The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-17

tended boarding the schooner there. A
deputy marshal will be sent to Mayport
to arrest the two men.
The jury in the Stafford murder case,
at Tallahassee, shortly after o'clock
Saturday morning, returned a verdict OF
murder in the second degree against the
defendant, J. H. Stafford. The trial was
held under an indictment for the murder
of Charles Adams only. There IS still
another Indictment against him for the
murder of John Adams. An effort VIII be
made to secure a new trial and If this
is unsuccessful an appeal will doubtless
be made to the supreme court. The pen
atty for murder in the second degree is
lifetime Imprisonment in the state peni-
tentIary.
Much interest has again been aroused
in the Ocala and Silver Springs electric
railroad, owing to the fact that II. l..
Anderson Saturday secured an injunction
from Court Commissioner Samuel F. Mar
snail restraining II. f. Dutton & Co. and
Others from interfering with Mr. Ander-
son in building the line across what is
known as the old Robinson lot, within
the corporate limits of Ocala, and near
where the electric line will intersect the
Florida Southern railroad of the Plant
SYSTEM 1t seems that Dutton &, Co. have
had their lot guarded for the last month
TO prevent Apderson's men doing any
work on his lot in the way of grading
Late Saturday afternoon a counter iniunc-
ton was secured by Dutton & Co. against
II. L. Anderson restraining him from con-
structing the track across the lot and
also one by William Sinclair restraining
Anderson from constructing the road
across the formers lot, adjoining the Dut-
ton premises.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gaffney, her husband and
two small children, aged and years
old, left Green Pond, In Polk county. on
the morning Of the 9Th to visit relatives
IN and around Hawthorn. They Travelled
by private conveyance, camping out AT
night on Friday morning about 2 O'clock
MRS carney complained of being cold,
and aroused Mr.. Gaffney, who got nm
rebuilt the fire and lay down again
Mrs. Carney also retired after getting
warm. About o'clock Mr.. Gaffney heard
her scream. He jumped up and saw her
running from him in blaze of fire. Mr.
Carney ran and caught her and succeed
ed IN =, getting off her outer clothing, but
Mrs. Gaffney had made a large belt Of new
and strong goods which she wore next
her person for the purpose of carrying
their money in. This Mr.. Gaffnev could
not tear off. He succeeded in getting
his knife out, but Mrs. Gaffney, in her
frantic efforts to get relief, knocked it
out of his hand, and the poor woman
had TO stand the torture until this belt
burned from her body roasting her alive
Mr.. Gaffney then led his wife back to
the camp, and saw the bed in a blaze
of fire, and thinking the little ones were
sharing the fate of their unfortunate
mother, he ran to the bed. but the chill
dren had seen their danger and had
crawled out from the fire and Were safe
Mr.. Gaffney then tried to unite his horse.
| TO go for help, but his hands were so
badly burned that he could not unloose
the animal or even put on his shoes; so
he had to go some distance in his bare
| feet, through the frozen water to get
some one to assist him and go for doc
tor, DR. Johnson of Hawthorn, who is
an uncle of Mrs Gaffney, went to her
relief, but soon saw that there was no
hope to save her. and just twelve hours
from the time that she was burned she
died. Mrs. Gaffney was a daughter of
Marshall Seigler of Putnam county. She
was A years of age. Mr.. Gaffney has
lost several of his finger nails, which were
literally roasted from his fingers. His
nose and lips are also badly burned.