Huntsville gazette., 1893-06-10
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Goes to a Convict Camp.

Gccs 70 convict camp.
w, 8. Beresford, who has figured
around Georgia and New York as Lord
Beresford, has been taken to a Georgia
convict camp.
He will serve penal term OF six years for
forgery. The man, IL Is now established. IL
eold impostor, and Is in no way related to the
arlstocratic Beresfords. OF England; nor, in
deed, Is that his name at all. Three years
ago Mrs. Lillienthal wealthy lady of New
York, with her daughter was returning
home from England. The alleged Lord
Beresford was passenger. One day he claimed
to have dropped his money wallet into the sea.
whereupon Mrs. Lillienthal loaned him s,400.
At the same time he made love to the daugh-
ter, but this was objected to by the mother.
He then turned up in Georgia as syndicate
operator and caught Col Hamilton for Al 900.
as well as others Before he was arrested he
had succeeded In marrying the rich Miss LII.
henthal and when he came hack prisoner shs
came with him. With this lineage he gained
sympathy enough to keep him ont OF Jail after
his conviction. during which time he went into
business and again victmlzed the people heav-
fly He then fed abandoning his wife, next
turning up in New York, attempting to black
mail his mother-in-law. Returned to Georgia,
he fought his case up to the United States
supreme court. Now, having reached the end
OF his rope, he has gone to serve his sentence.
An Aged Admirer Of jackson.
William Hurst, for fifty eight years
a resident of Louisville, KY, died the
other night.
Tho deceased was "a years 6months and . DAYS
old. He leaves three children fifteen grand.
children and twenty four great grandchildren
and eleven Observation-Disclosures Mr..
Hurst had probably teen mason longer than
anyone in the state, he' having joined the order
| in 1919, the same year in which he became
member OF the Methodist church. He remem-
| bered Gen. George Rogers Clarke distinctly,
and the battles OF New Orleans and Tippecanoe
we're thoroughly impressed upon his mind. An
drew Jackson was the man whom he especially
admired, and he always kept portrait OF the
old hero, which he himself had framed with
hickory poles during the Clay cam
paign, hanging In his he'd room.
COMMITTED His Sentence.
Gov. Northen of Georgia has COM
muted the death sentence of DIR. Won
Polniz to imprisonment for life.
He Is German baron, who had previously
been the husband OF two wel-connected South
Carolina ladies. both OF whom are dend.
Going TO cambridge, Ca, he met Miss
Pullen, schoolteacher, and the daugh-
| ter OF Baptist preacher whom he mar.
| ried He whipped her one day. when she
returned to her father, dying shortly after:
| and coroner's inquest held her husband re.
sponsibe for her death, and be was tried. The
| testimony developed the fact that In ft of
| anger and drunkenness he knocked his wife
down and stamped her He was sentenced TO
| death. The case was taken to the supreme
| court where a new. trial was refused. Won
| Polniz was then resentenced.
jefferson Davis Children.
The remains of Joseph, William
Henry and Samuel Emory Davis, sons
Of the late jefferson Davis, and his
grandson, jefferson Davis Hayes, were
reinterred in the Davis section at Hol-
| lywood cemetery, at Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Davis and her immediate family,
together with Mayor Ellyson, president
Of the jefferson Davis Monument asso-
citation, alone witnessed the consign-
ment of the bodies to the graves.
There was no funeral ceremony what
ever.
site OF the Dav Wis Monument.
| It is understood that il the wishes Of
Mrs. Davis are respected in regard to
| the locati of the monument which
| win perpetuate the memory Of the con
| federate president il will not be placed
| in Monroe park, Richmond, Va, as pro-
posed. Mrs Davis, it is said, favors the
grounds of the soldiers home, at Rich
mond, as the most appropriate site. In
deed, vast numbers Of eX-confederates
think that the soldiers home grounds
is the most suitable place that could be
selected outside of Hollywood cemetery.
A Catholic School Closed.
Bethlehem academy, "a Catholic school
for young ladies at Holly Springs,
Miss, closed its doors permanently the
other day.
The magnificent property will Re offered for
sale The institution was founded shortly
| after the close or the war. The sisters will re-
turn 10 the parent institution At Bardstow
| XIV insufficient patronage and the ne ed Of the
| sisters services in other fields is the reason
assigned for closing.
A Hydrophobia Victim.
Marion Hitchcock, aged 30, Of John
son county, Ky, died from hydropho-
| bia.
About two months ago dog owned BY his
| brother was a victim of hydrophobia and was
| killed The unfortunate man carted the carcass
| 10 the woods where II was buried II Il sup
posed that while placing chain around the
| neck OF the dead animal he was inoculated
with the dreaded disease.
Blew on His Head.
William Wilson, farmer, committed
suicide on farm several miles west Of
Lebanon KY, while out hunting. VIII
son was seen to place the muzzle Of the
gun under his chin and pull the trig-
ger, blowing his head off.
Killed by Lightning.
During thunder and rain-storm at
Memphis, Tenn, an electrician motor
man named Carey was struck by light