The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-05
WANTED A WIDOW WITH CASH.
FREEMAN's FORMER PARTNER
TELLS OF HIS WEAKNESS.

TELLS OF HIS WEAKNESS.
Fl eeman's Application for Re-
ceiver for "a Typewriter Concern
Brings ont a Racy Document in
Answcr-Negro Woman Murdered
Near the Arngon-fIayEood and
Adafr Want to he Bankrupts-New
Depots for Dublin and TenniIe.
Atlanta. April A decidedly racy doc
ument was filed in the Supreme Court to-
day in the case of r. w. Freeman against
the Edwin A Hardin Company, Southern
agents for the Williams Typewriter Com
pany.
The paper was the answer Of the Hardin
company 70 the bill for receiver recently
fled by Freeman, former secretary of the
company.
Freeman applied to the courts in conse-
Quence it is alleged. of the failure of the
company 10 re-elect him 20 the position
that he had been filling. And here is
where the story comes in.
Freeman is a man Of nearly fifty sum-
mers and winters, widower, who seems
10 have been possessed of the idea that he
was a valuable prize in the matrimonial
market. According to the allegations of
the defendant company, Freeman was
client of several matrimonial bureaus,
having advertised for a wife worth $4,000,
and conducting large correspondence on
the subject. This correspondence, il is
alleged, so seriously interfered with his
duties that he was dropped at the last an
.4ss .
pany.
Looked Up Their Standing.
1t is also alleged that Freeman used
the membership of the company In a
commercial agency for the purpose of
having the financial standing of his fair
correspondents investigated, being deter
mined not to be caught by anything less
attractive than a widow with $4,000 to
recommend her one of the letters writ
ten by the former secretary to a
matrimonial bureau, in which he declared
that the $4,000 widow must be made his
before the altar before he would be will
ing to pay the fee eXacted, is made part
of the court document
The company further declares that Fee
mans matrimonial schemes were common
knowledge In the office, and for that rea-
son he was unable to command the res
pect of employees, which his position en-
titled him to. and furthermore, that lady
customers were kept away from the Office
because they feared embarrassment on ac-
count Of the secretarys ludicrous quest
for rich helpmeet
Freeman is quite well known in business
circles He has a son seventeen years of
age.
Negro Woman Murdered.
Nancy Gates, a negro woman, was found
In
IN which she lived, between and s O'Clock
this morning. Her head had been almost
chopped off with an AK. which was found
near by, covered with blood.
The scene of the murder was near EMS
street, only a few blocks from the Aragon
Hotel The police who have been working
to find a clue to the perpetrator of the
deed are of the opinion that the killing was
done early last night though the body was
not found until daylight this morning.
The woman lived in the house with sew
erai other negroes. In going TO her room
she was obliged to pass through the alley.
where her body was found. and the belief
of the police is that she was killed by some
one who was lying in wait for her in this
alley No arrests have yet been made.
Two bankruptcy Suits.
Two bankruptcy suits of unusual i'm
portance were filed to-day.
In one the applicant is Mr. w A. Hay
good, a well-knoWn lawyer and developer.
Mr.. Haygood places his liabilities at $751;
1920. His creditors being almost who:-
ly Atlanta people. OF this amount 1880
is secured by life insurance policies, while
90 meet the balance Mr. Haygood states
that he has no assets whatsoever
The other case was that of Green q
Adair his creditors having filed the bill
against him His liabilities are expected
10 reach $4,000 and his assets practical
~ nothing. MIR. Adair was several wears
ago regarded as one of the wealthiest men
I'm the city, having amassed a fortune in
the mercantile business, but just before
the hard times came on, he, like Mr.. Hav-
good, loaded up too heavily with real es
tate, and being unable to realize upon his
holdings was gradually forced to the
wall
New Depot for Dublin
The members of the State Railroad Com
mission have been making a personal in
spection of the depot question at Dublin
and Tennille, applications for better ec-
commodations az these places being on the
oocket Tor hearing at the regular meet
ing next Thursday.
Inc Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad
has no depot at Dublin, and wants TO oct
the Macon, Dublin and Savannah 10 90
IN ana build new union depot. but mis-
the latter does not want to do
Inc Augusta Southern has no denot ~
an az Iennille, and the question there is
Whether 1t shall be compelled to buud
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