The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

I'm this county three years ago and sent to
the penitentiary for ten years.
The ease created Il great deal of interest,"
at the time. Whitlock was well known and
popular and his trial attracted wide atten-
ton. He Went into "a saloon with Neil Beld-
Ing and they became involved i'll a quarrel
which finally resulted in violence and Belb
ing fell to the floor with a bullet in his
breast and soon expired.
After his trial and conviction an at
tempt was made TO get a new trial. and
pending. the appeal Whitlock suffered Sc
verely from ulcers and was allowed to be
taken home. The new trial was refused
ami he went To the penitentiary, where he
has been sick a long time. From the res
port Of DR.. O'Daniel, longer confinement
would probably end his life.
Ijch Lowry Arrested.
Macon, Ga, May 31.-(Special)-Ric
Herring, alias Rich Lowry, the hired as
sasSin of Captain John c. Forsyth, has
been identified and is now on his way
from Richmond, Va, to Bibb county Jail.
SO often has the report reached Macon
that this noted criminal had been caught
in one corner of the country or another
that the authorities here were doubtful
when the news was brought in this time
lie was arrested at Suffolk, Va, the
week before last and on Sunday afternoon
Marshal COrbett acting on the order of
the attorney general, left for Virginia to
identify the arrested suspect.
He IL Not Rich Lowry.
Tom Alanley, the suspect, who was
brought from Virginia under the belief
county Jail, but he is not Rich Lowry, and
the probability is that he will be sent back
home tomorrow. He says that he is rat
tied, but that if he is given sufficient op-
portunity To collect himself he will account
for every day he has spent in the last six
years.
Wet or Dry in Augusta.
Augusta, Ga, June 2-(Special. THE
prohibition election has been called. 1t will
be held Friday, July LIST, four weeks from
tomorrow. The date was fixed upon by Or
binary Walton this morning, after COM
petlng an examination of the prohibition
petition. The petition. originally pre-
scented by the prohibitOnists, contains 967
names. As it stands now after the verti-
cation, ii contains the signatures of only
Isl qualified voters who desire to run the
county dry. The ordinary, after Il careful
count, found there were 2.217 qualified
voters on the tax digest The local option
law requires that one-tcnth of the qualified
voters of the county shall sign the petition
before the ordinary will have authority to
Issue Il call. The prOhibitiOnists have fifty
six names more than the requisite one
tenth, as there are 2S4 legalized petitioners
on their list, and all they needed was 22S
BignerS.
/ he Hftilblilpn ISuL Is HOW Oh III redHty,
and there will be lively times in the city
and county for the next thirty
days. There viii be Il big rush
Of voters to Collector BOILERS
office TO qualify. so as to make themselves
Eligible to vote either the wet or dry ticket.
The registry books are now open ard will
be kept open until ten days before the cleo
ton.
Two Convicts Shot.
Thursday afternoon just before o'clock
Ne convicts working at the camps were
forced To quit work on account of the
heavy rain that came up. They gathered
under shelter at the brick works and the
guards with guns III hand kept strict watch
Of their movements.
But suddenly great rush was made in
she rear of the crowd and three of the con
yicts were dashng madly across the fields
to escape. Tie guard didn't see them un-
til too late to demand time to halt, but two
other guards coming up from behind
Glanced to meet them and shouted to them
to stop or take their lives in their own
hands. The convicts We're led by Jack
Bowen, noted desperate, and they were
all white men. ,
They paid no attention to the guards