The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-27

a white man. killed near Eden year
or more ago The murder was cold-blOod-
ed. After shooting Shay the murderer
turned to run, and was himseI shot
through the body by another negro. IN
the same spot he had shot Shay. but de-
spite this. and the fact that he was
closely hunted by posse. he escaped, ana
was captured only last month. The other
man to be tried for murder is white
man, accused Of killing an old man named
Dougherty last summer on the lower
river.
Two months ago the school at Spring
Park opened with a fair attendance end
good prospects of increasing, with Miss
Harwell Of Anthony in charge. Very soon
reports were circulated by certain par
ties, who declared that it was the inten-
ton to break up the school T iese re-
ports consisted of stories to the effect
that the teacher was showing partially
to certain scholars and that she did not
know enough TO teach the children any
thing. The scholar who was mentioned
as being favored by the teacher is only il
years old, and is great deal farther ad-
Vanced than some of the older scholars.
These stories created a feeling of distrust
and suspicion in the minds of some of the
patrons of the school, and they We're
given the idea that justice was not be-
ing done to their children, and removed
them from school. Miss Harwen VIII
hand in her resignation to the board in
a couple Of days.
Several excursions from Florida to the
Atlanta exposition, in which all travelling
and hotel expenses will be included in the
price of the tickets, are in course OF ar
rangement for the coming month. jack
sonVile people will have the opportunity
10 join such party. The largest excur-
sion of the kind now fully arranged for
will go from Gainesville and vicinity The
teachers Of Alachua county, and others
who wish TO join them, will visit Atlanta
under the escort of Walter Hawkins,
Florida passenger agent OF the Central
Of Georgia railway. The party is to leave
Gainesville by the Plant system at $40
a. m, Tuesday, Dec. "a, and to return the
following Sunday. The cost of the trip,
including transportation, board in Allan
ia at first class hotels, and four adms-
sions to the exposition, will be 1893. This
amount will cover all necessary expenses
of the visit, except street car fares in
Atlanta, and lunches on the exposition
grounds, IL required.
A special from Fernandina to the Jack
sonVille Citizen saws: Pistol shots and the
entity of Beach and Ninth streets at 8
o'clock Monday night. Brooks a mulatto,
rushed down the street about the same
time for the police, but while he was gone
Chief Livingston and officer Kellar were
at the scene Of the shooting. Mamie
Thomas, colored, was found to have been
shot in the side and seriously injured.
Tom Williams, also colored, was found
In the house and charged by the injured
done the shooting. Williams was arrested
and lodged in jail. DR.. Richardson,
local physician, dressed the wounds. At
this hour the extent of the wound Is not
ascertainable. The woman is said to be
of questionable character and is well
known here Williams had been in the
county jail for many months, charged
with forgery, and was recently let out
on his own recognizance on account of
having Informed the authorities of two
Jail breakings, in which he was given
his liberty by fellow prisoners, and failed
to avail himself of the opportunity. He
made no attempt TO escape after the
shooting, and openly charged a white
man with the crime. He says that he
was made a tool of. His statement con-
tains some startling information, which
may lead to sensational developments"