The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-05

CORReIl'S Story Of an Attack on Him
Declared Untrue.

Reputable Citizens Insist That Con-
nell Was Crazed by Liquor and Ran
.Ar,uclx Along the Public Highway.
Additional Indignation Caused by
the Release of Cornell on Bond,
Ouitman. Ga. Aug. THE people here
arr more and more indignant over the
brutal murder of Charles jenkins, a
negro. by John @. Council, white man,
Wednesday afternoon Fuel was added
70 the flames this morning when
the sheriff of Brooks county
received letter from Sheriff
Doss. of Thomas county, stating that Con
nell had given himself up at brownsville
yesterday and been released on a bond
Of $1,000. The particulars show
the murder 10 have been
as unprovoked as was ever perpetrated.
Cornell had passed the negro and his
house a hundred yards, got out of his
roadcart, hitched his horse, went through
the house threatening to shoot some chill
dren there and then walked another hun
dred Yards or more beyond the house
where jenkins was at work by the road
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shot him down and killed him.
UNKNOWN BY TIE NEGRO.
The negro had never seen or heard of
Connen before. and knew nothing Of his
presence until he saw him within five
feet with his pistol leveled on him. Con
nell did not know the negro and had
never spoken to him. He was crazy
drunk. and wanted TO kill somebody. Be
fore he rot to Jenkins house he made
Mai Mcdonald, of this place, leave the
road at the point of a pistol, held up and
threatened to kill a Mr.. Renew, whom he
met in the road, because Renew would
not give all the road quick enough, and
called another negro out Of his house and
shot at him. After killing Jenkins he shot
his own horse and tried to shoot himself,
terrOrized the women and children at the
homes of Matthew and Ordinary Mead
ows held up Mr. Harrell, whom he met on
a turnpike, threatened to shoot both him
and his mule and would have done so had
MIR. Harrelrs father not taken the pistol
away from him.
2UITMANITEs INDIGNANT.
The people here are indignant that a
man should ride across half a county
shoot down an innocent victim and terror,
ize men, women and children and then be
released on paltry 81 900 bond. Judge
Hansell is out of the circuit at Indian
Springs, and it is believed here that If he
authorized the bond the case was grossly
misrepresented to him. The opinion of
the best legal talent here is that under
the code of Georgia, a Judge, while out of
his circuit, has not the authority to au-
thoriZe a bond in a case of this kind. This
being the law, even if Judge Hansel did
authorize the bond, it Is nothing but a
straw bond and Council can leave with
impunity when it suits him.
THE BROWNSVILLE STORY.
The Townsville dispatch in tO-day's
MORNING News to the effect that Council
was set upon and fired at by gang of
negro desperadoes is the veriest non
sense and absolutely without foundation.
Sheriff Doss' suspicion that the notorious
John Plummer was leading a murderOus
gang hasn't as much substance as a
dream If this was the tale told by Con-
nell in Townsville it was purely an in
vention of his own. Public opinion here,
where the particulars of the brutal muir
der are known. is intense againt Council
and the fact that his victim was a negro
does not palliate the crime.
JUDGE HANsELL CENsURED.
Judge Hansell is strongly censured for
allowing n bond without having inquired
more fully into the merits of the case.
The tale that Cornell told in Townsville
must have been telegraphed him, and,
taking it for granted that it was true, he
ordered him released on a bond of 81 600.
There was some talk here to-day of call
ing an indignation meeting and protest
ing against this action, but this will not be
done The sentiment of all classes is that
Council should now be in Jail and be made
'tO Guffnp the Dpn1ltV Of his crime