The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29

4 house but was arrested the next day and
! lodged in jail. The coroner's jury found him
guilty Of murder. and he will be tried at the
/ september term OF the superior co.,. Alex
4 had threatened 70 kill any one he found al
! Laura 5 house. and he made good his threat
I last Monday night when he run up on Newt
| there.
The official report OF the consolidated re-
/ turns Of the primary election held in Herald
! county Thursday 70 nominate county officers,
/ congressman and United States senator. have
| been received. Garrard carried the county
| for the Senate. Hon G. l.. Noses was in
| dor sed for congressman by majority OF go
! over his COR petitor, Judge Harris. Rev. Oil
| yer a. Moore. a successful farmer OF Texas
! district, was nominated for representative of
! Heard IN the next general assembly, by a ma
| iority Of twcnty-four over Judge =. II. Jack
| son who ranked second. There we're two
| other candidates, W. J. Davis Jr.. the pres
ent incumbent. and Coz. Wyatt Cook. Levi
| I. Lane. who has been clerk OF the court for
eight years, was defeated by Prof.
| l.. +. L. Lane by a small ma
| jority, ii. Stephens defeated Sheriff Lips
comb for his office by q handsome majority.
A. G. Hendrick was nominated for treasurer.
Heards vote was at first reported TO be for
Judge Harris. but Mr.. Moses carried the
county and this gives him just half the votes
| in the convention. He has 10 votes and his
three opponents have together Is votes. Col.
Moses has carried COweta, 1: Troup, {; Talbot.
2; Heard, 2: Marion, ?; ChattahOochee. ,;
total, l6. Judge Harris has Carroll, 4: Meri-
wether. 1; total. &. Hon. Tom Grimes has
Muscogee, l. Col. Sanford has Harris county s
four votes. Col Moses Is understood 10 be
the second choice Of Harris county. As he
needs only the fractional part OF a vote 10
give him the majority. his nomination is con
sidered certain.
Sylvania Telephone: For some time past
several Of the convict guards from Foy S
mill, IN Bulloch county have been coming
over TO Rocky Ford on Saturday nights and
creating disturbance as they returned,
shooting of pistols, etc. They were particu-
larly noisy and demonstrative as a rule in
front of the house OF q, K. Heard. Mr.. Heard
had warned them on several occasions
that they must stop shooting and
they paid no attention to it. On sat
urday night last il seems that
Jake Williams, Jake Michigan. Kennon Ben
nett and jim Croft, guards at the mill camp,
together with Wash Bennett, a guard from
near Savannah. who was up on visit 10 the
others, started from Rocky Ford over to the
mill about II oclock. When in front OF Mr.
Heards house, they stopped and began
shooting off their guns and pistols Mr.
Heard was awakened by the noise, as we're
also A j. Brinson and Mr.. Rozier, who live
near by. Going out, he requested them to
stop, but this made them worse, and they
went on shooting Unfortunately. Then
Mr.. Heard got his gun and joined in the
shooting with them. Mr.. Brinson and Mr..
RoZier also came out with their guns. and
for few minutes a lively battle ensued.
A number OF shots struck the houses
in front of which the three gentlemen were
standing but none OF the latter were hit.
After all their ammunition was exhausted the
guards went on toward the mill, threatening
to come back later; which, however they
never did. Ii was learned afterward that all
five Of the guards we're hit Only one Of
them, however, was hurt at all seriously and
he was shot In the side. His wound is not
thought TO be dangerous. Warrants have
been issued for the five men. and Sheriff
BROKER has been over into Bulloch twice to
get them, but they could not be found. We
learn that Capt Smith, who is in charge of
the camp has dis charged the men from his
employ.
Macon Telegraph Harmon Smith, the
young man from Mitchell county who tried
TO get funny with Judge Speer and his court
day before Yesterday. was sentenced to three
months in jail Thursday for contempt Sent
ence was afterward suspended TEMPORARILY
The young man was witness in the case
against Henry BroOkings, and when put on the
stand Wednesday to testify pretended that
his memory failed him, and he couldn't even
recognize the testimony he gave before the
commissioner when IL was read out TO him
Judge Speer sent him to Jail for contempt
and appointed a lawyer to defend him. When
court Governed Thursday morning the night
spent in the jail seemed to have had a restora-
tive eneet on the young mans mind, for he
soon made known his ability to recollect
everything that happened, and was even
restored so far as to be able to recall
good many things relative to the testi-
mony he was asked t'odivulge that never hap
pened at all. His lawyer made II known to
the court that the client was very anxious to
make correct statement, and he was al
lowed TO do so. He said that he had been
frightened into feigning insanity on the
stand the day before when ne was examined
in the case OF the government against Henry
Brookings. Richard Bryant, a white man.
who owned and opeI ated the still that Brook
ings was working In had threatened 10 am
bush and kill him If he testified against Brook
tngs. Bryant Is now under Indictment for
mOonshininR Bryant, he said, had
told him he would waylay him and
shoot him in the back il he told
what he knew about Brookings. SO his tes-
timony yesterday, which would have no doubt
secured Brookings conviction on the
day before, was useless after the negro had
been acquitted by the jury. The court, there
fore, imposed the sentence named and caused
an additional warrant TO be issued for Bry-
ant, who was in Bib county jail charged
with intimidating a witness. Bryant was. &C
cOrdingly. conducted from the jail to the com
missioner's court and bound over under this
additional charge.