The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-13
SUPPOSED RAPIsTs CAUGHT.
Sheriff of Pulaski Made Some I'M
pOrtant Arrests.


Triton, Ga, Sept. 1.-Two negroes, an
swering the description of those commit
ting the rape on Mrs. Johnson at Ty Ty
yesterday morning, were captured this
morning at Alapaha. Although they have
not yet been identified, circumstances point
to the fact that the two criminals slipped
through Triton last night on one of the
through freight trains, and were making
their way eastward while searching par
ties were securing the country to the
west.
Sheriff Story of Worth was notified, and
will go down to Alapaha this afternoon
for the purpose of carrying the negroes
before Mrs. johnson for identification.
Mrs johnson is suffering severity from
nervous prostration and hysteria. She
is subject to epileptlc attacks, and her ter
rible experience has brought on a return
of them.
Two notable arrests were made here yes
terday by a lucky accident and good de-
tective work Deputy Sheriff c. I. An
derson of Pulaski county came down the
night previous with warrant for the ar
rest of S. E. Lees, who deserted his wife
and family and ran away with his niece,
and who was thought to be In this sec
ton. Early yesterday morning, assisted
by Constable Oliver and his son, Ben,
in less than two hours Lees was located
at a small saw-mill four miles south of
Triton, and placed under arrest. He
claimed that his niece, who was with him,
had been hired to work for him.
During the search for Lees Mr.. Oliver
found that a young man calling himself
Holland, but answering the description
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county for killing a young man named
Henry Heath, about nine months ago, was
working on the Crooks place, two miles
south of Triton. Deputy Anderson
also had a warrant for Heath, and
on comparing notes with Oliver was salts
fed that Holland was the man wanted,
but when they went to arrest him, he had
taken the alarm and fled.
Late that night Holland, or Skiffer, was
located in the house of a Mr.. Bryant about
nine miles west of town, and about day
break a posse knocked on the door and
called for him. On hearing his named
called, Skipper, for so IL proved to be,
jumped out of the window in his night
clothes. and ran for the nearest swamp.
He would made his escape but for Mr..
II. H. White. who gave chase on his horse
and ran the young man down just as he
was entering the swamp.
The two prisoners were lodged in Triton
iail until the departure of the next train
for Hawkinsville. Deputy Anderson was
greatly elated over his double capture. and
fun of praise for Tiftons vigilant officers
of the law.
The contractors have Tifton's new union
passenger depot fairly on the way TO com
pletion. II will be. when finished, the
handsomest structure of the kind in South
Georgia, outside of Macon or Savannah.
1t is located in the southeast angle, for
merly the crossing of the Plant System
and Georgia Southern roads, and is in the
shape of a triangle, the northwestern part
of which contains the office of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, and the
ticket Offices This office is in the shape
of an octagon, and is surrounded on three
sides by large double glass windows.
The total cost of the building, when
completed, will be about $1,000 and it will
supply long felt want TO the travelling
public of this section. Mr.. Miller Of Way
cross has the contract and proposes to
have the entire structure completed with
in a few weeks