The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-03
A BURGLARS DEAD BODY
TRAIN HANDS MAKE A FIND AT
STONE MOUNTAIN.

A Bullet Hole Under the Left Eye, the
Skull Crushed and the Nose and
Cheek Bone Broken-A Companion
Arrested at Conyers and Held on
Suspicion.
ATLANTA, GA, April 2-The train hands
on a freight which stopped at Stone Noun
tain at o'clock this morning, found the
dead BODY of well dressed white man ly-
ing on the side track. The body was re-
moved from the track and an examination
made. There was a bullet hole urder the
left eve. the skull on one side was crushed,
tha nose and cheek bone were broken. The
right arm was tattooed below the elbow
with United States flags, two cannon
crossed and an eagle with spread wings.
He was about five feet ten inches in hight,
and very muscular. He had large head,
with coarse, black hair, gross face, with
vellowish complexion and high cheek bones.
In his pockets were gold watch, bulldog
pistol five-shooter, IS, sun-dial and COM
pass combined, two cartridges and seven
dynamite caps.
A BURGLAR BY PROFESSION.
Near the body, when found, was bur
glars Jimmy. His profession was evident
from these tokens. The deceased was lden-
titled as a stranger who was first seen at
Stone Mountain last Friday. He registered
at the King house as Charles Thompson,
and went down the Georgia road Saturday
Yesterday afternoon he boarded passen-
ger train at Conyers with a
tall young man with red face
and side whiskers, who wore
a Prince Albert coat and beaver. He
carried a long sachel, which gave out a
peculiar ring when jostled. He was after
ward identified as Dallas REVERE, known
at Stone Mountain az a deadbeat and sus-
picious character. He is a son-in-law Of W.
]. Marsh, who is known as "Horse Swap
ping Billy Marsh of Gwinnett county.
THoMPsoN's ROLL OF MONEY.
The two stopped off at Clarkson and took
supper and Thompson on paying, showed
large roll of money. After supper they
went to Stone Mountain on train. At
midnight negro noticed them sitting on
the railroad at the depot talking. Later the
town marshal heard a pistol shot IN that dl-
rection which is not uncommon Whereabouts,
and he, therefore, did not investigate it.
When the dead man was found REVERE
had disappeared, but was found at Conyers,
whittier he had walked. at 9 o'clock this
morning, and arrested for the murder. He
had on his person $l77. pistol and num-
Der of railroad time tables. He would adj
init nothing as to the murder nor speak of
his movements last night.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
At the coroner's inquest at Stone Noun
tain, this morning, some interesting facts
were developed in addition to those already
stated. The prisoner was represented by
Judge Gleason of Conyers, and by advice,
was dumb about the whole transac-
ton. His clothing was exam
ined by the jury and several
blood spots found. There were also blood
spots on his hat, which he had tried to re-
move. The pistol found on his person
when arrested had one chamber fresh
emptied, and the ball in the deceased's head
fitted it, At o'clock tonight the inquest
was adjourned for the night without reach
ing a verdict.
FEARS OF LYNCHING.
There was a strong current of feeling in the
community against the prisoner, and such
open threats of lynching that thesherif car
ried him to Decatur tonight to avoid trouble.
REVERE is a native Of Twiggs county, but
lives at No. 825 Walker street, Augusta.
His wife is there now. de was at
one time a medical student in the
Augusta medical college and had studied
medicine a while in Atlanta A letter was
found on him dated Augusta, April l, ad-
dressed to Emory & Co., Atlanta, applying
for a position as bookkeeper There was
another letter purporting to be written by
a gentleman of Smell Grove highly recon-
mending REVERE, but from indications it