Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-01

Smith will have to pay unlt SIS tie convict
was shot at by tDa guard. Co... SIM n
! argued that the gun IN ght snap. but the
Governor made no allowance for snap
. ping gun. Taey must be shot at or set.
tie. Some OF the guards refuse TO shoot
al prisoner, on the ground that they
will be prosecuted Tor assault with intent
( to murder.
The person al property of Mrs. Elizabeth
1ea5lel. deceased. was sold at Aipnaretta
Thursday by her administrator. Among
the things sold was an old triangu ar
French piano. when Or. Randall, Mrs.
feasl -y's father, bought go years ago for
her. He wSs lhen A citizen OF Marietta.
Miss Randall carried the piano 10 Cum
ming 40 years ago. She then married
Enoch Latt, and when Milton county was
organized che aud her husband moved to
Alpharetta, bringing the piano with them
II was the first p ano ever in Marietta.
Cumming aud Alpharetta. 1t sold for SO
Joel Rucker helped o appraise the estates
OF Latt, judge Teaslev and Mrs. Teasley
so helped TO appraise the old piano
three times.
On last Sunday night Crawford Estes
son OF William Estes, who resides on the
>ad!er place on the Savannah river, came
near losing his life in a runaway. He had
carried some young ladies home and was
returning, when accidentally the wheel
OF the buggy struck stump, and the
buggy was upset, throwing Crawford he
tween the wheel and body. In this po-
silon be was dragged Tor perhaps half
mile over rugged road to his fathers
gate. His clothing was literally rubbed
of, and his head and person most terribly
bruised, but no bones were broken. The
horse stopped at the dwelling OF Mr.
Estes, when era ~ford was found to be
unconscious. Lockiaw resulted, and
while some better at last accounts he is
still in very critical condition.
H. Holmes, alias Jones, former resi-
dent of Epson county, died Thursday
night from knife wounds received at the
hands OF Oscar Williams, in Pike county,
the night previous. AS to the cIrcum-
stances OF the difficulty nothing authentic
can be learned. The difficulty was prOba-
bly, the result Of an old grudge. Holmes
had threatened Oscar Williams life, both
before and on the day of the tragedy.
He has also repeatedly during the
pas eighteen months threatened to
Kill J. +. Williams, an uncle Of Oscar
Williams. Holmes lie said to have been
badly cut up, receiving no less than
eleven wounds. A portion Of the knife
blade was broken off in his lett side. The
difficulty occurred in the engine room of
gin house al Williamsvlle. in Pike
county, Wednesday, about or 10 O'Clock
at night Mr.. Wi liams is a contractor
on the Georgia Midland and Holmes was
in his employ.
1t leaks out that there was an attempt
made during the session OF the Grand
Lodge of MasOns just closed in Macon to
Introduce and employ some Atlanta
methods. Said one of the members yes
terday: "Such thing as a candidate is
unbeard Of among us. When We want a
man for an Office we cast our votes for
Tim and he Is elected, but such thing a.
man Offering himself for an office is not
known among Us. On the day of cleo
ton 1 was Mortified to find the Atlanta
men with printed tickets tor a certain
man OF their selection. A good many OF
the tickets were kept and will be carried
home az curiosities. being the first prin ed
tickets ever seen In the Grand Lodge
room. AS soon as this method was dis
covered several speeches were made de-
nouncIng the Atlanta scheme in unmeas-
ured terms, and one old man put the
ticket under his heel, and, stamping it,
said that the lodge should thus stamp
down any such sc0eme. And the lodge
did so, and another man was elected.
| This Is the way Atlanta works every
thing. | shall keep this ticket as curl
osity."
WHY Teasley, q well known colored
man, of Hartwell, was murdered at
Westminster, S. c., Wednesday night.
WHY Tea-ley and Newt Webb, who had
been TO Walhalls with a wagon for q load
OF whisky, stopped at Westminster for
awhile. They put up at the house of
sam mellow, negro with bad reputa-
ton. Some time durin5 the night Newt
went TO another house leaving Wyly
at McDOw's- Returning, he could not
find WHY. Searching for him he found
him lying in the railroad cut about 20
Yards from McDow's in an unconscious
condition with great cash in the back of
his head that looked as II il had been done
with an AK. Newt put WHY in the
wagon and resumed mis- journey home
ON reaching Fair Play the wounded negro
was LETT there tor medical treatment, and
died on Friday. Mellow and several
other negroes we're arrested at Westmin-
ster, and Newt Webb, who had gone to
! Hartwell, was arrested upon notification
and taken back 10 Westminster. All OF
the negroes were released except Nc Dow,
To whom the ircImstances pointed as the
murderer, but by some means he managed
10 make bis escape from the guard on
Monday last. The inquest consumed
nearly two days resulting in a verdict TO
tue effect that WHY Teasley was MUIR
dered by Sam Mellow. The murder was
| the result of a drunken row, hut robbery
may have been the object, as WHY had
considerable money before the killing,
which could not be found on his person
I afterwards.