The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-28

ficient to give any man feeling of security
for the future of his loved ones, with friends
and credit second to none, MIR. Hatfield has
been, it is said, possessed with the idea. at
times more strong than at others, that they
were on the verge of starvation. The mania
seems to have taken hold of him whenever
any little business trouble arose, whenever
an attack of ''the blues" came upon him,
and during its duration he would
be perfectly and thoroughly miserable and
unhappy lie was in town Friday, seem
ingly clothed IN his right mind. Saturday
morning his wife became alarmed at find
ing him with rope tied about his neck, but
thought no more about it after a little
while But shortly after dinner she dis
covered his lifeless body swinging between
| two outbuildings-he had rushed to meet
/ his maker unsummoned-the victim of a
strange idea, that had existence only in his
own disordeaed brain. He was about Al
years of age and leaves a widow and six
children, the eldest about IA, to mourn his
unhappy loss.
The announcement of Judge McManus
that he is candidate for ordinary of Bib
county, after having been defeated in the
| democratic primary, occasoned much
comment at Macon Monday. This com
ment was not favorable to Judge McManus,
who has been so long regarded as the old
wheelhorse Of democracy in Bib. There
were some who were astonshed at the an
nouncem mt, and there were some who said
| they could not yet be made to believe that
| the Judge would desert his party and be-
/ come an independent There were a few,
| perhaps {, Zsn or So, who said they would
| vote for him. and gave var.HIs reasons and
excuses for So doing. Some said they were
never very ardent democrats at any time;
/ some had personal dislike to Col Wiley;
so re said tle party was all to pieces any
! Row. and some were under obligations TO
| Judge McManus But the democrats who
| are loyal to the party, and who believe in
| party organization and an observance OF
| party customs, openly express themselves
| as not only against the Independent move
ment but said they would roll up their
sleeves on election day and crush out the
| last yes ige Of independentlsm. Among
| those who were loudest in their ex pressions
of condemnation of the bolt were some of
| the most ardent supporters OF Judge Nc
Manus at the late primary. Among those
| who voted for him and VINO will now vote
against him are Col. Thomas Hardemau,
| Capt. j. L. Hardeman, Hon. G. l.. Bartlett,
| Col. DUPONT Query, w. H. FELTON,, Col. w.
| II. WHY, Sam Weichselbaum, Joe H. Hall
and w. q. Smith.
The biennial report Of the principal
! keeper of the penitentiary is out, and makes
an interesting document. 1t is pleasant to
note that George Washington and Napoleon
| got out OF the penltentlary since tho last
report, but Elijah is in for life. There are
eleven more convicts in the penitentiary
now than there two were years age, and there
are just that many more women. During
| the two years rs convicts were received
from the jails-just two less than in the
| preceding two years. Eleven counties,
whose population is about 100000, furnish
SIS of the 1857 convicts. In other
words, the eleven principal towns and
cities comprising one fourth Of the popula-
ton of the state, furnish 81 per cent. of the
| convicts. These counties are accredited
with copvicts as follows Chatham 1853.
! F.,ltOn 1913, Muscogee 55, Bibb "a, Richmond
80, Mcintosh %, Barlow q, Cobb %, Decatur
| 23, Dougherty % and Sumter %. The five
counties which include the cities of Savan-
nah, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Au-
gusta furnish 432 convicts out of 1881
according to Col. Towers estimate, IL per
cent. of the population furnish
| ing 2S per cent. of the convicts
| These figures show conclusively that there
| is more crime in the cities than in the towns
and more in the towns than in the country
There are 924 cases crime against prop
erty, and 613 cases of crime against the
person. TIE summary shows that during
| the two years SIS convicts were discharged
So were pardOned, 81 died, SO escaped
were returned to court for new trial, 2 were
| discharged by executive order because
illegally held, l escaped from Jail while at
tending court as a witness, and were sent
| to the asylum.