The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-27
a BODY SNATCaER.
He is Frightened Out of His Wits by
Practical Jokes.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.


From the Atlanta (Gd) Journal.
Out on the Boulevard road, two miles
from the city, and but a short distance
from the street car tracks on Ponce de Leon
avenue, is q Quiet-looking little country
home, surrounded by growing crops.
The farm is now owned by Maj ID. Z;
Kiser, and is occupied by A. K. Smith and
his son, NJ. Smith.
About dark Tuesday night, as the Young
man was going down TO the pasture lot, he
was hailed by d man who said he was from
the city.
He talked with Mr.. Smith for few min
utes and then said:
There's a crowd of fellows from the city
who are fixing to have some fun tonight at
that little graveyard yonder. There's
little Italian In town upon whom we want
to play joke. I've been working on him
for about three weeks. | told him that l
made business of stealing stffs, and some
times made as much as $50 a night at it,
and | offered to let him in the business with
me If he wanted to GO | told him that |
would give him half and we could
make big money out of It, He was a
little afraid at first, but day before
yesterday he consented to go in with
me and help to steal the next stiff | To-
Gated. told him yesterday that had
found one, and to get his horse and wagon
ready for use tonight, for he was to furnish
the horse and wagon. ] just want to tell
you that there's going to BE- some shooting
around here tonight, and you needn't be
alarmed. We are going to have some fun
out of the Italian, or Pm a Dutchman.n
At ll:l5 O'clock last night, a wagon con-
tanning three mel and the Italian drove out
Ponce de Leon avenue and stopped at the
corner of jackson, where the horse was
tied.
ubo I+o1;on ,.,,, or;,ro, n Jo,l, 1oa+or, ~
carry, although the moon was shining
brightly.
Two other men carried pick and shovel
and silently the quartette neared the little
graveyard, from the middle of which
single marble shaft shone in the moonlight,
In front of the two tall cedars waving in
the cool night wind.
A thick pine wood lay just beyond the
graveyard, and through the trees the rising
wind sighed and moaned as the men stopped
in front of the graveyard.
whispered consultation was held, and
the Italian, whose hair was by this time
standing on end, was told to advance and
throw the light from the lantern under the
cedar tree to see if any guard was present
Slowly this inhabitant Of the land of blue
skies and balmy breezes, crept up the few
stone steps leading over the wall, shivering
in the raw night air as he mounted the
steps.
Suddenly there was a rustling in the
bushes, and from every corner of the grave
yard a figure in white arose.
Before the frightened Italian could move,
before he could say anything more than
'Buono Dio" Good Cod four pistols were
fired almost in his face.
ibid he runr'
"Well, if you could have seen the deep
tracks he made in the mud as he cross ID
the road, followed by eight other shots,
you would have said he was a little ratified.
If you could have seen where he ran into
and tore down a portion of an old b ard
fence, upon which portion of his coat tail
was Tutoring in the breeze this morning, il
you could have seen the place where he
| sided down steep embankrpent
| on his face and the way he
| tore up the earth in maxim.
tracks away from the aveyard, you
would have thought the imps of Satan them
| selves were after MIN in full cry NJ Smith
who heard the shots fired, said shortly after
ward be heard the dogs Of negro, who
lived half mile away, barking very fuai-
ously, and he had no doubt that they were
barking at the flying Italian. Mr.. Smi b
heard the others laughing as they went
back to the wagon, which they proposed to
put at some livery stable and keep there
until the Italian returned, when they were
going to get policeman to give him an
other fright by approaching him and tell
ing they had his wagon at the station house