The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-09
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Here and There in

Gossip Picked Up Here and There in
the Court Rooms.
Eugene Wilson, the coIored barber of this
city, has secured the signature OF Il. E.
Rees Of Marietta, the tenth juror, to the
petition for the pardon Of Dock Wilson. q
brother Of Eugene, who shot and killed a
man In Macon some years ago, and was
sent 10 the penitentiary for life. All the
the jury have signed the petition for par
don except two, who are dead A letter
was received from Mr.. Rses yesterday
stating that he believed the accused had been
punished enough, and stating that, holding
to that opinion, he had called at the gov
ernor's office and signed recommendation
for the prisoners pardon.
But one case was heard in the superior
court yesterday. RhOda Bluff, colored
woman, obtained first verdict for divorce
against Alfred Bluff. Rhoda is not playing
game Of bluff, and does not propose to
put up with Bluff herself.
There will be no sitting Of the city court
until Friday morning.
George Fred Tolle has forsworn ale
glance to the Emperor Of Germany in the
city court, and has become a full hedged
American citizen.
Catherine A. Oehl, aged 45, was adjudged
a fit subject for the lunatic asylum by
Judge Ferrill and a jury in the court Of
ordinary yesterday. Mrs. Oehl is violently
insane She figured some time ago as plain
tiff IN divorce suit, at which time she re-
sided on Lovers lane.
Henry Beebe, notice of whose insanity
was referred to by the MORNING News last
week, was adjudged lunatic in the court
Of ordinary yesterday, and he will be con-
q certificate Of Beebe's insanity. The IN
fortunate man was for a long time employed
as laborer in the park. His mental de-
rangement Is said to be due in some degree
to the inordinate use of Intoxicating liquors.
A white man was lodged in the barracks
yesterday afternoon for an assault upon
Henry Voss in the latter's place, at Melon
ough and East Broad streets.
Henry Hurd was turned over to the su-
perior court yesterday morning and was
lodged in Jail. His victim, John Beatty, is
in fair way to recover. Middleton, the
negro who was shot by Policeman Lynch, is
also doing we'll
Mary Doctress and Mary Dudley, both
colored, who live at the corner Of Sixth and
Florence streets, fell out Monday morning
about pump in the Doctress woman's
yard, because she refused to let Mary Dud-
ley get water there, and prosecuted her in
Justice Sheftalrs court for breach of
good behavior. She was compelled
to give bond to keep the peace. AS is usual
in such cases, the Dudley woman retaliated
by prosecuting her prosecutor in Justice
Patterson's court, and she was compelled to
give bond to keep the peace.
8. D. Horton Of the Central railroad police
force had a warrant issued against him by
Andrew Patterson (colored] for assault
and battery. Horton struck Pat
terson at the city exchange
last Saturday. The Ocean steamship
hands were being paid off and Patterson
was trying to crowd in to collect bill due
his employer, Mckinley, the grocery man,
and disobeyed Horizons order to keep in
line.
Thomas Gadsden (colored) was prosecuted
by his wife before Justice Sheftall yester-
day for wife beating and gave bond for the
city court
Jerry Lumpkin prosecuted his wife,
Diana Lumpkin, and James Walker for
adultery in Justice Sheftall's court yester-
day. Jerry's testimony was very much to
the point, and showed him to be greatly
injured, but mild-mannered man. He has
suspected his spouse of infidelity for some
time She did not expect him home
Monday night and SO he
''laid" for her. He saw Walker and his
wife go in the house together and after
waiting awhile slipped to the window.
Here he saw both parties asleep Jerry
slipped in and secured Walkers clothing,
even TO his shoes and hat, without disturb
ing the slumberers. Yesterday morning he
deposited the clothes with Justice Sheftall
and sued out warrants against the parties.
Walker and Diana gave bond for the city
court, and Walker says he is going to have
jerry arrested for stealing his clothes.
Justice Patterson holds his civil court to-
day. He has thirty-four cases on the docket,
several Of which will be tried by jury,
the amounts at issue ranging from $40 to
$780,
The goods of V. G.. Basler will be sold to
satisfy a distraint warrant. They include
lot Of plumbing tools and material.
jury viii try the case of Miller
Holmes VS., Marcus Hunter, for tresspass
and damages. Hunter is a colored consta-
BILE, who sold a lot of cattle claimed by
Miller. D. A. O'Byrne is attorney for
plaintiff and w. w. Osborn for defendant.