The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-28

AT Albany, Tuesday night, negro went
into the store of w. Harris, on Washington
street, and made pu chase of good lot of
dry goods, Shoes a suit of clothes, hat, etc,
and then, before paying for them, asked
to see the largest knife in the store. 1t was
handed to him. He then remarked that 1T
would be an easy matter to kill man with
it. Jerking up the unpaid-for goods, he
began to flourish it in O. very dangerous
manner, and jumped out Of the door. The
police were called, and responded hastily,
but he made good his escape for the
present.
At Columbus an 11-year-old son of Mrs.
George Williams made a most murderous
attack upon his mother Wednesday night.
George Williams has been in the habit Of
whipping his wife at pleasure, and cele-
brated Christmas by enjoying this beastly
luxury. Mrs. Williams charged her son
with being a tale bearer to his father and
causing him to make the assault upon her.
This enraged the little fend, and he at
tackled his mother with hghtwood knot
and beat her numerically, cutting several
ugly gashes in her head. The police have
taken the case in hand.
A gentleman of Lawrenceville who was
well acquainted with Mrs. Emma Hawes'
! family says that Mrs. Halves had two sis
ters who died a short while ago, possessed
! of considerable property. One OF the SIS
ters willed her personal and real estate to
! little May Halves, her niece, and the other
| left all she had to little Irene. The gentle
4 man thinks if HAYES killed his little girls he
| may have had an eye to their property
while getting them out Of the way, so he
| could marry again. 1t is said that Mrs.
| Emma Halves property was all transferred
! to her little son Willie several months be-
| fore she was killed.
| A shooting scrape occurred at the corner
of First avenue and Tenth street, at Column
| bus, Tuesday night, between white man
and negro. AS far as could be learned,
| the white man was grossly insulted by the
negro. The latter brandished his knife and
| showed his white opponent. Eye witnesses
| Of the affair were seen, but they denied
! knowing who the combatants were. After
the row the two men dashed across the
| court house park, the white man pursuing
! the negro. When in the park pistol shot
was heard; who fired it or what the effect
was could not be learned. A white man
who met the runners in the park stated that
the negro was wounded. At II 80 o'clock
Tuesday night the report had not been
proved.
DR.. j. A. Kenan, now of Atlanta, who
represented Baldwin county in the last
legislature, has remarkable picture in his
rooms at the European hotel. 1t is picture
OF Henry Clay, painted in twenty-four
hours, from life and life size, by Wilson, in
1874. 1t was carried by DR.. Kenan's father,
Col. A. H. Kenan, from Milledgeville to
Madison, on the occasion of the great bar
becue in 1914. The picture is true to life,
even the slightly torn shirt collar being
| delineated perfectly. In corner of the
compromise" near spray of wintergreen
under his right hand. On the back, in
bold letters, appears this extract from the
concluding remarks of Clay's last speech
before his resignation: "Whigs, awake?
| Aroused Shake off the dew drops that gilt
ter on thy garments and march to battle
and to victoryP
Adam Gordin, an old negro living in the
eastern portion of HARRISON county, was
killed on Sunday night, Dec. 16. by William
Reeves, young white man. The coroner
empaneled jury. and the result of their
| deliberation was the arrest of Joseph San
ford, Bud Head and William Ayers. Reeves
had already given himself up to the custody
of the sheriff. Tuesday morning four
| others were arrested-James Anderson, his
wife and two daughters. The prisoners
were taken to the county Jail, except the
three females. who were left at home under
| guard. The negro was found very short
| time after he was killed lying upon his face
| with large butcher knife clinched in his
right hand. wound in his head which let
his brains ooze out with the blood. Reeves
| does not deny killing the negro, but says he
did it in self-defense. His clothing was cut
| in tatters, but he received only slight
wounds. Rumors were soon afioat that the
negro was killed for lis money, but after
ward it was discovered that the money had
| been buried in some cotton seed in the
Negroes house. The justice issued the war
rants, and Tuesday morning was set for a
communal trial. The prosecution not being
| ready, last Friday was set as the day to
| commence the investigation.
AT Granville Wednesday was day of
| excitement and anxiety. Tuesday night
notorious negro by the name of Bill Ed
wards threatened to kill the depot agent
| over some imaginary wrong, and for some
| time an ugly aspect presented itself to the
officers and citizens Finally Edwards left
| and no further trouble was unprecedented.
| Wednesday morning white man by the
name of Hindsman came into town drunk
and soon engaged in an alteration with a
negro, whereupon Bill Edwards concluded
| that he would "do him up" and went for
him with pistol in hand, but the marshal
called his posse to his aid, and
without delay Bill was landed in the
| calaboose An attempt to release the
prisoner being feared, the sheriff of the
| county, Col. G. H. Carmical, was notified,
and he came down to take the negro to Jail.
| When the train arrived the sheriff marched
with his prisoner to the train, followed by
a large concourse of negroes. Several
| Winchesters were near by in the hands of
quiet but resolute men to prevent rescue,
| if such should have been attempted Ed
wards is a bad negro while drinking, and
drink brings out his latent hatred for the
| whites. He came near being killed, so very
| determined are the people that he shall not
''boss" the town any longer Several others
are implicated. and each will be prosecuted
| to the extent of the law.
| FLORIDA.
| Mayor Chipley of Pensacola presented
each one of the city officers with Christ
mas turkey.
The remainder of the help for the Semi
| mole hotel at Winter Park, has arrived,
and the hotel will be opened the first of the
| week.
| Two Philadelphia car conductors arrived
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