The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14
RUN OFF WITH THEFUNDS
The TREASURER OF TWO COLORED
SOCIETIES ABSCONDS.

| JEFF McConb Leaves the Independent
Bond of Love and the Mount Vernon
Society in the Lurch-Indignation
Among the Mem bers-An Effort to
Track the Defaulter.
The Independent Band of Love is in
state of the deepest tribulation. A poign-
ant wave Of sorrow has also swept over the
Mount Vernon Society. JEFF McCombs,
President, Treasurer and banker of the
former, and connected with the latter as
Treasurer, has disappeared, and the indie
pendent Band of Love is out over 5000,
while the Mount Vernon Society is loser to
an amount between $50 and S170
On Feb. q last McCombs drew out over
$500 Of the funds of the Independent Band
OF Love from the Southern Bank.
DREW OUT THE FUNDS
The Mount Vernon Society Entrusted him
last Tuesday to go TO Dan Walthour, Secre-
tary of the society, and get a check to
draw the society's funds from bank, to
Of the society which was to
examine the accounts, and see that the
money tailed. The brethren and sisters
were on hand, but McComb was late. In
TACT he did not put in an appearance, and
Secretary Walthour reported that he had
left the city for Macon. Walthour said
that McComb's wife said that her husband
claimed to have received a dispatch from
Macon saying that his brother was in a
dying condition, and to come on if he
wanted to see him alive. McComb's wife
stated to MORNING NEWS reporter last
night that her husban had received let
ter announcing his brothers Illness
His absence. still continues, and he has
not been heard from since his sudden dis
appearance from Savannah.
AFTER THE DEFAULTER
The societies met Monday night and ap-
pointed a committee to take steps toward
experimenting him, and they are arranging
to offer reward to stimulate his capture
He is supposed to have gone to Florida,
from which State he and his wife came
about thirteen years ago.
McComb is w9ll-known, and had the full
| confidence of all his acquaintances He is
muatto, and kept shoe shop on Presi-
| dent street, between jefferson and Mont
gomery streets He has proved very I'M
! grateful to his people, as the following Incl
dent will show: He was greatly deformed,
! one of his feet being withered, and
he was physically unable to stand
the strain of walking, resulting in
running sores and threatened pyRmia
so that amputation was found necessary to
save the rest of the limb and his life. DR..
Thomas j. Charlton performed the amputa-
ton about two years ago McCombs was
laid up for more than three months, during
which time the societies paid his doctors
bill, tenderly nursed and cared for him
until he was able to go back to his shoe
makers bench. and have patronized him
literally, in return for which they are now
out nearly 500.
A DECLINE IN STOCK.
The deepest Indignation prevails among
the members, and yesterday and last night
stock in these societies had gone as low
as Freedmen's Bureau stock did some years
ago. ~ dun gwine to hab no noah to do
wiz EN-" said one disguised African.
why, | clar to de Lord dar'S no lection at
all. Why, sab, we makes one de President,
one de box hOldah, and anudder totes de
key, kase we can't trusts em, and sometimes
dey dun cuts de bottom OBJ de box out and
off 6ey goes wiz it, Den dey say dat dey puts
de funs in de bank, and wen we wants to
see de money dey takes piece OBJ papah
dar, gets de money and runs off wiz 1t befoh
you can 'semble to count, and dab you is
agin and de money dun gone. Heahaftah
rs gwine Ia keep my own money. You
heahs me.n This was said to an excited
group of negroes, who approved the senti-
ment by saying nov your shOutin'.n