The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
BUDGET FROM vALDOSTA.
a BOLD EFFORT IN DAYLIGHT To
ESCAPE FROM JAIL.

and Town Council From Which
Law Suit HesuIts-A Plant system
Train Runs Into an ObstructiOR.
NIanIiness of Little Boy Whose
Father Had Been KIIIed-A Negro
Hickman Who Saw the Fighting
at tiagO-Other Items of Inter
est.
valdosia, Ga, Aug. 27.-The prisoners
in the county jail here made bold effort
to escape on Thursday.
BY the use Of a piece of an old iron
bedstead they managed TO break the bars
of the cage and one of the prisoners got
out into the corridor of the Jail. He be-
gan work on the brick wall and had a big
hole dug in that before he was discovered.
The attempt to get away occurred in
broad open day the plot being detected
about o'clock In the afternoon.
The prisoners in the plot were Ed Osby,
a negro murderer; 10 Jordon, a white
man from Echols county, and a negro
named Gardner. The cage has been re-
paired and all of the prisoners are watch
ed more closely than formerly.
Lake Parks interesting law suit was
billed for this morning in the justice
court at that place. The suit is against
the town and was brought by Swilley and
Lotion, two men who were employed as
marshals by the mayor. The Town Coun-
ell had two men employed, but the Mayor
turned them off and hired two others in
their places. The Council, in turn, dis
charged the Mayors marshals and hired
their same two again. The case is really
a clash of authority between the Mayor
and Council 10 be settled in the courts.
The suit is brought for salaries which
the Council refused to pay. 1t is a novel
case and is being watched with interest.
1t is reported that the east bound train
on the Plant System last Saturday night
ran into a pile of logs just the other side
of the Alapaha river, but fortunately no
damage was done, except to the pilot of
the engine. 1t was pouring down rain at
the time and the train was running at
high speed. The engineer saw the obstruc-
ton too late to stop the train, SO it crash
ed into the logs scattering them In every
direction. That the train was not wreck
ed is almost a miracle.
A story of manliness in a youth of 10
years VI age CDAllNS llOul Ildilll q. llC
boy is a son of Dock" Goodwin who was
shot down in his yard by Eddie Smith
last Saturday. The little fellow had saw
ed some money which he had made in
picking cotton and other ways and after
his fathers funeral he went over the
neighborhood in an effort to find out if his
father was in debt to any one when he
died. The father was a poor man and
owed several small amounts which the
boy promptly paid, though several parties
refused to take the money. The conduct
of the little fellow is very rare for one so
young and who has not had the training
which better circumstances might have
allowed.
A negro boy entered Mr.. VIII Roberts
room at the Stuart House yesterday and
stole his purse and several valuable pa
pers The boy was detected and after be-
ing given a thrashing by his father show
ed where he had hidden the treasure. He
had cut the pocket book and its contents,
except the money, to pieces and thrown
them in a hole of water After fishing
about in the place awhile, all were re-
covered but in a very badly mutilated
! condition.
T. M. Cook, George Sloat and W. r. Nc
| Alpin this week closed a trade for the j.
w. Wells place in the southern part of
this county. The place is one of the best
| country homes in this section having
| connection with it. 1t is understood that
| about $1,000 was involved In the trade
Mr.. Wells has bought a place at Lake
Everett, Fla, aud expects to move thele.
The long staple cotton crop is reported
cut off near half by the continued rains
In some portions of the county it is said
| to be fully a half short The acreage
| is lighter than usual in this county, and,
with damage from the rains, it is prob
able that the yield wall be much below last
| year.
Jim Traub, a negro hackman here re-
! turned yesterday from Long Island
whittier he went from Santiago with the
| troops. Traub drove his hack to the de-
pot some time in the early part of the
trouble with Spain and a train load of
soldiers came by. Traub boarded the
! train and went with the crowd to Tampa
and thence to Santiago. leaving his hack
! standing at the depot Nothing was
| known as to where he went until he
| turned up yesterday. He says he saw
much of the fighting between Skaters
men and the Spanards, and saw part of
| the fight between the two fleets. Traub
has BEEN a sort of center of attraction
| since he struck the town yesterday.
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