The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-26

talk was what they had done. and there
! fore they were the ones that were like
! the Pharisees Of old. The pastor Of the
| church rose and said that such talk as
| that was causing some Of the people to
/ leave the meeting and lose the benefit
. that he wished them to obtain. Mr.
/ Dodge intimated that II he was not to be
/ allowed to speak freely what he believed
/ he wanted TO close out the meeting:
/ whereupOn, by a vote that was called for
| by one Of the officers Of the church. the
/ large congregation present expressed
/ themselves in hearty agreement with Mr..
] Dodge. The excitement became intense
/ But what might have been developed into
/ a hurtful wrangle was marvelously
/ changed by an opportune call TO prayer
! into a scene of Pentecostal rejoicing, and
| a general shaking Of hands, in the midst
/ Of which the pastor, who had seemed
/ hitherto to be at variance with the main
| course Of the meeting. gave his hand 10
| Mr.. Dodge with the assurance that he was
| with him in the work, and that their diff
ferences had been due solely to mental
apprehension.
Macon Telegraph: p. T. Beckham was re-
leasd from Jail Friday on a writ of habeas
| corpus heard before Ordinary Wiley Mr.
Beckham, it is alleged, was put in jail by
Justice Holmes for failure to pay court
costs, amounting TO $780, after a warrant
charging him with larceny had been salts
will prosecute Justice Holmes and Mr.
Ford, his constable, for malpractice in
Office, as aresult of his Incarceration
The case grows out Of the failure
of Mr.. Beckham to return or to de-
live to a certain party a 25-cent
lamp reflector that had been in
trusted 70 him by one Lammerson, Mr.
Beckham claiming that he forgot to
deliver the reflector. and left it in his
buggy, from which it was sto-
len. Beckham offered to pay Lam
merson 50 cents for the reflector
and Lammerson refused to accept it, but
had Beekham arrested, first on a charge
of larceny, and afterwards on a possess
DRY warrant. Afterwards Beckham bought
him a 75-cont lamp, which satisfied him,
but the justice claimed that Beckham
owed him $3.50 for costs of court. Beck
ham promised to pay the money, but did
not do so. and was rearrested. Justice
Holmes refused to accept bond, and sent
him to Jail. Further developments may
be expected.
Atlanta Constitution: Within the shad-
ow of the Fifth Baptist Church, in a
large brick house on Bell street, has been
enacted during the past week a little
drama which in uniqueness of plot would
give Benson material to work on. A
handsome young woman with very black
hair and large flashing eyes, a stalwart
u
person Of a heart-broken bride are the
principal characters in the plot 1t is a
queer story of a queer love- For over
year the black-eyed young lady and the
stalwart young man lived happily to-
gether as man and wife. Then the spirit
of their dream was rudely checked and
divorce followed This was in December
last and happened in Norfolk Va. Months
went by and in June the young fellow
married again, a girl who had been reared
by his father and who was his cousin.
Now the bride is heart-broken, for she has
heard that her husband eloped with his
first wife and came to Atlanta. Last Fri
day when Mr.. William Simmons, the
father of the young man, arrived in At
lanta from Norfolk, he unraveled the
whole affair and told a strange story. Il
am here" he said, ito get my son to re-
turn home with me. He has a wife at
home who is almost crazy with grief over
his neglect. My son has done wrong and
l am here to get him to consider how bad
he is acting and ask him to come back
Nearly two years ago." continued the
old man, my son was married to Miss
Eva Norman, who lived near us in Nor
folk, Va. She was pretty girl and at
first my son was desperately in love with
her. But they fell out for some reason
and last December she got divorce from
him and they separated. I was glad, for
1 did not like the girl he married He
came to live with us at home again. I
saw that he was falling in love with Lot
tie Wilkinson, a cousin of his, who lived
with us and whom he had known since he
was a small child. He came to me one
| day and told me that he was going to mar
ry Lottie. I did not like it exactly, but
! I offered no objection and in June they
| were united in marriage. They seemed
! to be perfectly happy, and you might
| know that / was surprised when my boy
| ran off week before last and came here to
| Atlanta. I didn't know what he was up
| to, so that Is the reason that had the
/ telegram sent to watch him. learned in
| day or two that the woman whom he
/ first married and from whom he was di-
vorced had left Norfolk, too, and started
| towards Atlanta. The whole thing fash
/ ed across. me, 1 was loath to believe it,
! but l felt almost positive that he had
| eloped with his first wife The informa-
ton 1 got from the detectives here as
sured me of it, and that is why 1 came
| His last wife is all broken up and I am
| afraid the shock will kill her" This was
the story told by the old man. Upon his
! arrival in Atlanta he went at once to see
lis son with the hope of inducing him ia
return to his real wife. The father told
about the agony of the bride and the
| grief of his mother, but young Simmons
was obdurate and persistently refused &c
return home. During his stay in Atlanta
| the old man made several visits to his
son, but his requests had no effect and
yesterday morning he returned to Nor.
folk. Last night the first Mrs Simmons
was seen at the big brick house next to
the Fifth Baptist Church. She was very
much enraged when the account Of the
affair as given by the detectives was re.
lated to her. There's no truth in It," she
exclaimed, her eyes flashing with wrath
q did not elope with the man and am
not living with him now. He was my
husband for a long time, but he began to
treat me cruelty and I applied for a d.
vorce last December, which I got. OF
course, l haven't lived with him since
then. I wouldn't think of doing such a
thing; besides 1 have no use for the man
much" Mrs. Simmons was asked IL hel
former husband met her at the train upor
her arrival in Atlanta. She acknowledged
that he did, but explained it by stating
that he was friend Of hei
father, who came with her
FLORIDA.
Tampa now has nineteen policemen rnt
one marshal, six additional policemen