The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-12-20

Four of them We're fired at CALM ano
| found wounds were found on Grifiin's pody,
| his dirk having split one bullet In two
| one piece of which entered Griffin's body
| the other CHANGING off and landing on the
! floor. or the two shots fired by Grimm
| one found homo in Calitf's body and one
was lodged In the side Of Mary Pett1s.
Young Joness death wound was made
| by a 80 and this has lead to the opinion
! that he killed by a ball from the pistol
| which sent the 80 caber into Cali1rs BACK
THIS feature Of the tragedy was even
special attention by the Jur 9t or ln n9tm
| suspicion was directed TOWARD a young
! man Of this place. So strong did TINS sus-
| pcon become that relative Of Callit
! swore out a warrant charging him WIKI
| the murder, but SO far no arrests have been
| made.
Mrs. Califf Is suffering tonight from nor-
| yous prostration as well as from the ter
| rilte wound she received. and little hopes
are entertained o. her recovery. Her arm
! have no hopes whatever of saving it. I
| she survives the amputation it Is doubtful
! If she will ever recover from the shock
side 80 Of ~ iittie Mary Pettis, and while she
Is now resting wei. those at her bedside
| have little hopes Of her recovery.
shattered Mrs, Calif's arm is the one
which wounded the little girl. 1t is
thought that after passing throught the
The Case Against Carroll.
When it discovered that r. l.. Califf
had met his death at the hands of another
party besides Short Griffin, the tear
dimmed eyes of a grief-strickon family
looked long and earnestly for the hand
which had comprised his death and his
father, w. H. Calif, ST. sought to place
the heavy hand of tho law on the Shout
dcIs of Gilman Carroll by going before J.
+. Balkcom. justice of the peace, and taking
oath that it WAS CARROTS hand that fired
the bullets killing his son. Gilman Carroll
IS the son of DR.. Carroll, now deceased, of
Augusta and the broth"r-in-law OF DR.. L.
S. Jones, Il prominent physician of this
place at whose homo he was visiting at the
time of the tragedy. A sister of DR.. Jones
is grief stricken at the turn affairs have
taken. When the officers in whose hands
the warrant for the arrest of Carroll was
placed called at the home of Dr. Jones.
Carroll had disappeared, having in some
manner received the knowledge that the
warrant had been sworn out. He has not
yet been found, and his friends make tho
statement that he will not be, but VIII
make his appearance at the April term OF
TWiggS superior court, in the event any
Indictment is found against HIM, giving the
peculiar nature OF the law governing COM
mimont as reason for his failure to go
into trial before a committing COURT. inc
law is that TO commit, 40 proof beyond II
reasonable doubt of thu guilt of the delcnd-
ant is necessary, but only such evidence as
raises a suspicion of guilt in the mind Of
the Ifestahlg justice.
The Parties to the Tragedy,
r L. Califf was brother Of W II. Calif,
Jr., a small merchant at this place, and
was himself a carpenter w II. Calf, Jr..
married u sister of Short Griffin.
Short Griffin Is a grandson OF Colonel Short
Griffin, deceased, who represented the
county of Twirgs several times in the