The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-21
REV. FORTUNES HARD LUCK.
INDICTED FOR MARRYING A
COUPLE WITHOUT A LICENSE.

| The AFFAIR an Intricate Family Mes
alliance in COIOred High Life-The
City Court Grand Jury After the
| Policy LOtteries-The Inventories
Value Of CrOhan a boomers stock.
Goods Sold That Firm by Two Par
ties Ordered Sold separateIy-COn-
federate Soldiers Can Now Make
Their Pension Applications.
Fortune Washington, colored, who
wears the reverend title in front of
his name is in trouble. The grand jury of
the city court got after him yesterday and
| indicted him for a misdemeanor, in that
he is charged with doing things which are
/ neither in accordance with the religion Of
his church, whatever it may be, nor in
! accordance with the law.
Maria Brown and Robert Pinckney
whom he married last August, are the
innocent cause of all his trouble, and
back of it there is quite little family his
tory. James Brown welded Maria McDuf-
fie in August, 1886. and year or two ago
he was sent to the chaingang for lar
ceny. In December 1898. after he got
through with his service for the county,
he appears to have forgotten his former
wife altogether and married Hester Aus
tin.
In August, 1895, Maria, under the advice
of Rev. Fortune. decided to marry Pinck-
ney, the representative of the church hav-
ing told her that 1t would be all right for
her to marry as long as her husband had
already done so. This appeared satisfac-
tory to both contracting parties, and Rev
| Fortune was forthwith given 50 with
which to procure a marriage license and
pay other necessary minor expenses, after
deducting his fee. Considering the limi-
| ted amount which was left to pay the
fee, the dominic thought to dispense with
the license part of the programme which
seems to have been considered at best a
mere Formally.
Maria ana Robert were, therefore. mar
ried and affixed their signatures to a pa
per which looked very much like ii might
be a license, and they were fully satisfied
with the proceeding until a day or two
ago. when Robert found himself under
arrest on a warrant from a justice court
on a charge which grew out of his too
| great intimacy with another woman. This
| arrest brought out the fact that he had
no license when he was married, and
| hence the proceedings against Fortune
Fortune is no doubt now saying to him
self that it's just his luck.
The grand jury spent considerable time
/ in considering policy lottery cases, the
result of which was several indictments
/ for keeping policy lotteries, particularly
! against the vendors of policy tickets.
| Those indicted were Cooper Maxwell, Dan
| lei Williams, Mack Heath, w. S. Sails,
Henry Williams, John Fields, Edward
jenkins and w. H. Maynor. According
| to recent decision of the court, the ac-
| cessory in a misdemeanor case is indicted
| and held on the same charge as the prin-
| cipal though his minor part in the affair
! is generally taken into consideration in
! passing a sentence when the defendant is
| convicted.
! Tudga Norwood cbarerad tho GRAND i,r,,
| upon the subject of lotteries when it met
| for the first time, and both that body and
the court appears inclined to take hold
| of the matter and close up the lottery
| shops, If there is any power in the law
! to do so. The court has already shown,
| by one fine imposed, that it is his desire
! offenders will no doubt realize, if they
! have not already done so.
| Mrs. Tedda Vars was indicted on a
charge of assaulting and beating Charles
! Gottman, Dec. 70, and Edward Campbell
was indicted for not taking care of and
| supporting an illegal child.
The inventory of the stock Of Crohan &
| Dooner was filed in the superior court
! yesterday by Mr.. c. Fraser Law, the re-
| ceiver. According to the inventory, the
stock was valued at $12,55l15. The report
| of the receiver stated also that ledger ac-
| counts to the amount of IS, 1892 had been
| transferred to OConnor & O Byrne, Joseph
J. o. Bren and William H. Dooner.
Messrs. GaTard, Meldrim & Newman,
/ representing OuuHdils buckley ~ co. or
| New York, filed an amended intervention
| showing that goods sold to Crohan &
! Dooner by that firm to the amount OF
! $5l6.61 were found in the stock and set
aside, according to the order of the court.
| This firm claim was for about $780,
! An amended Intervention was also filed
| for Silverberg & Co. of New York, show
| ing that goods sold to Crohan & Dooner
! by that firm on Feb. l, to the amount of
1852. 26, had been found in the stock and set
aside. These goods amounted to about $l2
| less than the fun claim of the interVenOrs
On application of these two firms the
court granted orders directing the receiv-
| ers to sell the goods thus identified Sepa-
! rately, to turn the proceeds into court to
| the credit of separate accounts, and the
court will afterward decide what DISPOSE
ton shall be made of such funds.
Judge Falligant granted an order fore
! closing the mortgage held by Ellen Tey-
nae on the stock Of the Pulaski Grocery
! Company, amounting TO $l,365, and direct
ing the sheriff to advertise and sell it be-
! fore the courthouse door on March 2
The brief evidence on the motion for
! new trial in the case of I. J. Davis against
| A. w. Harmon, w. F. Chaplin and w
! H. Connerat has been filed with the clerk
/ of the superior court and it is probable
| the argument on the motion win take
| place shortly. The plaintiff has been
! twice given a verdict for the full amount
claimed, about 81 800. The case will likely
| go to the supreme court.
The blank applications for pensions of
! disabled confederate soldiers have been re-
| ceived by the ordinary. There are about
/ fifteen or sixteen MANNED soldiers. who re-
| Ceive pensions of all the way from sos TO
/ S100. Six of them have already signed
/ their applications, but there are about ten
| others who have not done so, and the or
binary is now ready to have the matter
! attended TO- so that he can forward the
/ papers promptly.
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