The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-20
LEGISLATOR TAKES MORPHINE.
Representative Oliver or Georgia Found In .
Sinking ConaitIon After q Row.

Representative Oliver or Georgia Found In .
Sinking Condition After q Row.
ATLANTA. Ca. Dec. 19.-Thomas D. Oliver.
the Representative from Burke county. a leader
on the Democratic side, was taken to the Grady
Hospital late tonight, suffering from an over
dose Of morphine.
Mr.. Oliver was one of the witnesses of the en-
counter between Solicitor-General O'Neil and
Editor Stein in a hotel lobby last night, and was
arrested by the police at first as ono of the
principals. Speaker Jenkins finally convinced
the authorities that they had the wrong man,
and he was released.
Oliver failed to appear to-day. but his ac-
quaintances supposed that he had returned
home. When the night clerk of the hotel came
on duty tonight he was questioned. and divers
friends were surprised to learn that tho latter
was in all probability still in the hotel.
They went Immediately to his rooms. and
after some little delay succeeded in e~frecting
an entrance. Oliver was unconscious and
breathing heavily.
An ambulance was and Oliver was
taken to the hospital. where the physicians an
nounced that he was suffering from alcoholism
night was such that they do not feel justified in
holding out much hope Of his recovery.
figure in Georgia politics. His last act as u mem
Der OF the Legislature was to intro luce a bill de-
G SirIhasy tho Jan n? 3. y lcsaf h of isfter Il is p under.
stood that he was n candidate for a high State
office.
Tho trouble between O'Ncill and Stein arose
over arrest OF some Sayannah citizens for poker
playing at the Kimball House. Stein Is editor
OF tho Weekly Looking Glass, which is fash.
toned somewhat after Brann's Ionoclost, and
yesterday made public what he says are facts
relative TO the affair.
Three weeks ago representatives of the Liberal
Club and the Citizens Club OF Savannah, which
are fighting for supremacy in the municipal con-
to further measures which would definitely
settle the affair. The strife was prolonged and
bitter and necessitated the extension of the
visit OF the delegation. Tho leading Savannah
men were Mayor Meldrin. representing the
Liberal Club. and SOlicitor-Gcneral Osborne,
representing the other side.
One night during the struggle, as Stein MS
serts, n negro approached q member of tho local
detective force and told him that n poker game
was in progress at tho Kimball House, the best
known hotel in the city. The detectives raided
the building. and. Stein alleges, captured six
leading members of tho Citizens Club, headed
by Osborne, engaged in a harmless lO.cent limit
iected to vile usage, md made to put up bonds,
| like ordinary gamblers. although they argued
that the game was purely OF q social nature.
| Stein says that Judge John Berry and Solicit
tor James ONeil OF the City Court refused to
guash the cases. actuated by a desire to extort
matter was settled by each. player paying $50,
nearly all OF which he says feathered the coat OF
0'Neil. To revenge themselves. he said. the
| friends of the players would shortly have Berry
| and O'Neil indicted for gambling in Brunswick
last summer. a charge that could easily be es.
Last night Stein and o'Neil met, and the latter
slapped the formers face. Stein drew a re.
volver. but was pinioned from behind. and both
mon were arrested,