The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-11

received petition against the councils
action, and vetoed the action. So the
cyolorama will not be open on Sunday, and
Trinity church is accused Of changing the
mayors mind. Mayor Hemphill says be
regarded permission to open such an atrrac-
ton to the public on Sunday the entering
wedge to Sabbath dissertation, which he
does not propose to tolerate while he is in
| office.
At Clarkson, last February, Wickliffe
Nash, delicate 19-year-old boy, was
severely thrashed by his school teacher,
Rev. w. II. Strickland. After the whip
ping the boy grew more feeble and last
Thursday night he died. The father
attributed the boys death to the whipping
and Friday the matter was investigated by
a coroner's jury. DIR. j. A. Carter aud Dr.
Il. II. Jones testified that they were called
upon to attend the boy after the whipping,
and that they found bumps and bruisei
on his body, resulting from blows Inflicted
oy SUCK These caused an abscess aud
finally the boys death. The jury returned
the following verdict: 1--WE, the jury, find
that Wickliffe Nash came 60 his death from
causes OF an Illegal whipping received at
tho hands OF w. H. Strickland, said de
ceased being a scholar in said Strickland's
school, and in the opinion OF the jury w.
II. Strickland is guilty Of Involuntary
manslaughter in the commission of an I'M
lawful aot." Strickland is in Lagrange.
Columbus Enqtfrcr-Sun: The prisoners
IN tho Chattahooohee jail made desperate
effort to escape Friday morning, and were
prevented from doing so by the presence of
mind and pluck OF Rey Bagley, the son OF
Sheriff b. F.. Bagley. The county jail at
Cusseta iG considered a specially safe one
from its peculiar construction. The building
is two stores high, and the cells are on the
the lower floor, the only way to reach
them, however, is through a trap door
which opens into a room on the upper st )ry.
When the prisoners are once lowered into
tho dungeon there Is No way for them to
get ont until the trap door Is opened and
lodder is lowered through 1t. Their meals
are handed down TO them from above. and
wnen the sheriff closes the trap and goes
home he feels that the law-breakers under
his charge are quite safe. Friday
morning early Sheriff BagleY, with
his little son. went to the jail as usual
to give the two prisoners who are now 10
the jail their breakfast. Without thinking
that anything was wrong the sheriff lifted
the trap and then stood over the aperture
to lower the basket. As he did so two pairs
OF arms reached up and be was seized By
both legs. The attack was SO sudden shat
It took him entirely by surprise and he was !
drawn down into the cell. The prisoners,
had, however, failed to take Mr.. Bagley's |
pugnacity into account They imagined |
that the sudden fall would 50 disconcert |
him that they would be able to spring out,
close she trap door and make their escape, |
leaving The jailer in his own prison. They |
quickly hound their own mistake, because |
he at oieps seized one OF his assailants and a |
violent struggle commenced. The second |
negro thought that the opportunity to es-
cape was very fine one sand he therefore
sprang through the hole In the floor.
The hoy had seen his father disappear,
and second later, when he saw the
LACK face of the prisoner appear
instead of his fathers he ran out of the
room and locked the door. It took only a
minute or two to summon help, and when
several men arrived they found the man who
had jumped out of the dungeon trying to
break down the door. He was quickly Sc
cured, and on looking down into the cell the
sheriff was found still struggling with his
man. AS soon, however, as the prisoner
saw that help had arrived he gave up.
The distance from the floor to the ceiling
OF thu cell is entirely too great for a man t.
reach with his hands, and as soon as quiet
was restored Sheriff Bagley commenced an |
examination to find out how it was possible |
for the prisoners to have seized his legs 1t |
was found that a hammock had been made |
of the blankets. and 1t had been swung at |
Just the right hight t. allow the jail birds !
to use their arms W it'll convenience