The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-19

| case will 90 before the supreme
! court and win be argued by Messrs Cohen
/ and Ellis. The attorneys for the defendant
argued q motion for a new trial or Satur-
/ day, and Judge Bartlett overruled &c Mon
I day. Only one recourse remained, ana they
! fled bill Of receptions, and Judge Bartlett
( granted a supersedeas order, which arrested
/ the execution. The two prisoners are about
/ the hRppiest negroes south Of the Mason and
! Dixous line, and they are the recipients Of
! countless congratulations from their fellow
/ jail birds.
Louis Lewis was on the point of being
/ hanged at Macon Friday when his lawyer
secured a stay of execution on bill of ex
ceptions When the news of the respite
was broken to Lewis he was beside himself
with JOY. be shook hands with his fellow
prisoners, who warmly congratulated him
on his escape from death. Lewis was just
on the verge Of the great beyond when res
cued by the bill Of exceptions. A gaping
crowd had gathered around the jail TO catch
every whisper Of what they supposed was
dread execution going on within the
enclosure, and the negroes were very
deeply interested in the proceedings. The
crowd remained around the jail uu til after
II o'clock before they were prepared to be-
lieve the news then generally circulated
that Lewis would not hang. The Louis
Lewis case is a remarkable one, having been
before the supreme court twice already, and
each time a new trial was granted. At
tornev John r. Cooper's indomitable zeal
in behalf of his client has saved his neck
twice, and it is probable that the negro may
again 60 before twelve jurors and stand trial
for his life.
At Augusta Tuesday W. Il. Woody as
saulted Bunnell Mitchell, who married his
daughter. Mr.. Woody broke his walking
stick into splinters over Mitchell. In the
fight the men clinched and fell, Mr..
Mitchelrs face struck the rough rocks on a
sharp edge and his oneek was badly cut and
bled profusely Mr. Woody vas on top of
Mitchell and was pounding him unmerci-
fully when Policeman Boston arrived and
separated the belligerents. Mitchell received
a blow in the eye from Woody's
fist, and his organ of vision
Mr.. Woody, in his statement to the court
said he mad learned that Mitchell had
severely beaten his wife, Woody's daughter,
night before last. Mr.. Woody said Mitch-
ell had illtreated his wife several other
times, but that she would keep it a
secret and tell no one. He also testified
that Mitchel's mother once held his
daughter while Mitchell whipped her. Mr..
Woody said he did not ask for the sympathy
OF the court, and all he wanted was justice.
He was furiously mad and threatened TO
jump on Mitchell while under arrest at the
barracks. Mitchell said his father-in law
was only mad because ne had quit living
with his daughter. Mitchell was before the
recorder Monday for having trouble with
his wife aud was fined 81 30. After being
released Mitchell said he would not again
live with his wife.
The case of Charles M. Chisholm, one of
the two men by that name under sentence
ct Atlanta for counterfeitinR, has developed
Unusual, not to say remarkable features
AT his trial young Chisholm pleaded guilty
to the charge OF connterfeiting and was sen
fenced to three years in the Columbus (0.)
penitentiary, and now be is fighting with
great energy for new hearing, 30 that ne
may enter the plea Of not guilty. He conf
IDENTIFY believes that the new trial will be
granted him and he will be cleared of the
grave charge now, hanging over him and
saved long term IN the United States
prison at Columbus, o. Early last fall
Chisholm and his cousin, Charles r. CHS
holm, were arrested by the United States
authorities for making and passing
counterfeit money. The evidence
seemed conclusive. Money freshly
made was found In the house in which the
two Chisholms aud their wives lived, to
gether with all the necessary apparatuses
for coming spurious money. A quantity of
metal for making the counterfeit money
was found In the house. 1t was further
leaFneu CnAt tne money had been made
there for some time and had been extern
sively circulated To a reporter Chisholm
related what he claims are facts in the case
which entitled him to new trial AZ made
a mistake, +" said he. "when pleaded guilty,
for was not guilty. AT the time when |
was arrested the case seemed dead against
me, and there was no hope of my getting
out. was sure TO be convicted, and was
ad vised on every hand to plead guilty, as
it would lessen nv sentence by several
years. People went to my father and told
him that If did not plead guilty
l would be given the extent OF the law,
and he came to me and advised me to enter
that plea. l had no evidence at my trial
to prove my lanocense. but Immediately
after / was convicted evidence enough be-
gan 20 accumulate in my favor. The case
is now at a point where my innocense can
be established. The guilty man has been
found and if am given a new trial l will
be released. None Of the counterfeit money
was found in my room; it was all found in
my cousins room. The whole thing can
be made plain il am given a show" CHS
holm refused to say who the guilty party to
whom he referred was. 1t is supposed that
that be was abiding to Jim Lawshe, who
was implicated in the case at first, and who
has since been arrested on charge of
counterfeiting.