Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-08
ROBBED AND BUKGLARlzED.
A Strange Series of Crimes in White
County.

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News comes of some thrilling times
they are having in White county, Ga.
The truthfuluess of what follows is vouch-
ed for by a neighbor of the gentleman who
has suffered.
On March % J. Nj. Cooley, of Leo,
/ W hite county, arranged TO so to
1 Gainesville. On the eve of starting he
/ took all mis- paper money with him. The
/ same day his wife went to visit j. b.
! NiX's family. His son, Billie, aud a
/ negro boy were of some distance
in the field at work. O0e daughter
was visiting in the neighborhOod.
/ The oldest one after dinner, took
/ the smaller children and went to the
/ spring, about 100 yards from the dwelling
! house. At the spring stood a small cot
/ tage containing q loom. Upon this the
daughter began her usual task. She filled
] the air with sweet strains OF music AS the
shuttle few back aud forth, and the hours
passed away, never dreaming OF anything
/ going wrong at the house, till ABOUT D
/ O'Clock her sister came and the others re-
| turned TO the house.
They found the bed in the middle Of the
! floor, the straw bed torn to pieces, trunks,
! chests and everything burst to pieces,
! the safe torn open, and many things mis-
placed in the house. The result OF their
search soon showed them that some one
/ mad robbed them of $500 in gOld-all the
/ money their father LELAND had be not
taken his paper money it would have all
/ been stolen. He doubtless was carrying
1 his money to Gainesville to exchange it
/ for gold, as he was laying up all the gold
4 he could get, and saved 1t by having it on
| his person. The money was stolen be-
/ tween l and 4 o'clock. This makes more
/ than 81. 200 Mr.. Cooley has lost in the last
/ few years, and he is much troubled over
his misfortune.
Saturday, March 81, Billie Cooley, son
OF the above named gentleman, went home
with his cousin a son OF julius Adams,
| and after be decided TO 90 to his grand
/ fathers, only a short distance. Half
way, just as he was passing a dense
! clump OF bushes, some one stepped
into the road mme diately before him and
demanded his money.
81 have no money!" was his reply, but
! the demand was made three times, with
the same response. At that moment the
! boy saw pistol flash into his face, and
! he threw up his hands and plead for
mercy, but quick as thought the pistol
/ fired and sent a ball whzzing through
/ the young mans hand. He clinched his
/ hand to keep it from bleeding, and ran,
/ but as he ran the echo OF the pistol greeted
/ his ear three times, and the third time he
/ felt the bali cut his hair and the sting of
/ the bullet above his ear, but fortunately
| did no harm.
They returned to the place next morn
/ ing and tracked the Would-be assassin
/ some distance. HIS track measured
/ eleven inches. Mr.. Cooley thinks it was
a negro, and has him spotted, but no clue
! to the parties who got mis- fathers money.
j. d. COoley's store, at Leo, Ga, was
| broken into a few days since, and several
/ hundred dollars worth of goods were
! stolen. There is no clue to the parties.
| 1t seems that the country il troubled
with band Of outlaws. All OF the above
| happened within the past two weeks, and
within the radius OF a mile.