The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-03
PUT IN A SAFE PLACE.
THE CHEF OF LIBERTY's FANAT-
les TAKEN TO NILLEDGEvILLE.

I Savannah by Sheriff smith and Sent
70 the Insane Asylum-The Wild
Mans RAWLINGS That Have Crazed His
Ignorant Followers-Bell's Followers
Thinning Out, But Their Orgies Still
Carried On-Judge Falligant Asked
TO Hold an Extra Session OF Court to
Try the Rioters.
A more pitiable spectacle is seldom seen
at the Central Railroad depot than that
which drew crowds OF people last night at
the departure Of the fast mail. 1t was
VIM. James, an aged eolored maa, guard
ing his insane brother, Edward James, one
Of the Liberty county religious fanatics
who claims to be Christ.
The Goldman sat in a chair in the col
ored waiting room and by his side sat his
brother. The crazy mans shirt hared open
and he was poorly clad. He cast his eyes
uneasily about the room and upon those
who watched him He would sit silent with
his arms folded for a few minutes and then
ali a. once be would throw his hands up
over his head and muttsr something about
God. twisting and turning MS hands about
IN front Of his face as if going through
some formula. then folding them on mis-
breast, he would remain quiet for few
minutes gazing at the people. His brother,
who Is much older than Edward, sat
close to him with a troubled ex-
preston. His face was careworn.
He watched his brother while in his wild
rawlings with a pitiful look. He would lean
over and look into his face as if he wanted
to speak to him and call him back to reason,
but the brother paid no attention to him
and kept up his rawlings
SHERIFF SMITHS CHARGE.
Sheriff Smith accompanied the two men
to Savannah and turning the crazy man
over to his brother the sheriff returned to
Liberty county. James was a5kedif he was
| Cod He replied Eyes l am God, who died
upon the cross, who rose and Went to heaven
and whose power is supreme"
Did you make the worldw
Il made the sun, moon and stars, the
earth and the heavens They bow to me
and reverence their maker.n
! w no Is your mOtherY
Il have none. This is God speaking to
| you. You are in his solemn presence |
tell you l am parent to myself Irememb Der
this old man." pointing to his brother, "in
| past time, but his claim Of brother on me is
or his own lmaginiugS. | suffer it to be.n
DO you know where you are goingp
THE OLD MANS wANDERINGs.
"Why shouldn't l. I know all things:
| am in all things, aud suffer all things
Yes, l know where ! am going This Old
| man Is taking me to an insane asylum. The
! people are prosecuting me Just as they did
| before. They will not nail me to the cross.
| The age is an eullightend one and my enc
mics send me to plaza where crazy people
are confined as punishment. Their minds
and their hearts are the same, though.
| Their hatred for me Is as great as it ever
was. Ii is an indignity that they place
upon me. l can bear 1t, though. l have
| done so before.n
| Where have you been all along?n
Just where an now. l have been right
here, and everywhere. There is no differ
ence in me, save that was invisible then,
and make myself visible now.n
| Can you make yourself invisible now.n
Yes, why shouldn't L.
| Lets see you disappearp
THE TALK THAT CRAZED THE NEGROES.
| There! You tempt me. 1t is enough for
you to know that | am God, with whom
no thing is impossible, except to lie"
"Why have you made yourself visible
now, after being so long a spiritp'
II want my people to know me- I want
| them to prepare themselves. 1 am going
to lead them away to Canaan Friday
| week"
What day of the month";
"The 10th"
you viii be confined at the ASYLUM then -
81 have told you that [ will suffer these
lndlgnltles for purpose. When | have
suffered until Aug. IL, that purpose will be
accompllshed. On the morning of that day
trumpets will sound, and the doors to the
prison where am confined will stand open.
and will walk out without blemish. The
trial of my poor followers will only be
needless. Before it Is completed shall cali
my people away from the hands of the evil
ones who want to destroy them"
What kind of place is it that you have
made for your followers9n
Ear hath not heard, neither shall man
know what have prepared for my people
They vii! know when they get there
"Who lives in Canaan r.
My angels They are watching me
now" The old man looked up to the ton
of the room, and threw his eyes in the back
Of his head and uttered grcan He NUT
tered something, dropped into a sort of
stupor and was not again disturbed. The
way the old man talked showed how his
words are calculated to excite the ignorant
c0lOred people. His brother William
watched him closely, but did not speak a
word to him.
ONCE WELL-TO-DO.
He said that his brother is a good farmer
and was well-to-do He was Justice of the
peace before he became religiously crazy.
Den, Uue olu man SAID, was response
bic for the condition of his brother.
just before Edward James was taken on
the train, he said: "L-ok afte" jeff Davis
for me. He will hitch himself I'D to the
wagon every time. He will tell YOU all
about me-" jeff Davis is the old mans
mule
Ex-Congressnan Norwood, who returned
yesterday from Liberty county, where he
has been employed to prosecute the negroes
charged with attempting to murder those
who did not believe as they did, said that
After Christ and God were put in jail in
Liberty, King Solomon came along, and
later the Virgin Mary. She seems to be
the ruling power now"
THE FANATICS GROWING LESS.
Mr.. Norwood said that the number of fol-
lowers are rapidly diminishing, however
At first sthe-e, were probably 400, now
there are not over seventy-tive. 1t is Mr..
Norwoods opinion that after Aug. 18th.
which is the day fixed for the great march
they will probably dispense and get back to
their work. They are enthusiastic now.
however, keeping up their meetings under
tho big oak tree where Old Uncle Joe Will
llams, a Presbyterian minister preached
long before the war Where the fanati-
cism runs the highest, the colored people
have, for a considerable time, been segre-
gated, and have lost the good influence
which they received from the whites before
tho war. The condition of affairs Mr..