The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-04

his throat and with a smaller cut on the LETT
SIDE OF the neck having committed suicide.
Hawkins won his s0u0riQuet Of Ham one
by killing another negro IN henry bowling
restaurant with haInoone
A special meeting Of the town council Of
DatOnu held Tuesday 10 open bids for the
building OF 700 feet Of sea wall along the
east side Of Beach street and filling in behind
same. tn contract was awarded j. A. Bryan,
Of Jacksonville for S0450. The stone viii Re
taken from certain lands purchased by the
corporation This viii be a great improve
meut not only protecting the front from the
eacroachment Of tine river, which Is eating
into the land in every gale, but also making
handsome boulevard.
Beatrice Allen. the l5-year-old daughter OF
Captain ana Mrs. Daniel Allen. Of st. Angus
tine, has been very peculiarly affected for
several days past Last "Wednesday night
Beatrice. Who is bright. intelligent chlla,
came running in from the garden apparently
frightened at something, and ever since that
time has acted very strangely and sometimes
becomes hysterical She cannot speak dis
tinctly and becomes frightened when any one
approaches her. Al times she is completely
out OF her mind. NO reason can be given for
her sudden aflictiOn. Her attending phySl-
cIan hopes TO have her all right in few days.
a negro bayman. known as Henry Will
Jams. was arrested at Pensacola Friday night
for murder committed at Cussetta Ca, IN
ISL. For thirteen years he had worked IN
the Ray at Pensacola. and had bought a
home in the city. A short time ago his Old
mo her came from Georgia to visit him. or
SDlilt GuASH ne GltA uDb ApllttNtAt q lltL fAoAt'
and one night gave her severe beating.
Smartlng under the pain and iudlgnlty OF the
beating the old wOU.an told some OF the
neighbors that her son was d murderer. and
that his right name was Jordan Wethcrbv.
This reached the officers, and ny cOmmunica-
uDu with the Georgia officials they soon
found that the statement was true. req
uiSltlOn was obtained from Gov. Northen
and honored by GOV. Mitchell for his arrest.
The sheriff from Cussetta. Ca. arrived Tues
day night ami at once identified him as the
HrarIr tod Nf-a
Cussetta, where he VIII be placed On trial.
William Oyerman, a white man from Kings
Ferry, on the st. Mary river, is in the city
Jail. at Jacksonville. = e is charged with alb
Quoting Ella Mari, a pretty, rosy-cheeked IL
year Old country girl, who also resided at
Kings Ferry. with her parents Overman Is
a typical Georgla cracker. re says he is ~
years Old He was arrested Tuesday night,
at the Waveross depot, just as he and the
girl were about to board the train for Savan-
nah. The girl 8 father is j. j. Mari, far
ner, who lives near Kings Ferry. He was in
Jacksonville Tuesday, looking for his daugL-
ter who, he claims was abducted by Over
man Sunday afternoon. lie traced them to
Folkston, where he learned that they had
gone to Jacksonville. lie went there, put
could not find them. From what he
could learn he thought they had gone to "a
yannah ana left for that city on the g. % train
Tuesday. He gave "a description Of the
couple, and Tuesday night they were arrested
by Chief Phillips The girl was taken to the
home OF some ladies and the man locked up
III inc municipal count OlbIHlu CialutO
that he had no. abducted the girl but that
she came off with him of her own free will
and accord, and that they were to te married
as soon as they could get to some place where
they would he granted "a license. He says he
has lived near the girls fathers place for
years, and has for long time made his home
with the old man.
Capt. John H. Welsh, Of Welshton, who, for
the past year, has made strenuous efforts to
ascertain the whereabouts OF p. b. Teller,
who myTs,eriously disap eared last spring. has
written Mrs. Teller a letter about the finding
OF the body at Horse Pond, near tOCala, last
Thursday. On the ody was found a set OF
cellulOid cuffs and collar; a set Of cheap cuff
and collar buttons, spectacles for person
aged about 80 years. Open-faced silver watch,
onece d hunting case, three keys GrOn1,
patent nail cleaner or cutter, which opens and
shuts in ring. all on an iron ring one and q
half inches in diameter. There was also a
set of false teeth, upper and lower, set in
gutta- percha black. SLOUGH hat. heavy shoes,
new half soles size about No. 8. Capt.
| Welsh is under the impression 1t is the body
OF MIS-. Teller'S huS and, hence he euumer-
ated everything found on the body Mr..
| Teller came here from keokuk Ia.
He was a veteran OF the late war with the
rank of captain, served in an Iowa regiment,
and was member of the Grand Army Repub-
lie. tie came 10 Jacksonville about eighteen
months ago, then to Tampa, where he was
robted back to Ocala and, later, 10 Welsh
! ton, where he invested in a small tract o.
! land. soon after teller disappeared and all
! efforts on the part OF Capt, Welsh to find him
/ have failed Ieler's wife has been driven al
/ most crazy by her husbands disappearance.
! The only clue so far has been the i.ndlng of
/ his discharge as captain OF an Iowa company
] and his pension certificate, in his trunk at
| BellevteW. Mr.. Teller did not communicate
/ to any one In Welshton an intention to leave
/ that place Tor good, and only foul play OF
mental aoerratlon can account for his mys
/ FERROUS silence.
Jacksonville Citizen: The United States
! grand jury has returned an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ GeorEe a. Walker, II. A. Blocker, Hunter Il
| Judge and w Is. Fudge, charging them with
/ breaking into the pOstOfice at Grasmere with
/ intent to commit larceny. These are the men
/ who have already been arrested in orange
county on the charge OF numbering Louis
4 Mar)t, the deputy postmaster at GraSmere
/ which time the postOace was robbed.
! Walker was acquitted upon the charge OF
! numbering Marot, and also OF burgllriz,ng
/ the store N wlt, h the stofflce IS situated
| ElOcker was convicted and sentenced &c
states Imprisonment for life. hunter Fudg
! turned STAKES evidence and testi-
fed that he was compelled by the
| others to 20 along and wait outside while
/ they went in to rob the office. 1t was largely
| through his evidence that Blocker was con
| vleted, and II Is probable that Walker woulC
have cen convicted also at the same time
| had II not been Tor his aged father and
mother. who were present at the trial. w
%. fudge was arrested at the time the Others
were, but proved an. alibi before the Orang,
! county grand jury by seven or eight wit
| neSses. Had was never indicted. His indict
mont, therefore, by the United states gTanc
1 Jury Is somewhat OF surprise to tnOS,
ia niliar with the case a Citizen reporter
met d gentleman yesterday who IS thor
obyhly familiar with all The deails OF III,
Marot murder and the incidents that haY,
occurred IN connection with Fl since then
| 1t is stated thas The Walker faction In OranE
county has become very bitter aYans
/ all who have had anything to do with prose
| cutting the case against young Walker, ans
that their lives have been threatened Severa
times. The Walker faction num0e,s sixty o
seventy people in West Orange. SO intens
! has the feellng become that u .arge number
Of people have organized themselves into
league TO protect each other In case any over
act should be commlteI by the Walker fax
ton, and are prepared 10 defend themselves
against any further depredatIoas in that sec
tion. This league is composed 1t is stated
Of prominent citizens Of Grasmere ply
mouth, Apo9ka, LcuwOol, Cldrcona. an
other places In the western parg OF III
county. and numbers several huadr,d Pei
SONS who are ready to respond to a cau at
moment notice.
Cauer-Tour oGce is as hot as an oven
Mer hant-Wel it might be I make N
daily bread here, you know. Raymond