The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-17
HE'S SHERIFF IN ARCADIA.
ALL NEW YORK GLAD TO SEE THE
HON. OWEN HUGGINS DEsHONG.

The Hon. Owen Hugginss Deshong, high
sheriff of De Soto county Florida, got to
town yesterday by goshl and he had a bad
man with him-a prisoner in shackles and
handouts. Both were on exhibition for
four hours in the crimina. court building
yesterday afternoon and at least 1000 cit
liens inspected them.
Il s'pose everybody In town must ev
heerd bout me comm" said the man from
Florida as he shook hands with the Goth
caller. The callers were introduced as
Mayor Strong, Sheriff Tamsen. Gov. Black,
and other notables The man introduced
as Gov. Black was a Tombs court lawyer.
The sheriff shook hands, saying:
Il s'pose yer got my note, governor. Thar
were some trouble over tn acquisition pa
pers, but it's all right now. This ERE
chap are bad one. but got him yere all
right. How're yer bin?"
The sheriff said that the prisoner he had
In tow was James J. Fullerton, % years
old, who was wanted by Superin tendent
Brockway of the Elmira reformatory
Il left the county seat, Arcadia. with tn
prisoner in irons" said the sheriff, but II
took me a long time to get yere 'Twere
Tuesday night when l eft Arcadia, en-
heven't had any sleep since. We came by
rail, and l got in town we're at noon ter
day. l had him shackled en- handcufed
to me all tn way up. At Jersey City, |
tel'gramed TO Chief Conlin, and he sent
a few of his men ter meet me in Jersey.
They wouldn't hold my prisoner at head
quarters, saying as they had no court COM
mitment. SO ] Travelled round a few hours
looking for some jail where they might
keep him until Mr.. Brockway got yere
from Almira- I'm burned if any of tn
burned sheriffs had a burned Jail they
could loan me for a few hours, so l got
takened over yere, as thar were too great
crowds follown' us round once / thought
they might try to do it, but they didn't"
DO what| asked Detective Sergeant
Cuff.
Try ter lynch him." answered the
sheriff; Il sized tn crowd up, an / had
a burned good notion to open fire on 'em
when few of yer uniformed sheriffs ar
rived an drove the crowd back"
The sheriff had a big leather belt
about his waist. with two revolvers and
enough horse pistols to go all the way
around. He also had two large daggers.
Il wish l could get you to work here
as subpoena server for me-" said Dis
trict Attorney Olcott. who was introduced
to the sheriff.
I'm ever so much obliged" said the
man from Florida, but / couldn't take
job in town. Yer see I've been In tn
woods forty-three years, en- 1t makes me
feel kinder strange ter be mong city folks
How much milk do your cattle give up
yere, Mr.. Attorney"
How do you mean?" said Mr.. Olcott
Il don't understand you"
WAL" said the sheriff. II mean in
comparison TO ours. 1t takes bout forty
cattle down our county to give one gal
lon of milk. l heerd comm up on tn
train that a couple o. cattle round yere
could give that much"
Guess they can" said Mr.. Olcott, "but
getting back to prisoners, they tell me
you had bad man to handle"
/"Tolerable; been a good one on tn way
up, cause / tole him | wanted no non
sense. / said thar were $50 an expenses
in tn trip for me, an I'd ruther hev him
live than dead but he knew I'd cut him
down If he tried any nonsense, so he were
mighty peaceful en- right nice all tn way
up yere. We had him IN Jail for burglary
He were thar few days. when he cut
his way out. My depties went out on
Coon Prairie en- captured him. They had
their bosses with 'em en- their blood
hounds en- it were mighty easy"
Then Jake Berlinger was introduced as
Sheriff Hansen.
whiskers in the newspapers" said Berlin
ger, land you read about my chail being
owid?"
g Peers ter me heard bout that sher-
lff," said the man from Florida. "A man
what lives thirty mile from me, he's a
subscriber to a New York paper, he were
tellin' me he read bout that ere Tamsen
so you're tn MANI"
II am" said Berlinger.
"Why didn't yer shoot yer burned keep
ers or them ere Dutch deputy sherins
what let tn gang go?"
II ought to have done that" said Ber-
llnger, but / was afraid of being lynch
cd"
"How's Iynching down your way?" In
terrupted Detective Mcknight, and the
Florida sheriff answered
mot much on tn go nOw-not so popu-
lar as II were. In my last term / had only
one lynchin' party. That were IN negro
case. He were captured, hut not In my
custody. TIL night afore he killed a white
man. Tn citizens of Arcadia just took
him out en- finished him"
"On a lamp-post?" remarked the Central
Office detective.
NO" said the sheriff they Jest put
him to a oak limb. But that ere county
OF ours got "A worse name than what II g.
Come down to De Soto en- yen hev a fust
rate time. We're right on tn Pease river
en- we ketch tarpOn thar, but we don't
eat 'em. Tn best hshings at Avon Park,
where we hev mighty nice lakes"
Have bicycles there? asked Assistant
District Attorney Mitchell eagerly.
II saw one Of them ERE BICYCLES said
the sheriff, but II must take a mighty
steady man to sit on top Of them ere
wheels"
ct does" said Mr. Mitchell. patheti-
caliy, as II he had tried H.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
was introduced. Mr.. Osborne IL from
North Carolina and told the sheriff about
IL.
PLEASED to know g." said the sheriff.
II were horned thar IN IN mountains.
was named after owen Higgins, the tur-
pentlne man. He's dead this many year.
by tn way, j met a cracker on IN rail-
road en- he tole me 90 keep a eye out for
them green goods circulars what yer have
here. II they kotch me, be gosh, They'll
ketch a hot one"
INDEED they will" said Judge WcMa-
hon. who had adjourned court TO attend
the reception.
Lawyer Abe Levy was introduced 20 the
sheriff as "Pollce Commissioner Roose-
welt"
The sheriff took or His iron-bound spec