The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-16
NOW WARNER WIS HANGED.
7, uappencd In War Times ana pio NOV
Prove Fatal.

,tror, .bo Memphis Appeal
"uoye ia letter from young man OF
Granville Meriwether county. Ga, and IL
,ooalla a thrilling incident of war times y SAID
cio.L Grady. at Gastons Hotel. last night
..rbe,o l. no reference in the letter. but the
narue II the town always brings TO mlnu inc
~ was about the close Of the late war.
General Johnston's army had suTendere1,
hut the news had not gained currency thfVuIH
the States. at least il was not known AZ Iho
,iwe News Travelled slowly IN those days.
The telegraph wires were all down, YOU
know. and all trains in that part OF the south
had been stopped. 10 was alter SAeIhau
famous march through Georgia ne ue9ol"-
ton that day IN the wake OF that ihaIcH -
the sea is "A matter OF history flnE "a
Greenvile was man who Afterwards p90H 81,
well known throughout tle State Ho va
not Southern born, but when young I'M. I'M
let his home in the North and came south;
He had lust graduated with honor ~ Ouo %
the law schools of the East ana cano r H.
Greenyille 20 practice MS ~, IesS'0 - 20
married a daughter OF wea'tny o VeC-s',,
plauter. He was brilliant young ht'oIuey
and rapidly rose 10 prominence az tne DaI'
lie Was successful. financially ana pIoiess'"n-
when the var between the states began
he had amassed "a large fortune anu vas
known as one Of the weaithiest men ol '"o
IA said. when the incident will tell you
N occurred the Southern COniedericy hau
cone 10 pieces. That magnificent army WIFI
had followed Joseph j.. Johnston to victory
on so many bloody fields had mace its las9
biyouac. the gallant soldiers OF our sou,hihnu
Law scattered on many untented helos' thg
whole south was beloved with graves and
the old soldiers knew that the lag they loFeu
~, we'll must soon 20 down IL le4chk.
WILSON'S cavalry / forget 10 what corps
they belonged. but a part OF the Northern
army. had been fighting At intervals A4OHS lno
Alabama river They finally reached ,'Ieen-
Vile. Being a Northern man by oHth' this
lawyer of whom j speak refused 70 take PAi'
When Wilson'S cavalry reached Greenvlle'
bi4 home had been laid waste bE the Noiln-
ern army. and large portion OF ms property
had been DESTROYED. lie lad on the hpPto"On
of the invaders buried q large amount Oh E"'U'
nbout twenty thousand dollars, THINK. HCIe
one had told Wilson's men of tins ana tney
determined 10 get the money. squad OF inc
men visited the residence of the attorney anu
demanded ms money. lie refused 10 give ~
I'D or tell where II was Ind. j De men were Deh1
ON getting IT, and threatened his ne ne
did not disclose the hidden treasure. lie WAS
obstinate and equally as determined as the
soldiers. The men then It'd him that they
would hang him and putting him on a morse
drove Inn Oh % forest near BY lie was
fold that be would be hanged Ii lie did ngt
teu where the money was. again he refused
telling them that everything he had had Deeh
taken from him that this money was all he
had left 81 support his VIE ana chlAiou' "nD
lie would die before he would give 10 mp.
1.-THE halter Was placed round hls meek ana
over "A limb and his horse driven from under
him. When ne had been there for a minute
the soldiers cut him down and again demand
ed to know where the money was. lie agWu
refused 10 tell Once more he was suspend
ed from the limb and again lowered to the
Ground. This torture was repeated the lhlfl
time. but the brave man still refused 10 give
up his money. saying that be preferred, death
TO poverty he would rather die than deprive
his family Of the only support LETT. ne
fourth time the rope was drawn over u Ihe
limb and he was left dangling IN the air. Inc
cavalry galOped away and lett MN 10 ne. ,,,
Some of the old family servants VINO SIN
loved their owner had followed him ana the
soldiers 10 see what they were going TO 40
with ole marster.' When the men ieit they
ran up and cut the rope ole marster was
nearly dead. lie lay Easping Tor breath.
The faithful servants brought water, ana ny
rubbing his hands and legs and feet; nnally
restored him to life, and bore him back 10 the
house. Ii was close call. and but Tor the
ouick work of the old negroes Georgia would
lave been robbed of one of its most brilliant
statesmen.
WHO was he? None other than Hiram
Warner. after tho war elected TO the supreme
Court OF the State, and for years chief JUS
tice of that tribunal"