The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03


[ discovered that his watch and purse, con-
tanning 800 were missing. he rushed to
| police headquarters ana told of tine ass
sault and robbery, but the officers were
| From the description furnished 10y Car
ter, the officers believe DE feu into the
/ clutches Of "FOotpad Mamie" and are
now searching for the girl, whose real
/ name is Mamie Pearson.
IT is reported upon good authority that
| one OF the largest vineyards I'm the state
/ will DE established near Grovetown 10y
/ Augusta capitalists. The vineyard IS to
/ occupy at least 1000 acres. which viii
/ mean an output of over 10000 gallons of
/ wine per anuum when the vineyard be-
! gins TO bear. Ten thousand dollars it is
| estimated. viii Doe necessary for the pur-
/ chase OF machinery for handling the prod
/ uct Several large whisky dealers Of Au-
gusta are the prime movers i'm the enter
| prise.
lot OF negroes working on Howell
| Cobb's plantation. near Cobb. on the
! Georgia and Alabama road got into a row
/ and before 10 was settled an Of them de-
/ cided TO quit work. Mr.. Cobb swore out
| RIA Williams, who appeared TO DE the ring
| leader in the trouble, was placed In jail
on the double charge OF breach of con-
tract and assault with intent 10 murder
other arrests viii be made shortly and
commitment trials viii be held tomorrow
morning.
The Georgia Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty TO Animals. which met IN Au-
glsta "a day or two ago, held a most i'm
| tcresting session. The officers elected for
the ensuing year are: President, Henry
II. King; vice president, DR. DeS. Ford,
Mrs. W. G.. Slblcy, Hon Patrick Walsh,
Mrs. J. II. Day, Mrs. Carrie c. Doughty,
Capt =. j. O'Connor. Mai J. b. Cumming.
Maj. W. 4. Gary and Mr.. Charles Estes;
examining physician, Or. c. j. Plank; sec
rotary and treasurer, Samuel X. Craig.
This society was founded I'm 1873 by Miss
Louise Woodward King. a resident of Au-
gusta, and the present session is the
twenty-third annual meeting.
II. 3. Hodgl<ins Of Macon wants 5000
damages from the Central railroad, be-
cause Of a difficulty between himself and
the gatekeeper at the union depot. Ac-
cording to the petition, Mr.. HOdgkins went
down 10 the depot TO meet a relative whom
he was expecting. AS soon as he reached
the station, he asked the gate-keeper If
he would be allowed TO enter the enclos-
ure, and was answered afirmatiVely. lie
waited around until he saw his train back
ing INTO the shed, and then ne started TO
enter the gate to meet and assist his rela-
tive from the train. The Eate-keeper halt
cd and refused him admission. Alr. Hodg
kius Insisted that ne had been given the
right of entry a. few moments before and
that he then didn't have time to stop and
argue the question, but the gate-keeper
called q policeman and had him arrested
Mir. Hodgkins continued to argue that he
had a right to 90 to the train, and while
being firmly held by the policeman the
the face. Mr.. HodglCns now wants the
railroad company employing the gate
keeper to pay 5000 damages.
John Carroll, who was convicted of kill
ing a woman on Decatur street, and Ar
thur Young. who killed negro on Peters
street both at Atlanta, have been taken
to the penitenuary. The were sent to the
works of the ChattahOOchee Brick Com
pany and both viii serve life sentence.
Watson Bird, negro, has confessed
that he robbed the house of Mr.. Holmes,
in front of First street Methodist church,
at Macon, last Tuesday morning and by
his direction all of the stolen articles
have been recovered. He says that he rob-
bed the house while Mrs. Holmes was
sitting on the front porch. After the rob
berry Bird and his confidential friend,
Harry Blount, fell out and fought with
each other When Watson found that he
had the worst of the fight, he appealed
to police headquarters to have Blount ar
rested. When the officers arrested BlOunt
he retaliated by telling what he knew
about WatsOn's crime of last Tuesday
morning. Both negroes are in prison.
An attempt was made at midnight
Thursday night to assassinate f. J. Rain
ey, a special night Waterman at the Cen
tral railroad yards at Macon. He was shot
in the back by a white tramp whose name
Is unknown. The shooting occurred al the
junction in the southwestern portion of the
city. Mr. Raiuey in his official capacity
was watching the outgoing trains for
tramps, as is his custom. Freight train
No. % was leaving the junction for At
lanta when Mr.. Ratney saw a white tramp
trying 10 steal a ride. He caught the man
and, pulling him from the train, put one
lock of the handouts on the mans left
wrist The man resisted but Mr.. Rainey
chung to him. In some manner, however,
he turned his back and the moment he did
the tramp pulled pistol and shot him
near the shoulder in the back. Rainey fell
III I'm Fn4sfH
70 his feet and emptied his pistol a the
fleeing tramp, but with what effect is not
known, as the tramp got away, and has
not been heard from since. The wound is
dangerous.
An inquest was held Thursday over the
dead body of r. c. Wilson, who was muir
dered near Chalker. in Washington coun-
ty, a few yards from his home, and found
Wednesday morning after having been
dead for several hours. The inquest de-
Veloped nothing new, and the crime is
yet mystery. 1t appears that MIR. Viii
son was on his horse returning to his home
from where he had been blowing, about
a quarter of a mile away. When he
reached a small briar patch two loads
from a double barrel shotgun were fired
at him. the first just grazing his breast.
the second entering his back, just under
his right shoulder. Three shots came out
near the left shoulder. Twenty-one buck
shot entered his body. Mr.. Wilson was
so years of age, and had never been mar
ried. one hundred and ten dollars was
made up at the inquest as a reward to
capture the assassin. over twenty-five
years ago. in the same community, and
near where Wilson was killed, a man by
the name OF Reube ArmOOr was muir
dered almost ia the same way. Some of
the best citizens We're arrested, but on
trial proved their innocence. No clew has
ever been reached as 10 who committed
the crime.
Deputy Sheriff Perkins of Poinsett
/ county, Arkansas, was called TO his door
about dark on the evening Of April IS
ana without q moments warning fired
upon ana shot down. Two shots were
fired, one taking effect in his breast and
the other in the right leg, from the ef-
fects eff which he died shortly afterward
John Willis was arrested and admitted be-
ing present with his brother, Floyd VII
lis, who, nc says, was drunk and did the
shooting. Officers went in pursuit of
FLOYD Willis, but lost his trial and he es-
capped. The willis boys were from Cher
okee county. Georgia, and Floyd was in
Canton Ga last Thursday making some
purchases and arrangements for loCatine
there again. John is about seventeen and
tlcNd about tWenty-three years old sons
of W. L. Willis. who is an industrious and
respectable tenant living near Canton
tlCyd's wife is near Canton now Town
( Marshal Juckctt and Capt. J. NJ McAfee