The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-11
MASTERS TO BE SET FREE.
CHIEF MDERMOTT TELEGRAPHs
THE SAN DIEGO POLICE TO
RELEASE HIM.

The County Decides It Has no Funds
TO Pay for bringing the DefauIt-
ing Agent Hack and the Internal
tfonaI Migration Society Declines
10 Do 1.-THE CoIOred People start
Fund for That Purpose After the
order for Masters Release Has
Been sent.
J. W. Masters. the defaulting agent of
the International Migration Society, will
not be brought back 20 Savannah. Chief
AIcDermott telegraphed Chief Brenning of
san Diego yesterday afternoon 10 release
Masters.
The county commissioners decided that
they had no funds in their possession from
which to defray the expense of bringing
Masters back TO Savannah. and the letter
Of President d. j. Plummer of the Interna-
tional Migration Society received yesterday
stated that the society did not feel obi
gated to undergo the expense Of bringing
Masters back here.
President Plummer stated that he would
pay the 500 reward offered for Masters
arrest upon his delivery IN Savannah and
would go so far as to try TO secure trans
pOrtation from the railroads between Sa-
vannah and New Orleans for the officer
who should be sent after Masters. He did
not guarantee the transportation for this
distance however.
''The society could not afford TO go TO
the expense Of bringing Masters back, fur
ther than paying the reward offered said
Mr.. Plummer in his letter. at is only send
ting good money after bad money anyway,
but we are willing to pay 500 as agreed to
bring the scoundrel to justice. believe 1t
to be the duty of the state to secure Mas
tiers return as the society is not the only
one injured by him. We are very anxious
that he be prosecuted and in addition TO
the 800 reward offered which will be paid
upon his delivery at Savannah We will ap-
ply to the Central railroad and connecting
lines for transportation to New Orleans
and return for the officer sent after Mas
ters."
A postscript was appended to Mr. Plum
mer's letter saying that if the state would
pay his expenses he would 60 10 san Diego
and bring Masters back himself, and thus
save the time of the officer who would
otherwise have to be sent after him.
Shortly after Chief McDermott had sent
his telegram instructing the release Of
Masters a negro man came into the bar
racks and said that Masters victims were
willing to give $50 to have him brought
back to Savannah. Chief McDermott in
formed the man that he was too late.
At the instance Of Solicitor General
Fraser, q meeting of the county COM
missioners was called yesterday after
noon for the purpose of considering the
matter Of bringing Masters back.
There were only three of the commits
sioners present at the meeting, Chair
man Dale, Commissioners Chaplain and
kehoe. After very brief consideration
of the matter this resolution was passed
by unanimous vote of the three COM
nissfOpers present. THE county de-
clines to defray the expenses of bringing
fare 81 n for trio
here, there being no funds available for
S. w. West, colored, and one or two
others arrived at the meeting just after
the resolution with reference to Masters
had been acted on. lie wanted TO state
that the negroes here who felt outraged
at the treatment by Masters of several of
their race were ready and willing to
get up a fund at once for the purpose of
bringing the culprit back for trial. West
was seen at the conclusion of the meet
ing
1--WE don't propose to let any man come
here and do us that way" he said. 81 did
not lose a dollar through Masters, but 1
am interested for those people who did,
and ! have been around among the col
ored people all over town. / am salts
hed we could get up fund to bring him
West was told that the chief of police
was about to telegraph San Diego to the
Masters and he might as well be turned
loose When West found Chief McDer-
mott, the telegram authorizing Masters
release had already been sent and II is
likely that Masters was at liberty before
there was dollar on the subscription
list.
Some of the negroes seem very indig-
nant over the matter as they considered
gross outrage had been perpetrated on
them by Masters, and that he should be
brought back here for trial Their in
dignaton will no doubt fall on the society
in the end as II was through their JOINING
the society that they lost their money.