The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-27
a story Of mad infatuation. disappOint-

a story Of mad infatuation. disappoint-
mcnt and death.
Athens Banner: 4 few DAYS ago 3. I.
Burr. of Rockville Conn, sent notice 10
the Banner wanting 10 hnd a Georgia
picket who brought him canteen 81
water at the battle Of Sharpsburg. lie
said In the notice that he was wounded
and las for forty hours between the lines.
and the only water that he got was ~
this Georgia picket crawling on his hands
and knees to the creek, and what ne
caught in tin cup the next night after
the fight. The Banner published me no
tice aud one Of the employees Oh the Ban
ner opened q correspondence win NE
Burr. who is editor Of the TOlland COun-
~ Leader Of Rockville. The correspond
ence was very pleasant and many old
war tales were told over in the CORES
ponce. Air. Burr was always anxious TO
find the man or some Of his relatives. Mr..
James Madison Norton met the old Ban
ner man and informed him that he was,
very certain that he was the man VINO
has furnished the water. He says that
he was on picket duty just above the
bridge at Antietam. and that a yankee
soldier kept begging for water ana want
ed 10 know if they would let him die
from thirst Mr.. Norton could not stand
the piteous appeals for water. and went
to the creek and brought IL 10 him. "
Norton was shot at several times While
returning.
Macon Evening News: on next Saturday
the sentence of DR.. John b. Roberts. eX-
postmaster Of Sandersville. will expire.
Judge Speer sentenced Dr. Roberts to one
years Imprisonment in the Bihb county
jail for selling postage stamps other than
for cash while he was postmaster at san
dersyille. On April q last, Judge Speer
passed an order, on account OF the III
health Of DR.. Roberts, releasing MIN from
the Bihb county Jail and allowing him 10
20 to Sandersville TO be with his family.
The order provided that until June p. DR..
Roberts was 10 be considered rs IN the
custody of the United States court, and
not subject to arrest by tho officers Of any
other court until that time. Since April
p Dr. Roberts has been In Sandereyille.
but he has not been guarded by any United
States officials, but has had perfect free
dom. II will be remembered that Presi-
dent Cleveland pardoned DR.. Roberts OF
his two years sentence TO the ohio pcni-
Tertiary for the fraudulent issuance OF
money orders. on June 90 therefore. Dr.
Roberts will pass from under the custody
Of the United States court unless he is
arrested by this court again on new
charge. which was not known at the time
of his former trials before Judge Speer,
and which has only developed while serv-.
ing his present sentence. This new charge
is that Or. Roberts raised a money order
from = TO $50. and obtained the money. If
the. United States court does not attempt
to hOh him on this charge, IL is possible
that the state courts will permit him to
spend the remainder Of his days out of
prison in Sandersville, with his family.
He is under indictment found by the
grand Jury of Bib county for aiding in
the escape of Tom Allen and others from
the Bibb jail on the 22d day of last Febru
ary He IL also under indictment by the
grand jury Of Washington county for an
alleged oTense he is said to have COM
mitted there. The physical and mental
condition Of DR.. Roberts is very bad. 1t
IS not likely that he Will ever be required
to answer the charges against him in the
state courts.
a Rome letter to the Atlanta Constitu-
ton says. OF all the wonderful war
stories that have been set afioat since the
ha= Of w. oh "a ~
mons Of this county has started one OF
the most remarkable. Sammons is a re-
sponsible man, a good farmer, who stands
high among his neighbors and whose re-
liability has never been brought into
question. He was a brave soldier of the
confederate army and was one of those
who participated in that bloody tragedy
on the banks of Chickamauga creek on
the 18th of September. 1863. During the
hottest Of the engagement SammOns
found himself IN an exposed position, with
srot and shell playing high revel around
him. and he sought such shelter as was
afforded by a large oak tree which was in
in the direct line of fire. While handling
his piece bullet struck his gunstock aid
cut off the two first joints of the forefnger
OF his right hand as clean as knife would
have done 1t. The dismembered finger
dropped among the leaves and as he was
more particular about saving the balance
Of his body than about rescuing as little
a thing as missing finger he made the
best OF his way out of the fight. stanCh-
ing his bleeding hand as best he could.
Tho war was fought to a finish and Sam
monsycame back home and went to work,
charging up his manned hand to the losses
of the confederacy. Some time ago he
decided to revisit the battlefield, which ne
had not seen In thirty-two years, nearly,
and so he betook himself to Chickamau-
ga and started for a stroll over the battle
field. The tree where he stood when
wounded occupied such a conspicuous po,
sition that he found little dif1cultv in To-
eating it, with all the scars and knots
on its rugged trunk caused by the flying
missiles of death. Having found the tree
he put himself in the same position in
which he was standing when wounded.
and then it occurred to him to look for
the bones of his missing finger Scratch
ing around among the leaves, much to his
astonishment he found the bones where
the finger had fallen, and they cores
pond exactly with the finger he had lost
They had lain there undisturbed ever
since that dread day. and ii was with a
strange feeling that he took them. and
after establishing their identity to his
perfect satisfaction, wrapped them up and
fox them away with him as strange
fTsouVenfr Of his wartime experiences
/ Mr. Summons has them in his possession
| now ands will preserve them as an eVl.
dence. Of the tact 49, he found them on
the battlefield after the lapse of so many
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