The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13
SAW THE NOTIFICATIONS.
TWO ATLANTIANs PUT IN THE
LOOKUP AT FORT GRAHAM.

Messrs. Austin and Hape Tried to
Take a Look mt the Big Guns and
Found Themselves Under Arrest.
Spent Two Hours in the Guard
House, and Were Then Released
Upon Making Explanations to
Lieut.. Hayden-Didn't Know They
Had to Keep Out.
Strange TO say two Atlantlans became
yesterday the first prisoners of war at Fort
Graham on Tybee. They were Messrs. s.
II. Hape, a railway mail clerk running
between Atlanta and Savannah, and L.
w. Austin, deputy clerk of the Superior
Court of Fulton county, in Judge Tanner $
Office.
Messrs. Hape and Austin were among
the excursionisls from Atlanta who took in
Savannah and Tybce In large numbers.
Having arrived there they decided to go
over and take look at the fortified tons
on the north end of the island. These for
tificatlons, as is well known, were built
by an Atlanta firm. and naturally they had
heard a good deal about them. 1t was
their determination, therefore, to see what
they looked like inside and out. They re-
GREETED afterwards that they had formed
such determination.
On their arrival at Tybee, accompanied
by two of their friends, Messrs. Bob Ar
mold and c. L. Poole, they took hack and
were driven around to the north end of
the island, and right upon the military re-
servation. Before they knew it they were
within about 200 yards of the new fort,
which has the appearance in front of an
ordinary sand hill. There they stopped a
while for elaboration.
Messrs. Arnold and Poole decided, wise
ly 1t appears, that they would have none
OF the fort. The sign ~. S. Reservation.
No Trespassing'' was a sort of an omin-
GUS warning, and they took the advice
given and remained in the hack Not so,
| however, with Messrs Austin and Hape.
] Ihey were undaunted by sign boards, and
bent upon carrying out their determina-
| ton. Then over the sandhill and right up
20 the fort they proceeded
Having mounted the hill and standing
within full view of the emplacement, they
were noticed by Mr.. r. L. Gignilliat the
| civil engineer in charge of the work. who
at once ordered their arrest Now acting
as Spanish spies, or being taken for Span
\ lsh spies was the last thing in the minds
/ OF MesSrs. Hape and Austin, and so they
protested. But protests were of no avail
| Sergeant, arrest those men," said Mr.
| Gigniliat, in a rather commanding tone,
and Immediately they were under arrest.
In military fashion, with the order, For
ward, march, they were carried to the
! guard house there to languish until they
could stand their trial and be released.
| Messrs. Hape and Austin could not un-
derstand what crime they had committed,
nor why their simple effort to post them
| selves upon the military affairs Of their
! country should meet with so serious a set
! back. They were given about two hours
| or two hours and half in the guard house
| TO ponder over il and arrive at conclu-
! sion. And so the mystery deepened They
came to the conclusion then that they had
entered upon forbidden ground, and they
| spent their time in wondering what would
be the final result
In the meantime Lieut.. Hayden, who is
| in command of the battery of heavy artil-
| lery now stationed at the Notifications.
| was sought. He happened to be some dis
| lance away from the works at the time,
| and when he returned, about two hours
| later, Messrs Hape and Austin were ush-
cred before him. They made due explana-
lions, stating that they were a couple of
| Atlantians who came down with a pleas
| ure excursion, with no intentions of VIC
lating the regulations or the law, and that
they were unaware of the gravity of the
offense they had committed.
Lieut.. Hayden informed them of the
regulation prohibiting outsiders from en-
terirg the Notifications, 10 matter how
great their loyalty as American subjects.
and then pleasantly released them. They
were both glad to get out of it so easily,
and it is not likely that they will soon
| enter government Notifications again
| without first securing a permit.
Other Atlanta excursionists were con-
! templating a trip 10 the Notifications but
when they heard of the fate of Messra.
Hape and Austin they concluded not 10
make the trip.