The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
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justices Court at WrightsvIIIe-A
Young wife in Jail in Hall County
on a Charge of Being Accessory 10
the Murder of Another Mans Wife.
GEORGIA
Hon. J. G.. Fowler, ex-postmaster and
one Of AIlicdEeville's oldest and most
highly esteemed citizens, died Tuesday.
AcquHla J. Orme Of Atlanta died in a
sanitarium at Cincinnati day or two ago.
He was formerly general passenger agent
of the Atlanta and West Point railroad.
DIR. a. p. Ford. who has been in Bibb
county jail several weeks for safe keep
ing. was taken 10 Worth county Wednes-
day 10 DE tried ON the charge OF killing
his cousin.
r. c. Wilson Of Chalker, in the northern
portion of Washington county. was found
dead within 80 yards of his house early
Wednesday morning. HIS throat was cut
and as the corpse was cold it IS supposed
he was murdered about midnight
The turn fest 10 be held at Atlanta IN
June by the Central Southern Turner bund
viii De an event the magnitude Of which
is not generally appreciated. The attend
ance viii go into the thousands, and in
terest I'm the AFFAIR viii be national.
At Atlanta Wednesday the jury return
ed a verdict of guilty in the case Of Charles
Young. accused of tho murder OF Tom
Edwards. Young viii 20 TO the peniten-
tiary for life. "a recommendation for mer-
cy having been made by the members OF
the jury.
Rev. i. NJ. Craig. pastor of the Presby-
terrain church i'm Dawson, was elected min
isterial commissioner to the general as
sembly of his church, which win convene
tn Memphis, Tenn, next month as the
representative of the Macon Presbytery,
recently in session at Cordele.
Mrs. Moon. whose throat was cut some
time ago at her home near Powder Springs,
will soon be well. She now gives out the
statement that she knows nothing Of max
ing a statement that she cut her own
throat. The sheriff has a new warrant for
the arrest of Mrs. Sanford, who is now in
Newton county.
The relatives Of DR.. w. l.. Ryder, the
murderer Of Miss Sallie Emma owen, will
make a vigorous defense They have re-
tanned G.. J. Thornton and j. ~. WOrrin
of Columbus. and J. J. Bull Of TalbOttOn.
Dr. Ryder will be tried at special term
OF Talbot superior court, called for that
purpose, on the fourth Monday in May.
The motion for a new trial in the case
of VIII Bruce was refused by Judge John
s. Gambler, AT Atlanta Wednesday. Bruce
is sentenced for life Imprisonment for the
killing Of George Beattic, on July Attn last.
For the same crime AdOlDhus Badger re-
ceived eight years and it is claimed that
the verdict against Bruce was Illegal. The
case will be taken TO the supreme court
for final decision.
Two wounds inflicted on the head of Lee
Grimes, a negro, in the employ of the
brOther-in-laW, with piece of kindling
wood and a brick caused his death at 70
Parker street Monday afternoon, and
Wednesday the corOncr's jury rendered a
verdict of manslaughter against Coleman.
The negro has fed. A family quarrel
caused the trouble.
George W. Parrot of Atlanta offers to
become one of fifteen men to subscribe the
$4,000 necessary to save the exposition
buildings from demolition. Mr.. PARROTS
plan is to raise about $1,000 and buy the
buildings and turn them over to the Pied
mont company to hold permanently for
other fairs. The city, Mr.. Parrott thinks,
should pay the annual fixed charges-the
interest on the bonds-amounung to per-
haps $1,000 year. This expenditure would
in that way be borne equally by all the
people.
At the meeting of the city council of
Macon Tuesday the police commissioners
submitted their report and investigation
of certain charges against Chief of Police
Butner. and completely eXonerated him.
He was charged with running hacks in
competition with citizens taking horse
and buggy as collateral for a cash fine of
q prisoner and fixing collateral in baila-
bic cases, other than those IN Wnlcn ne
was authorized by the recorder. Council
ordered the report filed in the Office and
took no further action.
c. II. Wiggers was brought into the city
court at Atlanta Wednesday to answer to
a charge of cheating and swindling
brought against him by the cotton ware
house firm of English & Co. They charged
that they loaned him 5000 on Feb. q, 1895,
and he falsely represented that he owned
go acres of land in the third district of
Henry county and ten head of mules,
which he mortgaged to them to secure the
payment of the 500. Wiggers was recently
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Riley, of Bibb,
near Talbotton In court he demanded in
dictment by the grand jury and was re-
manded to jail
Gainesville correspondence Atlanta
Journal Mrs. Rosetta Chambers, nee
Smith, of MurrayviIle. Hall county, was
arrested Tuesday ait her home, and is now
in Hall county Jail, being held as a wit
ness against Henry Patterson, who is
charged with the murder of his wife on
March II, last Mrs. Chambers is the
daughter of d. Payne Smith and is about
10 years of age, handsome of form
and feature. She was married to Mr..
Chambers on the evening that Mrs. Pat
terson was killed and there is a prospect
that she will be brought into the case as
| an accessory before the fact 1t is said
| that Patterson was enamored with heI