The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-23

pOrtation to market have been stained black
from the effect of the suns intense rays.
The same condition of things prevails 10 q
great extent north of US, and accounts for
the barren condition of the timber market
Heavy rains are very much needed in all
localities Immediately adjacent TO Pensa
ella.
Last Wednesday morning about IL o'clock
while Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Laidley were in
sDecting the COstOn house. near Fort Meade,
the dead body Of man was discovered in
one OF the back rooms Of the house Mayor
| thompson, as coroner, was Immediately
n otited, who at once impaneled a jury,
which identified the body a. that Of an old
German named George Kestler, a gardener
! by occupation, and which rendered verdict
that the deceased came to his death at his
own hand, by. cutting the jugular vein.
! The b0dy was found to be in terrible state
or decomposition, evincing that life had
/ been extinct for several days He was poor,
| old and decrepid man, who made scanty
aud precarlous living by raising and sell z
vegetables; and it seems by the following
! letter, OF rather prayer, found on his per-
/ son, that he had become disheartsned, aud
had come to 10 K 1t life as not worth the
living: Dear Water in heaven, l come
before you call me. Forgive me all my
| tres passes, and let me enter into thy king
dom IN heaven. This world is too bitter for
! me-"
Palatka Herald: Friday night Officers
Drakeford and Turner had under arrest
negro, who vas charged with using abusive
ana htthy language, and who deti-d the
officers Of the town to arrest him. Drake
ford Immediately took the man under his
wing and proceeded to the lookup. A
| crowd 70 lowed as usual. When the jail
was reached, stop was made to unlock
! the door. Suddenly q voice on the Other
| side Of the street rang out in the dark
ness: Clear the crowdm followed
by the tiashjand bang of a Winchester rife.
The crowd broke in all directions, some
falling co the ground to escape the bullets.
Officer Drakeford held on to his man. and
did not move an inch. The ball struck a
colored boy, named Ike Mungen, in the
stomach, which will prove fatal, DR.. Cyrus
having given up all hopes of his recovery.
The same bail that went through the body
OF Mungen, struck colored man in the
hip, inhicting painful though not serious
wound. Mr.. Hagan and Mr.. Sparks, who
have stores in the neighbornood wnere
the shooting took place, testify that they
saw colored man run by just before
the shooting with a Winches err in his
hand, and at times the man would throw
open the breech. This is supposed to be the
man who fired the damaging shot. All
night long Sheriff Shelley was on the watch
III oiiis tuuu DuI4uS Ju6 ulRu6 oDerlH
Shelley gathered enough evide nee by which
he could arrest Joe Joseph, Susie Gilliard
and two others as accessories to the shoot
ing. This morning early coored man
bearing the description given by Hagan,
went to the Jail to get money from Susie"
Sheriff Shelley immediately arrested the
man and brought around Mr. Hagan and
Mr.. Sparks, who identified the man as the
one who rushed by them last night He
was at once lodged in jail. We learn that
this man has said enough already to convict
him of the shooting.