Hamilton was severely hurt. Two
steers hitched to wagon took fright on
Fort street and ran wildly in the direc-
ton OF Decatur street. just before they
reached Decatur street a carriage filled
with ladies appeared on that thorough
fare, and in their mad career the steers
were about to run headlOng into the vehi-
Gle. Patrolman Hamilton. who happened
to be passing, quickly seeing the danger,
and throwing himself in front Of the
steers tried to stop them, but failing to do
so seized a standard Of the wagon and
succeeded in diverting its course, but was
jerked under the wagon and run over.
The wheels passed over him, bruising his
face and chest considerably and breaking
one of his front teeth. He was seriously
but not dangerously injured.