The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-28
FLORIDA.


William Troy has received some granite
| tablets from the government TO mark the
| graves of the soldiers inferred in Daytona's
cemeteries.
! ]. Adger Clark. who died about three
! years, ago, bequeathed to the Presbyterian
church Of Gainesville 81, 900. The will was
| contested by the heirs, but has been de-
clnred valid by the courts.
At Gainesville Judge Finley has rendered
| his decision in the attachment case of j. B.
! Brown VS.. B. s. Starke. sustaining the in-
| junction prohibiting tile former from at
taching Mrs. Starke's furniture.
J. H. Tatum g. Co., the well-known real
estate dealers, have purchased the Bank Of
Barlow, one OF the most popular and sub
| stantlal institutions in the state. Mayor B.
| B. Tatum will be the cashier, while J. H.
| will be president.
]. H. Gamble of Daytona has decided not
to use concrete in constructing his house,
but to build the first story Of couuIna rock
and the second of wood. Good coquina has
been found on the west bank of the Halifax
opposite Ponce Park.
W. A.. Pelot, travelling agent for the Ala
bama Mi Hand railway. fell from the steps
of the fast mail train into a culvert about a
quarter of mile west OF Baldwin Thurs
day, while the train was under full head
way, receiving some esVere cuts and
bruises.
A. Z. Clewis and Robert A. Munroe OF
Tallahassee purchased forty acres of the
Hooper tract, pear the new cigar town in
West Tampa, wednesday. through Jones g.
Cooper, paying for ID $4,000 The tract
will probably be subdtvided into lots and
placed on the market.
W. A. Robertson was before County
Judge Harrison at Tampa Thursday morn
Ing on the charge Of unnecessarily killing an
animal. DE pleaded guilty and was fined
$40 and the costs OF the court. Robertson.
while intoxicated about a month ago, stab
bed and killed little pet dog belonging to
w. A. Sauls. he was tried in the mayors
court the next day and fined So.
A street car accident of unusual serious
ness happened at the corner OF Bay and
Ocean streets at Jacksonville Thursday, in
which Ford }. Finnegan was the victim.
de sustained injuries which NAV prove
tataI. bAnnegan was standing between the
tracks OF the east-bound and west-bonDd
cars waiting to take the car from the east,
which was then approaching His back
was toward the southwest and he could not
see the east-bound car, which was ap-
preaching at the same time. The noise of
one car drowned that of the other. and he
was unconscious of its close proximity. He
stood until the car that he wished to take
had partially passed, in order to get on the
rear platform, but the other car passed
along atIthe same tims and struck him
hurling him against the west-bound car
with great force, which knocked him back
and under the car going east. He was
immediately run over and dragged for
some feet before the car could be STONED
When picked up he had one foot in the
wheel, and was nearly under the rear wheel
OF the car. DE was extricated and carried
to Hughes drug store, where it was found
that he had been badly bruised and ont
The wounds were dressed by DR.. Claude
Joyner, after which Mr.. Finnegan was
removed to St. Luke's hospital. On exami-
nation the injuries were found to be serious.
as Ffnnegan had not only been bruised and
cut in many places, but there were evil
dences or internal injuries Of a serious
nature. The driver of the east-bound car
did not see Finnegan, as his attention had
been called on the other side by a woman
who wanted the car, and it was not until
the worst part had happened that he real
lzed that something was the matter. Mr.
Finnegan is son of the late Gen. Joseph
FinnegAus who was gallant figure In the
confederate army during the late war be-
tween the states, and his residence is at New
Smyrna
1t develops that the right name Of the ex-
press robber, who killed Messenger Sam
ders, is Henry ]. King. Nelson King. his
brother, was at Palatka, where the robber
met hisdeath Wednesday. B. c.. Pitts of
Cordele, who married the dead mans sister,
was also there. King was % years old and
was always wild. He left Arab, Ga, on
Nov. 10, 1891, for Arcadia, and his people
have heard from him only occasionally
since then, He was a convict guard there
Later he assaulted man in a barber sbop
at Tavares and was convicted. The family
paid $40 for costs and fines. Then moth
ing was heard until yesterday, when tele-
gram from the officers of the South srn Ex>
press Company to young Kings stem
father told them that his brother. muir
derer, had met violent death. The boy
and his brother-in-law had Just time to
board the Georgia Southern and Florida
train ard. come here. Kings family is we'll
connected, and the mother, to whom he
wrote that letter containing such strangely
confused sentiments on yesterday in the
swamp, when ne expected TO
to the amount Of $4,000 or J more
The dead men were buried Thursday in the
potter's field beyond the hills, after photo
graphs had been taken. An examination
OF Kings body showed a large, ragged
wound in the back of his head. a bullet hole
in his face. one in his groin and one in his
back. where bullet aoout the size of a
buckshot had grazed across. The first and
second are supposed to have been made by
Morgan, the third by Wurtz when the man
ran. che last by negro who shot at him to
make sure of his death before approaching
him. His mustache was somewha burned
on one side and tho lower part of his face,
but there were no powder grains. This.
with The fact that the hole suggested by
some to have been made by his own 3S-cal-
iber pistol is small, seems to disprove the
theory OF suicide. The latter. however, was
thought probable by two of the jury.