The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-31
A JUKl HUNG In EFFIGY.
GRESHAM'S FRIENDS CAUSE A
SENSATION AT ATLANTA.

A Procession Headed by Draped Por-
trait of the Dead Man Moves to the
Music OF Dead March - welve
Dummies Hung on a Scaffold and
the Match Applied.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 30-The jury in the
Eddleman case was burned in effigy in froat
OF the court house tonight about o'clock.
Fully 5000 people witnessed the destruction
of twelve dummies that were suspended
from scaffold 25 feet high
At O'Clock the greater portion of the
crowd had assembled. The general conduct
of the crowd suggested that the people had
assembled 10 witness a balloon ascension or
to attend some event of humorous
character. There was no excitement of
any kind. Every one seemed to be in the
best of humor.
4 WEIRD PROCESSION.
About $50 o'clock a large procession,
headed ~ brass band playing a dead
march, reached the scene. In Fl ont marched
two men holding aloft a large picture of
Thomas Gresham, which was drapei in
mourning, and following them came twelve
men carrying twelve dummies, on the
breast of which were placardS indi ating
the jurors tlat tie dummies represented.
The procession consisted principally of
employees of the Western and Atlantic
railroad and representatives of orgauiza-
tions of which Gresham was a member.
The arrival of the procession was the cause
OF much cheering. The appearances o. the
dummies, while intended to carry awe t.
the asemblage, produced much laughter,
from the fact that several of them were in
securely fastened 10 their poles and swayed
from one side to the other or doubled up.
ha Mood no, tale 4 r..
side of the figure.
BUILDING SCAFFOLD.
a scaffold was soon framed, and while
being raised with the dummies fastened to
the poles that composed the frame, the
structure gave way and came down. Ad-
ditional energy had the desired effect, and
the scaffold was finally raised and securely
fastened. The figures were made of straw
stuffed in old suits of clothes and the head of
each was supplied with a false face In rails
ing the frame the dummies got tangled in
bunch. As soon as they were untangled
torches we're applied to them The figures
had previously been saturated with kero-
sene OIL causing them to hurn rapidly. AS
the last remains of the dummies fell to the
ground, shouts of applause were sounded
by the crowd in Endorsement of what was
being done.
BLILEY's STORE VISITED.
FOREMAN bllleys ngure was the last to
drop. 1t had on a white beaver hat, which
fell to the ground enveloped in large
blaze. When the exercises were over a
large portion of the crowd left the scene,
and assembled in front of Bliey's place of
business, short distance awav, where they
remained for half an hour yelling, "Bliley
come out and show yourself" Bliley was
not in his store, and the crowd, failing to
draw him out, finally dispersed. There was
no incident of disorderly character con-
nected with the exercises, every detail being
carried out quietly and orderly. it is I'M
derstood that the dummies were made at
the Western and Atlantic Stops by the
friends of Gresham, who adopted this man
ner of expressing their disapproval of
the verdict that gave Eddleman his
liberty.