The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-28

ments. The railroad company was not
negligent and no act done or left I'M
done by the railroad company of its en-
piOyes contributed to cause the accident.
On the other had the switch was thrown
by some designing and malicious person.
Wiley Argos was killed near Senoia on
Saturday by George Arnold. Wiley Argos,
white man of bad character, whose res
ldence has been near Senoia, got drunk
saturday evening, and carrying string
OF fish into the home of George Arnold.
a respectable citizen of the same commun-
ity, insisted that Mrs. Arnold should fry
them for him. This she refused TO do,
and he went off, only TO come back and
insist on his demands in more insolent
fashion. Mr.. Arnold thereupon picked up
his shotgun and fired both loads into
Argos, the first Wounding him IN the hand
and arm, and the second filing his bow
els with leaden pills. The wounded man
staggered or into the woods, where he
was found about II O'Clock and carried TO
ms nome where he died Sunday night.
Argos is suspected Of being the man who
set lire to lot of cotton al Newman a
few years ago and it IS reported that he
was afterward given $40 and a suit of
clothes If he would leave the state.
Plumbers unearthed a skeleton on a
prominent portion Of Greene street at Au-
gusta Tuesday. From all the rround-
1ngs II would seem that a crime was com
mtted years ago. The plumbers started
ia TO overhaul the sewer pipes in the va
cant lot between the Clanton residence
and that of Capt. D'Apugnac. Suddenly
the shovel of one of the men struck some
thing hard, and when he investigated he
found the upper portion Of a skeleton.
The arms, shoulders and skull we're well
preserved. The teeth were perfect. 1t
was evidently the skeleton of a man. The
skeleton was not more than a foot and
halt under ground ana above the sewer
pipes, 50 II was certainly buried since
those pipes were laid. No one was found
who remembered when those pipes were
put down. or of any crime or case of dis
appearance in that locality. Capt. DAN
tignac said that the body could not have
been inferred more than sixteen years
ago, because prior to that time Augusta
had no sewers, only surface drains.
Sunday night about 10 O'Clock a num-
Der of people were at the Seaboard Air
Line depot at Athens awaiting the arrival
of the train from Atlanta. Suddenly
they heard three pistol shots ring out in
the direction of the old mineral springs
and in a few minutes there limped around
evidently been shot, as blood was stream
ing from his left leg. He gave his name
as Baker and said he was a sewing ma
chine agent from South Carolina. He
told the following story of the trouble:
He had stepped down to the mineral
spring while waiting for the train and
while standing there he was seized sud
denly by two burly negroes who demand
ed his money. He resisted as best he
could and pulled his pistol from his pocket
with which to defend himself. The ne
groes caught hold of the pistol and Just
then ii went off. The young man felt that
he was shot and fell over. When he re-
IDENTIFY in few moments he was lying on
his back and his money and cape We're
gone. He could not recognize the negroes
II he We're to see them again. The police
made search for the robbers but found
ne trace of them.
News has been received at Cumming of
the mysterious murder of a Mrs. Mason
who lived near the Franklin gold mines.
a few miles west of Cumming. Mrs Ma
son left home Saturday night, telling her
chtldr6n that she was going to the home
of one of the neighbOrs a short distance
awaSnapd that she would return i'm little
whitley The children waited tin bedtime,
for Fbeir mother TO return and as she
had not come they concluded she had
spent the night tt the neighbours house,
and fastened, the doors of the house AMI.
went to- bed. Sunday morning as. their
mother had not returned, the children told
the neighbors of her absence and a search
was begun. They had not beens hunting
very ieng when the dead body of the wo-
man was found by her Oldest son, boy
about 10 years of aga There We're finger
prints. on dthe woman'S. throat showing
that she had been choked, and the blood
had ooZed from her nose and ears The
ground in the vicinity of the body showed
unnistakable signs OF a struggle between
two persons. Mrs. Mason and her hus-
band failed to get along well together
and had separated about eighteen months
ago. The coroner's inquest failed TO de-
velop anything in addition to the facts
as given above. The grand jury will In,
Vesusate the case at their next term OF
court