The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-15

and called on Lieut.. Spencer at the hotel
70 explain the reason he sent the dispatch.
Some words passed between them, and
Reynolds suddenly drew his pistol, and
was about TO shoot Lieut. Spencer. when
Quartermaster Sergeant Wnl Wallace Of
the Rifles saw him, snasched the pistol
from his hand, aud brought il back to At
lanta with him. He says Reynolds can
nave 1t by coming after it. Then they say
further that as soon as the drill was over
the Southern Cadets realized that unless
something was done the first prize was lost"
The other allegations made at Atlanta
were printed in the MORNING NEWS of
Sunday in special dispatch from Atlanta.
Referring to the Atlanta story, the Times
Union saws:
This story is decidedly amusing. In the
first place Private Mcmillan did use violent
and threatening language to the judges
after their decision in the individual drill
contest, ard Capt. Spencer was so ashamed
OF him that he afterwards told the Macon
telegraph correspondent that ne 1.-THE car
tain felt like wringing McMil!an's NECK.
The judges preserved the most dignified
demeaner during McMillan's attack.
Tine Telegraph correspondent reported
the affair truthfully to his newspaper, but
Mcmillan, disliking the notoriety thus
given him, sought quarrel with the cor
respondent. They had some high words on
the parade ground. and Mcmillan left the
correspondent with the threat that be would
call around on him that evening and thrash
him.
About o'clock the correspondent was
standing alone in front of the st. James
register whea he was accosted by Mcmillan,
who said: "We had better go TO a room and
fight this thing out, right now" The cor
respondent said he had no time ''to go to
ROOM" but was there if Mcmillan wanted
anything of him, and thereup1n took a
position to defend him self against attack.
Then about a dozen of McMillan's friends
closed in on the correspondent, who struck
out vigorously with both hands and feet
lie was overpowered, however, by force of
numbers, and held securely while one of the
assailants put his hand in the correspond
ent's pocket and took his pistol therefrom.
Here the affair ended. McMillan's friends
were the a sailants-not the correspondent.
TREASURER" HESS.
'To prove the absurdity of the whole
story as told by the Rifles in Atlanta, one
has only TO read what Treasurer Hess is
the Sub-Tropcal exposition is J. NJ. Scnu-
macher, the custodian of the citizens fund,
John n. G. Stockton. No man named Hess
has anything to do with the drill or its
finances. The judges made up their decis-
ion and left it with the Sub Tropical Off
clals. Ihere was no change IN It Whatever
after it was made. The checks were handed
over to the winners of the prizes as origi-
nally made out The Macon Cadets have
nothing whatever to sue for. and Treas
urer Hess, whoever he may be, can refuse
to pay the check till the crack of doom and
it will make no difference.
''In further explanation of the failure of
the Rifles to secure the prize, it may be said
that the o omission by Capt. Spencer of two
orders on the drill programme reduced their
average below that of the Cadets. This
error was not apparent to the audience, for
none Of them had the drill programme be-
fore them. The judges were in duty bound
to reduce the Rifles score by reason of Capt.
Spencers two blunders. The Rifles should
kick at their captain-not at the judges.
1.-The story that the judges were 'oribed
by gamblers is too absurd and too childish
| to be discussed"