The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-14

Excitement and great indignation exists
at Fayetteville, over a remarkable Sc
ries of outrages there eliminating in an I'M
heard-of piece of ghoulish work. followed by
the arrest of the offender. Within the past
two weeks a number of barns have been burned
in the county, and there has been general
watchfulness for the incendiary. Horses have
been stolen and smoke-houses robbed, but the
greatest indignation was excited by the act of
last Friday night, when some gang of scoun-
drels went 10 Unity church graveyard and up
turned ana threw down nearly every monument
it contained. Some of them were dragged to
other parts of the churchyard and many
broken A reward was at once offered for the
villains and the detectives went TO work. AS
result of their investigation John Wright, II
resident OF that neghborhood, has been ar
rested and jailed, after confessing to all the
deeds i'll court. When arrested he was
mounted ON a stolen horse and had a quantity
of meat he had stolen from his fathers smoke
house, after breaking into it. AS soon as told
why he was wanted he acknowledged every
thing, ana later made full confession in
court. 1t is believed several others are impli-
Gated, and officers are hunting them down.
Two weeks ago r. =. Wright went to
Nashville from Arkansas, and has been hoard
ing on South Summer street, setting type in a
book publishing house and trying to get work
on the newspapers Chief of Police lIadley
Cack heard that he was the man wanted in
Arkansas for bigamy, and Wednesday Wright
was arressed by three Nashville officers. On
the train, a few hours later, came ID. NJ. Will
son, sheriff of st. Francis county, Ark, but
his bird was caught and Nashville talent
gets the two hundred dollars reward.
Wright is about forty-five years old, but
looks much younger. He is very intelligent in
appearance and talks well, being evidently Il
man of good education.
In an interview he says that he was never
really married to wife number one. lie was
addicted to the use of Indian hemp TO relieve
intense suffering and one night iii Dennison,
Texas, while under the influence of the hemp,
he got with lively crowd and drank great
deal of whisky. When he came to, lac was in
the room with Miss Dodge, with whom lie had
been boarding, but whom he had never Courted
and She assured him that they were married,
showing him the announcement in the even
ing paper. He left at once for Dallas and
thence went to Colorado, where lie got on in
formal divorce He acted quietly because Miss
Dodge was of good family and he wanted to
save the publicity if possible.
About year ago while the city editor of the
Arkansas Democrat, he met Miss lice White
Iied her. He has since been practicing medi-
cine with very fair success, but when wife
number one came on the scene, he fed to
Nashville. She knew he had gotten d-
vorce in Colorado and he had no fears as to
the final result Of the present trouble. Tho
injustice of Miss Dodge had nearly broken
the heart of the trIest woman i'll the world
his wife Alice.
Sheriff Wilson had requistion from the
governor of Arkansas and left with the pris-
oner tonight for Little Rock. Wright de-
clarcs that he will be acquitted as lie viii have
10 trouble ia proving the facts of his drunk
ennes5 when the alleged marriage occurred,
and the divorce being procured by him in Col
orado before his second marriage.