The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-10

respectable looking. but he brought no baggage
with him, in which case tourist IS generally
required to settle up bis hotel bill in advance,
But in this case an exception was made amt
nothing at all was said about the matter. lie
remained for several days, and would go down
every afternoon in the bus, claiming that he
was expecting his family and wanted to meet
them. He also claimed TO have been United
States marshal under Cleveland. He
one at the inn thought Of suspectng HIN. On
Monday, however, he said he would not walt for
the bus but would walk down TO the depot. lie
borrowed fine silk umbrella from the proprie-
tor, and then showing a $40 bill asked for
loan OF 65 cents as he did not wish TO break the
bill. That was the last seen Of Mr. Rice, the
umbrella, the $50 bill or the 65 cents He went
TO the depot, but he never came back, ana II ls
said that he took the Columbus Southern train
for other quarters.
Talbotton Nel5 Era: w. II. Russell, living
near Belleview, took up COW belonging 70 ms
neighbor, L. B McCrory, which had wandered
on his prennies and cent Mr. McCrOry word by
a negro TO send for the COW and to send along a
dime which was his charge for impoundmg
COWS Mr. McCrory received the message with
his usual calmness told the negro It was not
convenient for him 10 send for the COW Just
then, and ordered him 20 go In his crib and get
some shucks with which TO feed his COW until ne
could send for IT, When the darby entered the
crib Mr.. McCrOrY promptly closed the
door and turned the key on him.
No one relishes a good Joke more
than Mr.. McCrory, and this struck
him az a particularly good opportunity for play
ing one. as soon as he had the dairy Sc
curely locked he wrote and sent the following
message to Mr.. Russell: send IS and nave
your negro released, this Is my charge FOR I'M
pounding negroes as they are much more De
structive than COWS and for the second offenss
I always charge $50" Mr.. Russell came at
once to see about his negro and had him re-
leased after he had been ''impounded" about
two hours without paying Mr.. McCrOrY's i'm
pounding fee. Mr.. Russell was IN toEn last
week looking up the law on false imprisonment
Z ic a brought
against Mr.. McCrory at the next term OK court.
Albany Herald: About eight years ago
negro was murdered in Worth county near Isa-
bella, and for long time the guilty parties re-
manned at large. A little over three years ago,
however, bills of indictment were found against
Lem and Cliff Kearce, two Worth county me-
groes, and they were arrested and charged
with the crime. They we're sent to Dougherty
county iail for safe keeping, and have been con-
fined there ever since. II was discovered that
there was but one witness whose testimony
would throw light on the case, negro by the
name OF Richard Singleton, and he lmmedlaJely
skipped out, or effectually hid himself. when 1t
became known that he was wanted as
witness TO the crime. The con
sequence Is, the Kearce brothers have
been kept in jail for three years now awaiting
the capture of this witness before their trial
could proceed. When It was ascertained that
Singleton had skipped 800 reward was offered
for his arrest and delivery to the sheriff Of
Worth or Dougherty county, and now sam Long
of Isabella comes forward 10 claim that reward,
Mr.. Long located Singleton some DAYS ago and
has been waiting his opportunity. Tuesday
afternoon he found him at Hardaway and
captured him. Singleton was kept in Jail here
over night, but was carried down to Isabella
Wednesday morning, where he will be Kept
until the trial comes of. Now that the I'M
portant witness has been caught the trial will
be taken up at the April term of court, and can
proceed without interruption.
All OF the Piedmont train robbers have at last
been captured and are in the hands Of the law
IN n
tanooga and Chief of Detectives J. V. Jackson
of Memphis have been operating around Rome,
and Tuesday afternoon arrested Dick Harrison,
i7-year-old boy, at the home OF bis father IN
West Rome, and carried to Admission This is
the last of the Piedmont gang, and at Admission
Wednesday Jim Brown and jeff and Dick Har-
rison were put on trial before United States
commissioner. Ever since the last Tennessee
train was held up at Piedmont, on the night of
Oct. 5, and Messenger Tony Rodgers was re-
heved Of $500, Detectives Jackson and
Burns have been hard at work and
have spent months in tramping through the
woods and camping out in the country around
Piedmont. They were forced to undergo great
hardships, but az last succeeded in locating Jim
Brown, quiet farmer in Talladega county. He
was arrested last Saturday night and jailed at
Admission. He confessed after his capture that
he and bis wifes brother, jeff Harrison, had
held up the train, and that they we're assisted
by Dick Harrison, Jeff's younger brother JEFF
Harrison lives in East Rome, and is a brakeman
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad; Dick Harrison lived with his father
in West Rome. Brown also told the detectives
that he and JEFF Harrison held up the train at
the Atlanta junction Just out of East
Rome in December, 1891, and that they
divided the money between them. The
officers then went TO Rome and went
to the house of JEFF Harrison and arrested him
on Sunday. He made violent resistance and
attempted TO shoot Detective Burns with huge
revolver, two of which were found on his per
SON He was carried to Admission, and the Off
GERS then returned to Rome and secured Dick
Harrison. Dick Harrison confessed everything
concerning the Piedmont robbery. The detect
ives say that JEFF Harrison and Jim Brown
used Dick Harrison as a tool to carry ont their
design They left him at the water tank when
they went through the train, and when they
were lying out in the woods after the robbery
they would send him to town for food.