The morning news., 1889-04-15

remarkable His customers kept him pretty
busy pacing around to catch up with them,
but he was not to be monkeyed with, and
said that he would either have the cash or
hair As we did not see any locks floating
/ on the gentle zephyrs, we guess he got the
lucre. He finally treed those who had or
dered, and chinned them in such a manner
that they paid for the books to get rid of
him. He could beat any stiff legged fellow
getting over the grit we ever saw.
The expense of maintaining her pauper
farm for the six months ending March Is,
1889, cost Heard county only 1928 90 and
yet the grand Jury, in their general pre-
sentiments, make the following complaint
concerning the management of the farm:
1--WE find the pauper farm to be perfect
nuisance under its present management.
We find the superintendent's wife having a
cotton patch on said farm that she ought
not TO have. On account Of said farm
being at such a distance from the eye of
the ordinary, we recommend its sale, and
that the proceeds thereof be appropriated
by the proper authorities for suitable quar-
ters near the town Of Franklin for said
paupers, that the ordinary be superin-
tendent, and that rigid economy be dill
gently exercised" The county is out of
debt and has money in the treasury.
A few days ago Mrs. Atkins, who resides
near Whitesburg, Heard county, was fish,
ing on the river about 200 yards
above the bridge. Her 4-year-old son ac-
companied her, who, while romping near
the waters edge, lost his balance and fell
into the river. The child's father was plow-
ing in field about 500 yards distant, and
the distracted mother hurried toward him
with the news OF the sad mishap. Before
he could reach the spot, however, the little
fellow had been borne by the current about
100 yards down stream When he rose for
the last time he was near the bank on the
opposite shore, and, throwing up his little
arms IN the final struggle for life, was
fortunate enough to catch an overhanging
bough. He clung to this desperately, and
had presence of mind enough to maintain
his cold until his father went to the rescue.
He was very wet, and very much fright
ened, but other wise seemed little the worse
for his disagreeable escapade.
Warrenton Clipper: The news that the
grand jury had found q true bill against
J. NJ. w. Cody for the attempted muir
der of Major C. E. McGregor on the night
of Dec. "a, 1887, fell like thunderbolt upon
the majority of our community, though
expected by a few. A warrant was i'm
mediately issued and placed IN the hands of
the sheriff, who arrested Mr.. Cody and
brought him before Judge Lumpkin, who
placed him under a 81, 500 bond. Mr. Cody
had no difficulty in finding bondsmen, his
brother, Jep NJ. Cody and his father
in-law. V. A. Johnson, standing the
Der court. The fact that Major Nc
| Gregor was shot in his own yard
| about 0 o'clock on the night of
December "a, and the circumstances CEN
nected with 1t are well known. Public
opinion remained long in doubt as to who
could have been the author Of the deed, in
fact the public was mystified and knew
not whom to suspicion. Maj. McGregor
was himself in doubt, but after hong
course of careful and silent investigation,
and having added what information he
could secure to what he already knew, he
was convinced that Mr.. Cody was the man
who had attempted his life. Failing of
private settlement, he has allowed the mat
| ter to go to the courts, with the result
| already announced.
At Barnesville Green Griffith was tried
Tuesday. charged with the crime of mur-
| dering a colored man named Evans. Emma
jenkins swore that about cotton chopping
| time, in the afternoon about dusk she was
sitting in Green Grifffth's house, about one
| and one-half miles from the public road in
| the southeastern part of Pike county, in
| company with Green's wife, in 1887. A
| strange negro walked up, whom Emma
claimed to have known about four years
previous in Griffin. He had never been
seen in that part of the country before.
| They invited him to have a seat, and he
| sat down by the fire and remained about
| five minutes, when Green walked in
| with an arm full of trash, which he
threw on the fire The stranger spoke to
Green, but received no reply. Green then
went out and returned with more trash for
| the fire, and with an ak in one hand. He
threw the trash down, and for the first time
spoke to the stranger, saying: What in
the devil are you doing herep Before Civ
ing him time to reply, he struck him twice
in the head with the ak, cutting his head in
four pieces. He then told his wife and En-
ma, that if they ever breathed of the oc-
| currence to anyone, he would treat them
the same way. He then took the dead negro
across his shoulders and carried HIM toward
| the woods, being accompanied by his wife
and Emma. When they got to the edge
of the woods the women stopped. Green
proceeded to the woods. He was gone
about ten minutes when he came
back, ana the three returned to the
house together. He then pulled Off his
shirt and commanded Emma to burn it.
which she did, and his wife to get rags and
made the two women scrub up the blood
from the floor. Seven months afterwards a
suit of old clothes was found in the woods
| and dog was discovered gnawing bone,
which somewhat resembled the face bone of
a man. In one end of the bone were two
teeth which resembled human teeth. The
foregoing was the testimony Of Emma Jen-
kins Green was arrested in Rarnesville
early in 1888, by Sheriff Howard, and was
tried in the superior court of Pike. The
remarkable feature in the case is that the
prosecution could find no person who had
ever seen or heard of Evans. andsno person
would swear on the trial, except Emma
Jenkins. He was found guilty and sem
fenced to be hanged on June 8. A mo-
ton was made for new trial, which was
granted. The new trial is set for May
next. The hanging will take place in June.
1t has been nearly fifty years since,
Pike county has had a criminal hanged
FLORIDA.
G. II, Matthews has bought the city