The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-18


of mis- neighbors repaired to tie spot at once
| and found the bell. 1t had been displaced
by a horses forefoot only few hours be-
fOre-fresh horse tracks " ere traced through
the old field upon the very route Kline said
he had travelled. The witch doctors and
| the necr omancers made many unsuccessful
| efforts to break the charm that bound the
unfortunate man TO his destiny. They shot
hair balls aud silver bullets at the drawing
Of the witch, but she was SO agile that she
always passed in front Of the picture before
the ball reached it and escaped harm.
A party of Walker county hunters went
down ON Lookout mountain, near Bear
creek, on a deer hunt the other day. The
party consisted of William Hixon, the old
deer hunter. r. p Daniel and D. I. Payne.
They succeeded in finding some small game
the first day, such as squirrels and rabbits.
! The second day they started out for deer.
| The dogs gave chase after something, going
in the direction OF Bear creek gulf. After
some time it was brought to bay. r. P.
! Daniel, being fleet of foot, was the
! first on the scene of action. To his
surprise he found a large herd Of
wild hogs the dogs had brought TO
bay. There was very large one with
long. ivory tusks, cutting the laurel right
end left. As he approached the huge boar
made for his assailaut, and the hunter,
aware of his danger, jumped aside and the
beast cut at him and split his pants a most
| off him. The hunter then retreated through
the laurel at a rapid rate for some distance
and then stopped for breath. When he had
recruited little he then started to hunt his
comrades. After some time he found them.
| They sat down and had a consultation, and
then left for camp On the next morning
they started in different direction on the
hunt for smaller game.
Ten and half miles north of Gainesville
on the Jarret bridge is a spot called the In
dian ring. 1t is a circle of raised earth with
a depression in the center like many others
| in this section OF the state. This ring was
once the TRUSTING place OF ghosts and COB
Inns Horsemen were frequently arrested
| in their journey by a huge barrel which
rolled into the road before them, and which
it was impossible to pass without leaping
over it. At other times a fearful animal
with protruding tongue, fiery eyes, a tail 30
struck terror to the heart Of
man and beast would leap
upon the horse behind the Terrified rider
nd bear him company several hundred
yards. headless man. mounted o a large
claybank horse, was often seen in daytime
riding through the woods and passing out
Of sight over the brow of the hill. Elmsly
Wolf, in passing on foot one night, was
confronted by a man of gigantic size who
1
nose, and large glowing eyes, aud was
dressed in strange white robe. H limbs
| were loaded with chains that clinked as he
strobe back and forth across the ring. Mr.
| Wolf fed in terror to the nearest house.
and fell falnting at the door, and was not
fully restored to health in several weeks.
The trial at Buchanan Of Reeves for the
murder of Adam Golden (colored) lasted
three days. The verdict ofthe Jury was,
| - h,,t
| the mercy of the court. The sentence was
imprisonment for life. James Sanford, an
accomplish, pleaded guilty to voluntary
manslaughter and was sentenced to fifteen
years in the chain-gang. Bud Head and
William Ayers, also accomplices, were
allowed to give bond Court has adjourned.
Jennie Maddox, white woman of shady
character, lived with her 14-year-old daugh-
| ter and little child in a cabin on land be-
longing to Adam Golden. Golden was a
negro, and was aged about Is. The Young
white men Of the neighborhood got
the notion that Golden found favor
with Jennie Maddox, as we'll as peo-
pie of whittier hue. They met on
the night Of Dec. 81 at the house of a Mr..
Anderson, just across the road from that
| occupied by Jennie Maddox At about 9
o'clock at night four young men, Reeves,
aged 26, and married; James Sanford, W.
I. Ayers and Bud Head, all under 20. and
single, went over and took charge Of the
house. Ayers, who was the first man To
squeal to the officers, was the first man to
IRE into the house, the bullet narrowly miss
ing the baby. The firing then became
| general. Adam Golden appeared, and
! pleaded for quiet. He was met by load
Of gunshot, and an ak was used to finish
up the job, Adam being quite unrecogni-
Fable when the men were through with him.
The verdict rendered, under the circum-
stances, shows that the people have made up
their mind to put down lawlessness.
Franklin NetUS: The recent much-abused
tale Of A. n. Hill is now displayed in a new
| light. Evidently there is some truth in it.
| On Wednesday last, while Hill was peacea-
bly, at work at George Lewis saw mill he
| was again arrested as j. G. White by De-
| tectiye Atkinson of Carroll county. 1t
seems that one J. c. White is wanted at
Las Vegas, New Mexico, for the murder of
George Peacock in October, 1886. Hill cor
responded precisely with Whites photo
graph. In the description, however, it is
stated that White had bullet hole in his
any one would take the photo
graph of White to be that of Hill
Noticing in the Ne,OS, some time ago,
about Hills return, Detective Reuben At
kinson began looking into the matter as
any one would do, when $500 was offered
for tho capture Of the murderer. In the
early part Of the week he came to Herd
county, and securing as deputies his
brother Joe B. Atkinson, and d. E. Cor
don, went into Hills settlement. HILL was
carefully watched, but no attempt was
made to take him until Wednesday morn
ing. Greasy and smutty, Hill was busy
with his engine. Lewis was preparing to
leave to look after other BUSINESS At this
time the officers rode up and proceeded to
make themselves familiar. Atkinson, who
is an alliance man, passed the usual signs
with Hill "A discussion of the article
that recently appeared in the papers
began. During this the deputies care
fully seized all the available arms about
the premises. Lewis attention was called
of, and almost In the twiukling of an eye
Hill had been fettered and was being driven
of at lively rate. He yelled to his en-
ployer, who ran for his weapons, aud find
ing them gone was "all broke up But
before Gordon could get to his mule he was
seizd and confined. In their way they
passed Woods mill. Hill again gave the
alarm, and Mr.. Wyatt Wood came to him.
He assured the officers that Hill was at
work for him in October, 1885 Upon this
Hill was released, and the seized pistols
turned over % Mr.. Wood. Hill immedi-
e'ely returned, and in company with Mr..
Lewis came that night and swore ont war
rants Tor the arresting parties. Gordon and
the younger Atkinson were brought in
yesterday, but readily made bond, aud the
trial was set for Wednesday next This
brings up again Hills disappearance last
fall which was raptd1y hainu fore,atta,,