The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

tally stabbed-A Legal Struggle
for Possession of Child.
GEORGIA.
The Macon Evening Herald has sus-
pended publication for an INDEFINITE Pc
Warren Mcfarland. a white barber.
who took an overdose or morpnlne az
Griffin Saturday died wednesday from
the effects of the drug.
The Floyd county commissioners have
decided TO order an issue OF bonds 20 pay
for the court house recently erected I MS
will necessarily bring the matter before
the voters and II will be decided by them
IN the fall.
Judge W. +. jenkins viii probably be in
the race for the congressional nomination
against Congressman lawson In the next
convention Of the Eighth district Judge
jenkins heads the list OF delegates from
Putnam county TO the Griffin free coinage
convention.
b. NJ Wilson Of the Southwest Georgia
Telephone Company has made arrange
ments with the Postal Telegraph Compa-
ny to extend its line from Americas 10
Dawson and by the time the business
season opens Dawson will have two tele-
graph offices. From Dawson the Postal
Telegraph Company will extend its line
TO Albany
At Fayetteville Tuesday night Henry
Ross, a desperate negro, who has served
two terms in the penitentiary, attacked
Jeff Faber, a peaceable old negro, with a
knife. After making several attempts to
get away from him, Faber was forced 10
use his knlte. Faher was unhurt Dut prov
ed himself an expert with the knife. as he
almost severed Ross arm from his body
Ladies in Macon, Atlanta and other
places are interesting themselves in behalt
of Mrs. Mobiles. Petitions Will be circulated
for signatures asking that the governor
commute her sentence 10 imprisonment
for life in the penitentiary. The assistance
of the Woman's Press Club of Georgia IS
sure to be obtained, as Miss Leonora Beck,
who is president of the club, Is deeply in
terested in the petition
The case of John T Blaloek against
the Equitable Life Assurance Society was
transferred from the city court of Atlanta
70 the United States court wednesday.
The plaintiff is the executor Of the estate
of ". B. Blalock and alleges that an in
surance policy for $500 on the life of the
latter had been settled for $500. and that
the settlement was procured through false
representations. He sues for the recovery
of the remainder of the policy.
The formal transfer of the Atlanta and
Florida railroad was made in the supe-
rior court clerks office at Atlanta We'd
nesday. There a deed from @. T. Palmer
and John W Grant as commissioners from
the United States court for all the pruuer-
" Of the road to the Central Trust COM
pany Of New York, was filed on record,
Al tho same time a deed from the Central
Trust Company to the Southern Railway
Company for 81, 900 was nled for record.
Last Saturday night a crowd Of men or
boys went 10 the farm Of Col T. +. Vim,
near LawreneeVille and threw rocks at
the house of an inoffensive tenant, and
left a letter signed the "GWinnett Devils,
notifying the man and his family TO leave
thu country, or they would return and
horsewhip him. Col. VIM offers reward
of S25 for proof to convict the parties en-
gagged in this riot, and viii prosecute them
10 the extent Of the law, IL the guilty ones
can be identified.
A meeting Of the city council of Athens
was held "wednesday afternoon TO hear
the report Of the light committee and dis
cuss the question of the city owning its
own electric plant. After the report was
read, and IL did not favor the purchasing
OF the present plant, Judge Howell Cobb
and Capt. w. b. Burnett addressed the
council urging that they take no step
which would injure the property OF in
dividuals. After a general discussion It
was decided TO take no action upon the
committees. report until the next meeting
of the general council f-
Son Jackson, a little negro dinner car
rfer was fatally stabbed by George Gay,
white bo1r about the same age, near the
Eagle ana PheniT mills, at Co
ent when the difficulty occurred ey-
cept the two, and the only particu-
lars Of the AFFAIR are the st,a staten
widely. Both the boys reside in Girard,
and Gay fed to his home over in Alabama
as soon as he did the cutting. Jackson
was stabbed in the side just below the
lower rib, the knife penetrating 10 the
hollow. He is still alive, but cannot re-
cover. s-.st-
Z. Hill, a carpenter Of Atlanta, to lose
about $40 Wednesday. He not only recov-
cred 1t, however, but had the satisfaction
of seeing the stranger arrested. Hin was
in Steve Moore's bar, when a well-dressed
young man, made Masonic signs TO him.
They were returned and the young man
introduced himself as E. l. Mcnamara.
He was affable, we'll up in matters Of in
terest to a member Of the Masonic frater-
nifty and made himself exceedingly agree
able. The two had several drinks to-
gether. for which Hill paid. He then sud
denly discovered that his pocketbOok, con-
tanning $50 was missing. He accused Nc
Namara of taking it. but the young man
denied the charge. Patrolman Bates was
called. Seeing that he was about to be
arrested, MCNAMARA returned Hills pock-
etbook, claiming that he had merely TAX
en- il for the sake OF amusement. Patrol
man Bates took Mcnamara to police sta
ton, however. The ofhcers think that Nc
Namara is an experienced pickpocket and
that he has operated in other cities. He
will be prosecuted.
A warrant, charging Walter c. Coca of
Atlanta with larceny after trust, has
been sworn out before Judge Bloodworth,
and the police are now after him. The war
rant was sworn out by w W. Childs,
manager of the Gate City Ice and Coal
Company of Atlanta. Coca was until re-
Gently employed by that company as book
keeper. About three or four months ago,
Coca secured a position as bookkeeper for
the Gate City Ice and Coal Company. In
a short while Mr.. Childs, the manager, no
ficed some Irregularities I'm the ice tickets
and he employed an expert bOokkeeper to
examine the books. This examination de-
veloped the fact, so Mr.. Childs states that
GOA was about $17 short. Coca was in
formed of the shortage and discharged
He asked for a few days time in which to
make up the shortage and it was granted.
About a week after GOA left the compa-
ny's employ, Mr.. Childs found that bills
were being collected by the young man.
He also found that GOA was selling ice
books, so he states He then swore out
the warrant. Coca, he says, has defraud-
ed the company of about $3.50.
A number of determined looking women
and men appeared in Judge Westmore-
lands court at Atlanta Wednesday, as
interested parties in a hearing for the
possession of htue boy 3
Paul Tuggle, his father and Willie Tug
gle, his mother. are at outs as to who
should have the child. He has been in the
keeping Of the father for some time, liv-
ing al a boarding house. Recently he sent
him on visit 10 his brother in Rome.
The mother heard that the boy was in
Rome, and went there after him. She
managed TO get possession of him and re-
turned to Atlanta. The father heard
about II and at once took out a writ of
habeas corpus for the. possession of the
child. Mr.. ruggle alleged that his wife
was not the proper person TO care for the
child. In her answer to the court, Mrs.
Tuggle says she admits that she took the
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