The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-13
THE JBsUP AFFAIR.
A Statement of Committee OF Citi-
zens With Regard to 1t.

zens With Regard TO IL.
Yvsrp GA, Aug. 12.-Editor Morning
,o,,s. In your issue Of Aug. IL ap-
-aorad dispatch from Brunswick under
he head. "Jesup Has a Mob Scare" to
,rbich dispatch we, a committee. represent
,ng the citizens Of Jesup, ask space in your
columns for our reply, which will be brief.
and AZ courteous as the statements made in
vour publication will permit, with justice
10 ourselves:
The author, or his informant, has evil
dartlv allowed his imagination TO get the
better OF his discretion.
Certainly no sane man would furnish
,,ch inconsistencies as appeared in the dis
,stch referred to unless he is a sensationalist
Who delights in efforts Co disturb the tran
ouiuity Of the public.
Facts are stated as to the killing or
Waivers and the arrest of certain parties 4,
INIT the facts are so iuterspersed and woven
around with fiction as to give the public an
erroneous idea and cast a stigma upon the
citizens of Jesup that they do not merit
Your correspondent must either publish
his authority for the statements made or
assume the responsibility himself.
"And by mob force the friends of the
prisoners attempted to rescue them while a
sheriff and posse aided by military pas
sengers on the East Tennessee train beat
them back and prevented the shedding OF
human blood In the unlawful attempt to
rescue state prisoners.
"More than once they approached the
prisoners, only to be driven back at the
points of Winchesters in the hands Of Sheriff
Ellis and his three deputies"
'TBroadwater and his gang followed and
suddenly closed in. Breaking through the
military the bowling mob sprang for the
deputies
These three quotations are made as sam
pies of the erroneous statements contained
ia your correspondents dispatch.
We, as citizens, condemn in unmeasured
terms the unlawful acts that have been
committed In our midst and stand ready
now, as we ever have, 20 aid in the sup
preston Of crime, and both by our acts and
influence to secure the conviction and pun
ishment of all evil doors.
We regret the necessity that exists for
this communication.
Sheriff Ellis statement will and does
fully corroborate the statements We here
make, ELIAS &. FORT.
J. G. TUTEN
J. II. BENNETT.
B. r. LEGGETT.
ALBERT. d. AKIN.
I'VE have changed the above card consid-
erably, because we are sure the gentlemen
to do any one an injustice, but simply de-
sire TO put their town right before the pubs
lie The statement OF the correspondent,
which follows this card, shows that he
acted in good faith, and put in his dispatch
only such matters as he CLEANED from those
who arrived in Brunswick on the train that
carried the prisoners. It not infrequently
happens that those who witness disturb
anoes, however slight, give exaggerated &C.
counts Of them without intending to do 80.
MORNING NEws.1
THE CORRESPONDENCE STATEMENT.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Aug. 12.-The state.
county, in to-day's MORNING NEWS deny
ing having given the newspaper men OF
Brunswick the story about Jesup's mob
scare is hardly in accordance with the facts.
Sheriff Ellis gave the information almost
verbatim to the newspaper men as pub
lished in the Brunswick Times and Savau-
nah News and Atlanta Constitution, and
told others than newspaper men the story
Of the attack on one of bis
deputies. Others than Mr.. Ellis told al
most the same story. The telegram as sent
from here should not be criticised, as the in.
formation was furnished by those who were
eye~witnesses. The Brunswick Times and
the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton and the MORNING News are in possess
sion Of additional statements on this SUBJ
ject that support the reports sent out from
Brunswick. These statements will be giver
II it becomes necessary to show that tht
Brunswick newspaper men acted In good
faith.