The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-15

ping Bill Mailer Of Gnmor county. A large
/ number OF Murray county people wer.
/ here. Bill Mailer was under a rule to al
! tend this court as a witness against the
| Murray county kuklux. Payne Duncan
who is under bond 10 appear at the United
States court at Atlanta az one OF the de-
PENDANTS for throwing Roper in the Co
hutta mountain tunnel. appeared on the
scene as bailim from Murray county and
proceeded to make the arrest. Mailer.
who says it means death to go to MURRAY
county, began pulling for the courthouse.
and acting Sheriff Huunicutt, with q
large crowd following him, rushed out
AID took Mailer away from Payne Dun
can. The matter Quilted down.
Griffin Call: y pleasant looking gentle
man, who gives his name as c. r. Miller
OF Louisville, Ky. is in the city, having
tramped the entire distance, with the eX~
ception Of about eighty-lve miles, through
the mountainous country Of Tennessee.
He is ell dressed and has the appear
ance of a well-to-do gentleman in the
prime Of life, and he says that he made
the trip by easy stages, seldom walking
over ten miles each day, and often rest
ing several days at a time In Chatta-
nOoga he waited for five days going over
the battleheds Of Chickamauga during
that time, enjoying the review Of the old
battlefield as only an old confederate can.
de left Louisville about Aug. g. and ar
rived here on oct IL. This was his OBJ
Jective point, and he viii probably remain
here until December, when ne viii go to
Macon and probably to Florida. Several
people started out with him, but the ma
jority of them went to Asheville, N. c.,
all Of them being in search of health.
Mr.. Miller looks rudy and we'll and is
delighted with the result OF his tramp,
for he has gained In health and strength.
Atlanta Journal: A case involving $685.
900 is being heard in chambers to-day
Saturday before Judge Henry Lump
kin. It is a case in which the prominence
Of the parties interested makes it of un-
usual Importance. II is the petition of
J. II. Mecaslin, George Winship, John S.
Gambler, Blewett Lee, Mark J. McCord,
c. A Evans, J. c. Avary, w. E, Hayne,
j. A. Miller D. NJ. Balm, J. c, Kirkpat-
rick and T. S. Ellis, against G. 4. Howell,
Madison Harralson, W. !. Zachry, J. n.
Porter, 6. p. Everett and Harralson Bros
& Co. The petition alleges that c. II. Nc
Laughlin Of Toronto, Canada, owned a big
tract of land in Florida, the title of which
was in Charles J, G. Ball of New York,
but Mclaughlin was the real owner
Howell, Zachry and Harralson, it is
charged wished to form a syndicate to
buy the land, and they prepared sub
scription papers on which a good deal Of
scrbed for amounted to $275, 600, the cost
of the land. The land was bought and a
charter for the company, the Suwannee
River Phosphate Company, obtained. Mr.
Harralson was elected president, Mr.
Zachry secretary, Mr.. Porter
treasurer, and Mr.. Howell at
torney. The value of the land was fixed
at s., 900, 600. The capital stock of the com
pany was fixed at this price 1t is charged
the land did not cost Harralson. Zachry
that the petitioners have discovered that
and Howell what they claimed 1t cost
S275, 600, or SO an acre, but that Ii did not
cost over 81 an acre, and that Howell and
his associates have in their hands about
S165, 900, the difference between $40 an acre,
what they claimed to have paid, and 81
an acre, the price they really paid. The
petitioners al1ege that the land belonged
to Mclaughlin, who put ii into the hands
of Mr.. Oliver, a FLORIDA real estate dealer
in 1880 for sale for $1.75 an acre. Oliver,
1T is said, offered il to Zachry for SO an
acre, but 2achry asked him to raise it
to IS an acre so that he might make some
thing in the deal Oliver, it is alleged,
agreed to this. but for some reason II
failed, and Howell, Zachry and Harral-
son started the company scheme, which
they carried through to falsely represent
the land as costing $40 an acre, so as to
keep the difference themselves, and in
doing this they secured good business
mems names so as to influence others
to go into the company. 1t is alleged that
Harralson, Zachry and Howell alone were
into the transaction. 1t is further alleged
that the petitioners owned too little stock
to have a voice in the company and hence
they ask that the stock be cancelled,
that the company be enjoined from
transferring any stock, and that a re-
ceiver be appointed.