The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-13

w. helms as principal keeper of thu
penitentl9ry the said Mandy rendered eff
Gent service to the State by disclosing TO
the officers of the penitentiary conspiracy
at camp in Dougherty county among the
| convicts to murder the guards and escape;
and whereas for this service and her good
conduct ard long imprisonment, j. W.
helms, ex-principal keeper, and j. X
| Towers, the principal keeper, ask the pardon
OF the said convict; it is, therefore, ordered,
that the said Mandy higgins be and she is
hereby pardoned of the offense for which
she was convicted and that she be forthwith
discharged
The premature explosion Of blast on the
Chattanooga, Columbus and Southern rail
road at point three miles south Of Bremen,
a station on the Georgia Pacific railway,
caused the death of three convicts Saturday
! The Chattanoochee Brick company, Of At
| lanta, has the contract to build this road,
and IN It's construction is using convictS.
| The accident which caused the death of the
three men was in a cut. The manner in
which the cut was being taken out was by
blasting out the dirt in large blocks.
The explosion occurred while the DOW
der was being put in and the theory ad-
vanced is that small piece of fuse had
Cotton in with the powder. Superintendent
McAul had charge of the work, aud was on
the top of the hill through which the cut
below, ready to take out the dirt when the
fall was made. When the explosion took
place an immense block Of dirt fell into the
cut, burying three convicts distance of
fifteen feet under the ground. When they
were dug out life was x'inct. None Of
their bones were broken. The remains of
the coHviCts were taken TO Atlanta for the
use of the m edcal college of the State.
Griffin NelCs: The damage suits growing
nj ma nf har
last summer by the Atlanta and West Point
railroad. few miles below Newman, have
not yet been called at the present session Of
COweta Superior Court. The amounts sued
for aggregate 10000 Last week an at
torney of the road effected a compromise
with the families of the deceased men, who
reside i'll Meriwether and Pike counties, by
the payment of 500 to each family, tax
ing receipts in full settlement Of all
demands against the road, etc New
nan lawyers say that such a proceeding is
not only fragrant violation OF the ethics of
the legal profession, but is without rrece-
dent in that judicial circuit. They claim,
moreover, that the alleged settlement is
clearly an admis ion of the liability ON the
part of the railroad, and in nowise relieves
it from the responsibility of suit Jo1rec)ver
fees claimed by counsel for the plaintiffs.
p. +. Smith p. ii. Brewster and p s.
Whatley were employed by plaintiffs to
bring suit against the railroad company
and as settlement was made with their
clients without notice to them plaintiffs at
torneys), they will proceed with the cases as
If no settlement had been effected.
Marietta JourndI Some two or three
weeks ago a young man came to this place
who gave his name as Joe Green, and said
he was from North Carolina He hired to
Mr.. McConkey for a few DAYS, and then to
w. l.. McRea few days, and from
there he went to Paulding county, and on
Feb. p a letter came to the office at this
place addressed to Joe W. Green. The
Postmaster gave it out to George w. Green
through mistake, and G. w. Green
opened it, without looking at the address,
and read it, as most any one would have
done, through curiosity. 1t was from
Joe w. Green's brother, near Lenoir,
N. c., telling him that the man
he shot was dead, and that
his lawyers advice was for him to get out
of the United States as early as possible.
G.. w. Green, with Marshal A b. Smith,
went in search of him at once, and soon
found and arrested him, and are still hold
ing him in custody, waiting to hear from
where he committed the murder, but as vet
they have had no satisfactory news. Joe
Green acknowledged to having shot man
by the name of Triplett, but claims that he
did it in self-defense, and doesn't seem to be
at all uneasy, as he says he thinks he will
come clear