The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08

I claims he was pounded on the head with
\ a hammer. The TWO boys came in my
/ place and called me back TO the rear OF
/ The store, said Mr.. Gavan. 1T was very
dark there. They asked me II / had ac-
eused their brother Of stealing. I said that
nao not ana related to them what hac
| occurred. Then, without any warning,
I they jumped upon me and beat me about
/ the head with q hammer and knocked me
down. / was without any means OF de-
Tense, and a. ] arose I was knocked down
again We fought until we reached the
! 'front.' OF the store Here ] picked up
a base bail bat ana drove them out They
ran ike deers and I was unable 10 eaten
theln- Warrants were sworn cut against
both the HerTins for assault 10 murder.
Herald. W 3. Correu and ID. G. Steb-
bins, while fishing on the river at Au-
Gusta Thursday. met with an accident
which came within little of being q
fatal one FOR Mr.. COrrell. They were
about three miles down the river, on the
GepE sia side where the current IS very
swift ana deep. fishing from a bateau.
heN We're on opposite ends OF the boat
and each Of them had out four or five
lines Mr.. C0rrel had line tied 10 each
loot. and while waiting Tor a bite sud
denly fell backward into the river. Mr..
Stebhins hear the splash OF the fall and
looked around II time 10 see Alr. COrrels
Feet going down. When he came up he
had been carried several yards down
stream. He was clad in a heavy-fitung
jacket of leather and was unable TO swim.
He was yelled 10 by the man In the boat,
and told 20 keep his mouth shut and con-
unue TO kick and splash. Mr. Correll did
this and Mr.. Stebbins jumped out OF the
boat and gave * a vigorous push toward
where Mr.. COrreil was. with difficulty,
keeping his head up; the boat didn't
quite get 10 him, and his head went
down again. The instant that his head
appeared above the water, Mr.. Stebbins
gave the boat another push and Mr.. Cor
reu caught II. He was towed 20 the
bank and lifted out the water lie
didn't lose consciousness. but was com
pletely exhausted. Mr.. Stebbins rubbed
lr.. I,n. elf
again. On account Of his being 50 wet
and no dry clothes being at hand. he
walked 10 the city across the country.
Mr.. Correll says that IL was the narrow
est escape he has ever had. He hasn't
the slightest idea what caused him TO fall
out OF the boat, unless a fish pulled him
out.
Augusta Herald Between u and
o'clock Thursday night people living with
in mile or two of the Riverside mills
were startled from their sleep by a series
OF short, sharp distress signals from their
well known steam whistle A few minutes
after an alarm of fire from box "a was
heard. When the nremen arrived there
was a short clash with the mill watch
man about their getting I'm, but the fire.
men entered, anyhow. Some bales OF
waste in the basement of the mill were
atire, and II required much time and trou-
bic 10 get at them This was finally done,
however, intervening bales being trucked
out when the fire was eNtinguished. At
ter the machines had returned TO their
quarters, lot of loose cotton on the sec-
ond moor blazed up, and Chief Reynolds,
in order to be on the safe side, pulled the
companys private box 5l3, and brought
them back. 1t was also quickly extin-
guished. Chief Reynolds men worked
hard on the ire, as did also Supt. Heffer-
nan and the mill force, who had respond
ed to the distress signal. To a Herald
reporter President Stearns explained that
the fire loss would not be much more
than SO, but that the loss from water
would go to several hundred dollars As
TO the refusal Of the Waterman to ley
the tiremen IN. he said he did not wish to
allow the impression to prevail that his
company desired TO shut out the depart
ment; on the contrary, they were glad
had been warned in emergencies of the
kind not 10 open the gates and let in
the crowds, and 1t was from these in
structions that the trouble grew. Cotton
mills, he said, had many fires of which
the public knew nothing, their own men
extinguishing them with the mill appa-
ratus.
Atlanta Commercials: For nearly two
years the Atlanta and West Point road
has suffered from the depredations OF
some one who systematically robbed the
baggage while II was in transit over that
road Detectives for the road have been
hard at work, and yesterday II. b. VIII
son, baggagemaster on the road was
arrested, charged with the thefts, and
the evidence against him seems TO be
conclusive. Mrs. J. w. Davis, a remark
ably pretty widow, who lives at AZ North
Boulevard, and halls from Colorado. Is
mixed up. in the story, and 1t was she
who furnished the officers several stolen
articles that she says were given her by
Wilson. prominent West Point official
this morning told the story of Wilson's
doWnfan and his arrest. Some time ago
+. Sevilla of New Orleans was on his
way TO New York and his baggage was
robbed of two silk dresses. two fans ana
two gold-mounted hair combs. He was
not inclined to submit calmly to his losses
and he wrote to J. J. O'Donnell, the agent
OF the through lines in New Orleans de-
scribing his missing property, and asking
that efforts be made to recover II. Mr.
ODonnel sent the letter to Atlanta, ana
detectives We're put TO work on the case.
BEFORE long they discovered a silk dress
worn by Mrs. Davis that filled the descrip-
ton and sample of 1t was secured ana
sent to Mr.. Sevilla for Identification He
promptly decided that IL was the same
material as the dress he had lost, which
he was taking to his wife, and on this
evidence a search warrant was taken OUT
and Mrs. Davis home was searched. Mrs
DAVIS promptly produced many of the
missing articles, and declared that she
got them from Wilson. who was arrested
yesterday afternoon and carried before
Justice Bloodworth, who fixed his bail
at $1,000. In the meantime Mr.. Sevilla had
been telegraphed for, and was in Atlanta
and identified the articles. Mrs. Davis,
when she commenced to talk spoke to
good effect. She said that Wilson had
given her things, and while she thought
they were expensive presents from a man
III MS puslllOus SIii--d SnruB from OF her
pretty shoulders expressed the rest. JUST
what the relations were between Mr.. VIII
son and Mrs. Davis can only be sur
missed, although some of the letter writ
ten to her. which Mrs. Davis produced
are exceedingly warm in their expressions
He addresses her as Dear Little One -
Darling Baby and Dear One" I'm va
rious letters, and through all of them ex-
pressions of the tenderest character are
frequently found. Wilson was unable to
give bond and will be confined to Jail
until his trial, which occures next Wednes~
day.
FLORIDA
Ed Jernigan is Senator Reeves cadet
from Walton county.
The Strathmore hotel. Fernandina
Beach, closes Oct. l.
G A. X Stevens has felt Barlow and
located at AbbeVille, Ga.
The Mirror says that Fernandina has
more than its share of loafers.
NJ F. Weeks, merchant at Melrose.
assigned wednesday to c. Mizell
The printing press for the Cocoa and
Rockledge News arrived at Cocoa last
Thursday.
1t is estimated that 1900 tons of phos-
phate will be shipped this week from
Fernandina.
Tale lumber shipments from Fernan-
dina for the month of August amounted