The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-16

4 large acreage has been planted in oats
IN Berrien county.
A surveying party, in charge of Engi-
neer Lane. has begun a survey of the
route now being operated by the train
ssrSice of the Georgia and Alabama rail-
Wav between Richland and Londale.
4 bold break for liberty was made at
Oglethorpe Thursday, by Frank Hartman
AND Barney Respess, both in jail under
;rdictment for murder. As Deputy Sheriff
RYAN was feeding them they made rush
Tor him. Bryan hit ReSpeSS, VINO Is a
powerful negro, with a lail lock ana
grabbed Hartman and called loudly Tor
Scin which soon arrived, and they We're
again safely locked in.
Gibson correspondence Morning News:
Clascock superior court convenes in Glib
cor, Monday. The most important crimi-
nal case to be tried is that of the state
against BALKAN Hancock, charged with
rape upon the person OF bessie Sneltoh
iaet November Public sentiment in the
county has greatly changed since Novem-
her There now seems to be a serious
doubt among q, good many as 10 me f ne ne
county have made up fund and employed
COL K J. Hawkins 10 defend the negro,
and his conviction is doubtful.
Mrs JEFF Mapp. residing near Forsyth.
has been quite i'll for several days Thurs
dav afternoon she was supposed to have
died. and her body was e PLepSaFe Sat I Tp
with the body Thursday night, ana ne
-E.,,,a~ai was arranged 70 take place ths
45noving morning The casket did not
oryive until iust before the hour set for
he suneral While placing the BODY IN
rAe coffin she was seen 10 move. ana IN
little while opened her ewes. PhNslclahs
we're sent for and at last accounts MIS-.
Mann was alive, though Still very Ill
Five shots. nred in rapid succession
from a nistol i'm the hands of a thief in
coal house. created much excitement at
th,. residence of q. II. Brandon on w hlte-
hall street at Atlanta, thursday hl$ht'
The shots were all fired at MT. brandon,
and the pistol was so close to his lace
that the powder burned him.. MI. BRAN
don had gone out of his residence to, get
a scuttle of coal a a late hour and as
he entered the coal house some one began
10 fire a pistol, holding the weapon near
Mr.. Brandon's face Mr.. BRANDON ran
into the house and the burglar escaped,
leaving a sack which he had filled with
coal behind him.
Atlanta Constitution: Two negroes, a
man and q woman both strong and
healthy. went out of Atlanta Friday on the
Seaboard Air Line for the convict tarm IN
Oconee county, near Watknsvile Inc
man, Cornelius Richardson, carried with
him term of six years, while the woman,
Mary Ann Marshall, had a leave of alb
seuce from liberty covering period OF TWO
years. Arson was the charge upon Wnlch
the two negroes go to the pen, ana by
something like an irony of fate it happens
that the two negroes are consigned 10
a convict camp managed by the very man
who owned the two houses which the ne
grOes were convicted of burning. Near
Pennington in Oconee county, j. Is. Price
owns several large plantations and upon
some of them he uses convict labor Mr..
Price is one of the most prosperous and
successful men of that section of the state
and his plantations are all well equipped.
ON Monday morning preceding Christmas
day large barn on one of his places was
burned, and that afternoon another sun
larger was consumed by fire. 1t was APP
parent that both CONGREGATIONS We're the
work of frebugs and Mr.. Price at once
secured the services of Capt Grim, The
barns were both filled with hay, grain and
rolling stock and farming implements, and
the loss amounted to something like $4,000
Within a week after taking the case De
tectve Grim succeeded in arrestng the
t1ro negroes named and from one secured
partial confession. The negroes were
tried. convicted and sentenced and then
sent to one of the camps in South Georgia
where they remained until Wednesday
= hen they were transferred to the convict
camp in Oconee county.