The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-09

ia the penitentiary. The story Of the case
Is long one. When Beresford was first
arrested and put upon trial his wife en-
Pioyed Ewing d. Dean TO defend him. Not
having the ready cash a note was given
Ewing Dean by Beresf0rd, his wife's
name being appended. After the convic-
ton OF her husband payment was refused
ana now they have resorted 70 the courts
70 collect the note. The balance due
claimed Is $500. and. although the note
was given TO J. W. Ewing, Col. Dean and
w. ". Yandiver were both connected with
the case and will come in for a share II
anything is realized from the suit. To
those who have talked with Mrs. Las
celles she expressed herself emphatically
as having dropped Beresford and all his
affairs, and she viii contest the payment
Of the fees TO the bitter end
Judge W. H. Pruett. who lives in Ala
bama, across the river from Rome, has
mOst interesting souvenir In the shape Of
an old faded blue and white-striDed vest
OF hOmespun cloth, woven by his great
grandmother. in 1772, and worn by his
at-grandfather during the revolution.
His great-grandfather, Zerubabel Will
hanson, was a Scotch highlander, who,
with others Of his family, removed to this
country and settled near Savannah in III.
lie and his brother entered the American
army at the breaking out OF the reVOlu-
tionary war, and he was seriously wound
ed al Guilford court house, and his brother
was killed at the battle Of Cowpens. In
1910 his daughter, Mary Williamson, mar
ried John Pruett, and she preserved the
vest which her father had worn and
which was weaved by her patriotic moth
er. The old garment was an imitation OF
the highland plaid the blue being dyed
with wild indigo. The seed of the cotton
was picked from the lint by hand and the
lint spun on an old-fashioned distan, the
cloth being woven on a country loom. The
color and texture are as bright and fresh
as they were when the young Highlander
came home from the war after the capture
of CORVALLIS.
At a late hour Wednesday night news
was telephoned to Darien from Barring
ton station on the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, that riot was brew
ing and the town was in danger of be-
ing burned. The sheriff of Mcintosh, T.
B. Blount, with posse, consisting of
Dragons. with Capt. Sinclair, left Da-
rien at once. The riot was caused by the
running off of turpentine hands by Flor
ida turpentine operators. Several days
ago an agent arrived from Florida and
arranged TO load a car with hands, and,
| of course, the hands that We're in debt
We're the most willing TO go. The result
/ was warrants were issued for Mckeith-
ans hands, ana cOlOred constable met
| trouble when he served the warrants. Next
/ day Snclair's still hands were run off by
| Inc agents and overseers. Brandon, at
/ Sinclair still, tried to prevent their board
/ inc the train which precipitated another
/ commotion. Wednesday a cOlored con
l stable tried to arrest the hands, who re-
| sisted the warrants and shot at them.
/ The rumor started that the constable had
! killed them, Whereupon a riot was noticed
| brewing and Sheriff Blount Of Darien was
1 notified and the sheriff's posse was there
| on quick time. The rioters were fright
| ened by the unexpected arrival of the
sheriff with so large force, and dispers-
/ ed before any great damage had been
/ done
| A special dispatch from Montgomery,
| Ala says: The mother of Mrs. Jean
| Hammond, alias Mrs. Williams, whose
| sudden death occurred here several days
| ago, suspects foul play. She believes that
| her daughter was choked by a
certain man known to her, but whose
! name has not Yet been diVuged, and that
| the choking brought on failure Of the
! heart, death ensuing a few minutes after
| the alleged maltreatment. Mrs. Sallan-
der is the mothers name, and her home
| is in Atlanta. Mrs. Sallander called at the
! court house on her way TO the Catholic
| convent and left a message requesting
/ Sheriff Waller and Solicitor Lomax TO
| call upon her. When seen by a reporter
! Mrs Sallander said: mo, 1 am not at
| all satisfied about my child death. The
| servants around her have told conflicting
| stories Some say that she drank herself
I TO death, but / do not believe it. 1 don
| care to tell YOU all the evidence / have,
| INIT I will saw this much: one Of the
| servant girls reported that Just few min
/ utes before Jean died she carried her
| him say his prayers, and then returned
| TO her own room. Scufhtng was heard,
| and then a terrific scream. A few minutes
afterward she was dead and the man was
/ gone The man was a friend of hers
! who does not live here" In speaking of
| her da1lghter she said that her life had
! been unhappy with Hammond and when
| she returned to Atlanta from Birming-
| ham, a short while after their marriage
! she entered suit for divorce and obtained
| it, She was stenographer in that city
/ and was working in that capacity when
| she figured in the Lewis Redwine sensa-
| ton.
Rutherford Brown, accompanied by his
| mother, arrived at Macon Wednesday
| night from GroYania tc consult physicians
| there in regard to a bite inflicted on Mr..
! Browns foot Wednesday by a mad mule.
/ Wednesday the mule appeared TO be sick
| and soon afterward began TO have what
| appeared TO be vertigo. In a paroxysm
| the mule fell 10 the ground. Accompan-
| led by Harry Coffee and a negro man, Mr..
! Brown won't out 70 DLNsLc the animal The