The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Soap Peddler Under Arrest al
Americas Charged With Swindline
The Calhoun County Rioters Con-
f1dent of Securing a New Trial-Peo-
pie Injured by Runaway Horses.
GEORGIA.
There is no longer any doubt that Ales
Bonner, a colored man who recently died a.
Washington, was los years old.
Gus Widdon, aged IA years, was nearly
killed by runaway horse near Albany
Saturday. He was thrown from a wagon.
Mrs. Armor of Centerville lost $50 on the
streets at W ashington day or two ago Ii
was found by Miss E. A. Bowen and re-
turned.
William / Wallace, who attempted tc
kill his wife at Albany few days ago, is tc
be admitted to the insane asylum at Mill
edgeville.
Joe Burns, a nenro laborer at the Atlanta
guano factory, on the Ceatral road, Just be-
low East Point, had his left hand crushed
to pulp Saturday. Amputation was
necessary.
A negro merchant named Henderson, Iiv-
ing In FreedTnanville, Wilkes county had
his pocket-book with S35 and a check for
SD stolen Friday. A negro named Allen
Fuller was arrested for the theft
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Mrs. Chastain. the mother Of Avary
Chastain foreman at the Western and At
lantic roundhouse, was thrown from a
buggy by runaway horse, near Atlanta,
Saturday. She sustained conclusion of the
brain, with confusion on the left temple.
There was also pr 1fuse hemorrhage from
her left ear. Mrs. Chastain is IS years old,
and her age renders the injuries even more
serious.
The Calhoun county rioters, Bob Rich
ardson and Sol Rowell, who are under
sentence Of death and in Jail at Albany, are
confident of securing new trial. Two of
the reasons on which the appeal will be
based, are that one Of the jurors, a man by
the name of Ran Mcdaniel, did not live in
the county, and was disqualified as juror,
and hence the verdict was Illegal another
is that since their conviction Rowell has
made confession to the effect that his
brother, Richard Rowell, in the evening
after the riot, confessed to having fred the
first shot that killed Arnold. Dick Rowell
is at large and his whereabouts are I'M
known.
Charles Watson is under arrest at Ameri-
Gus, on Cargo of swindling. He was SELL
ing soap from stand on the street. He
would show small piece of soap, wrap a SIS
bill around it, wrap the whole in paper and
lay it on the table. Then $40 bill would
go through the same transac ton. And
then $40 bill. The three packages would he
laid on the table. Then he would offer to
sell them all for So. OF course there were
plenty Of people there who wanted
to swap So bills for $35,
and business prospered with the soap dealer.
Purchasers failed to find the money, and
Watson's arrest followed. Watson says he
merely wrapped the money in packages,
ana offered to sell for 81. He didn't say
that purchasers would get prize, and if
the people thought they would make any
thing by paying So, he couldn't help it. He
didn't say the money was in them.