The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05

of the infant was discovered buried in n
shallow grave in the garden adjoining
the cabin. At the cOroner's inquest last
Thursday the body Of the infant was ex-
amined by physicians who announce ed
that its death was from suffocation. The
verdict of the jury was in accordance
man being in feeble condition was not
arrested. The matter will be brought be-
fore the grand jury for an investiga ton
as soon as that body eonvenes, and ar
rest of the woman viii likely follow.
Augusta Evening Herald: Letters were
received in Augusta Thursday from the
to Central America to grow up with the
country. Those in the party are Messrs.
Louie Potter, Marion Mathewson and
Frank Boutet. There are also two En-
glishmen along. The party in their let
ters say that they had a most tempestu>
Gus voyage. They reached Cape Gracias,
in Nicaragua, about the middle of April.
from that point they are to travel seven
days inland and will embark in the rub
ber dyes and coffee business. They had
nothing whatever TO say about Nicara-
Just been settled. They probably arrived
before the affair took on a serious as,
pect. Capt Gracias is also quite Ions
distance from Corinto, the port blockaded
by the British war vessels
Townsville Times Enterprise: Thurs
days Times-Enterprise contained a no
tee of the arrest of four white men
charged with the murder of Nora Farr,
which occurred at Ochlockonee some time
ago. When that was written we did not
know what evidence had been brought to
light that led tC the arrest of these men.
Thursday morning Robert Hurst came to
town and gave himself up and also made
a statement. which if it can be corrobor
ated, Will place the parties mentioned in
bad light. We learn that Hurst says he
and Dave Taylor, Almon Thompson, Dave
Golden and Byrd Taylor composed the
crowd that visited the house of the Farr
women en- the night that Nora was killed.
They went there for the purpose of TAX
ing out two men who frequented the
place, but when they bursted the door
open Nora F'arr commenced shooting at
them. She had on, he says. a mans coat,
and they thought 1t was one of the men
fire killing her. One of the shots from
Nora Fairs pistol struck Hurst, shoot
ing a hole through his clothing, but not
hurting him. Mr.. McCroskey, father of
the young man in jail under indictment
for the crime, has been hard at work on
the case looking for evidence to clear his
boy ever since the killing occurred, and it
was he who swore out the warrant tor
the parties arrested Wednesday.
Macon Telegraph: The fees paid counsel
in the Georgia Southern case have been
made the subject of somewhat sharp crit
icism, which seems to US unwarranted by
the facts. The court did not fix the amount
of the fees. nor did the counsel. Judge
Griggs merely signed orders which had
been agreed upon by counsel and the com
mittee representing the bondholders.
Every dollar paid for fees came out OF
the bondhOlderS, and II they are satisfied
certainly nobody else has a right To COM
plain. The case would be different if the
court had taxed the body of an estate 10
pay the fees, at the expense of the credit
orS of the estate. But no creditor of the
Georgia Southern. other than the bond
holders, gets a cent less because the
lawyers were paid the fees now complain
ed of AS we have already said those
fees come out of the bondholders, whose
claim came ahead of all others that have
not already been paid. The unpaid debts
of the company amount to very little we
are informed-only about S5O00-and these
could not have been paid unless the road
brought $6,00O000. 1t only brought 5000,
Goo 50 that these unpaid claims stood nc
chance-no matter what the amount OF
fees to counsel. To criticise Judge Griggs
under these circumstances-w the men
who paid the fees were satisfied and when
no possible action on his part would save
a dollar out of the wreck to any other
creditor than those who paid them-seems
to us particularly unjust.
on March last, the supreme court OF
Georgia passed an order that if Tom AL
len had not delivered himself up to the
officers of the law, or had not been cap
tured in sixty days from that date, the
motion for a new trial In his case would
not be entertained, and the Judgment OF
the superior court Of Bib county, which
was death on the gallows, would have 10
be enforced even if Allen should give him.
self up. or be captured, after the eNpira-
ton of the 90 days. The 60 days limit ex-