The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-26

the scene BY the yelling q the woman
she was whipped. however. the next
morning before sunrise.
The preliminary trial OF ex-Postmaster
before United States Comm lssioner Mar
TN Holt was charged with embezzle-
nent OF funds while postmaster. The
original amount the government charged
Holt with taking was s. fdq The second
statement placed the amount at sAZl0.
then 500 and the fourth charge placed
1t al 81, 20. The INVESTIGATION Wednesday
revealed further discrepancy in the
governments figures and the alleged
shortage was reduced 10 $500. In the
governments figures as submitted We'd
nesday, Holt has been allowed no credits
for the months OF April. May and June or
1873, whereas Holt maintains that he sent
70 Washington a statement for these
three months with which he has not been
credited IL he can suhstantlate this. the
apparent shortage OF SL11 VIII be cleared
up. Pending the preliminary trial. Holt
has been out under 500 bond, but
after the hearing Wednesday the com
missioner reduced the bond 20 $3.50, and
bound him over 70 the United States court
az savannah, Feb. T. Judge Speer presid-
ms Alb T. Holt and Harry Mix are his
bondsmon.
Atlanta Journal. The papers in a very
Interesting law suit In which the lead
ing figures are a dead man, and an in
mate OF the state lunatic asylum ar Mil
le1gevlile, were filed in the Office OF
clerk Tanner Wednesday afternoon. The
Audt man. a. r. DNHtfs ana Lle crazy
man, J. Fl. Cooper. are both well remem-
bered in Atlanta. where they were ven
ana taNorablY known. The silit, brought
by r. ". Boone, against the American
Trust and Banking Company, is 10 re-
cover from the bank the sum Of 5000
deposited there by J. II. Cooper when he
was the administrator on the estate Of
3. y. Cooper. 3. r. Cooper, who was
resident Of Orlando, Fla. dicl taere on
Dec. 2, 1888 ami left some property, In
herited by nine people. who were his
appointed rs administrator on the estate
Of 3. r. Cooper. Among other effects
Of the dead man was life insurFn nee pol
ICY on the Equitable Life Assurance So
sent the policy 20 New y ork, and 70 due
time received a check for the money,
which YVES deposited in the bank Of the
American Trust and Banking Company.
X is alleged in the papers that Mr.
-ooper, instead Of eepositing the money
as administrator. deposited it % his in
longed TO the estate Of the deceased
Cooper. Cooper after this transaction
went 10 Florida to look after the estate,
and while there he became violently in
ordinary and adiudged a lunatic. He
was brought back 70 Atlanta and tried
a second time before Ordinary Calhoun,
and again adJudged insane and sent to
the asylum at Minedgeville. on April 10
r. ". Boone was appointed IS admnis-
traitor on the estate Of y. T. Cooper.
lNl WHICH LiF crazy man litA Htci efAiit4ii-
istratOr clifford L. Anderson, on the
other hand. was appointed as guardian
for the crazy man. Mr.. Boone, learning
about thu insurance transaction. made
application TO the bank for the 5000,
but was informed that Mr.. Cooper. al
though he generally had quite a sum Of
money on denC eit there, at this time had
only 1850. There was nothing 10 his
credit there as administrator, as all bus
mess had been done with him as a pri-
vate individual Boone alleges that he
wants to get the money so that he can III
vide the property among the heirs. 1t
is alleged that the bank received the
money from Cooper. and hence It should
turn it over to Boone, as he is the legal
of E. F. Cooper having
been appointed as such to take the place
Of J. n. Cooper, after he became unfit to
do the work.