The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.
A Man Fatally Shot Near Eatonton-A
Negro Loses His Mind From Fright.
q Hand Dug Up at macon-A Terri
BILE Shooting ARRAY in Warren
County-End of the Haines Murder
Trial at Jacksonville.

BILE Shooting ARRAY in Warren
County-End of the Haines Murder
Trial at Jacksonville.
GEORGIA.
About eight miles from Eatonton Saturday
Jim Walker and George Oshy got into
fight, which resulted In Oshy shooting Wal
ker with pistol Walker is dying
he discovery on Saturday of a hand in the
garden Of the premises occupied by Nose
Lucas, on Spring street, between Pine and
oak, at Macon, adjoining the premises OF
George Clarke. created a great deal Of excite
ment, especially among the cOlored pOpula-
ton. Judging from lis size the hand seems
to Ce the right hand OF a boy or woman, as it
appears to be smaller than the hand of the
average man. I he skin has been stripped
from the hand, but the greater part Of the
flesh remains. At last accounts the mystery
had not been cleared up.
All Macon Saturday a jury tried young
negro man named John knight, on q writ of
lunacy and declared him to be insane and a
III subject for the lunatic asylum. He is now
IN jail awaiting accommodation at the lunatic
asylum, 1t is said the negro went crazy from
fright He IS a half brother of the negro Jim
knight, who recently killed a young white
man named MicRs in Houston county. fed to
his father home in BibO and was suhse-
quently run down and shot by the sheriff and
MS deputies, after trying to kill them and
making the most desperate resistance. Jim
Knight soon after died of his wounds. When
the sheriff and deputies were out at Knights
fathers home looking for him, they came
across John knight. and the officers throwing
up their guns, exclaimed, There Jim
knight now" John knight cried out in
great fright: This is John knight; II amt
Jim. - The negro was terribly frightened
and it IS said that from that time he com.
menced to act curiously, and by degrees his
mind became unbalanced and his mental con
DIXON grew so bad that he had to he tried for
lunacy with the result as above stated. He
thinks that his dead brother, Jim, Is con
stantly haunting him.
News was received at Gibson Saturday OF a
terrible shooting ARRAY in Warren county
near Baskerville. ten miles from Gibson. Two
desperate negroes Ed Davis and viii Jack
son, from Alabama, where they murdered an
ola lady Tor her money some weeks ago. were
apprehended by A. E. Sturges, detective of
MCDuny county, there being a reward. for
them The negroes threatened the life Of Mr..
Lockett merchant at Bastonville saying
they made haul every week or two by kill
ing some one for money. They went to the
store about 30 clock Saturday afternoon and
the detective demanded Win Jackson's sur
render. The negro seeing he was covered by
double barrel gun, dropped his pistol. say
ing he would give up. The detective asked Mr.
Lockett to pick up the negro's weapon. Be
fore he could do so the negro Suatched II and
Jumping behind the door, fired a shot into
Lockett inhicting dangerous wound in the
abdomen. Mr.. Lockett fired a shot into the
negro S shoulder, but not wounding him bad
enough to prevent him charging upon the de.
tective The negro rushed upon Sturges ana
snapped his pistol in his face twice. IL was
close quarters and the detective, armed with
a shotgun, had to knock the negro around be
fore he could shoot him, which he did edectu-
ally; landing the con entS of his gun into the
negro killing him instantly. Davis escaped.