The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-29

iy the flag was made the. regiTnental col
ors. and IL was preserved By the colonel
Of the regiment a. the close OF the war
II is now in possession Of an ex-meInoer
OF the regiment at Oconee. Thomas hum
phreys, who was a member Of the COM
pany. has written that gentleman ask
ing that the flag be sent back 10 the old
company, and il viii probably be unfurled
again here on Sept "a. as il was on that
day in 1851, when TO martial music the
Dixie Boys followed its huttering folds
when they bade goodbye 70 home ana
friends The old tattered. bullet rlddied
colors. the flag meath which the boys
fought for four years, would De gwen an
ovation.
THE Tram" is the catchy name which
has been selected for the intramural line
10 be operated within the exposition walls.
Martin r. Amorous returned to Atlanta
Tuesday morning from Washington,
where he has been engaged in contracting
for the picturesque vehicles TO be used IN
transporting the crowds about the
grounds He has arranged definitely all
his plans and work will begin on the line
Wednesday. II is his intention TO have
1.-THE Tram finished within a week s time,
and large force of laborers will be placed
TO work upon the track at once. This line
will make a complete circuit Of the whole
grounds, with terminus in front OF the
government building. Beginning there II
will run in front Of manufactures hall, ex-
tending across the dam at the lower dl-
vision Of Clara Nicer to the front OF the
tatiOn hall making a complete circuit The
line will front the forestry building and the
building il will make sharp turn, run
ming in the rear OF the auditorium and
taking IN the main road in front Of the rire
building and fine arts While in Washing
ton Mr.. AmorOus engaged fourteen her
dies, which have been in use on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. These will be shipped i'm
mediately.
walton News: Early Monday morning
Holm Rnhcrfann a.
court, discovered that the lock on his cab
met in the superior court room had been
picked, and an investigation Of the draw
ers OF the cabinet showed that several
bills Of Indictment and presentments which
had been returned into court by the grand
jury on Friday were missing Fifteen
bills had been stolen, twenty-three defend
ants being charged with various offenses.
With one exception these bills were
against parties living in town who have
been charged by the grand jury with
gambling and with the Illegal sale OF whis-
KY. The court room is supposed to be
kept locked. If the thief did not get in
at one of the double doors, the room could
be entered BY going up into the gallery
and coming down one Of the gallery posts.
The theft was a very foolish one. The
grand jury will re-establish these bills
at once, and the only good the crime of
stealing the indictments can do is TO cause
the trouble of rewriting the bills A sachel
fun Of bottles containing blind tiger whis-
ky purchased from parties indicted by
the grand jury was stolen out Of the de-
Saturday night. The liquor bottles were
labeled with the names Of the parties
who had sold 1t ui.-awfully and with the
dates on which II was sold. This evidence
is by no means necessary to the convic-
ton Of the parties.
At Dallas. Tuesday a loose barrel in
a shotgun was the principal link in the
chain of circumstartial evidence which
has just sent Clabe Miller to the peniten-
tiary for life. Miller is an 1S-year-old
white boy and comes Of a respectable fam
lily. The crime Of which he was convicted
was the assassination OF Hagan Roberts.
a wealthy farmer living in what is known
as the nineteenth district of this county,
ten miles from here. Last March Roberts
and the members Of his family were sit
ting by the hreside in his home, which
is on the side OF the mountain, when they
were startled by a demand to throw up
their hands and the appearance at the
same time of two men wearing tall white
caps with red stripes on them. The men
themselves had their faces blackened. I'M
mediately one OF them fired, striking the
old man so that he died within a few
hours, As the man who fired the shot
brought down his gun there was peculiar
click which was recognized at once by
one OF the Roberts sons who had used
the same gun few days before. This
was due to the loose barrel The object
OF the killing was plainly robbery. The
| old mans assailants figured that as soon
as ne was shot the other members of the
alarm and that they could then secure
a lot of money which Roberts had in
his house. The bravery of one Of the girls
who fired upon them from within prevent
ed their carrying this portion of their
plans into effect. Clabe Miller and How
ard Parton were arrested for the crime
The gun with the peculiar click was found
in Millers possession. He had hurried
home and in order to avoid suspicion had
quickly rammed two charges into the gun
and then had gone out to join In the search
| for the murderer. When the loads were
| withdrawn 1t was found that he had neg
| lected to put any powder in. The jury
| returned verdict of guilty. with a rec
ommendation for mercy, which means
| penitentiary for life. The other boy, Par
1 ton, win be tried in October. Judge James
| presided in the case.