The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-03
warm RIOTERS GUILTY.
BROUGHT BACK TO SAVANNAH
UNDER GUARD.

Golden Sentenced 90 Life Imprison-
ment and Knight TO Twenty Years.
Toe Waycross Rides Escort the Pris-
oners From Waycross Here-Gov.
Northen's Telegram TO Sheriff KILLER.
Sheriff Miller of Ware county, who left
Savannah for Waycross Monday morning
with Welcome Golden and Bob knight, to
be tried for murder, returned last night
with the prisoners
Golden and knight were absent from
Chatham county jail only thirty-six hours.
The trial resulted in their conviction The
former was sentenced to life Imprisonment
and the Inter 70 twenty years
END OF TEE TRIAL
This ends the famousVarn still riot which
has been the sensation Of Ware county for
the last nine months
The Waycross Rifles, under command Of
Lieut.. Gillon acted as an escort to the prison
ers, both from and to Savannah. ThefRifies
are twenty strong. They stopped last night
at the Marshall, and leave for Waycross by
the fast mail this morning.
Sheriff Miller and Lieut.. GilIon visited
the MORNING NEWS Office last night. They
said the trial was watched with great in
terest and that it was not considered safe
III SAo RAio W Ttluhlu IN w are county.
THE JUDGES CHARGE
Judge Atkinson in passing sentence said
that no prisoner before any court of Justice in
Georgia had been more ably defended than
were they by Coils. Wilson and Sweat. The
judges charge 10 the jury was devoted to
the recent 1ailsbreaking by the mob which
attempted the murder Of Golden aud
Knight In its presentments the
jury said; ave are unable to ar
rive at any definite conclusion, but
do heartily condemn this unwarrantable
proceeding as unlawful and undermining
to.the peac9 and safety OF the general pub
lie, and we hereby call upon every law
abiding citizen TO uphold the officers Of the
law in their effort to unearth the perpetra-
tors thereof and TO afford to every citizen
OF our county just and impartial trial
when srraigned for any offe1se before our
duly authorized judicial tribunals, believ-
ing that in this course alone lies the welfare
and protection Of our country and of
every home and freside. The fair name Of
our community should be cherished and
protected with loyalty and patriotism which
holds its head aloft and lives In the blazing
sunlight OF perfect liberty, and which stig-
matizes every deed Of darkness and every
unlawful act with merited condemnation
GOV. EoRTHENs TELEGRAM.
Col. Wright. In command of the Fourth
Georgia Regiment, telegraphed Gov. Nor
then Yesterday asking that he be- allo we'd
to relieve .the Rifles by ordering OUT the
Valdosta Videttes as it will be necessary to
guard the jail where the men were confined
the balance Of the week. In reply Gov,
Northen sent the following telegram.
stephen F. Miller, Sheriff, IYdycross, Ga:
Why cannot you summon civil posse suffi-
Gent to protect the prisoners in your jal9 If
necessary, you have authority to call out every
zens A Ware county feel sufficient interest in
peacyand order as we'll as county pride to main
tain the dignity of the law and put down the
turbulent aud disorderly in their midst without
calling on their neighbors for military guard
BE equal to the emergency, and prove what an
earnest and courageous civil officer, with the
means placed in his hands by law, can do TO pre-
serve order and protect human life.
W. J. NoRTHEN, Governor.