The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-08
mi. WAY STILL UNDER FIRE.
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---. and some silver. made a schedule Of
a. e-i then borrowed the watch and
-r1ace. and were shown the schedule
--s threatened with prosecution before
,-,.- returned them2" ar. Richards asked
= viii tell YOU the whole circumstance
g. ,-ov are through" Col. Way said. II
s-,-sd an advance on some silver, then
.--ie5 some old scraps OF jewelry TO the
sg--e place 10 be sold, and secured a fur
+rer advance on the silver. L went back
f-~ the jewelry, it not having been sold.
- secured an advance on il. under
Standing that all the money I had secured
bers was on the silver. This party made
ort 4 schedule showing he had given 500
~. tre silver as I thought. He said he
,,-1s not sell the silver for as much as
he had advanced me. he said he had a
erheiule with the jewelry on IL, and
eskef me TO get it for him. I agreed, and
v---- and got it for him"
We're not those articles sold and bid
in by yOu?'
"To." replied Col Way 1T was never
sold that 1 know or"
.Did YOU send in to the city a CARLOAD
Of furniture TO be sold just before the
drc?"
NO. sir. most emphatically, most pos
itiyely no." Col. Way said.
DO YOU know Peter FoX?"
yes" Col Way replied.
He has some Of your furniture?"
Eyes. it was sent "a year
before the fire. You asked me
lust now" Col. Way said, about an
other fire in 1888 That fire was caused
bv the explosion of a lamp in the parlor.
and was put out with the garden hose.
A very gentlemanly adjuster came down
10 see about the matter, and with an
arbitrator he settled the loss for the fur
uiture and other articles damaged. Peter
FOX and Oppenheimer came down to see
whether the furniture had better be sold
or repaired. Oppenheimer thought It
should be sold, and Foxs idea was il
should be repaired. The piano, which
was badly damaged, was sold for $50
bv Mr.. Dorsett. The chairs and divans
went to Peter Cox, who said he would
repair them for a certain amount. They
are waiting for me now
Col Way said the adjuster and ap-
rraiser went over the articles destroyed
Nv the fire Of 1898 piece by piece.
Was Purity Chasusing Love" dam
aged?" Mr.. Richards asked.
Il cannot tell you"
well, you want US TO pay full value
for IT, Did the other company pay you
anything on it in 1892
Il don't know. I don't remember I
consider the picture was worth 81, 900
though it cost only $500"
col Way stated he had received for
the damage by the IRE of
AGED articles sold for, making the amount
raid 81. $50 or S1650. He said the damage
was on the furniture, piano, paintings,
ornaments, music books and other art
icles He said on second thought that
he might have received $50 or $40 for the
damage at that time TO the painting
Purity Chastising Love"
1t being 2 o'clock by the new time, a
recess was taken until 4 o'clock
When the cross examination was taken
I'D again Col. Way was asked If he had
time to refresh his memory since dinner
as to which picture had been damaged
nv the fire Of 1898 He said his recollec-
ton was that both of them had been dam
aged to some extent. What damages he
had collected from the insurance com
pany on them he did not remember.
He was handed a schedule which he
said was in his handwriting. He said
II was the original schedule given by
the adjuster, of property damaged by
the fire of the spring of 1893, but was
not the document on which the award
was made. 1t was the list of the articles
he had in the parlor that he thought
were damaged. IN the list was one oil
painting, S120 original cost. Col. Way eX-
planned that this was painting called
Vanity" bought in New York by Mrs.
stroyed by the fire of 1893.
Mr.. Richards then took up the sched-
ule of the property damaged and de-
stroyed by the fire in the parlor in 1893
and asked Col Way about the articles
piece by piece. He wanted to know
whether damages were secured on these
articles, and whether some of them We're
in the list of those articles on which
fun damages are now being claimed
Col Way was familiar with the history
of most Of the articles, but about some
Of them he had forgotten, He SAID
among other things that he had pur-
chased none of the valuable articles or
furniture in the house after the year
1880, though he might have bought a
painting or an ornament here and there
after that time. Mr. Richards was seek
ing to determine, if possible to do so,
whether any article in the schedule OF
1893 We're in the schedule of 1894.
A1r. Nicolson said he had not objected
to this investigation, but that he did OBJ
ject decidedly to this schedule going in
as evidence in a formal manner, as no
allegation had been made that any OF
these articles destroyed in 1883 by an an
terror fire were included in the schedule
of 1894. He objected therefore, to TINS
schedule going formally into evidence
though he made no objection to the jury
getting the information as brought out
by the Investigation.
Mr.. Richards said he had not yet offered
it in evidence, as he did not wish to dis
close as yet what use he was going to
make of it, but would do so later
and then counsel could make his OBJ
Jections
There was some further questioning on
the articles enumerated in the schedules
Mr., Richards then examined Col. W ay
on the condition of the house at the time
of the fire. Col. Way said for about
$50 it could have been put in perfect con
dition. ! learned there were two leaks at
different times and tried to learn what
damage had been done by them. The
damage from this source, it seems,
amounted to but little.
plot was then introduced TO show
the location of the property at Beau
lieu. Col. Way then spoke of the burn
ing Of the house. Leaves and brush were
burning all around the house, he SAID
and with a regular cyclonic wind blowing
about 40 miles an hour all day long, 1t
was natural to Suppose that some OF the
burning leaves, or sparks had been blown
onto the house. He did not know now
long the bluff had been burning.
Where was your trunk at the time OF
the