The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-24
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGR APHED.

A New Indictment for Larceny
Found Against cx-SchOOl Commits
sioner w. VI. Bridges of Floyd
County-A Boy Runs Up to Another
Lad at Macon and shoots Him
without PrOvOcatiOn or ENplann-
tioa-Lunatic Osborn Sends
Threatening Letter to the Asylum.
GEORGIA.
Twenty-one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-four bales of cotton have been ship
ped from the Waynesboro depot up to
Thursday night
The contract for constructing and re-
modelling the court house at Waynesboro'
in Burke county, has been let to Algernon
Blair, of Macon, for IS, 26S.S6
A. ]. Rountree, one of the Oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Brooks county, died
Friday of kidney troubles at his home on
Seventh street at Quitman. He was 10
years of age.
story was printed at Macon Saturday
that plans were on foot to make the Hotel
Lanier a six-story 350-room tourist and
commercial hotel, and to extend it to the
stands on Mulberry street. George Plant,
who was represented as back of the
scheme says the story is unfounded.
man supposed to be Charles March
man of Temple is in a dying condition at
the Grady Hospital at Atlanta. The man
was found outside of the city on the Ma
rietta road by farmer, who took him
in his wagon to the hospital His legs
were so badly frozen that they were am
putated. He has been unable to give the
physicians any information regarding him
self.
At Macon Saturday Lake Sewell Dure.
the 6-year-old son of George Dure, was
shot in the forehead by bullet from the
pistol of another boy, who ran up and
pointing the pistol at him. fired and ran.
The pistol was a crude affair evidently
and the bullet only entered a short dis
tance below the skin. The ball was ex-
traeted and the boy is doing well. No one
seems TO know the name of the boy who
fired the shot He was apparently about
10 years of age.
The motion for new trial in the case of
Dr. Thomas E. Rogers of Waco, who was
tried and convicted last November for
counterfeiting $40 gold pieces, was argued
in the United States Court before Judge
Newman at Atlanta Saturday. The judge
reserved his decision until he can read
over the briefs and affidavits submitted
to him. Affidavits were introduced in the
argument for a new trial showing that
two witnesses. Martin Reed and Sam
Parker, who swore against DR.. Rogers,
had Stated TO reputable persons that they
had done the work. They had, the afida-
Wits stated, placed the blame on DR..
Rogers in order to save themselves.
Considerable excitement has been created
at the state lunatic asylum by the receipt
of letter from Lunatic Osborn, whose
recent escape created such a profound SEN
sation. In his letter Osborn wrote that
he would return to the asylum and kill the
physician who had charge of him The
communication is said to have been full
of vindictive words from the crazy man.
The letter was postmarked from a town
In South Carolina. Capt Baker does not
remember the name of the place, and the
officials of the asylum will endeavor to
trace Osborn from that point. Since his
escape the authorities have been making
q thorough search for him, but until the
letter from him was received no clew to
his whereabouts had been obtained.
Rome Tribune: The grand jury has re-
turned a true bill against w NJ Bridges
for larceny after trust. As soon as the bill
was returned a warrant was issued for
Mr.. Bridges. The true bill is the outgrowth
of the reversal of the lower courts decis-
ion by the Supreme Court, and the grant
ing of new trial to Mr.. Bridges on the
embezzlement charges. The main point
upon which the reversal of the Supreme
Court hinged was the fact that the sum
of $1500.07, belonging to the city of Rome
and used by Mr. Bridges could not be in
ciuded in the finding under embezzIement
charges. That Mr.. Bridges was not respon-
sible to the state for the city funds dis
bursed by him, but that he was personally
responsible to State School Commissioner
Glenn for the amount. This sum should
not have been paid into Mr. Bridges
hands but to the trustees of the public
school of Rome. The original indictment
charged the embezzlement of "a, 357. AZ. The
embezzlement case will probably be called
this week.