The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-12
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TW0DAYSIN A SICK ROOM
STANCE EXPLANATION OF A
PHYSICIANS ABSENCE.

He Sent no Word to Allay His Wife's
Alarm at His Unexplained Failure to
Return Home-The Couch Claim for
Damages in the Jury's Hands-Visit4
ing Capitalists.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb 1l.-Dr. J. NJ. Bor.
ing, ex-County Physician and prominent
citizen of Atlanta was missing from
Thursday night until late this evening,
when he was found. Thursday night ths
doctor attended meeting of his lodge, and
while he was away a stranger called at his
residence and told his wife that he wanted
to see him at once. Mrs Boring told the
stranger that her husband was out, but
would return at II o'clock that night The
doctor returned and the stranger called, and
they had n short conversation, after which
both left, he telling his wife that he would
return soon. The doctor did not return
during that night, and the next day his wife
expected him, but her expectations were not
realized. All Friday and all to-day ths
doctor was still missing. Mrs Boring then
began to feel that her husband had been
foully dealt with and thought the stranger
had taken her husband off and must have
harmed him seriously.
THE POLICE NOTIFIED
This afternoon she called i'm
n number of intimate friends AMI
they decided to lay the IN tier before
Chief of Police Connolly. He was oified
and all the police officers were instructed to-
be on the lookout for the doctor. This af-
ternoon late, he was found, together with
DR.. j.. j. Roach attending a patient on
Whitehall street Both doctors had been
attending him since Thursday night contin-
uously, and had been SO grossly engaged in
the case that neither had notified their fans
lilies where they were. DR.. Boring is very
absent minded, which probably accounts
for his failure to notify his wife of his
whereabouts. When Mrs. Boring was noti-
fled that the doctor had been found she was
overcome with joy.
VISITING CAPITALISTS.
A party of about fifty capitalists from
Massachusetts,, Maine and Connecticut arr
rived in Atlanta this morning from Bir@
mingham. This morning they were shown
over the city and at 2:30 o'clock a banquet
was rendered them. They left for Washing-
ing at o'clock tonight The party is COM
posed of wealthy and leading men of their
section and they are highly pleased with.
their trip South Prior to their visit here
Chattanooga, Birmingham, Decatur, An
niston and Tallapoosa were visited.
John Ozburn, the deserter from the
United States army, was carried before
Judge Newman, of the United States Court,
to-day on a writ of habeas corpus. The
writ was dismissed and Ozburn left at 3
O'Clock for Fort Barrancas under charge Of
Sergt. John Conner. of the army. Ozburn
will be tried by court martial and If found
insane will be sent to the insane asylum in
Washington.
COUGHS SUIT FOR LIBEL
The trial of the libel suit brought by
Capt. Couch, of the police force, against G..
X. Woodward, of the Working World,
which was commenced yesterday, was re-
sumed to-day. At noon all Of the evidence
was in and the remainder of the day was
devoted to argument. At 6 o'clock tonight
the case was given to the jury, which was
instructed TO return sealed verdict IL ID
agreed during the night, and disperse until
Monday