The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-08
SOUTHERN NOTES.
A Girl Unconstitutional Con-
vcntion for Georgia.

A special from WelbOrne, Fla, says:
The country is up in arms this morning,
and a large posse of men With blood
hounds is securing the woods IN search
of the brute who murdered Miss Edna
ogden last evening at dusk, and placed
the body in the Bethea Lake, where u
was found at O'Clock last night.
The deed was committed on j. w. MIL
iers place, one mile east Of here, IN
sight OF his residence.
Miss Edna Ogden is a sister-in-law Of
Mr.. Miller, and had been spending sew
eral DAYS with her sister About half
hour after sunset Miss ogden saddled a
horse to ride down I'm the field TO drive
up the cows At dusk the horse came
back riderless. At first il was thought
that she had been thrown from her horse,
but after taking the field row by row no.
where could she be found IL was then
decided that she was the victim OF foul
play, and a large crowd Of men gathered
and decided TO search a swamp that sur
rounds Bethea Lake. They had not gone
in the swamp and hammock for more
than fifty yards before some OF the young
lady 5 clothing was found, with signs or
a desperate struggle. From there It was
~ easy matter TO see where the muir
derer dragged her which was about a
hundred yards further, through mud and
water 10 the edge OF the lake, where he
stuck her down into the water, leaving
only her feet out.
Justice of the Peace w II. Mcclellan
fmpanneiled q jury for holding an in
quest, and upon examination OF the body,
the finger prints of the brute were found
on each side OF her throat, showing that
she had been choked 10 prevent her Civ
ing an alarm.
Miss ogden was thirteen yearsaold and
was quite a pretty little girl, and was
loved by all who knew her. She leaves q
widowed mother and several brothers
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
ATLANTA. Nov 5.-Bibb's new repre-
sentative, Mr.. Roland IS, of Macon,
came TO the front this morning in the
House Of Representatives with a bin pro-
viding for constitutional convention in
Georgia next year.
POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE.
A negro postmaster IN Aucha county
Ca, has'come % grief. Notwithstanding
that he is a Republican. The negro in
Question. y. II. Summers. was post
master at Pinesvllle Not long ago he
received a consignment Of postage
stamps. 1t appears that he was in debt
and used the postage stamps TO liQuidate
the indebtedness Not a great while
elapsed before postohice inspector came
along and checked him up short many
dollars. Next came Deputy United states
Marshal Alfred. who took the negro IN
charge and carried him to Ocala. where
he will be given a preliminary hearing
before the United States commissioners.
\ HORSE IN A WELL.
CONCOED. FLA, Nov "a strange
scene was witnessed last night in this
place on the lot Of land owned by Mr.
James L. Bowen. his horse having fallen
in a well The well was a very large one
without any frame around it and IT is
supposed that the horse made an attempt
TO jump over the we'll and went into IL,
falling down about fifty feet.
The people for about two miles came
to the rescue. and in a short while nearly
one hundred men were present TO as
slst.
At first the people went TO shoveling
the dirt away 10 dig down to the horse
from a slant. but seeing that was more
work than they expected they tried other
plans. one OF which was % draw him
out by ropes. Messrs. +. 4. McKeOwn
and Oliver Stephens were let down I'm the
well where the fptAo Nd'. A"'s N'u MIA
well. and they came back up and tho
horse was at once pulled out
When the horse reached the top OF the
well he seemed TO be unhurt and went TO
eating.
A CRAZY. MOTHERS FREAK.
Mrs. j. J. Francis the mother Of the
twins that were born In the police bar
racks about a week ago. suddenly be-
came a raving maniac at the Grady hos
pital Yesterday morning and created
sensational scene The crazed woman
chased and fought nurses, attacked ply
sicians alarmed patients and frightened
the children.
After causing the greatest excitement
the insane woman jumped a fence end es-
caped. The police were called In and she
was caught and taken 10 the police bar
racks. where she was placed in the padded