The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-29

| element. misapplication and misappropria-
! tion Of the funds of the bank. The sure
I ties on the bond are $. r.. Pyles Frank
/ A. league James V Burke and Samuel
/ AgneW Three OF them are relatives of the
/ bank president and the last named Is his
/ father. There are now three indictments
! against Agnew, but he has only been ar
/ ralgned on one OF them, the longest con-
| tanning nine counts. The bond was APP
proved and Agnew now has five months
1 in which to prepare for trial.
There were several cases disposed of in
! the criminal court during the afternoon
among them being that Of the
negro, Brooks, who some months
| Fla. Brooks pleaded guilty to manslaugh-
ter and was sentenced to serve six months
in prison The remainder of the term bids
fair to be interesting, and sensational, es-
pecially the Cooper burning case. and the
Bannerville assault and battery cases.
During a storm at Fernandina Tuesday
afternoon, lightning struck the residence
OF Tax Collector Nathan Priest, at Ches-
ter. Mrs. Priest was severely stunned and
her left arm for a time paralyZed. The
bolt ran down into the room where mem
bers of the family were sitting. splintered
window frame, partially tore out the
sash, and shattered side out of bureau.
A strip was also torn out Of the flooring
beneath trunk. and a little heap of ashes
found in the room, seems to indicate
where handkerchief had been consumed.
Mrs. Priest did not fully recover for two
hours. Mrs. Priests daughter was also
stunned.
Wash Roberts and w. A.. Miller drove
to Milton in a buggy last Monday. In
At point fifteen miles from town they
got into difficulty. Miller seems to have
been the aggressor, striking Roberts over
the head and arm with a stick, breaking
the latter While Roberts was down NIL
Ter ran over him, still striking him. Rob-
erts pulled his knife and stabbed Miller
IN aHFnh eli
and he bled to death in few moments
The corOner's jury returned a verdict OF
self defense. No one witnessed the trag-
edy, which occurred in the woods.
Quite a sensation was created al Ocala
Thursday night between 9 and 10 o'clock by
the discharge Of a revolver, the sound
coming from the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. w. Agnew. A large crowd gathered
at once. It seems that Messrs. Mcintyre
and Ethridge went down to call on Mr.
Agnew. Mrs. Agnew saw them approach
ing. and in the dark could not recognize
them. Not making themselves known, she
imagined that they were burglars, a mum.
Der OF whom have been operating in thar
vicinity lately. and fired her revolver in
Milling and Lyman Immediately respond
ed. and discovered the two gentlemen I'M
hurt.
Jacksonville Citizen: An argument In
the case of the Penn Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company VS.. William NJ. LedWith ct
ux., was heard before Judge Call at tho
circuit court Thursday. The argument
was on a motion to set aside the sale of
the property involved in the suit, when
was made at the last legal sales day,
to satisfy a mortgage held by the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company on prop
erty of the defendant amounting to about
$4,000 including costs. The sale was made
by a special master appointed by the
court. The petitioners aver, among other
things, that on May Is they were re-
gotiating with parties in Boston for the
loan of a sufficient amount of money 10
take up the mortgage and thereby pre-
vent the sale, and as they thought they
would be successful in their negotiations,
postponement of the sale was asked for,
but the property was sold before final
arrangements could be made. 1t wgts
also averred by the petitioners that the
property was sold for an amount consid-
erably below its value. Affldavits of dis
interested persons were introduced by the
petitioners to the effect that the property
was worth $4,000, and was sold for $lU,-
600. 1t was also shown by the petit
toners that the assessed valuation of the
property was 1000. After the argument
the papers were submitted to the court
and the matter was taken under advise.
ment. The property involved in the suit
is on the south side of Bay street, neal
Ocean. and takes in the old Market also
a lot on the corner of Main and Church
streets. All of this property is considered
very choice.