The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-12-25
SERIOUS CHARGES
OF MURDER AND CONSPIRACY.

seventy witnesses, among them Ca
leb Goggins the party convicted in
Cobb Superior Court of the murder.
The United States Court has been
working on the theory that Goggins
is not the guilty party, Goggins
himself having been 3 witness in
Federal Court at the time Wright
was. What evidence the United
States Court has been able to OBJ
tain, is of course unknown 10 the
public, but suffice it to say, said
Grand Jury found indictments
against Geo. x. Sanges, white, Tom
Alexander, Dennis Alexander, Joe
Edwards, Charley Porter, and Ike
Smith, all colored, ard Revenue
officers came to Marietta last Thurs
day and carried said named persons,
except Dennis Alexander, who has
fled, to Atlanta and placed them in
Jail, charged with murder and con-
spiracy in the Wright killing. Bill
Teasley, colored, was also arrested
and carried to Atlanta at the same
time on the charge of selling whis-
ky. He gave bond and was released.
On Friday revenue officer came
to Marietta to arrest Mr.. James
VIM, but VIM received informa-
ton that he was being sought, and
he kept out Of the way OF the officer.
Mr., W. P. Stephens was charged
With furnishing this information to
Mr.. Vim, and on Saturday, reve-
nue. officer requested Mr.. Stephens
to report TO Atlanta tor investiga>
ton. Mr.. Stephens, with his own
accord went to Atlanta, and was
turned loose on his own recognizance
to report Monday, which he did, and
upon making his statement, the
Court very properly discharged MIN,
rs Mr.. Stephens is too honorable to
wilfulIy violate law.
Tuesday, Judge Newman fixed
the bond OF Mr.. George Sanges in
one case at $4,000 and in the other
$500; Porter's $4,000; Smiths
$500; Edwards and Alcxander's
$500 each. Col. John Z. Motley
represents the defendants. He says
he will have no trouble in proving
an alibi for Mr.. Sanges and Smith.
Owing to these arrests, and the
serious charges made against some
of the parties, it has created more
or less excitement.
The Atlanta Constitution had an
interview with some of the United
States officials in Atlanta in regard
to this matter and horrible picture
was drawn of "lawlessness" in and
about Marietta, which reflected to
some extent on the peaceful condi>
ton of our community. We dare
say there is no more law abiding
citizens on the globe than in Mari
eta and Cobb county. The crimi-
nal calendar of Cobb Superior Court
will show this. 1t is true that "blind
tigers" have been run in Marietta
and Cobb county, but Atlanta, with
her license system, we dare say,
has fifty blind tigers to Marietta's
one, but this does not make that city
one of lawlessness to such an extent
as to write half a column about it,
rejecting on the whole community
OF Atlanta. 1t is true Joe Wright,
a white man, was killed, not in Ma
rietta, but in the country, and as far
as the evidence goes 20 show as de-
duced in Cobb Superior Court, and
in accordance with the verdict of
the jury, Caleb Goggins is the only
man so far connected with that
crime. There may be others, and
the whole story may not have been
told, but what community in all the
land is there in which man is not
killed some time I? Atlanta has a
record Of murder in the last few
years that would make dark pic
tura if written up and highly color
ed with facts bordering en- ex-
aggeration, but who would think OF
doing such thing and attempt to
make it appear that the city of At.
ianta was lswless to an extraordi-
nary degree. Our mayor and city
officers have been doing their duty