The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-31

! latitude. In short order he was stretched
I several yards away, minus some front
! teeth and with a badly bruised mouth.
| After short time the wounded man
/ gathere himself together and departed for
| the office Of Or. ". r. Pool where be had
his Injuries DIRE -sed.
Two murder cases-that Of the state vs..
George King, and the state VS.. JEFF. Thomas
-Sere tried at Eatouton last week. The
former case was one Of purely circumstau-
tlal evidence, but the f ct and cIrcum-
stances proved in the case all pointed
directly and ifresis ably to the conclusion
Of his guilt, and hegce the jury by their
verdict found him guilty, but recommended
him TO life Imprisonment. The evidence IN
the case Of the state ". JEFF Thomas was
| Of a direct and positive iture t fact Of
| the killing being admitted by all witness IS
placed uDon the stand aud indesd no con-
siderab provCcau1n was Shown upon the
homicide. The deceased y as shown, how
ever, 20 ave been a man Ct violent aud bad
| char c;er. and that he entertained hostile
feelings toward the pris lner A verdict of
guilty was returned 10 this case, hut unon
proof II The very excellent character which
the rislnsr had always borne his punish
ment as also fixed by the jury to life i'm
pris nme1t
Yarimaster Salter Of the East Tennessee
road at Macon, chirged with robbiug
freight cars vas required to give a bond Of
s JO1. Wednesday night his mother. Mrs
A. w. Salter, oil Dayton, O., accO Dpanlei
hv her lawyer and father s. Baltine Of
Dayton, arrived IN Macon and registered at
The Ho FL Lanier. Mrs. Salter Is quite a
handsome looking lady, about 45 years old,
very int-llig Mt, aud worth over 800, 900
Sne came with tiue letters of indor ement
from the NatiOlsl Bank OF Dayton, and the
Dayton bauk notified the Frs National
20. L. - a.. . "a n
On -epOsit to DO used as bond money or for
other purposes in the interest Of Yard master
Salter. Mrs. Saltsr had NJ diff ,ulty what
ever in getting r. H. Plant the banker, to
stand with her on her sons bond Of 81 500,
and the yardmas-er vas accordingly given
perfect freedom. Mrs. Salter believes in
the innocence Of her SOL. and seemed 10
greatly love him. Salter Is al intelligent,
line looking fellow, and 1t is mysterious,
under all tie circumstances. why be should
have been mixed up IN any such serious
affair
George Hightower, the young white man
charged with the murde of Hardy Guyton
tco Ored) at a cake cutting on Buckeye,
p Laurens county, Saturday night, March IS,
Is again at large. Higntower after the
killing, WIS pusu Il b. posse OF cit zens,
and captured in johnson coIlty on Thur
day morning last The house in which he
had concealed himself was quietly sur
rouldel ANA he was ordered 10 me out.
This he n first refused 70 do. but was after
ward persuaded to "a render himself
After tls arreet ha was taken to
the homo of Justice T. VI. Lake, near
the scene of the killing and was there held
for a preliminary hearing. Ga F iday
night he Was placed IN an old store hou q
and surrounded bv several guards. Quite
large crowd had gathered around the
house-some OF he crowd highto wer's
friends-and while the qua DIS were not
looking Hightower sprang from the door
way, dashed through the crowd and made
good his escape, the guards being prevented
from sho ting by the fear OF Killing some
one in the crowd There has been no re-
ward offered for Hightower's apprehension.
Qultman Herald: A lady In Ouitman
owns one Of these good old mothsrly hens
that do no wrong and are ever on the aert
for stray crumbs il the pantry This hel
made her nest in the smoke house, the door
ot which Is seldom open. Perhaps 1t was
for this very rea on that it was selected
The first two days the door happened o be
open at the right time and the nest con
tained two pretty eggs. The next day it
was closed aud ths old hen marched into
the house where her mistress
was sewing and began walking
around her, singing something like
the Dead march In S iul, Tor when take
my walk abroad anyway the song de-
noted distress, and as it was kept up and
tho hen refused to be "shooedn out her
mistress all at once thought that perhaps
she wanted TO get into the smokebouse to
count her eggs. SO she walked out Of the
house, closely followed by the ben, the
latter having ceased her doleful song, and
when the door was opened sac rushed in
and fell PROSTATE on the pair eggs After
this, Whenever the hen came in the house,
and began singing some sad tune her mis-
tress would know exactly what to do.
Madison Advertiser: Information has
been received here Of an outrageous rob
berry committed in Grier county, Texas. in
which two Of Morgan's most estImable
young men were the sufferers. Messrs jeff.
Penick aud John Stovall, who left here sew
eral months ago for Texas, located home
stead in a section known as mo Mans
Land" built them "duguutn and went to
work to mold their fortunes in that rapidly
growing country, If determinl tion aud in
dustry would do it. Since then they have
stuck to business with a vim that meant
victory at no distant day, everything NOV
ing SIN oothly until about two weeks ago.
On March 10, about 8 o'clock in
the evening, Mr.. Peniok sat at his table
writing letter TO his parents in this city.
He was alone, Mr.. Stovall having gone to a
neighboring house, bat bad no thought of
impending danger as he wrote. Suddenly
and without warning the door was thrust
open by unknown villains, the foremost Of
whom leveled a murterous looking six
shooter at MIR. Penicks heal aud com
manded him to throw up his hands. JEFF
is not the kind Of a boy 10 Obey such an
order without protest, but they ou'num-
bored him and had the drop on him, and
alter some hesitation no concluded to accept
the situation. While thus guarded his
domicIle was ranSack ID, the robbers secur-
ing about 500 worth Of property including
his fine gold watch, after which they de-
parted.
Two AtIanta young folks have fallen
heirs 80 fortune variously estimated at
from $780, 900 to $225, 900. Tue inheritance,
it is stated on the best authority, is not less
tina 100000 The heirs, both of whom are
pretty well known in Atlanta, are brother
and sister-Arthur Wan Dyck, aged 30, and
Miss Katie Van DycE, aged IL. The prop
orty comes to them in this way: Their
father, who died in Atlanta about zen years
ago, was a favorite nephew of William
Alsop of New York. Mr.. Van Dyck him
self was born in New York, but for rev.
eral years before his death had been
a citizen Of Atlanta, having mar
ried Miss Lizzie Lowry, daugh-
ter OF Rev b. Lowry. formerly OF
Marietta. For the past six years NJ s. Van
Dyck and her children have resided at "a
Luckie street, her father, now a resident Of
Atlanta, being with them most of that
time. William Alsop dod about four years
ago in New York, aud died cnildless. Ills
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