The morning news., 1892-03-28


had hearing before United States Com
missioner Erwin Friday and placed uuder
bond. which be failed 70 give, and was re-
turned to jail Wheels has led q rapid
life, and tnough young. is well versed in
crime. His proper name is Hardy Wheelis.
bot Is better known as "Aouch7 Wheels.
Chief Kenan received a letter from
a prominent gentleman in Machen yes
terday, who is well acquainted with
Wheels, and IL viii be seen that he is in
deed bad one The substance OF the letter
is as follows: wheels is wanted in Ogle-
thorpe county for killingl negro, for forg-
lug a note on his father, who is a respecta-
BILE old gentleman, and signing the name OF
a prominsns lady 70 the forged note as wit
ness. He Is also wanted in Athens for steal
ing q buggy and harness from J. F. Rhodes
& Co., livery men Of that city. In Wash
ing ton. Wilkes county, be is wanted for
stealtrg new Standard sewing machine
from A. p. Quinn & Co."
Rome Tribune: Among ths passengers
In the vestibuls on the East Tennessee when
it passed through Rome at O'Clock Satur-
day morning we're very prom nent bride
and groom en- route to Florida. II was
George W. Baldwin. a Maryland youth, and
his cousin and bride. nee Anita Baldwin,
daughter Of well-knoWn Millionaire
Lucky" Baldwin Of San Francisco, Cal.
This couple eloped from san Francisco sew
caused great sensation In the upper ten"
OF Frisco this week, as it was only
made known there last Wednesday.
At East Rome Saturday morning a Tribune
| reporter sent his card into the happy
couple and it was returned with mos
receiving reporters at this time of night"
| written on the back Of il. The stories sent
out say that what makes this elopement
noteworthy 10 that the girl was heiress to
| SIC, ,000,0 900 IL she hadn't married young
George w. Bald win, whom the old ,nau de-
tests. As 1t is, baldwin will probably give
her only a few thousand dollars. Anita is
IL, very pretty and accomplished, and
about the only human bsing the old mill
| lionaire really cares for. He was proud of
her beauty aud intelligence and said If she
married to suit him he would give her his
70. .000-acre Santo Anita ranch which Is
worth fully 100000.
| Arlington Courier: A lease OF kidnap-
| ing has created some excitement in the
Brooks neighborhood, above Button, dur
ing the past week. Arthur Bigbie is q
young man Of 21 or % years OF age
| who. with a man named Collins, rented
the Sutton place, near Edison, and pitched
a crop. For some reason they soon became
| dissatisfied, aud a short time since they
disposed of such Of their effects as they could
ind sale for and, taking a team Of Sutton's
| removed the remainder to some point on the
Chattahooohee river, leaving Mr.. Suttoa
minus considerable quantity OF supplies
ana With poorly advanced crop on his
| hands. In the meantime il seems that
Bigoie had gained the confidence and affec-
4 tion OF daughter Of r. W. Brooks and.
| encouraged by Collins, under the promise of
marriage. he induced her TO accompany
him to their rendezvous on the Chat
tahoochee, where they had engaged in
fishing for livelihood. The father Of the
4 ri ttD ,fv.es % ks. L..
followed in pursuit. The fleeing parties had
gotten good start, however, and up to last
| accounts had managed to evade him. A
fisherman on the river reported that he had
| seen the parties, and that in order to disguise
her identity the girl had been forced
| TO wear mems clothing. He also stated that
she seemed deeply mortified and In great
| trouble, and was crying as IL her heart
would break. Mr.. Brooks made diiigent
inquiry, and satisfying himself that the
| couple had not been married he secured a
warrant for their arrest The warrant was
placed in the hands of Sheriff Black of
| Early county. which means that the girl
will soon be restored to her parents and
| Bigbie will be languishing in durance vile
provided that they are not married.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: On the arrival
| OF the steamer Apalachee Friday Capt.
Moore told q thrilling story of a tragedy
that occurred on his boat during her last
trip. Capt. Moore was seen by a reporter
for the Enquirer-Sttn, and his story Ia as
follows: just before the Apalachee left her
dock at Apalachicola a well-dressed negro
came on board and asked the clerk for
cabin passage to Columbus On the upper
| deck OF the boat and above the state rooms
| reserved for the white passengers are situ-
ated number of small cabins, which are
| hired to colored people who wish to travel
on hrst-class tickets. The late arrival looked
like quiet. well-behaved man, and the
! clerk, without hesitation, assigned him to a
room and handed him the key. After the
steamer had started on her journey
| ana had reached point several
| miles up the river the clerk remembered the
weil-dressed negro, aud sent a porter up to
the room 90 tell him to come down and nav
bis fare. In few minutes the porter cams
back and informed che clerk that the pas
senger not only refused to pay, but had
cursed him in the most violent manner for
daring to asking him for money. The clerk
ordered the porter Co return once more and
| tell the man IL he did noe come down Inn
mediately and settle be would be sent for
and then he would be in serious trouble Ths
porter went off on his errand and moment
later he loud report of a pistol startled
everybody on board. Capt Sommercamp
and several Of mis- officers immediately
rushed to the upper cabin, and there thev
found the passenger standing over the body
OF the porter with a smoking pistol in his
hand. Capt. Sommercamp struck the
weapon from the mans hand before he could
do any damage, and while he
cursed everybody near him he
was tied and locked up in a room with iron
bars to the window. AS soon as the des>
perate man had been dlsarmed, the atten-
| tion of the officers of the boat was turned TO
| the porter, who was still groaning on the
| floor. When he had been laid in a bed it
was found that his clothes were burned and
wound was found in the center of the alb
domen. A closer investigation showed that
the wound was only slight one, and that
| the ball was located just underneath the
| skin. When the porter was convinced
that he was not about to die, be
explained that when he returned
to the passengers room with the
clerks message, he found him seated on a
| chair with pistol In his hand, and before
he had time to say a word the man leaned
| forward, placed his pistol against his
stomach and fired. Fortunately for the
porter, the muzzle rested against button,
and this saved bis life. When the steamer
reached Blunstown the dangerous passenger
was sent ashore to the jail. aud a charge of
attempted murder was made against nim.
Farther up the river Capt. Sommercamp
was surprised and dIsgusted to hear that the
| justice Of the peace, before whom the man
was taken for commitment, had turned him
loose. The company had no idea, however.
| OF allowing SO dangerous a criminal In oo