The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-12
CAUGHT AFTER THREE YEARS.
,,tERs WHO KILLED LOTION FOUND
IN FLORIDA.

+ton and One Has Been Sent For.
Two Rewards OGered For His Ar
rest-An Outlaw Captured Near
ValdOsta--A Bold Attempt at Bur
oIarv-VaIdostn'S Mad Dog Scare.
7-a1dosta, Ga, May I'D. w. HERS.
the white man, who killed Sam Lotion,
o,other white man in this county in Feb
mary. 1884, and who made his escape at
Tho time. has been arrested in the south
orn part of Florida, and viii be brought to
This CITY as soon as requisition can be
eo-ten from the governor for him. Hers
refused to move an inch without requisi-
ZION. and the officers here sent Gov. At
tinson the papers last night for his sigma
tnre. kilograms were also sent the gov
ernor of Florida, requesting that he in
sruct the officers, who have HERS in
charge TO hold him until the requisition
can be gotten for him.
The arrest of HERS was the result of
some very pretty detective work on the
mart of the officers here. A close watch
ont has been kept for a clue as to his
wherea bouts for the past two or three
years. and several times the officers have
seen some signs that made them conf
dent Of his ultimate capture. During the
nast month some of the relatives of HERS
have made visits to Florida. It leaked out
In the neighborhood that the slayer of
Lotion was dangerously i'll with typhoid
fever down below Tampa. The officers
fnaIlv got full information about him, and
ordered his arrest by wire. Sheriff Harrell
received an answer in few hours, stating
that HERS had been caught. The officer,
who caught him had to come TO Starke,
via on some business, and he brought
I4iers that far with him. He is not in
iail at that place, and will be kept there
until the local authorities send for him.
Gov. Atkinson last year offered a reward
nj s00 for the capture of Hers and the
county commissioners also offered a re-
ward. He will probably be tried at the
term of court which opens here week aft
er next. The case will be watched with
much interest here.
Snother important capture, which was
made last night, was that of a white man,
T-dU,ards who was indirectly responsible
for the killing of ]. D. Elliott at Sparks
during Christmas. 1t will be remembered
that Elliott went to the assistance of the
Il tovn marshal in arresting an obstreperous
citizen. who was armed with a gun and
dofying the town. Edwards is the man
thew were trying to arrest, when another
citizen James Chambers, came forward
10 aid in the arrest. He picked up gun
which had been laid on the ground by the
marshal The gun was hammerless
weapon and the evidence was that Cham
hers fired it by accident in lingering the
triggers. lie was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter, paid his fine and is now
free citizen again Edwards made his es-
cape during the scufIle and the excitement
incident to the killing of Elliott. He was
located at West Lake, Fla, and Sheriff
Swndle and Mr.. John Conner went down
yesterday evening to make the arrest.
They were accompanied by S. l. Carter,
citizen, who knew where Edwards was
living When they reached the house Ed
wards refused to come out, but was finally
persuaded to do so. He was armed with
Winchester rife, but was covered by the
officers and compelled to surrender. Ed
wards told them that he knew they had
the drop" on him. so he would not resist
them. He was carried to Nashville. IL is
understood that there are several charges
against him.
One of the boldest attempts at robbery
that has occurred here was in the effort
10 burglarze the residence of Mr.. Dave
Thomas last night. Between 8 and 10
O'Clock some one entered the house and
ransacked all of the rooms on the second
floor. Mrs Thomas heard them and,
thinking it was one of the boarders, went
into the hall and called TO them. No an
swer was given, and she went across the
streets to a neighbours house to get some
one to aid in searching the rooms in which
the intruders were at work. While she
was gone they left the house, and were
seen by the people on the opposite side of
the street. In the morning a flannel mask,
with eye-hOles and strings tied to it, was
found in front of the residence. 1t was
evidently the purpose of the intruders to
fight their way out of an emergency. Mr..
Thomas was at the drug store at the time.
A negro boy on Mr.. b. w. Bentley's
place stabbed young Barnes Bentley on the
arm yesterday and caused a painful
wound The wound was dressed and the
young man is getting along very well now.
Valdosta has had something of a mad
dog scare this week, though there seems
to have been very little room for it, The
night policemen got after dog Saturday
morning and fired at it several times. The
dog was acting strangely and the officers
thought il best to kill it, Since then sew
eral valuable pointers have been killed
and the officers are watching dogs of
every sort with good deal of vigilance.
negro named Dan Lloyd was waylaid
at a turpentine stil in Berrien county
saturday night. He was shot ia the hand
and leg from ambush. He saw his assail-
ants aim at him for another shot. but he
took TO his heels and escaped them. He
was badly injured by the shot which he
received