The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-14
ANOTHER HORRIBLE CRIME
Rome Stirred by a Second Revolving
Find in the Woods.

The Body Of Young, Respectable and
Harmless White Man Found in a
Well in the Vicinity of the Shugar-
man Murder-Itis Riddled With Bull
lets-Evidence That a Gang of Pro-
fessional EIurderers Infests the
Neighborhood, Making the Lives of
the People Unsafe in the Last De
gree-Two Arrests Last Night.
Rome, Ca, Sept 13-Murder and mys-
terry are the two words on the lips of ev-
cry one here just now, and the whole com
munity is shocked that within eight
miles of the city of Rome, crimes are
committed that compare in audacity with
the widest tales of the west and equal in
cruelty the bIackest deeds of barbarism
The thought of each Roman living in
the suburbs or country is to arm himself,
some preferring body guards, Scarcely
had the excitement caused by the inhu-
man murder of Sugarman reached its
hight, when apprehensions were had of
the safety of young cara Sheats who
left Rome shortly after Sugarman did
and has not been seen since.
IN " ELL, hlDDl4EJ Win b Ila1lEAos
To-day the news reached Rome that
within one-half mile of the spot where
the dogs tore poor Shugarmans flesh
from his body, young Sheats had been
found in the bottom of an old well with
his body riddled with bullets. The news
spread like fire and the excitement ran
high. A party composed of the sheriff
n, nd 70, ho
port proved true. Sheats' body was de-
cayed. He was recognized by his cloth
ing. The young man was about
% years old and steady,
! intelligent boy. His parents are among
| the first people, and the family is one Of
| the oldest in the country. There were
| found four bullet holes in Sheats' shoulder
and neck. Like the murder of Shugar-
man, that Of Sheats is a profound mys-
| terry. The murders both occurred about
nine miles from Rome, near where a big
| Methodist camp meeting had lately been
in progress.
| AN IMMORAL DEN.
The most reliable theory so far ad-
vanced for the murders is that near this
| place a lewd woman named MOllie Dar-
! ling and several others carried on a house
! of i'll fame; that in all proba bility
/
| lanta with him were there, 1t is thought
that crowd of country toughs banded
| together and murdered these men, who
were from the city, perhaps because they
| visited the house. On yesterday and to-
| day several search warrants We're sworn
| out for parties living in the neighborhood
near the spot where the dead bNdies were
! found. The officers have made diligent
| search, but as yet no arrests or good sus-
| picious have been made. Justice Tread
away excited the temper of the people on
| yesterday by refusing to issue a warrant
| for the arrest of his nephew, and by
then jumping on a horse and running to
his nephew's house and warning him that
| a search warrant would soon be issued
for him.
Shugarmans brother has been here
since yesterday, in company with his at
tOrney, in an effort to get on the track of
| the murderers. Whether the murderers
will ever be brought TO trial is doubtful
but it is certain that never before was so
much excitement caused by any event,
not even by the Mckee and WilkersOn
tragedies.
TWO ARRESTS LAST NIGHT.
Josh Young and Emanuel Whisenant
have been arrested tonight and lodged in
jail, charged with the murder. They are
young white men living in the locality of
the crime. They deny any knowledge Of
the crime. The evidence against them is
circumstantial.