The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-16

| mere was meeting or the state geologic
cal board at the governors office at Atlanta
Saturday. Gov. Northen, State Treasurer
| Hardeman and State Geologist Spencer
were present. GeoloRist Spencer read his
| report for the year, showing a very flatter-
ing years work, both as to financial man.
/ agement and TO tbs work done by the geo.
logical department.. The report was very
satisfactory and was adopted. There were
none of the hostile features about this meet
ing which characterized the previous meet
ing OF the board. 1t will be recalled TO mind
\ that somewhat vigorous set-to between
| Georgia's heavy eight treasurer and
| Geologist Spencer resulted in decidedly
lively time.
| Athens Banner: Madison county comes
TO the front with another fearful tragedy in
which the son-in-law takes the life Of the
fsther-in-lAw. Lewis Smith and his son
in-law, Berry Wilson, were together at the
| latter's place in Madison county. Friday
afternoon, aud were chatting together
| They were both under the influence Of
liquor and soon became involved in a row.
| Words led to more violent measures and
Wilson drew his pistol, placed it upon
Smiths breast and pulled the trigger. The
bullet penetrated the heart and death was
instan tRneous. Wilson made no attempt to
escape aud is now in Jail at Danielsville
awaiting trial in the next superior court.
The shooting occurred about eight miles
from Athens.
There is man In the Bib county jail at
Macon who narrowly escaped lynching ct
tbs hands Of the people Of Irwinton Satur-
day. He is Fox Hall, q negro, charged
with the murder Of Mrs. Jane
crimes ever committed in Wilkinson
county. Mrs. Knight was murdered at
her home about eight miles from Irwinton
on Nov. II last, by having her head
chopped open with an ak. The MUIR
derer then robbed the house and set
fire to IL, but the building was saved and
| the body OF the murdered woman recovered.
The murderer escaped, but since then
the officers al citizens of the county have
been persisten. ii tAeir efforts to ferret out
the tend. Hall was suspected from the
nrst. Another negro saw him sneaking
through a cane patch near by just before
the house was set on fire. Shortly after the
fire broke out Fox Hall was seen leaving
the premises. Several days before the MUIR
der he went TO the house different times os-
tensibly on business, and it is believed he
thea fQund.9nt that Mr.. knight had con-
siderablSsafn OF money there. About $50
Of this money was stolen by the murderer.
Hall spent money freely after the murder,
although it was known that he had only
marketed two bales of cotton, large por
tion OF the proceeds of which he paid out
were brought out from time to time. led
Sheriff Fontaine to order the arrest of Hall,
and on Friday night last Deputy Simpson, H.
T. Hogan and Pete Palethorpe of Macon
went to the Negroes home, about eight miles
from lrwinton and q half mile from the
scene of the murder. Here another came near
being added to Halls crimes, for as soon as
he recognized the officers he sprang for his
gun and fired twice. One OF the loads mar
rowly missed Deputy Simpson and Detective
Palethorpe narrowly escaped the other.
Hall then ran to a rear door and escaped.
The officers at once put boodhounds on his
track and hunted him all night aud until
Saturday morning. At about IL o'clock
Saturday morning Sheriff Fontaine was
called from his residence and was surprised
TO confront Fox Hail. who stated that he
wished to surrender. He was taken at once
! TO the jail, but as soon as it became known
around town that Fox Hall had been
arrested feeling begal to spring up, and
trouble was feared. Sheriff Fontaine dis
covered it, and at once slipped his man
| away and took him to Macon.
Macon Telegraph: Marshal Corbett re-
turned Saturday night from Forsyth and
reported to the United States attorney the
following particulars in regard TO the raid
on the Illicit distillery of Charles Goodrum,
on the Towaliga river, in Monroe county
Mr.. Corbett and Deputy Marshal A. J j..
Lotion reached the neighborhood of the
dlstillery, some eight miles north of For
syth, about 4:30 O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
After secreting their horse and buggy, some
distance away, the officers separated and
approached the distillery through the dense
undergrowth from opposite directions. AS
| the marshal approached the distillerY he saw
large sixty-Ave gallon copper still in full
blast and surrounded by six men, one white
and five colored, busily engaged in its
| operation. As the marshal reached point
| about thirty-five yards from the distiIlery
he was seen by one of the men and the
| alarm given. The white man, Charles
GOODMAN, and three of the negroes made a
dash for liberty. There was a gun living
within fifteen steps of the still, and another
negro, John Sparks. made a dash for the
gun. Finding that Sparks, who refused to
halt. would reach the gun first, the mar
s5al opened fire on him with his pistol when
ne surrendered. The other negro at the
still surrendered without resistance.
Just at this time Deputy Marshal Lotion
reached the still Marshal Corbett
directed Lotion to take charge of the capt.
ured gun and run down to the river
to try and capture the two negroes who had
run of with Goodrum under the bluff and
| Lotion hurried in that direction. In very
few seconds the report of a gun was heard
under the bluff Immediately afterward
Lotion came running up to the marshal,
and told him that he had captured the two
negroes, who made no resistance, and
had started back with them, march,
| ing them in front Of him up the bluff,
when the gun which he carried, acct
dentally striking against his leg, went
off, and the whole load was dis
charged into the back of toe negro just
in front of him. The moonshiners, It ap~
pears, had the gun loaded with buckshot,
and the unfortunate negro died in very
few minutes. The marshal left three of
the captured negroes to take charge of the
body aud left being warned by Jordan
Sparks that Goodrum and his friends would
arm themselves and bushwack them before
they could get out of the swamp unless
they made their retreat very soon. The
officers made their retreat. leaving the still
as they found it.
/ FLORIDA.
E. 81. Tyson of Lakeland has sold his
nursery, grove and cottage in the eastern
part of town to C. NJ. Marsh, the consldera-
tion being $4,000.
Rev. H. H. Gaines from Texas has been