The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-14

George Stanford also struck Seabrooks with
a stick. SeabrOoks' skull was bro ken.
Father and son have been arrested.
Annie Seal, y's house on Thompson street
| at Atlanta was discovered on fire again Nom
| day night and came near burning down.
! 1t was evid emily the work Of incendiaries,
{ and the detectives went to work on the
case. AS result Annie Searcy was arrested
charged with arson. Some little time be
fore the alarm was given in, neighbors OF
the SeaTcy woman sent for an officer, a1d
| Policeman Patterson RESPONDED. They told
him that there was fire next door, and be
went over 70 investigate. The proprietress
came to the door and told him it was
merely some rags burning. Not long after
ward Minnie Thompson and Florence
Brown, who live at the place. returned from
the police station, where they had been as
witnesses against an officer before the police
commission. They discovered the fire
and gave the alarm. The department
quick " responded and in a few minutes
puto q { the blaze, which was in the two
rooms Of the women who gave the alarm.
The detectives found that no one had been in
the house except Annie Searcy and two
negro servants.
Rev. CASTOR, the promoter of the African
emigration scheme at Atlanta is in W ash
ington, New York, or perhaps Canada,
with about $4,000 in his possession. His
800 followers are mostly in Atlanta, nurs-
ing with uncertain hope q certificate for
which they paid $50, emitting them, ac-
cording to tae printed contract on its face,
10 transportation to Liberia. Gaston's
name appears on the margin Of the certltl-
cate. CASTOR keeps his own counsel. He
has no lieutenants. His followers know
nothing except that he said he wanted
certain amount of money to hire ship to
carry them to Africa, and they paid IN the
stipulated amount This about sums up
the African Emigration Associations
situation at present. Some time
ago CASTOR told the association
members in public meeting that he would
be able to chip 500 of them to Liberia on
Jan. s; that the arrangements for transpor-
tation to New York had already been made
and that the ship was there ready to sail to
Africa, Two weeks ago he left for New
York The appointed day for the de-
parture Of the emigrants came and passed,
but not a word came from the man of
whom they were expecting SO much. Sew
eral private meetings have been held by
members OF the association to debate the
matter, and try to get word of encourage
ment from the leader, but so far all efforts
in the latter direction have proved futile.
Albany News and Advertiser: On Christ
mas day party entered the Hotel Mayo in
bold, plain hand registered az sc. l..
Burnett, Knoxville, Tenn" He stated to
the landlady that he would probably be
there for some time and proceeded to enjoy
the hospitality of the house. This party
claimed to be an insurance agent, and after
being guest of the hotel for a week, Mrs.
Mayo, the landlady, received letter from
Mrs. McAfee, Of the McAfee house at Smith
vile, warning her Of this party. The letter
stated that this party registered
under different name everywhere
he went and had worked the
dead-beat racket on every hotel from Ma
con southwark. The letter also stated that
some correspondence having been received
theirs showed that his real name was Bur
nett, and that his home Is Gainesville. Ga,
Mrs. Mayo then began TO make efforts to
get some money from the party, but he put
her of with promises and finally said he
would go out and get it. Returning he
offered disappointment as his excuse,
and going TO his room pleaded sick
ness. He was roominR on the second
floor and the porter saw him make two or
three trips down stairs that night after all
other guests had retired and finally thinking
that he might need some attention went to
his room to see what could be done. Much
to the porter's surprise the room was vacant.
The man. with his baggage, was gone and
has never been seen or heard of since He
had evidently taken his baggage downstairs
and uuiatlV RtOla ayav