The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-20

of an oyster pearl These stones have neye
been used in cases of hydrOphobia, but Mr.
| Howe Is willing to have them tested at an,
time.
Albany NelCs and Advertiser: A mos
unreasonable report was going the round
OF the city yesterday, to the effect that JohI
Pickett. the negro who was executed Al
Leesaurg Friday, while his friends were
| conveying the remains to their last resting
place, came to life. and began to struggle
in his coffin; that every one, except one old
colored man, very suddenly disappeared
that this brave old negro ripped up th'
coffin lid, and John arose and made hi
escape. A reporter met DIR. A. B. Duncan
one of the examining physicians, and told
him the rumor, and asked him how about
It. well, whoever heard of such report
Why that poor negro fell six feet and his
neck was broken, producing death in
stantly. eHe was as dead as a mackerel in
two minutes, but hung about twenty
minutes before being cut down. Some peo
pie do love to talk"
Monday about noon @. II. Burgett was
arrested as the stepped off train at At.
lenta, and taken to the police ststion. He
was arrested on telegram from Forsyth,
charging him with cheating and swindling.
Burgett represents the Dealers Protective
and Detective Association of Chicago, Ill
He collects $40 from each merchant who
joins the association, and contracts to col
lect bad debts at 20, Is, 10 and 5 per cent.
according to the amount. Some Of the
merchants in Forsyth joined the association
and paid $40 each to Burgett. After he left
they were informed that nis association was
a swindle. Hence the telegram to Chief
Connolly and Burgett's arrest. Burgett
shows list of Atlanta merchants who be-
long to his association and claims that it is
all right. At his instigation Chief Connolly
wired the chief of police at Forsyth that
Burgett would refund all the money Re col
lected.
Atlanta Journal: The true reason for
DR.. +. M. Young's sudden disappearance
from Atlanta has come to light. Although
his financial troubles had much to do with
it, there were other potent reasons for his
leaving. The grand jury was engaged last
week in investigating DR.. Young's record
in Atlanta, and that that body was not
favorably impressed is evidenced by the
fact that it found three true bills against
him. 1t seems that the students of the
National Eclectic Medical College," of
which DIR. Young was formerly president,
caused the first bill of indictment to be
sworn out. At the opening of the college
each student was required to deposit $50
with the president for expenses, such as
purchasing apparatus etc. Owing to the
resignation of several members of the
faculty, who were dissatisfied with Dr.
Young's management, the college be-
came defunct. and when DR.. Young
left town he carried the students
$500 with him. He is also largely indebted
to g. j. Daniel and Asa G. Chandler a. Co.
The second bill of indictment was for crimi-
nal libel sworn out at the instigation of DR..
o. l.. Snider, a former members of the
college faculty. The third true bill was
found upon the evidence of Parson Saye,
and others, and involves the good name of
the parsons daughter, Miss Emma This
explains many of the mysteries connected
with Mr.. Saye's removal to the country,
Miss Emma's disappearance aud DR..
Young's sudden departure, all of which
have been mentioned in the Journal. DR..
Young will be brought back to Atlanta.
and before the courts have finished with
the three indictments, will probably be in a
bad fix DIR. Cox is wearied of his connec-
ton with the whole matter, and will 20,
with his wife, to his old home in South
Carolina.
Atlanta Journal: The Confederate Vet
erans' Association met last night, and there
was sensation booked for the meeting.
Mike Maher, the well-known con-
tractor, was to be court-martialed on the
charge of having been a deserter during the
war. The charges were made by John L.
Conley. The whole affair grew out of a
trial in the city court, in which Mr.. Conley
was prosecuted by Mr.. Maher for disposing
of mortgaged property, and sentenced to
pay fine of $4,000. This was a sequel to
the old suit by Col Marcellus Thornton for
the outfit of the PoSt-AppedL. Mr.. Conley
lost this case, and Mr.. Maher, who was on
his bond, discovered that Mr.. Conley had dis
posed of the outfit, although it was mort
gagged. Hence the prosecution of Mr.. Con-
ley by Mr.. Maher But the subsequent
trouble all grew out of an innocent little
confederate veterans badge. or rather two
little confederate veterans badges. During
Mr.. Conley's trial he wore veterans badge,
and as some of the jurors were confederate
veterans, it might have had its effect. Mr..
Maher was not at that time member of
the veterans association, but, as Mr.. Con-
lev alleges, wore veterans badge while
the trial was going on. This might have
had a counteracting effect on the iurv,
Anyway, after Mr.. Conley was convicted.
he moved for a new trial and one of
his reasons was the fact that Mr.. Maher,
the prosecutor, wore badge of an order to
which he did not belong for the purpose of
misleading the jury. The new trial was re-
fused, and Mr.. Conley appealed his case to
the supreme court, where it now is After
the case had been disposed of in the city
court, Mr.. Maher made application and
was elected a member of the Fulton County
Confederate Veterans Association. Short
ly afterward Mr.. Conley went before the
association, of which he is a charter mem.
Der, and charged that Mr. Maher had been
a deserter. A committee was appointed tc
investigate the charges. Mr.. Conley went
to work to secure proof, and obtained a let
ter from the acknowledgement at Wash.
ington, stating that Mike Maher haC
been captured during the war and
taken to the Nashville pc litentiary; that
while there he took the oath of allegiance
and was paroled and assigned to work in the
government shops. Mr. Maher was to have
been court-martialed last night, but the
trial was postponed. He made statement,
however, in which he said that another
Mike Maher was referred to in the letter
that he was in Nashville and can prove
that he was loyal confederate soldier
Mr.. Makers friends say he will come out
all right, and express an intention to have
Mr.. Conley court-martialed for being con
victed of misdemeanor. The veterans
association is stirred up over the contro
versy.
FLORIDA.
The Leesburg Rifles are arranging for oil
excursion to ye Ancient City in the nea
FIXTURE.
Crawford & Younglove of Gainesvill
shipped carload of beef cattle to Savannah
on Monday.