The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-09

orders. So the guests were welcomed as if
nothing had happened. The preacher came,
and the bridegroom, but still the bride
failed to put in an appearance. The status
Of affairs was explained, first 70 the
preacher and the groom, and then to the
guests. The groom. IN spite Of heroic efforts
to maintain his self-possesSion, broke down
completely. This was signal for
general scene. In the course Of half an
hour after the guests were all gone mes
sage came from the bride 20 her parents.
II explained that she had been taken sud
denly i'll Just as she was ready TO start home
that afternoon. In the general alarm and
confusion nobody thought Of sending a
message home, and when she herself
thought of It the last train had gone and
the message was sent by private convey
ance. There had been some unavoidable
delay in getting a messenger for the pur-
. Sc, but all possible haste had been made.
The bridegroom was sent for and was over
loved at finding that his sweetheart was
still living and true TO him. Monday all
parties concerned were notified that at an
early date, provided the young lady's health
improved as rapidly as is promised, the
marriage would come off according to
the original programme-the change in the
date only excepted.
The rescue of VIII Wallace from the Jail
at Hamilton at o'clock Sunday morning
was bold one. The parties had guards
out on every roadway through town, and
special guard at the sheriffs house. They
first tried to pry the large iron bar OFF that
fastened the front door, but failed to do so
and broke the lock. After getting the front
door open they soon broke the locks to the
iron cage, and Wallace stepped out and down
the steps, and, with many friends, left the
town before any attempt could be made to
stop them. When the men first started to
work they were heard by two negro men,
who at once told a number of white men,
and as soon as possible they came to the
jail but the birds had flown. The res
cuers took with them a negro who
was in jail, Dan Tatum, who was under
sentence Of two years in the penitentiary,
but had obtained a new trial. They prob
ably carried Tatum of with them to pre-
vent his being caught and made to tell who
they were. The sheriff has taken steps to
recapture them. About four months ago a
negro named Ranse Gordon was assassi-
mated while working in his field
in the mountain hill district of Harris
county. He was shot with a Win
chester rifle. The man who shot him told it
to two gentlemen soon after the act was
committed, but they said he wore mask
and they did not know him. Shortly after
ward Wallace met negro preacher who
preached GOrdon's funeral, and made him
repeat it in the public road. He then made
the preacher dance, after which he shot his
mustache OFF with a pistol and let him go.
Other outrages were perpetrated upon the
negroes in the community, and many of
them were served with notices to leave.
Wallace was believed to be the leader
in all the trouble, and the best
citizens held meeting and peti.
toned the governor to offer a large reward
for the capture of the person or persons who
were terrorizing the neighbothood A re-
ward was offered and Wallace left the COM
munity. He was arrested a few weeks ago.
He was committed to Jail to answer for the
murder of Ranse Gordon, and has employed
counsel to defend him. 1t is said he has a
large number of followers, and the people
in the western part of Harris county are
apprehensive of further trouble since his
release from jail.