The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19

Point. He replied: 81 did not see 7. P.
Aldridge TO recognize him as T. P. Aldridge."
WAS I. p. Aldridge IN the buggy With
you at any time going to tie whipping.
duriDg the whipping or coming from the
WhlppiagF was next asked. Il did not
recognize Mr. Aldridge if te was in my
buggy either going TO, during or coming
from the whipping. About the time, how
ever, that we left the church he was with
me, but no testimony which | could give
would indict any one did not know any
one who laid on The lash, and l did not rec
ognize any one that was around when the
negroes were whipped. Il was dark. rainy
night, and / could not recognize anv one IL
the distance. I took every precaution not
TO recognize any one"
Covington Star: An elder brother of the
editor of the Star was captured during the
great battle Of Atlanta, on July p, 1864.
and carried as a prisoner Of war to Camp
Chase. OniO. Only one letter was received
from him after his arrival at Camp Chase,
and from that TINA TO the present nothing
definite or reliable has ever been heard
from him, though many efforts have been
made to do 50. John H. Levy of Columbus,
o., who WIS recently on a visit 20 his brother,
Capt. j. NJ. Levy of our city, promised
20 investigate the matter upon
his return home and see what information
hp NOuiu BCb llOll Ili6 Hi ASOAA AOl-ANos Va
Thursday last a letter was received from
Mr.. Levy with the following transcri,
from the prison records inclosed: "R. b.
Anderson, Company Z, Thirty-fourth
tTe rgia infantry, died Oct 10, 1864, and
Inferred i'll grave 294, section 10, Camp
Chase cemetery" or course this settles the
matter aud manner of his death and burial
Mr. Levy writes that there are 2, 800 con-
tederates buried in Camp Chase cemetery,
hon hn1 r1o nrn an Il
gone, the grounds are leveled and the
graves are totally indistInguishable. He
think there will soon be an effort made by
congress to nave the graves cared for and
marked with marble head-stones
Griffin Call: Sunday night man looking
weary and worn walked up to officers Cum
bingham and Doe and asked for lodgings in
the station house. lie gave his name as
John Mccormick, and stated that be be-
longed to the United States army, and the
truthfulness of his assertion was assured by
the uniform that he wore. He also stated
that he was stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
near Atlanta, and was member of the
artillery, Company G, Capt William Ennis
commanding, and asked Chief of Police
Mann to write to his captain Of his where
abouts and state his desire to return.
This the chief did at once,
at the same time giving Mccormick
a cell at the station house. He
said: ION Monday night last, as near as
can remember, having drawn my pay,
together with others Of the boys, went into
Atlanta to have a good time. | met with
friends there, and we began to drink, and l
soon became drunk. | remember but little
until about Thursday, when l realized the
fix L was in-away from the fort without
leave and without money, and half crazsd
~ the effects of the whisky that l had
drank, skipped out, ashamed. and dread
ing to go back for fear of punishment. |
wandered about until Sunday night, when
| arrived ia Griffin and gave myself up to
the authorities" He has been returned to
his post.
William Coulter, a butcher of Chattanooga,
Tenn, mas left for Fort s NTH, Ark, on the
mission of deavoring to obtain the re-
lease Of his brother, Oscar Coulter, who has
been arrested for murder, aud against
whom there ar also charges of being inn
plicated in the Logan county train 70 lbery.
Oscar Coulter was reared in Walker county,
Ga. He got into trouble for assault with
lntent to kill committed on a neighbor, and
fled TO the Indian territory. He went from
there TO Arkansas, where he was arrested by
Charley Maysey, on the charge Of carving
pistol, and sent back to the scene Of his
first crime on q requiSition of the governor
of Geo gia. Whel lie was sent back to
Georgia for trial, he threatened to kill
Charley Maysey as soon as he could get out
Of trouble. This was in 1891, and over six
years afterward he was released and went
back to Iudian territory, and from there to
Golden City, Ark, where Charles Maysey
was keeping store. On Feb. %.
1883, he went to Maysey's store
and opened fire with AZ
caliber pistol, killing Maysey almost in
Stantly He fled at once for the Indian
territory, where he was supposed to be im-
phcated in the robbery of an express train
ON the Missouri, Kansas aad Texas railroad
the foil wing summer. The railroad com
pary offered reward of 81 900 for his cap
ture, and the authorities of Logan county
offered reward of 800 for him He has
since been in Mexico, Arizona, California
aud Colorado, returning to tae Indian ter
ritory few weeks ago, where he was
arrested and taken to Fort Smith, Ark.
where he is now in Jail Coulter is six feet
eight inches in hight and his three brothers
are all very large men. Two of mis- brothers
are prosperous and highly respected farm
ers of Walker county, Georgia, while the
other is a resident of Chattanooga, and is a
good citizen, respected by all who know him.