The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-11

| convicted week before last i'm the criminal
! superior court on a charge of robbing
| Charley Classett, and were sentenced to
/ serve ten years in the penitentary. Under
! the law the two defendants should have
| been kept in Jail at Atlanta until the SUI
preme court could rule on the fact OF
whether or not Judge Gambler had erred in
refusing to grant new trial.
Irwinvile Dispatch: While returning
from church Sunday of last week. Reason
| Fletcher's mule got scared, threw him out
| and ran away with the sullSy. The team
| could not be tracked, on account of the
rain, and was not found until the following
! Thursday, when Mr.. Jack Fletcher acct
| dentally came upon it while hunting down
| by branch near Mystic. The mule was
turned around facing the cart and fasten-
ed so he could not get away. Having de-
Voured all the bushes i'm sight he had start
ed on the sulky and eaten up the single
tree, Two SpokeS, and most of the bottom
of the cart. 1t is thought that only the
timely discovery of the mule saved the
rest of the cart from going down his
| stomach.
Gov. Atkinson has under consideration
rather peculiar case, that OF Charles
| Glass. convicted of murder in Butts coun-
~ in 1891, Judge James S. Boynton pre-
siding and Emmett Womack. solicitor
general, both of whom join in recommend
ing a pardon. Glass was accused of kill
ing Lewis Ryalls, and the evidence was
entirely circumstantal, so that the Jury
recommended imprisonment for life. The
facts in the case were that Glass was seen
with Ryalls shortly before the death Of the
latter Ryalls had money and Glass had
none. After Ryalls' body was found Glass
was arrested and money was found on his
person. lie simply denied the killing, but
FAILED to explain where he was at the time
of the killing.
Lawrenceville News: A young man
came in last Friday evening and registered
at the Ambrose hotel under the name of
Charles l.. Durham of Savannah. He told
Mrs. Bloodworth, the proprietress of the
motel, that he might be here for month
ana after engaging board and remaining
tlu saturday afternoon, told the landladv
ne was going out in the country to see
some relatives and that he would be all
sent TIL Monday. The stranger stated that
he formerly lived in this county ana had
relatives living in Hog Mountain district
north of town. He procured horse and
buggy from NJ. S. Cornetts stable and
drove out to the country. telling Mr.. Cor
nett he would return on Sunday Sunday
passed and the young man failed to come
m MI. Cornett became suspicious and
Just as he was preparing to go after the
outfit boy came in with the horse and
buggy from Buford, where Durham had
turned them over to him and hired him to
Drlhg them back to Lawrencevile How
hotel bills.
Covington Enterprise: A well known
young man of Rocky Plains and a Young
preacher went fishing one night last week
AFTER they put out their hooks and had
caught lew nice fish, it began to rain.
ana they concluded to visit the hooks
again, and while rowing the boat down
the stream the light went out and thew
were left in the darkness. The boat shot
down the river and was nearing the Island
Shoais dam, when the young man and the
preacher, without saying a word to each
other jumped out of the boat into the wa
ter and swan to the shore, where thew
shouted long and loud for somebody tn
Drlng them light, so they could see how
TO get back home An old negro came
down with torch and piloted them to the
plg road. They gave the old man a omar
ter to Keep silent about the matter which
OF course, he did. The young man saws he
Will hereafter fish by daylight while the
preacher says he win discontinue to fish
Tor cat fish and cells and stick to the nro-
fession of fishing for men. The boat went
on down the river and has not been heard
from up TO this date.
An unique feat in road work has inst
been accomplished on the Southern. near
Ayersville, in Habersham county. Ar tb,s
point there is deep cut in a mountain
side. Friday morning the upper side of
the cut caved in, covering the track the
entire length OF the cut to a depth Of thir-
~ or forty feet wrecking train was
Immediately sent out to repair the break
ana large force of hands We're put to
work, digging away the obstruction. AS
the work progressed, however the land
slide continued, and as fast as the fanen
earth was shoveled away more dirt came
tumbling down and little Roadway was
made. After seven hours Of almost rse,
less toll, a heavy rainfall set In ana n
huge quantity of earth slid down the
mountain side, covering up the track 10
an even greater depth than before Trains
had already been delayed several hours
and at this juncture Il was clearly seen
by the engineer in charge Of the work
that the prospect of clearing the track
was Indefinitely postponed Then an nm
usual eXpedient was resorted TO- IL was
decided TO build another track on ton Of
the landslide. The work was rapidly
pushed forward, and in a few hours trains
were running over the obstruction. many
feet above the roadbed.
AT an early hour Friday morning. win
camp OF Campton, between Winder and
Monroe, came into Winder on the TRAN
Of burglars, who broke into his store
Thursday night, taking away two over
coats, a Winchester rifle and a breech-
loading shotgun, with some loaded shells
and small amount of cash. which had
been left in the drawer Of the postoffloc
also kept IN the Sore. A crowd we'll
armed. Joined in the pursuit. ana sue
ceeded In finding the trail along the mar
row-gauge railroad. 1t was followed TO a
trestle about one and a half miles from
town. Signs were seen around the trestle
leading TO hole under the bank. where
rhe overcoats were found. The pockets
contained letters and papers showing
without doubt that they were the property
stolen from Mr.. Camp. Just a short dis.
lance from this place two young white
men were found lying IN the thlckets
sleeping by FIRE recently klndled. They
were taken In charge, and carried 10 Win
der, where they gave their names as q
w. Hamilton Of Leeds, Ala, and GEORGE
Jones OF Clinton. Ala. on their persons
was found q small amount Of silver ana
by their side was n small vallse. contain
lns saw, brace and bit, ana a few other
trhkets. No guns were found.