The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24

arrested Friday in Fulton county. near
south river, BY Deputy Sheriff ~ j. Rob
his brUther-in-law, DR.. Willis VIM. and
several other citizens OF Hall county The
warrant upon which Chamblee was ar
rested was sworn out BY DR.. Willis Winn
and Is directed against both Henry W
Lhamblee and Cobb Chamblee q brother
oL the man under arrest. The charge nam
ed ln the warrant is assault with intent
To murder nut the assault is specified as
an attefnpt 10 poison DR.. Willis VIM,
1liH Chamblees George w Perkele, y. J.
p ague ana p i. smith. The affair seems
90 be peculiar one. From what both the
deputy sheriff and his prison said there
was never any bad feeling between Dr.
VIM and the Chamblees. DR.. VIM was
a brother-in-law, having married Miss
Ahamplee. who was very beautiful young
woman. Both the men state that DIT.
Nlun drinks more than is good for him.
and u is 70 his brother-in-iaw's iutemper-
ate habits that Henry w. Chamblee attri-
nhtes lhe warrant lt appears that Hen
rs Chamblee and Cobb Chamblee left their
homes on the day before DR. VIM. elf
thambiee, George Perkele, T. j Wayne
ana J. r. Smith were all taken sick from
gIlnklnE some whisky to which it Is al
ieget. the Ghamblees had had easy access
The affair occurred last month and Henry
Chamblee was located near Atlanta and
arrested as stated above. Chamblee de
MES that there is any basis for the charge
and MS statement is probably true.
Atlanta Journal: Just before the Uni
yea states grand jury adjourned last
summoned a number Of witnesses ia that
quite unique case Of JOues-IOmes or
story or cypress trees. but other Wit
Aesaes from south Georgia We're want
ms, ana the hearing OF the case by the
nigh jurors was pos poned- Mrs. Fannie
A. Jones arose to nOtoFiety. IL not fame.
by the fact that her name. common as
IL is-the commences being reality the
very cause Of her notabihty. She re- eived
a letter one day last fail from "a ium-
herman in Dodge county asking her il
she wanted 10 sell some cypress trees
from her land In that baliwick. Now, this
was absolutely the first information Mrs.
Fannie a. Jones had of the interesting
fact that she was the owner Of cypress
trees. She was the wife OF a Consolidated
conductor. and knew that she did not
own any cypress trees. She had never
heard her husband say he had any. In
fact she was sure that he didn't. There
fore she said nothing to him about 1t.
Now this Dodge county luInberman was
anxious to have cypress logs, so theNset-
ter contained a proposition which was
TO be answered at earliest convenience
Fifty dollars was offered for half dozen
choice cypress logs. Mrs. r. A. Jones
concluded, after puzzling over the matter
for a day or two, that this was not such
a bad opportunity 10 get handsome re-
turns without he outlay Of capital. Fifty
dollars was not TO be scored. she replied
therefore to- the Dodge county man yes,
that she was willing to part with some
of her cypress trees, and would accept
the proposition. She was shortly in re-
ceipt of the $50. Several other letters
reached Mrs. Jones In the same way, and
she continued to accept any and all prop
ositiOn for her trees-thOse trees that
she had never seen nor knew about
until she had gained quite a little sum
of money from trees that were not hers.
Mrs Fannie A. Jones would probably
have grown reasonably rich had not
another Mrs Jones finally received one
of the letters. This Mrs. Jones really
owned the trees. The letter was mys-
FERROUS enough, and told her how well
the former trees which she had allowed
the writer to cut down had pleased him.
and asking for permission to cut some
more. offering the same consideration he
had made in the other transactions. This
Mrs. Jones did not regard very pleasantly
the situation of somebody else selling her
trees and getting the money This was
Mrs Jack Jones, wife of eX-Treasurer
Jones of Georgia, better known through
out this state as Honest Jack" Jones.
Mrs. Jack Jones appealed to the post
office inspector who had little trouble in
ferreting out the other Mrs. Jones and In
bringing her before a government tribunal
In the person of United States Commits
sioner Broyles Mrs. r. A. Jones waived
preliminary hearing. In conversation she
confessed in an indifferent sort of way
that she was guilty The case will soon
come before the grand jury and the find
ing of a true bill, on account Of the un-
mistakable character of the evidence, VIII
be a matter OF mere form as soon as
the witnesses are heard.