The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-09
UP A TREE TO PRAY.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE LIBERTY
COUNTY CRAZE.

/ Edward Ray Immaglnes that He is
Christ and Has to be Taken to Jail
on a Stretcher-The Queer Individ-
ual that the Police Have Been
Watching for Several Days Likely to
be Sent Where Bell and James are,
Another false Christ came to the surface
| yesterday, and like Zacharias of old,
he had climbed tree on the wild idea
that he was about 10 ascend to heaven.
/ This anti-Christ was Edward Ray, a colcred
fanatic of about As years of age upon whose
mind the Liberty county religious craze had
worked until it had unseated it.
About s O'Clock yesterday morning
Officer Cronin discovered Pay up a tree
half preaching and half praying, but could
not succeed in getting the lunatic down IN
til Officers Bedford and Russell came TO his
assistance. Ray was then brought down
by main force and dragged to the barracks,
where he was held subject to a warrant for
lunacy issuing out Of the court of ordinary,
and about noon Deputy Sheriff Higgins,
assisted by a police detail, took Ray to
the jail.
STRAPPED TO A sTRETCHER.
Ray was quiet enough in his cell, stand
ing motionlesS, directing his eyes heaven
ward, but when it was sought to remove
him from this barracks he seized hold of
the bars of the cell and resisted the effort TO
get out of the barracks as strenuously as he
had fought 10 keep from getting
IN. He was manacied and taken t.
the Jail on a stretcher, and on the
way varied the monOtony of the march by
crying Where is the Son! Where is the
SonF And himself answering the question,
claiming thas be was the Son of Goa, the
real Christ, nor did ne pay any attention to
the 1eers of fellow prisoner who wanted
to see miracle performed, and who CON
tinued to banter Ray to free himself if he
were the Christ he protessed to be
Officers CrOnin, Bedford and Russell freed
their prisoner at Congress street lane, near
Price street, and the episode drew over
100 colored people about them, who fol-
lowed on behind the officers to police head
quarters in open mouthel wonder.
Kay Is the same man that officer Thomas
Morgan arrested last Tuesday night and
lodged in the barracks for safe keeping on
the suspicion of lunacy, but on Wednesday
morning Mayor SchwarZ discharged him.
ARRESTED ONCE BEFORE.
Mr.. Morgan says that when he went to
his o'clock post he observed Ray standing
IN Congress street lane with his
gazo fixed abstractedly upon the sky.
Inc man was prayi0g. He paid
little attention to the incident, think
ing the man might be playing off. but
when the officer came that way two hours
later and found that the stranger had not
shifted his position but still stood reading
the stars aud fervently talking to God, his
Father, and claiming to be the Son of God,
he conceived that the manmust be crazy and
| took him to the barracks for safe keeping
Judge Ferriu of the court Of ordinary
says he expects to hold an inquest of lunacy
IN the case when the Jail physician. Dr.
CHISHOLM reports on the case, which will be
one day next week. Ray is most quiet in
confinement, and it is believed that under
treatment at the asylum his mental equi-
| poise will be restored.