The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-09

afternoon. Tie crime with which the prs.
{. Q. Riddles, James Parker and H. a. Morgan
winch was round in the discounted papers Of the
bank by Bank Examiner Tate after the fisht of
Cross an White, The attempt of the counsel for
the defense during the whole trial was TO show that
tAis iorery was cnly done in order TO deceive the
attack on United States District Attorney Busbce.
Inc Judge charge was plain and fair though. OF
course, against the prisoners He told the jury that
IL was no matter why the note was for ed whether
TO deceive the bank examiner not The jury took
the case shortly aiter o'clock this evening"
The People Uneasy.
WAsHINGToN, Ga, October 5.--[Special. l.
Burglars and Gypsies have given some uneasi-
ness to the people recently. Last Monday
night q burglar broke into tue dwelling OF MIR.
Albert Query. Mrs Query and her small
Children were the only occupants at the time.
Mrs. Query hearing the noise, raised an
alarm and the man fled without taking any
thing with him but his own body.
A band Of Gypsies invaded the town last
week and cheated some poor negroes. One
negro woman was persuaded to give up her
savings to fortune-telling old hag who prom
ised that in three or four days the money
would return to her inflated to the extent of
five hundred dollars. The negro woman's
faith weakened SO, the day after this promise
that she went to some lawyers who sought the
bad old sybil and made her resign her ill-got-
ten gains -
A Conductor in roubIe.
MACON, Ga, October 5.-[Special. 1.-The
arrest and Imprisonment of Freight Conductor
Albert Calhoun, in Montgomery, excites con-
siderable interest in Macon, his home, and
where he has wife and other relatives. Cal
houu has been in the employ of the Central
railroad six or seven years-hrst as q train
hand, next as baggagemaster, and has been
serving as conductor about three years. He
ran freight between Macon and Montgomery
via Columbus. On August 9th his train left
Macon. Between Macon and Columbus his
hagman discovered that the end window of
car nearest the cab was unsealed, and the
motion of the car would make it come partly
inside. The fiagman told Conductor
Calhoun about it, but instead of shutting it
Calhoun proposed to his fagman that they
rob the car that night. The hagman con-
the Mobile and Georgia road, between Column
bus and Union Springs, the two men entered
through the window and stole about ten or
twelve pair OF shoes, which were consigned to
Mobile house. They brought the shoes back
on the return trip to Macon. but when at the
seven bridges, short distance from Macon,
the fagman threw his part of the stolen shoes
out OF the car to the Waterman at the bridge
and told him to keep them until he called for
them. The Waterman had no idea that the
shoes had been stolen. Conductor Calhoun
brought his shoes to the Macon depot and car
ried them to his house in Macon.
The flagman went to the bridge watchman
and got his shoes and carried them home where
Is
brother-in-law of the lagman, to whom the
fagman reported that he had bought the shoes
at cheap sale at Strong's, in Macon. The
brother-in-law thought, however, that
the M6,a Shoes he fo+ had been stolen a and
man, he thought it was his duty to report
his suspicious to the railway authorities at
Macon, having them to promise, however, not
to prosecute the 1lagman. The officials agreed
not to hold the flagman to account if he would
toll IN FIR or OH In OH
upon, the fagman told the story of the car rob-
berry.
For Writing Indecent Letter.
MACON, Ga, October Especial. An &C
count has been published in this column about
the arrest of young Daniel Bullard, Jr, of
Billiards.. with writing an Indecent letter to
Mr. Holder, of Macon, few days ago, and
signing the name Of Messrs. j. II. Birch and
other Macon gentlemen to it. BE was bound
over by Commissioner Erwin in the sum of
two hundred dollars. Billiards. trial was had
today in the United States court before Judge
Speer. Billiards. attorney made a motion to
discharge tho defendant, because, it was urged,
that although the letter sent was extremely
profane, that the statute in case of comnlunt-
cations IN sealed envelopes only provided
against lewd and obscene writings, and that
indecent" writings as used in the
statutes, meant writings of q
lewd and obscene character. and
that the term does not include profanity.
The court sustained the motion as being O
correct constructionof the law. Judge Speer
expressed the opinion that the law ought to be
so amended as to cover letters of the character
of the one sent in the case at issue. In case of
letters sealed up in envelopes, the contents
must be obscene or ewd, to make it crime to
send such a letter through the mails. The law,
as it stands, makes it a penal offense
to send or aid or abet in sending
obscene, lewd, scurrlous, or libelous postal
cards or letters on the envelope OF which such
epithets are printed or written, and the last
amendment was intended to prevent the op-
GRAFTON of what is commonly known as dad
debts" agencies.
GALVESTON, Texas, October B.-Aaron
Beene a negro, was killed by mob of infu-
rated citizens near Jasper, Texas, Wednes-
day. The young daughter of John Lee, q
prominent farmer of Magnolia Springs, while
out horseback riding, was accosted by the ne
gro, who was also on q horse. She whipped
her horse into run and endeavored to escape.
He pursued and overlook her and dragged her
from her saddle. party Of white men came
along at this juncture, and after wounding the
negro succeeding in arresting him. and turning
him over to sheriff. On the road to jail mob
was formed and the fellow was taken from the
officers and riddled with bullets.
Payed for Els Impudence.
RALEIGH, n. c., October 5.--TSpecial.1-
tragedy occurred at Warren Plsins yesterday in
which Weldon Davis colored, lost his life Robert
Tucker white man about twenty years old was
Tucker stopped and told him if he said it again ne
would kill him. Weldon replied, you will have
to kill me them" whereupon Tucker jumped out
and stabbed him in the right bleast, making
wound four inches long and several inches deep
The lungs and other organs were cut open and lay
exposed 20 view. Death was almost instantaneous
The murdered man only had time to exclailn Lord
have mercy" Tie negro was said to be peaceful
and well disposed, and Tucker is a sober Young
man. As soon as the killing was done Tucker
made his escape
Robbed by Highwaymen.
RALEIGH. \. c., October 5.-[Special. =
News has been received Of highway robbery in
RUTHERFORD county night before last. As Is. A.
Hampton was returning from a meeting Of the dem
ocratc club, he was attacked by four men, hit on
the head with stone, and stunned and robbed of a
large sum of money His clothes were almost cut
10 pieces by ons OF his assailaHts. Hampton recov
er.ng his senses, managed to reach home where he
hos since been lying in an unconscious condition.
His assailan's made their escape and at present
Unknown, The assault was committed al lonely
point IN the Toac.
The Third Female Hanged.