Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-02
is supposed that he cooked the weapon

and discharged it accidentally.
Sunday morning about 3 O'Clock the
Inhabitants in the neigh bOrhoOd OF L. q.
McLaurin's store. on TAYLOR street,
Griffin, and for many blocks around. were
aroused by two loud blasts. about fifteen
minutes apart. The noise was occasIoned
by the blowing open OF Mr.. McLaurin's
safe. The safe was small fire.
proof one. kept by Mr.. McLaurin
in the front OF his store. The
burglars effected an entrance through
the back door. Entering. they wheeled
the safe out into the back yard, and, turn
ing 1t over upon its back, easily bored
through the tain iron and cement, aud,
placing charge of giant powder or dyna-
1lte WITHIN, blew it wide open. 1t took
Two discharges to effect the result de-
sired. On the ground and the walls and
the roofs or the neighbOriag buildings
salt was scattered prCfusely, so that ii is
supposed that sacks OF salt were placed
upon the safe to deadeh the sound. Sew
enty dollars in money was secured, and a
| pocketboOk was carried off containing
! valuable papers, being number OF re-
| ceipts, three deeds, an insurance policy,
a note for S1T5, one for S12, and another
for $ll.
Committeeman Wright, mem her of the
! General Executive Board Of the knights
/ OF Labor, who settled the strike at
aug dalds udS sbul Jaw W
| Davis, to paw debts still landing
against the Knights OF Labor, which
~er- contracted during the recent strike
! lockout. The former Executive Board
met Tuesday afternoon, looked over the
pills still owed. and found them to amount
TO about $4,000. These we're audited and
Will be sent to the General Executive
( Board in Philadelphia, with request
that they be paid. AS Mr.. Wright, when
! at Augusta, refused to pay these debts,
claiming that they were not legitimate, 1t
; Is hardly probable they will now be paid.
] These bills are mostly owed to doctors,
; druggists and landlords. The officials of
tue knights who are supposed 10 have
/ stolen so much money are awaiting with
/ much uneasiness the report OF their ras-
caity TO be published in the Journal OF
/ United Labor. A secret meeting was
ned Monday night md the Merchants
| Assembly of the knights Of Labor organ
| lZed. About twenty merchants have al
ready joined, and at another meeting, to
be held Monday night, 1t is said num-
! Der more will join. 1t will be called the
I Emmett Assembly.
! L. J. /. PatillO furnishes the following
card for publication: In view OF the
/ fact that have been arraigned b fore The
/ United States Court at Macon upon the
( charge Of opening registered letter at
/ Enterprise, which fact has been reported
IN some OF the leading papers OF the state,
| deem it due to myself and my friends
! that l SHOULD publicly state the cir
/ cumstances OF the case. did
/ open registered letter soon after |
took charge of the post office at Enter
| prise about three years ago, and 1t
happened in this way: 1t was the first
registered letter that | had ever had &C.
/ casion to handle. 1t was addressed on
/ me outside or official envelope 10 the
! Postmaster. My nephew, William Peed,
/ Dad Deen attending TO the office for me,
| and had not read up on the postal laws,
| On this occasion he was absent and at
ended TO the mail. AS soon as | had
| opened the letter and found my mistake l
| walked out on the platform and an
! nounced the fact TO Mr.. William Bailey
and perhaps others. Tue registered letter
was tor Mr.. J. T. Usry. Immediately
wrote him note, informing him OF my
| mistake, and asking him TO call for his let
! Ter ana the amount OF money 1t contained,
viz: $25. Mr.. Usry came several days
after and received his letter and me
! money and seemed perfectly satisfied.
! Now, nothing was ever said about this
! transaction, which took place three years
ago. until recently. when i had occasion
/ 20 prosecute a man for stealing cotton,
and another man wanted to GUST me from
| Mr.. Parks plantation ana get the posi-
| tiOns hold as railroad and express agent
! and Postmaster. AssOon as | found that
detective had been put on the case [
! went to Macon and reported to the proper
| authorities ready for trial. | was placed
! under bond for $500 to appear at the next
May term of the United States District
! court for trial, and will be there to vindi-
cate myself, If live until that time.
| There were three fires in Albany be-
! tween 7 O'Clock and s O'Clock Monday
night, and there appears to be no doubt
! hat two OF them, II not all OF them, were
! the work of incendlaries. The first fire
/ vas in Il tie brick building on the alley
/ between Broad aud Pine streets aud i'm
! mcdiately in the rear of Cooks ware
uouse. The building is owned b. b. L
| Kemp, and was formerly used by Lamar,
Rankin u Lamar for an oil house, but has
neen more recently used by L.
b. Il 5. Il. Lewis tor storing
| corn and fodder tor their stock in the
! lot hard by. About thirty bushels
| of corn and 300 or 400 bundles OF fodder
we're stored in the building. The fire was
! discovered at about : O'Clock, and was on
! The inside OF the building. The doors
were smut and the flames first reached the
outside through the shingle roof. The
roof was pretty well burned, but the
| walls were not injured. 1t is safe TO say
| thai the fodder was all burned or ruined,
! but most OF the corn Will be saved IN
| damaged condition. Inc second nre was
ca the lot Of Capt. j. V.
! smith, in the northern part Of the
city. The fire originated in a little stove
| room aud eastern sned that stood between
, the servant house and storeroom and
| the main building--close enough TO botn
| iol them 10 take fire. Although both the
| servant house and the main building
caught fire, they were saved with but
| very little damage TO either. This fire
! was evidently The work OF an incendiary,
! Tor the cistern shed and storeroom in
| which the fire originated had neither
| stove nor chimney, and there
had, in fact, been, no lire
! on the premises during the evening.
| Before the second alarm was sounded,
some one set the skating rink, near the
| corner Of jackson and Residence streets.
| on fire. This was undou btedly the work
OF an incendiary, for Willie Oliver, who
was standing IN front OF $. f. Prices gate
| with some young ladies, saw the act. ! he
| boy VINO lights up the rink had lighted
| two lamps and left the rink when the first
alarm was sounded. Mr.. Oliver saw
some one-he could not see well enough
| tell whether IL was white man
or negro-go TO the rear
| OF the rink, take down the lighted
lamp. and walk towards the front with
| II. The windows OF the rink are paint