The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-25

A judgment for almost $4,000 was set
tied in the United States court at Atlant
Thursday for the small sum Of $50. Tn
case was that Of +. b. Stahlman, receiv
er in the case of Walters VS.. the West
ern and Atlantic railway Receiver Stahl
man presented a petition TO Judge New
man, stating that he held a judgmen
against the Askers Bros. for the sum o
SO, 2SS; that the court had given HIN de
cree authorizing the sale of certain mort
gagged property belonging to Askers Bros.
that this property had been sold for 81 sos
leaving Si3, 1888 still due. The receiver fur
ther stated that Akers Bros. had no prop
erty to satisfy the judgment and that h
could settle the case for $3.50. Judge New
man considered the petition and granted
the receiver the privilege Of settling thu
big debt for 500. Akers Bros. was thu
name of the firm which owned the mills
At McIVers, just above Winnings Station
The firm failed ana had nothing witt
which to pay the debt.
As already mentioned in the Morning
News, the Georgia Saw Mill Association
held a meeting at Cordele Wednesday &c
take some action regarding certain hard
ships which they claim that the railroads
have sought to impose upon Them Lass
July the Master Car Builders Associa-
ton Of Chicago made certain rulings IN
regard to loading cars with lumber. Dur
ing the past few days these rulings havs
been enforced by the railroads. The rul-
ings are TO the effect that shippers, in
loading iumber, must put six or eight feet
standards on the cars and eight TO each
car. Besides the roads insist on the ship
pers placing bearers at each end of the
car so as to throw the weight near the
ends of the car. The lumbermen COM
plain that to carry out these rulings would
entail a loss Of about 800 feet of lumber 10
the car besides having to pay the freight
on this extra weight. They also claim
that il is the duty Of the roads to have
their cars equipped with all necessary APP
planes for carrying lumber. BY the rul-
ings which the railroads are seeking to en-
force the shippers lose from IS to SO on
each car of lumber. The mill men want
to be put on the same footing as grain
shippers in the northwest, who are. fur
nished cars with grain doors free of extra
charges by the roads. 1t is understood
that the Louisville and Nashville road was
the first to suggest these rulings against
the mill men and lumber brokers. The
Southern road soon followed suit.
The Dalton correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution gives the following fuller ac-
count of the Van Zandt tragedy than was
printed i'm the Morning News the day after
the shooting, the details of the affair be-
ing unobtainable when the dispatch was
sent: Newt Written, formerly a brake
man on the Western and Atlantic rail-
road, shot Annie Van Zandt, a young wo-
man, in her house near the depot, in Tun-
mel Hill, with a 38-cahber revolver, the ball
entering her stomach and lodging in her
spine, causing almost instant death
Written was Immediately arrested by the
the uprOar having begun before
the shooting, and he is now in Jail in Dali
ton. The cause of the shooting seems to
have been as follows: Annie Van Zandt
was a former Dalton girl, living here with
her father, who came from Ohio and it is
said until the year 1892 led a virtuous life.
In this year she swore out a warrant for
charging him with breach of
promise and seduction, but Written, an
such a result, left Tunnel Hill
and went to the Indian territory. While
there he married. and during last summer
with wife and child to Tunnel
Hill. He seemed to be trying to lead an
upright, decent life, but it is said that al
though the warrant had been dismissed,
Miss Van Zandt tried in many ways to
provoke him into resurrecting the old
scandal Tuesday evening Written went
to Miss Van Zandt's house and tried to
make her give back an old engagement
ring, which he had given her in 1892. This
she refused to do, whereupon Written drew
MS revolver anu SIlOl HeF Nedu. w nllleil
was brought to Dalton and jailed. The
particulars as learned here are that he
was under the influence of whisky when
he committed the deed. He was in turn
shot in the leg by Miss Van Zandt. After
the shooting Written went home, put up
his pistol, got his lantern and went out to
look for physician, not believing he had
killed his victim. While looking for the
doctor he was arrested by Mr.. VIII Maui
din, the hotel proprietor. Written made
two desperate attempts to get away, but
Mauldin was too able man TO get loose
from. Whittier is well known as an am
ateur base ball player. His victim came
here with her father, mother and one sis
ter from Findlay, o., about ten years ago.
Her mother died here and was sent home
for burial, The family then moved to
Tunnel Hill. The father is quite old and
is Frustrated from this last blow"
FLORIDA