The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-12
BROOKS STATION STIRRED.
ALLEGED DiabOliCdl Crime in Fayctte
County.

Two Well Connected Young Men Said
70 Have Committed a Heinous Crime
for which LynchinR is the Usual Ez-
nation The Victim the Fair Daugh-
ter of a welI-to-do Farmer Of Fay
atte County-Omcers After the Prin-
cipals in the Affair
Carorlton. Ga. Aug l1.-What seems
70 have been a diabolical crime came TO
LIGHT at Brooks station, Fayette county,
aoout fifteen miles this side Of Griffin.
"Wednesday A heinous crime, it is al
legged. was committed last Sunday, the
details Of which are horrifying in the ex-
IRENE and it is said much
TALK OF LYNCHISG
the perpetrators has been INDUCED in by
indignant citizens.
VERY SERIOUS NATTER.
Walter Reeves and John Price are ac-
cused of assaulting Miss Dora Bishop, a
beautiful and highly respected young
lady. and daughter OF John Bishop,
well-to-do farmer living two miles north
of Brooks station. Miss Bishop says that
John Price made an engagement to carry
her to church Sunday night, and came
for her in his buggy at the appointed
hour. The young lady was ready, and
she was assisted into the buggy by young
Price, who drove away toward the
church. They had travelled some dis
tance when Price stopped the buggy and
Walter Reeves came up to the vehicle out
of a deep wood. The young lady says she
was
DRAGGED FROM THE BUGGY
by the two young men and assaulted un-
der threat of instant death. Later she
started to run to her home, but
was caught by young Price and
nut back in the buggy
He told her he would kill her if she at
tempted to run. or even if she ever made
known what had been done, and to fur
ther intimidate her
PRICE DREW A PISTOL
and waved it over her head. Price then
carried the young lady on to the church,
and back to her home, where he left her.
He gave her special notice not to divulge
what had happened. The young lady
was in tears all next day, and late in the
afternoon her mother coaxed her to di-
vulge the cause of her distress.
WARRANTS WERE SWORN OUT
next morning for Reeves and Prices ar
rest, and Wednesday Reeves was caught;
but Price has skipped the county. The
whole county was aroused, and, although
young Reeves belongs TO one of the most
noted families of Fayette and Spaiding
counties he came near being lynched.
He had a preliminary trial to-day at
Brooks station, and Notwithstanding that
the young lady, whose reputation for We
racity has never been doubted, swore pos
itively to the facts as stated above, JUS
tice Carson turned him loose. The PEG
pie are highly indignant over the action
of the Justice, who is a cousin to Price,
one of the accused parties, and they have
petitions numerously signed, which will
be presented to him,
ASKING HIM TO RESIGN.
These citizens are going to send the
same petitions to the papers for publica-
tion. News is abroad that young Reeves
was advised to leave the country after
the trial and he did so posthaste. All
the parties are well connected in Fayette
and adjoining counties Walter Reeves
is a son of Hon. Crockett Reeves, deceased
once a leading citizen of the county and
who belonged to one of the largest and
best families of Middle Georgia. John
Price is son of Samuel Price,
a well-known citizen of the
county, and Miss Dora Bishop is also well
connected Justice Carson's excuse for
turning Reeves lose is that if she had
been assaulted, as she says, he does not
see why she accompanied Price on to
church. The people will hold an indigna-
ton meeting Late tonight news comes
that the officers are close after Price. He
was seen near Bremen, twelve miles
north of here