The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-08
BAKERsvILLR's FAIRY TALE
The Citizens Of the Town Highly In
dignant Over the Yarn.


dignant Over the Yarn.
CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. IA special from
Asheville, N. c., to the Post says: Calvin
Snipes, the murderer. smiled when he
learned through a correspondent, the FIRST
outsider to reach isolated Bakersville, how
much excitement his alleged lyRching had
created all over the country and Europe.
Nothing whatever had been heard In Bakers.
Vile OF the reported trouble until the cor
respondent rode thirty-five miles through
the widest mountain country to find out the
true state Of affairs The region is almost
tmpenetrable from the railroad station on
account Of two weeks of the severest winter
weather known here Ia years. The
mountain roads are full Of drifted
snow and much of the newspaper
mans trip was made IN the night
time through fierce blizzard. Snow fell
so thick as absolutely to blind person, and
the rider had really to rely on the instinct
of the horse to keep from losing himself.
The river, up In the mountain, was frozen
over strong enough to bear up 4-horse
team and hauling was being done over 1t.
The thermometer was at zero.
THE CITIZENS INDIGNANT.
The citizens of Bakersville and Mitchell
county are highly indignant at the lying
reports sent out by the man who started the
story, and could they get their hands on
him 10 would probably 90 bard with him.
"The section has never been more quiet
than during the past week, when the
trouble is said to have taken place.
"Snipes will stand trial In May and Soma
think he may be acquitted Of the orims
charged against him. Osborne. who was
killed in August, is said not to have enough
friends to get up lynchinG party.
Tom and viii Whitson, two other pris-
ouers, who were said TO have been lynohed
at the same time with Sntpes, are noe In
Bakersville Jail at all. They are in Jail here
at Asheville, instead. and are 10 be hanged
Feb. "a for the murder Of Kit Burgs ia
Mitchell county"
BAKERsVILLK INDIGNANT.
| JOHNSON CITY, TENN. Jan. z. - The
many untrue and libelous statements printed
during the present week in regard to the
bloody riot, which it was alleged occurred
In Bakers lille, Mitchell county, North
Carolina, on Jan. 3, have caused much in
dignation among the peaceful citizens of this
fiourishing little city. When the United Press
reporter arrived here late this afternoon
business men generally deprecated the OK.
tensive circulation which has been given Ia
the fabrication, and declared its utter
falsisy.
J. W. Hyams, who IL generally held re.
sponsible for the fabrication and publioa.
tion of the highly colored and sensational
statements which have been sent out from
Johnson City, is not q relative Of Joe Mul-
hatton, but son OF W. 8. Hyams, clerk OF
Mitchell county superior court. He Il
about 25 years old he was born and reared
in Bakersville, and his journalistic career
has been limited to his present meteoric
experience. He came TO this city one week
ago yesterday and endeavored to secure en-.
ployment on the Daily Comet, where hi,
brother is q compositor, but without success
The preponderance of opinion favors the
theory that the story was originated solely
as a speculation and was worked in collu
sion with a representative at Marion, N
c., from which point stories Of q most a.
tonishing and CORY character were sent tc
various metropolitan paperA Hyans gives
as his authority for bis produotions two
persons whom nobody else knows or has
heard of. The Whitson boys, who, accord
ing to Hyams, were lynched with Calvin
Snipes. are in the AsheviIls jail. Every
name in Hyams' list Of killed and wounded
Is fictitious.