The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-13
SEA ISLANDERS DESTITUTE.
A LONG PETITION FeR STATE AID
SENT FROM SNPELO.


Joel Hurt Appears To he the Guild
ing Hand Behind the Perkins
street Railway suit.
Atlanta. Jan. PA lengthy petition was
sent to The Governor from Sapalo Island
to-day. II is signed 10y number ot T-r-
sons which are The heads Of taulee- The
total number represented being -aH al 20
whom are destitute. The Governor b ask
ed 60 render them aid. their condition
having been brought aholt by the recent
heavy storm that swept over the coast
Secretary Mark Gambler. in ue absence
OF the Governor. replied 10 Jhe petition.
saying that the law did not give the Gov
ernor authority or funds to render The as
sistance asked for lie added. however
that he and the Governor upon his return
would be glad to render any personal as
sistance in their power, and 20 this end
Maj. Gambler has brought the matter 10
public attention. so that some public move
ment may be inaugurated TO suceor the
sufferers from the recent storm
S. Lafayette Armand. the Conyers mer-
chant, who got into financial tangle and
his creditors. and c. r. johnson. the form
er Atlanta saloon keeper who got hold Of
5000 worth of old man J. a. McCauleys
bonds and carried them off to New York
10 start a saloon on the Bowery. after the
old mans death, were both indicted by
the Fulton county grand jury to-day.
Armand Can Not settle Now.
Almand was 10 have been given a pre-
liminary trial this afternoon, but in the
face of the indictment this was dispensed
with and he will now have 10 stand trial
before the Superior Court
The indictment viii make it difficult for
his friends to settle with his creditors
or victims and relieve him from prosecu-
tion. Reports of an intended settlement
have been in circulation ever since lie
was landed behind the prison bars here
The Indictment returned by the grand
Jury to-day charged larceny after trust,
and is based upon the testimony of Presi-
dent John Oliver of the Georgia Cotton
Oil Company, who accused Armand of
having misappropriated some $500 which
had been advanced to him by that COM
pany for the purpose of buying cotton
seed for them.
Two Charges Against johnson.
johnson is indicted upon two counts, one
charge being perjury, and the other lar.
ceny after trust
In one instance it is alleged, that he
swore that he knew nothing of the where
abouts Of McCauley's bonds, though at
that very time he had them in his possess
sion. In the other he is accused of having
stolen these bonds after having procured
them from the Atlanta National Bank
upon an order purporting to have been
signed by McCauiey, the owner.
1t looks as if Johnson is in tight place.
though he declared that he has done
nothing wrong and has asked the public
toFsuspend judgment until after the trial.
appealing TO his twenty-years record in
TINS city to prove his integrity and good
character
During the civil suit 10 recover the bonds
johnson is said to have steadily denied to
his lawyer that he knew anything about
them. Both Johnson and his LAWYER at
that time, were members Of the Catholic
church. When the lawyer demanded to
know the truth of the bond mystery. John
son IS said TO have replied that he would
swear in the presence of the Pope him
self that he had not the slightest idea
Where the missing bonds were, or what
had become of them after he delivered
them TO McCauley on his death bed. This
lawyer is not now representing johnson.
since the saloon man has admitted that he
took the bonds to New York and sold
them.
Bug Committee to Meet.
A meeting of the State Board of Ento-
mology, created under act of the legisla-
ture at its last session, will be held at
the Hotel Lanier, Macon on next We'd
nesday, Jan. Is. Commissioner of Agri-
culture Stevens. who Is at the head of
the board, called the meeting to-day. The
other members of the board are j. Pope
Brown, president of the State Agricul-
tural Society, and p J. Berckmans. pres
ident of the State Horticultural Society.
w. NJ. Scott, the state entomologist viii
be present at the meeting and also anv
fruit growers and nurserymen in the state
who feel sufficient interest in the fruit in
dustry to attend.
The deadly San Jose scale, which has de-
wasted the fruit trees in Georgia, will be
discussed and systematic plan adopted
TO eradicate it.
Z. Il. ChamberIain's VIII.
The will of the late e. p Chamberlain
was filed for probate with the ordinary TO-
day. 1t bequeaths $1,000 to Emory Col
lese, and $500 to Trinity Church of this
city of which Mr.. Chamberlain was a
member.
Dr. Morgan Galloway, a professor of
Emory. was remembered by a S20O legacy.
The balance of the<estate was left TO the
widow, son and daughter, equally. No
schedule was attached, ana the value of
the estate does not appear, though it is
conceded to be very large.
The street hallway Middle.
At the taking Of testimony in the street
railway controversy to-day, before Com
missioner McCord, il was shown that Joel
Hurt, the Consolidate genius, was the
guiding hand behind the Perkins suit
brought 20 stop the Atlanta Railway
Company from taking up the west side
franchises.
Perkins appeared upon the scene of ae-
ton ia the form of a stakeholder of the
Atlanta company and his bin was brought
as a stockholder to prevent his company
from accepting these franchises upon the
plea that such acceptance would ruin the
company. and thus damage the petitioner
as a stoclthoder.
1t appeared from the Investigation to-
day that Joel Hurt engineered the whole
deal and that Perkins and others who
had Atlanta stock transferred TO them
knew absolutely nothing about il
until after it had been done
It was Mr. Hurt who then got