The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-29


Robinson then fired and killed Powell and
escaped. although the posse pursued him
1 close
Much curiosity has been expressed on
. all hands at Atlanta as 90 the contents Of
Z Harry Hills new book, which he is now
! busly preparing in jail 10 will contain
history of Hills personal experiences
and will even 90 into the details Of his
/ later life, the events Of which have been
. so surprising to the general public No
names will be mentioned except such tic-
titious ones as are selected by the author.
/ 1t is believed that the book viii create
sensation when published. Nearly every
mail has brought letters from publishers,
both local and from other states offering
a handsome sum for the manuscript.
! From Chicago and New York entcrprls-
| ing publishers have made liberal offers.
! If the book is published AZ all, il will not
| be in Atlanta where Hill fears that
/ some difficulty will be experienced in get
/ ting il from the press.
! Lizzie Hightower, the cOlOred woman
! who was arrested in Nashville, whittier
| She had gone to escape the law after steal
/ ing SO in Atlanta. escaped from special
! officer Charley Burks above Adairsville,
/ Wednesday morning. The escape was
| very well devised one. and cannot be ex-
| planned by the officer, who exercised all
| the diligence in his power to prevent IL.
| The woman was allowed such privileges
as We're absolutely necessary, and she es-
capped from a closet in the car. The car
was in motion when the woman asked
permission to step to the rear end of the
car. and her escape is regarded as next
tOmiraculous The conductor, rs soon as
the escape was discovered, Immediately
stopped the train, and the marshal of
Adairsville rendered valuable assistance
| in pursuit of the fugitive. She was no.
where TO be found, however, and no news
of her has yet been received.
The cost of holding coroners' inquests
amounts 10 a considerable item annually
in the expenditures of Richmond county.
1t is believed the expense is unuecessa-
rily large and can be considerably re-
| duced. The coroner may himself offer a
suggestion which, if followed, would save
considerable money. His suggestion is that
the state law be so amended as to allow
| a cOrOner's Jury to consist of six instead
of twelve jurors. As the law now stands
the cOrOner's jury in city must be SOM
posed of twelve men and in the country
! of six. The pay of the juror is 81 day,
so if the number was reduced from
twelve to six that would amount to a
saving of So on each inquest, which
would amount to nearly 81 900 year, for
there are fully l75inquests held in that
county every twelve months 1t IS not
| considered necessary to have so many
men on jury, and onc-hali the present
number can fully discharge the duties re-
quircd.
Rome Tribune: Stonewall Kyle is a
very well known young negro about town.
| He is responsible for his own and another
Negroes escape from the city changing
Wednesday morning. The other negro is
John Morris A pair of pistols Kyle Sc
cured are largely interested in the escape,
for they prevented protest. 1t was bold
proceeding and both prisoners made good
their escape in spite of their shackles 1t
seems that the gang was at work in the
northern part of the city, and Kyle re-
ceiYed permission to enter his house near
by. When he came out he had two pis-
tolls in his hands. He handed one to Nor
ris and the two walked of threatening
to use the pistols if they were followed.
They walked on to where some tools were
lying where work had been done and
broke their shackles. From this place on
trace of them was lost. The officers were
notified and Immediately started in pur-
suit. None of thCm was with the gang
when the escape was made. Up TO late
hour last night no capture had been made
Frank G. Wilkerson, who was CON
Victed of voluntary manslaughter for
killing c. T. Stevens, in the latters
house, at Livingston, in Floyd county,
mas OUtdlutt Il reversal u Judgment, on
appeal, the supreme court holding that
the homicide was justihable Wilkerson
was a clerk in Stevens store. His en-
plOVer suspected him of intimacy with
his wife, and laid trap to catch him.
He told the clerk and Mrs Stevens that
he was going away, but instead of doing
so, concealed himself. Biding his time,
the husband came upon the pair when in
a compromising situation, and, drawing
! hfG t,iufOl nuapa1 fhn oIat.lr
Mrs. Stevens threw herself in front of
| Wilkerson to protect him, and he was
| thus enabled to shoot her husband His
| trial and conviction speedily followed,
| but the supreme court holds that if q
! husband, knowing of his wife's criminal
| infidelity, deliberately lays trap for her
| paramour for the purpose of killing him
/ in case he should be caught In his guilt,
! the paramour has a right to defend him
self against deadly assault made by the
/ husband, even though surprised at the
moment of his oriminality. This de-
cision will set Wilkerson free.
Augusta Chronicle: A romance which
dates back to March came to light
/ Thursday, when one of the principals in
| the affaire du cRur told Of it. Miss Anne
liza bearing is a very lovely young woman
quite fetching in her ways She is an
| operator in the Western Union office
Several months ago she met Harry Viii
son, a handsome young follow who work
| ed in the tailoring establishment of John
b. Jones They saw a great deal of each
other and Cupidls darts played havoc
with the two hearts. They loved, he
wOoed and won her. On the 9th day OF
March the two were married in Langley
by trial Justice f.. W. Edison of Aiken
in the presence of James T. Baker and
DR.. Sam I. Potts, Jr. But this was kept
secret and not even the young wifes par
ents knew of the marriage Short
ly after Easter the groom left
town, but before doing so, begged his cir
wife to 90 with him. This she refused t.
do, 80 he SAID that as soon as he secured
the position he expected in California, he
would send for her. And he went away
Mrs. Wilson still kept her union a secret
but tongues began wagging and in some
way, the report was circulated that there
had been a secret marriage. The reason
for keeping the affair secret as given by
the bride, was because of her extreme
youth, she being scarcely II. and the feal
that her parents might upbraid her But
there was no more any possibility of de
nying the rumOrs and yesterday Mrs
Harry Wilson told her parents the Who'll,
story. Naturally their CONSERVATION wa,
great, but the child wife has great conf
denve in her young husband, and say,
that as soOn'as he can arrange matters ht
will write her and she will Join him.
Lumpkin independent: Bob Voru,