The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-21
DIXIE LAND.
A Weeks Doings in the Sunny
Southland.
A GREAT HARVEST OF MAD DOGS.
GEORGIA..

was thronged with jurors and witnesses The
prisoner IS n young white man twouty-e gAt
years OF age, and renowned for his tremendous
physical strength. In his sprees he has
| knocked out many Of the police fogce--ioRT az
| one time. lie came 10 savannah two years
ago. His real name and his aAtoccdcujS are
| known to himself only. He kept a harTOom
| here.
The crime with which he is charged is well
| remembered in this part Of tho state. Early
| one morning last July a party Of gentlemen
| driving along Tybee beach from the Ocean
| house toward the south end Of the island came
| upon the body Of young white man who ap-
| parently had an hour or two before been
| thrown up by the waves. The body was
! dressed in pair of trousers and an undeTshirt.
! The clothes were wet, and there was !
| slight froth over the dead man lips. Ne one
| in the party recognized the man. At the first
| glance it was evident that the dead man was
| the victim Of foul play. His head and breast
| bore marks indicating plainly that whoever he
| was, the unfortunate man had been murdered.
| The party Immediately began looking around
| to discover evidence Of q struggle They had
not far to look, for in the sand some forty rods
| away, or perhaps less they came upCn SPOT
| where there were many confused foot prints.
| Two men had evidently fought there. From
| that spot the footprints led down toward the
waters edge. Those footprints. made 10y one
man, disappeared about Fifty feet from the
scene of the fight Other steps were found
| leading up the beach toward the north end.
| To the gentleman who found the body. there
| did not appear 70 be but the foot marks Of two
men. After short search one Of the party was
| dispatched to the Ocean house. The alarm
there brought number Of people TO the scene.
| Some OF them identified the body IS that Of
! George w. Smith. the proprietor Of q bar
! room known as The Home Plate on Bay
| street near Price Smith had gone down 10
| the Island the afternoon before, and it was
| learned that he had quite a sum Of money on
| his person the same night. Robbery was sup
| posed to have been the motive Of tie crime,
| although that was mere conjecture. as was also
| the identity Of the murderer. 80 far as could
| be learned, Thomas Cassidy, the proprietor of
| q bar-roOm on West Broad street, near the
| general office of the Central railroad was the
| last person seen with Smith.
A Jury was obtained at noon. The case will
last several days. The state SO far has shown
! that Smith and Cassidy were together at one
! O'Clock on the night of the murder, that the
! footsteps on the beach fitted the shoes of Smith
| and Cassidy. The larger supposed prints of
| the prisoners feet indicated that the murderer
| went from virgins hotel to and from the
scene of the murder. Both the men were
| stopping at Wrights'
| In Macon paper, was issued half column
! acc )unt, Wednesday, describing the murder
of Mr.. j. w. Dewberry, of Bolingbroke which
was said TO have occurred Monday OF last
week. by three negro women and one negro
| man. At tho depot Captain Wadley was
| found. He was just going over to the Dew
| berry place, and from him the following
| facts were learned:
On tho 18th day of last January, Mrs. Henry
LaSuere requested Captain Wadlcy to sec THAT
| the negroes did not take any more wood from
| pine thcSet, which is on her land, about q
fourth of a mile from the railroad Captain
| Wadley told his ovcrsecr, Mr.. Dewberry, to
watch the negroes, and if he caught any Of
| them in the woods to run them out. Two days
| later, january 18th, when riding through
| the woods, lie saw a negro, named
| Tom Howard, with an in his
| hand preparing to cut wood. He told him it
was private property and that no must leave
| at once. The negro said he had rs much right
| to get wood there as any one, and that he
would get as much as he wanted. Mr.. Dew
| berry then dismounted and again ordered him
TO leave. Howard raised his AK and advanced
| toward him in n very threatening manner.
! MIR. Dewberry drew his pistol and fired two
| shots over his head to brighten him off. The
| negro ran and made the circuit of the woods,
| coming out at his house, which was about two
| hundred yards from there, on the other side of
| tho road. AS the woods were rather thick
Mr.. Dowberry walked his horse to the road
| whore he intended to mount and ride to the
station. When no reached the road, Toms
| sister, Matte Howard met him with a fence
| rail in her hand and commenced to curse and
| swear Mt him. She raised the stick
| to strike him, when no caught
her in the collar and struck her a blow
| in the face that knocked her down. Tom then
| appeared upon the scene with the AK, and
| struck him blow on the thigh, two inches
| above tho knee, which made wound about
| two inches long and one and n half deep. Mr..
| Dewberry then fired the two remaining shots
| ut him, the last one entering tho left of his
| breast, glancing and passing through the arm.
Dcwberry then went home and to bed, and
| had doctor to sew up the cut, which would
| have been we'll in four or five days If he had
| not been imprudcnt and gone out before it had
| entirely healed, But after staying in bed two
| days he Went to work again, and in some way
| got fall, which broke the wound under the
| skin. The escaping blood formed pus, and
| now Mr.. Dewborry is i'll II very dangerous con-
dition. DIR. Mediation, of Macon, assisted by
| several local physicians, held II consultation
and advised DIR. Rudsill who has tho case in
charge, as to the course for him TO pursue.
The prohibition contest in Pulaski county,
| which ends on the 23d has been waged un-
usually quiet. The prohis were satisfied with
| the work being done for its cause i'll the revi-
| val religious meetings, while the ants leaders
| were busy engaged in little quiet work. On
| Saturday last, Tax Collector Pollock, whose
| home is In Cochran and to whom is entrusted
| the duty of registering the voters, was quietly
! brought over 60 Hawknsyille, and at night
| while the prohiS were at church, tho ants
| had Pollock cloSeted in one of the ants head
| quarters busily engaged in registering colored
| voters, while some prOhis were barred out, be-
| cause 81 their inability TO set 10 the books.
! THIS action on the part % Mr.. Pollock caused
/ quite ripple OF excitement aud no end Of dis
| cusSion. Monday morning the adjourned term
| ot Pulaski county court was IN session. and on
.
by the jurors. witnesses Ctc. Today tho coun-
| ty commissioner, issgcd an order citing Tax
COLLECTOR Pollock 70 appear before them on tho
goth aud bai.G sent % Cochran wish tho
! summons
on last Sunday af,or service NJ Fairaeld
church, near tiassseil,e, Mr. 7. W. LoEgaps
and Others killed five mad dogs. They claim
THAT some tiicau os twenty dogs have been
bitten hy thgu-that S. hF tha mad d,g and
that they WI mover stop t.i all of them are
killed. Great cxc.teme 10 exists ia that settle
I meut
sol Dawson, a bridge hand upon the Bruns-
WICK and Western railroad. W44 arrested Tues
! day and Jailed 20 Albany He IS
charged by Mitto Bon rith passing a two
dollar confederate bail upon leF aLd tos5nz
from her change e. tho amount ni $3.50 d.
good and laWful currency lie ls o. De tried
before Justice Roberts.
hoartrending occurrence happened In
Mountyillc, village on the LaGrautc and
Greenyillo road, in Troup county, Tuesday.
| Mrs. Belle Phillips, wife Of Mr.. William Tht-
lips, farmer, from partial insanity. jumped
in the well, forty-hvc icct deep, breaking both
legs just above the knee. By timely notice
She was taken out alive, but IN a dying coudl-
ton, Al this writing 1t is not known whether