The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-03

/ covered till time comes to an end. Its last
/ act is as detective of thievery and de-
| strOyer Of ill-gOtten gaius. This particular
| mule, name unknown, is the property Of
| negro named Gus MoLendon at Concord.
! Last Thursday night about o'clock he and
a friend named Jim Strickland were driv-
! lag it past the church in that peaceful
/ village when it kicked up its hind heels,
/ threw out the bale Of cotton in the wagon
and ran away. 1t was caught and persuaded
/ TO bring IN the cotton to Griffin where il
| was weighed at Coles warehouse and sold
4 TO Herring Bros. for SOL. But after the
racket in Concord, Gus concluded to have
nothing more 20 do with the Transaction, SO
Jim paid up few debts and started home
with load OF furniture. On the way 10 ne
the mule ran away again, throwing out the
furniture and breaking it up. In the mean
time people who had been called % the
scene OF tie first runaway investigated the
matter and found that neither Gus nor Jim
had any cotton belonging 10 them IN a law
ful way. The natural conclusion was that
something was wrong, so G. w. Strickland
came to town Saturday evening and found
the cotton. Bnt on his return, after having
the negro arrested, he could find nobody
who had missed a bale. There was about
2OO bales at the gin, but there was no one
who had missed any cotton. However, they
TOOK away $40 that Jim Strickland had left
and turned him loose on bond, and now they
are looking for the man that was robbed.
IL is thought that the cotton came from
Merlwether county.
Sells s. Rentfrow's circus, which gave ex-
hibitions at Milledgevllle Wednesday,
found MilledgevilliRns a harder people to
rob and bulldoze than they expected. Con-
nected with their show were all kinds Of
moneymaking contrivanoes and gam bling
devices calculated to make an extra nickel
or rob an unsuspecting visitor. Most notably
of the latter was shell game or ''thimDle
ring, )" the operator Of which succeeded in
taking in a great number of people by OUT
right robbery. Among those who lost their
money in this manner was prominent far.
mer OF Hancock county, who was short the
amount Of the worth OF three bales
Of cotton after a few minutes trial OF
the game. The gentleman felt greatly OUT
ragged when he realized how he bad been
duped, and straightway reported the matter
TO the authorities. Sheriff c. w. Ennis
called on the manager of the circus and de-
manded that the money that had been
taken from the several people who had
risked the gambling games, be refunded, or
the hole show would De put under arrest.
The irate farmer was made glad by the re-
turn of his money, and the operation OF the
gambling devices was temporarily sus-
pended. During the nights performance,
however, number of other dupes reported
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deprived of certain amounts, and asked
for its return. In the meantime the whole
town had been worked up to
high state of excitement on account
of the threatening attitude the circus
people had maintained. and they were per-
fectly right when they surmised that there
would be resistance on the part Of the circus
crowd If they we're again approached by
the sheriff. Capt. Ennis, however, with
two deputies, commenced immed lately af-
ter the performance to look for the gam
blers connected with the show. 1t was some
time before they could be spotted and when
the officers entered a hut where they were
concealed a dozen revolvers flashed In the
moonlight streaming through the door and
for awhile IL looked very much like there
would be an open fight. On account Of the
heavy odds against them the officers de-
layed matters until a runner, who had been
sent out TO deputize number of assistants
for the sheriff, should return, when the whole
circus was placed under arrest. BY this
time several hundred people had gathered
about the place and IL was feared there
would be trouble of a serious nature before
the matter could be- properly settled.
Finally, however, the circus people decided
that it would be better for them to COM
promise matters by returning the illegally
acquired wealth, which was done under
protest. 1t was several hours before every
thing was quoted down.