The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
IN JAIL ON TWO CHARGES.
J. E. Beasiv Arrested for Trespass
and Misdemeanor.

]. E. Beasly, Waterman at Gordon's
warehouse was lodged in jail yesterday at
ternoon on warrants sworn out in Justices
Russelrs and Naughtiu's courts charging
him with trespassing and misdemeanor.
Mr.. d. B. Lester was the prosecutor in JUS
flee RusSell's court, and Mary Murphy tcOl-
oredl was the prosecutor IN Justice Naugh-
tins court.
Mr.. Lester claimed that Beasly tore down
a portion of the fence around one of
his houses at Tenth and Burroughs
streets, and the colored woman
charged that Beasly cut down
and destroyed her garden of watermelons,
peas and cucumbers.
Beasly rented a house from Mr.. Lester at
the corner of Tenth and Burroughs streets
a year ago and in October it was burned.
IL was not rebuilt and until yesterday
morning, Mary Murphey lcolored) was in
possession of the adjoining lot and also that
on which the Beasly house formerly stood.
She rented it from Mr.. Lester and the di-
yiding fence between the houses was re-
moved and put around the outside
fence She has been paying rent
to Mr.. Lester and knew nobody
but him in the contract by which sne
obt aimed possession of the place. She re-
ported to Mr.. Lester yesterday that Beasly
had been there and knocked down some of
the fence and demanded rent from her. Mr.
Lester sent out and had the fence replaced,
and after consulting counsel swore out q
warrant charging Beasly with trespasslng.
Later in the afternoon the negro woman
said that Beasly had again demaded
rent of her, and being refused he
dug up and DESTROYED her garden. She
prosecuted him for misdemeanor.
Beasly did not appear to be opposed to
going to Jail. While he was talking to
officer Humphreys about the Lester war
rant, and trying to get a bondsman, Officer
Wetherhorn approached him and told him
that he had another warrant against him.
Let me see it, said Beasly.
"How much is the bondg" he asked.
give hundred dollars, replied the officer.
"rll go to jail Don't worry about that. :"
Beasly waited until commitment was
made out His counsel claims that he acted
right in doing what he did.
Mr. Lester said that when the house
which Beasley rented was burned in
October Beasley relinquished possession of
the lot. He told Mr.. Lester that all the
contents of the house were burned and his
wife barely escaped with her life Mr.
Lester did not ask for the bond for title.
He asked Beasly if he wanted another house
built and Beasly replied that he did not.
After some trouble about rent, Mr.. Lester
released Beasly from any further obliga-
ton and rented the property. Some
time ago when lots i'll that section of the
city began to sell for good prices, Beasley
went to Mr.. Lester claiming to have the
bond for title to the property and
told him that he might rent, but that ne
could not sell the property. Beasly said he
had a claim to it. Mr.. Lester said that he
paid no attention to the claim, and a few
days ago he received letter from G. L.
Palmer, attorney for Beasly making this
proposition: That if he would pay Beasly
Sl04 the latter would release all his legal
rights to the property. If the proposition
was not accepted Beasly would proceed to
build house on the premises.