The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-03

and defraying his burial expenses, and as
| the surviving heir is now amply able to pay
! he will doubtless do so. 1t is said also that
! deceased made a will bequeathing all bis
| property, of whatever character, to c. P.
! Sewell, superintendent Of the poor farm,
who will take legal steps to enforce his
claim thereto.
Tuesday State Treasurer Hardeman re-
ceived letter from John Beck (colored of
| Indianapolis, stating that be and his brother
and sister, james and Mary Beck, who re-
side at Ivry, Ind, are the legal heirs of
Adam Beck, the old negro who died in At
lanta about SIX months ago and left S12, 600.
The claimants, from the letter, are under
the impression that the property Of which
Adam Beck died possessed has been turned
over to the state of Georgia, in the absence
Of his heirs. Treasurer Hardeman replied
to the letter, referring the Becks to the or
binary of Fulton county, as, under the law,
the estate OF Adam Beck would go to the
county to be administered upon before
being turned over to the state, where there
were no heirs or claimants.
At Sandersville four bad boys got on a
lark last Sunday night, and "monkeyed"
with the public we'll They found where
one of the merchants had left his kerosene
oil tank exposed, and drawing off a gener-
Gus supply of the fund, went over and
dumped the oil into the well. The early
merchants next morning, on going 70 the
well to get their supply OF water, discovered
the trouble. The news spread like wild
fire. and ere long the whole
iowa was crowding around and
peering down into the dark and far
away depths of Wrightsvlle's coil we'll"
A consultation among the city fathers was
at once held which resulted in the marshal
srresting the four boys aforesaid, who
were brought before the mayor for trial
! For their little fun, so-called, they had to
pay dearly, besides they had to draw off all
the water from the we'll, after which, we
understand, the boys were interviewed by
their respective fathers in the wood shed,
at which time and place they "swore off"
| from ever being guilty Of such another fool
| caper
There is a pistol in the possession of the
| Atlanta police which has twelve notches on
| the handle, and the man who owns the
| pistol has stated that every notch repre-
sents a person he has killed. The pistol
| belongs to white man, one of two burglars
who were captured Tuesday night. Late
| Tuesday afternoon Patrolman George Poole
learned that a white man and a negro were
seen carrying box up the railroad track
near the Broad street bridge, and acting In
a suspicious manner. Patrolman Poole
| threw his rubber cloak over his uniform
and stepped up to the two men. Covering
them with the point of his pistol he made
|
to police headquarters. When searched
the white man had two pistols concealed on
his person, and $25, fifteen or twenty loose
keys, brass knucks, burglars chisels, and
two boxes of cartridges to fit the pistols he
carried The negro had two pistols, a dirk, a
watch, bunch of keys, and a
| lot of pistol cartridges. The white
man gave his name as John
Lewis, but his real name is Tom Williams.
The negro gave mis- name as Bill Morris.
| Tuesday night the negro made a state
ment to Capt. Manly and Sergt. Outright,
in which he told what Lewis real name
was, and gave the information that Will
| liams lived in Bellwood. 81 have been with
him only few days" said the negro, land
| didn't know he was a burglar He told
me that on the handle of one of his pistols
| we're notches showing the number of men
! he had killed in his lifetime. Capt. Manly
found twelve notches cut on one pistol
Stolen goods were found in the house at
| Bellwood
Seven suits against the Atlanta univer-
sity, amounting to $4,000, will be filed in
the clerks office of the Fulton superior
court next week. The papers are now being
drawn. The plaintiffs are seven students
who have just been suspended and expelled
from the school, and the attorney who ap-
! pears for them is the Hon. Charles H. j.
Taylor, the cOlored man, late United States
minister to Liberia. The declarations will
make sensational reading matter A few
weeks ago nine students were arraigned be-
fore five members of the faculty of the
Atlanta university and tried for viola
ton OF the rules. To the charges
the students entered pleas, and the
| Investigations concluded with an ex-
! pulSion of two of the students and
au indefinite suspension of the other seven.
This is the cause of the suits OF the
students who were sent adrift, three would
| have graduated this year. One of them
has been in the university eight years,
| while none have paid for less than two
| years tuition and board. They are II. l..
| johnson of Augusta, who has been attend
ing the university for five years, and would
have graduated this spring; T. H. Malone
of Augusta, student for five years; j. w.
| Davidson of Thomaston, who entered the
school eight years ago, and would have
| graduated this spring; S. II. Houston of
/ Texas, two years student; f. M. Smith of
| Savannah, who would have taken a
diploma, too, after seven years work: J. II.
Coffee and John p. Taylor of Savannah,
both threeyear students James Swift Of At
! lanta, who has been in the school five years.
| and Curry, two years. In his papers
Lawyer Taylor will assert that each of his
seven clients had been at the university for
years, and that during that time no blemsh
had been detected in their character He
will say also that their dismissal from the
school was without cause, and that it has
| disgraced each one of them in the eyes of
their fellowmen forever. The applica-
ton for damages will recount the trial,
| asserting that il was a farce, and
will then produce a sensational story,
which it claims can be absolutely proven.
you see, said the attorney, "these young
men have been dreadfully wronged, and
they should be paid for it, and paid well.
You see President Bumstead has been away
some time aud Mr.. Francis has been acting
as president. The trouble is between
Francis and the boys, and it is only grudge
Of long standing that Francis entertains
The boys were charged with remaining Off
the campus after hours and with smoking
One night in March they secured consent TO
attend a lecture by DR.. Fields, at the First
| Methodist church, and came back a little
late. This was the charge. And for that
they were suspended"
The Melon Growers Convention met at
Albany Wednesday There was not a large
assemblage, but some good work was done
! Several representatives Of different rail
roads were present. The president stated
that on investigation he had learned that
on the line of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway there are 5000 acres in
melons, decrease Of about 25 per cent
and that on the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida about 5000 acres are in cultivation.
| From the other roads he had not
heard, but there are only $50