The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-10

her last will. II reads: 81, Mrs. Elizabeth
Nobles realizing my near approach to
DEATH do now make my wishes known in
regard to the disposition of my things,
clothes, etc, and hope my friends will
see that they are carried out ! want my
daughter, Etfie Mobiles. to have my clothes,
and If she feels like giving any of them
TO her sister she can do so. l want my
son, Jack Mobiles, to have my pretty plate,
cup and saucer and my silver knife and
fork, and l want him to have my valise
and the little keepsakes in it. Efie must
have my work basket; Ruthie, my rock
ing chair; Jack, my counterpart and
small mirror; Effie. my flower vase and
Jack and Effie the crocheting. My bed
and pillows are to be given to the washer
woman. My books, three of them, are
for Jack, and the little duster to Ef1e and
the washpan to Jack. Effie is to have my
nice shawl, cape, shoes, and all my wear
ing apparel / am thankful TO all my
friends for what they have done for me.
Mrs. Mobiles has requested a lady to
write to Gov. Atkinson and request him
If he proposes to do anything in her be-
half to do it before she is carried to JEFF
fersonville to be hanged on April %.
Joe Brown Irby has been admitted to
bail at Perry in the sum of $1,000. The
bond was signed by Mrs. Chester Pearce
and c. P. Marshall. Irby killed Richard
H. Clark. The evidence at the hearing
before Judge FELTON, Wednesday developed
the fact that last Sunday evening Clark
accompanied by VIM and Middlebrooks
went out to Irby's home in the country
four miles, arriving there late in the after
noon, and found Irby away from home
but he came in a few minutes later, when
Irby invited them to stay to supper, as it
was raining, and they consented to do
so. After they got up to leave, Clark and
Irby had some words about misunder-
standing about two weeks before, and as
Winn and Middlebrooks got to the door
they heard the snap of a pistol. Looking
around they saw Clark trying to shoot
Irby, Irby at that time STOPPING over look
ing into his trunk, with his back to
Clark When the pistol of Clark snapped
he tried it again and his pistol fired at
Irby, the ball passing over his head. In
stantly Irby wheeled and fired two shots
at Clark one taking effect near the right
collar boneland ranging down toward the
heart. Clark was sitting in his chalr
when he fired at Irby, and never got up
out of his seat, dying Immediately
Atlanta Constitution: Ex-United States
District Attorney Joe James says that
Henry Beidler and Herbert Price will be
prosecuted next week in the United States
court on charges of cheating and sWlnd-
ling. which he will bring. He will charge
Price and Beidler with representing them
selves as being the agents for certain in~
surance companies that have never eX-
listed, and with writing insurance for the
imaginary companies and collecting pre-
miums thereon. 1t is alleged that they
made victims of the officers of the Eden
Park cotton mills of Douglasville. The
companies said to be mythical are the
United States American Fire Associa>
ton, the Firemen's National Fire Asso~
citation of America, the Southern Fire, tae
Chemical National Fire Association, the
American Union Fire Association and
Iloyds' Underwriters. Beidler is said TO
have represented that all of these com
panies were large and responsible insur-
ance companies of New York. He per-
suaded Col James to take $4,000 worth of
insurance on the cotton mills with the
companies, and in a short time he sent
the mill people insurance policies in the
different companies amounting in all 20
S25 900. Col. James gave a short Time
note to secure the payment of the hTst
premiums When the note came due 1t
was paid by the Eden Park Company.
The first premiums paid to Price and Beii-
Ter amounted to $3125O Col James made
every effort to locate the companies, Dut
failed