The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-22
CRIME RAMPANT IN BROOKS.
4 White Planter Charged With MuTdGT-
ing a Negro.

The Negro Brought Across the Florida
Line Into This State 10 Be Killed-A
Negro Riding Along the Road Shoots
a White Man Dead-He win Be
Lynched If Caught-A Negro Under
Arrest Charged With Stealing Goods
From Freight Cars.
Ouitman. Ga. Dec. IA ver.table car
nivaI Of crime has been raging in Brooks
county this week. Yesterday morning
T. f. Ramsey. a well-known farmer OF
the southern part Of the county, was
broueht TO town and placed in jail charged
with killing sam Arnold. colored. Ar
mold lived just across the Florida line
in Madison county and his body was
found about twenty feet from the house
on this side Of the line in Brooks county.
HIS wife and wife's mother testified that
Ramsey and George Spiller. another
white man, came to the house Tuesday,
aook Sam out and shot him 10 death.
Ramsey denies any knowledge Of the
crime. He had made no effort to escape
and was al home when arrested. Spiller
lives in Florida and has not been ap-
pretended His and Ramseys attorneys
say he will come in in few days and
give himself up
Ramsey is a man Of good reputation
and has always been considered good
citizen Arnold's wife and mother, in
their testimony, said that Ramsey had
tried to get Arnold to move to his place
and was mad because he would not do so.
Last night about s o'clock Joe Isom, a
well-known young white farmer, was
shot and almost instantly killed by Wa
veryly Pike, a negro. The murder was
near Isom's home, about ten miles north
of Quitman. Isom and the negro were
both in town yesterday, and while here
had a slight quarrel about something
exactly what cannot be ascertained. Last
night Isom was walking back from the
home of Henry Tillman, his brother-in-
law. Tillman being with him, 10 MS own
house when they met Pike and Westly
Mccall another negro. Both negroes
were on horseback. Isom called out,
don't ride over us, boys, ana IKE nm
mediately shot him with oZ-canbfe pis-
toll. The ball struck Just above the heart
and ranged downward, Flke belns on
horseback above his victim. Death was
almost / Simultaneous. The Mccall negro
was caught last night and IS now IN
iail A posse is after Pike, and II he Is
captured IL is doubtful If he Will ever
need a lawyers services. Isom was
man we'll known and had many friends
He is the second white man bfutally muir
dered BY a negro within month, and the
people are highly incensed.
Dan Carroll, a notorious all-round col
ored thief, was arrested this morning at
Jane PoIlards colored boarding house
for stealing a negro preachers hat last
week When arrested a box of 800 loaded
shells stolen from a freight car rev days
ago was found under the house and the
Pollard woman says Carroll put them
there Later I'm the day box Of wire
billed TO the General Electric Company
at Oui-nan was found by the track near
the DEPOT Agent Deioach Of the SaNan-
nah Florida and Western railway thinks
Carroll IS in collUsion with some freight
train HANDS and expects TO make a big
haul before Ions.
work on gu mans electric light and
water works pants Us progressing rap
idly Gld the people are applying for both
verN NreraMy.