The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27

fact and started to carry out their incen-
diary plan as soon as they thought every
thing was favorable
IL was rather a fortunate thing that they
began operations so early In the night, or
there might have been a terrible accident
and considerable loss Of life.
A SECOND LETTER.
Sunday another threatening letter was
received by the express company in At
lanta, which evidently was the torerunner
OF sunday nights desperate work. The
letter was crudely written and badly
spelled, and reads as follows:
! Gentlemen of the express and officials of
the same and railroad officials: If you can
stand us it is all right We, as the friends
OF Dave Horton, Brazell aud Thornton, ex-
! pect to blockade your business in various
ways as ing as time holds on. II you was
out everything We would not say a word
| The boys gave up the money aud no one is
| hurt. Turn them loose if you expect to do
business III the south; If not, just send
them 10 the guard aud we viii kill thousands
| OF innocent ones for their sake. We will
| destroy your railroad, and il that won't do
we will lie under the bushes and kill your
engineers, firemen, and all that we can
shoot and kill, and send them home, and
the dirty work will stop forever, IL not hurt
or harm them, and it will cost you the loss
OF thousands Of lives and millions of dollars
work and repairs. The quickest is the best
Just send them home and the dirty work
will stop; II not, IL you can stand us, it is ali
right"
MEANT TO WRECK THE TRAIN.
The incendiaries evidently Intended to
wreck one Of the passenger trains from their
action ia cutting the wires. They figured
that even should the fire be discovered the
operators wouldn't be able TO get word to
the trains, and that they would
run into the swamp before dis
covering that suything was wrong.
Had it not been for the colored section
hands discovery the scheme would probably
| have worked with deadly success
| AS it was, tue trains were delayed only
| about thirteen hours The trestles were re-
| paired sufficiently last night TO allow trains
to cross slowly and by to day everything
will be working all right
General Passenger Agent Taylor and Traffic
Manager Haas. Of the Richmond aud Dam
| vile. were on the Atlanta-bound train
which was delayed by the fire. General
Manager Green went with the party as far
as Millen, and from there to Augusta. He
| knew nothing of the affair until Yesterday.
Supt. McBee, accompanied by Capt. II.
G. Cunningham, one of the counsel for the
| Central, went to the scene last night at
| o'clock.
THE CUTHBERT FIRE.
| The burning OF the bridge on the Fort
Gaines branch is thought by the officials
| here TO be also of incendiary origin. They
base their theory on the telegram from
| Supt Curran. 1t read as follows: Train
No. 32 at 9:45 O'Clock this morning ran
the burning trestle fourteen miles south of
| Cuthbert, on the Fort Gaines branch. The
bridge, to all appearances, was all right
when train went on it Fire started at
| foundation and left rails aud stringers
| ha mi 81,
the tender and seven empty cars went
through and were wrecked. No one was
| hurt.n
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The MORNING NEWS received the follow
ing dispatch from Fort Gaines last night,
which claims the fire to have been acct
dental:
"a very disastrous wreck occurred to the
north-bound train ON the Fort Gaines
branch, nine miles from here, this morning.
The woods near the track in the vicinity Of
the wreck have been burning for several |
days, land every precaution has been used TO |
prevent any damage being done the tim |
beers along the road by the section |
master. But since last Saturday |
evening fire caught lot of dry |
grass In wooden culvert and burned out |
oil timber, leaving nothing but skeleton |
track over 1t. This tho engineer did not |
soc in time TO stop his train before he |
reached it, The engine passed over safely, |
Gut the tender went in leaving the track OF it |
in the hole. Seven freight cars were derailed |
and badly smashed The two pos
senger cars and four freight cars
remained on the track. There were sew |
eral passengers aboard and besides
scaye ana little shaken up no other in>
jury was done. The fireman aud engineer
Jumped from the engine and received a few
bruises. In consequence of the wreck no |
mail will be received at this place before |
Tuesday evening"
THEORIES OF THE OFFICIALS.
The two fires occurring so closely to- |
gether, and the statement that it started |
FROM the foundation. is what made the Off |
Gals here believe that they were both the |
work OF some gang. The officials be- |
ueve That q conspiracy has been formed to |
destroy the company'S property, aud that |
ths burning of the Goodwater trestle Satur- |
Day Yves OF an incendiary and hot accidental |
character. They say that the Richmond ana |
Danvlile Will capture or kill every man |
engaged in the conspiracy.
MORNING News special from Tennille |
at o'clock this morning states that Fred |
Horton was captured after dark last night |
at sun Hill, and, with his brother Will, was
taken TO Sandersville Jail. Toe prisoners
will have preliminary trial to day.
Fire seems To be following the Central
Last night at o'clock, Supt McBee re-
ceved telegram from Forsyth saying that
the cotton IN the Central's warehouse at
that paint was burning. The warehouse
contained about 500 bales. The cotton was
awaiting shipment to Savannah, and is
fully covered by insurance