The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-01

ten men of the Rifles 70 go with him TO
Columbia this week, whea the York county
court will meet, and return with the prison
ers and himself to Yorkville. Capt. Lind
say Of the rifles has written that he can
have thirty men available for the malnte-
nance Of order in case Of an emergency.
AT Columbia Friday the governor re-
spited until Friday, April 10, William c.
Williams and Harrison Hayward, the two
negroes who were two weeks ago convicted
Of the lynching of Waldrop in Pickens
county, and sentenced by Judge Norton to
be hanged on April 5. The resolutions
adopted at the meetings Of colored people
recently held throughout the state, asking
every one TO petition the governor for the
pardon of these men, have accomplished
practically nothing as the governor has
not yet received petition for their pardon.
his object in granting this respite Is TO give
him an opportunity TO communicate with
the judge and solicitor and to receive any
delayed petitions. The governor was called
upon Friday by a colored mau of that city,
who made arrangements to present to his
excellency committee to appear with Pc
titions on behalf of these negroes.
AT special meeting of the boar d Of city
school commissioners, held this fternoon,
the following resolutions were adopted In
view OF the failure of this board to sec ure
relief from the city council and the want of
further resources to continue the schools to
the end of tire school year; Re-olved,
That the superinte dent be Instructed
TO give public notice that the city
schools will be CLOSED at the end of
the eighth month. Superintendent
ID. B. johnson pes that, by the assist
ance Of parent who have children in the
schools and are willing to pay something
for their tuition during the ninth month,
he can, acting individually, keep the schools
4
In June. During the first year OF the
schools such aid was extended ard enabled
the schools to complete the full session, al
though the public fund available only
maintained them for seven mon hs.
Gov. Richardson lad a downright "vis-
itation" Thursday. A maiden lady from
Marlboro county s:ormed his citadel and
held it for an hour while she insisted on her
purpose She manages her farm in MARI
boro, near the North Carolina line A col
ored boy hal been, by word OF mouth. left
in her keeping by his fat ler until he became
of age. The boy, regardless Of this unwrit-
tea pledge Of apprenticeship, ran away and
thres times crossed the border. She each
time followed him up, captured him and
triumphantly brought him back to his
work. He escaped into North Carolina a
fourth time and she could not ascertain his
whereabouts. Her mission to Columbia
was to induce Gov Richard 'on to write a
note to the governor Of North Carolina,
which she proposed to deliver in person, re-
questiDg him TO have the boy disco vered,
caught and sent back - this state Sae
CO Ill not unders and why the governor de-
clined to write sue reque;t, out at last
his excalle.cy til ,npned and his fair assail-
ant hal to leave the field.
The first case ever tried in the courts Of
this state under the statute of 1859, allow
lag damages to be recovered ty tue wife
and children. or other beneficlaries, of a
man who has been uulawfully slain, came
up in the court of common pleas at Green
vile on Saturday, Judge j. j. Norton pre-
siding. The case was the suit Of Mrs. Sally
Hughes, Administrative of the estate of
John Hughes, dece 7sed, against Richard H.
Jacobs, action for $4,000 damages for the
killing OF John Hughes by Jacobs John,
or doc" Hughes UhrifJleSs tenant on the
place of r. II. Jacobs, some four miles
from Greenvile, was killed bv his landlord,
Jacobs, on Christmas day, 1886, in quar-
rel over the alleged burning By Hughes
of rails from the pasture fencs. Jacobs,
who is man of nearly 60 years and
wealthy, was tried for murder, convicfet
of manslaughter and sentenced t. five
years in tue penltenltiarv, which sentence
he is now serving ont. Very soon after the
killing Mrs. Sally Hughes, the reputed wife
of the slain man, br III yht the action for
ia llSBes, y. 1. NIX DelnH ner AUTO DSN. IN
the trial OF the case the plaintiff produced
witnesses to prove the manner of the kill
ing to have been of such nature as that
had death not enSued from the assault dam
ages could have been recovered, and to
show that the deceased was an able-bodied
man and the sole support Of his fam
lily of wife and five children. The line
of the defense was that the killing was in
self-defense, and, therefore, no damages
could have been recovered had death not
ensued, and tnat Mrs. Sally Hughes was
not the legal wife of Doc Hughes, ne hav-
ing wife living in Georgia at the time he
married her. Eloqusnt speeches we're made
before the jury in behalf of the plaintiff by
B. NJ. Shumar, Col. w. H. Perry and J. t.
Nix, and for the defense by Hon. w. c.
Benet of Abbeville and Capt A. Blythe.
The jury retired about O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, aud after remaining out all of
that night at o'clock Sunday morning re-
ported a mistrial, eleven having hung for
verdict for the plaintiff aud the twelfth
man having held out for mo verdict"