The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17
THREE NURDERERS AT BAY
Mysterious Trio Of ASSaSSinS Sur
rounded in a Swamp.

They Boldly Board Train, After
Leaving Which They Murder in
Cold Blood an Inoffensive Farmer.
Hunted Down by a Posse, They
Fire Into It and Wound Two Men.
They Then Retreat to Wood, and
Last Night Were Hemned in by
Hundreds of Avengers-Who They
Are Not Known-Great Excitement
in Floyd and Chattooga.
Rome, Ca, Sept. 16.-And now it is
Chattooga county's turn. She furnishes
a sensation that eclipses In excitement
and interest the recent murders in Floyd.
At this writing five hundred armed men
have surrounded a swamp of sixty acres
in which are three murderers whose
tracks since morning are marked with
blood. Like some beast of the field at
bay, these men in the heart of the swamp
are awaiting the inevitable, which is
death. Like body guards five hundred
men will keep watch during the night,
and when the morrow dawns will riddle
the murderers with bullets.
THREE ARMED sCoUNDRELs.
But the worst of the story is that
which leads up to this. About noon to-
day, when the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus freight train reached Il wood
near Lyerly, Ga, three men, presumably
negroes, stopped the train and boarded it.
The conductor ordered them of, but one
of the three, presenting a Winchester at
him, told him to ''move the train on" At
Raccoon Mills further on, the three left
the train, and the conductor Immediately
telegraphed to Summerville, at which
place the marshal, Tom Murphy, organ
lied posse and went in pursuit.
THEIR FIRST VICTIM.
The pursuing party struck the trail,
and few miles from Summerville came
on an old white man, James Hall. He
was dead His body was warm, for the
murderers had just left him. The old
man was unarmed and was killed while
walking quietly along the edge of the
woods. Soon the posse came on the out
laws, and the battle began. Arlington,
one of the posse, fired first.
TWO OF THE POSSE NEXT WOUNDED.
His fire was returned, a Winchester
ball wounding him slightly in the head.
Far several minutes the fusilade was
kept up, until brave Tom Murphy fell,
shot in the nip. Reinforcements having
come to the assistance of the mar
shals party, the outlaws re
treated to the swamp, where they
are now at bay The latest reports say
that Murphy's wounds are not fatal
One of the outlaws is wounded and has
bled freely.
THEIR IDENTITY UNKNOWN.
Who are the three? That's the mystery
Many people believe that the outlaws are
none other than the famous Morrow boys
and Chester Scott, who killed the sheriff
of Gordon county year ago, and that
they are disguised as negroes. Others
believe that they are negroes, and are
none other than the highway robbers who
killed Sugarnan and Sheats.
CALLING FOR FLoYD's SHERIFF.
Late this afternoon a telegram came
from TIyOn, Ca, asking the sheriff of
Floyd to come and assist in the capture,
and that it was believed that one of the
men was Chester Scott, who recently
broke Jail at Rome. 1t has been decided
by the men who have surrounded the
swamp that no effort will be made to-
night to capture the outlaws. as it will in
all probability result in the death of
other members of their posse
RETNFORCEMENTs POURING IN.
The 500 guards are receiving reinforce
ments each hour, and it is probable that
900 men will have assembled by morn
ing. Whoever the guilty parties are. it is
certain that by tomorrow morning, at
least, they will have fallen victims to an
avenging people, and their bodies will be
given as prey to the fowls of the air and
the beasts of the fields.