The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-06
THE GUARDS TOOK DELEGAL.
DETACHMENT OFF FOR DARIEN
WITH THE ALLEGED RAPIsT.

William GaFrard-t APT. hohus
Screven the other Cmcer-SOme
Thirty-four Men Formed the De-
tnchmcnt-A squad Went TO the
Jail for DeIeEaI-The DeIegal Fam
fy Was Reunited There Tempo
rariIy. Cavalry Having Brought
The Two Brothers AMI the Mother
From Darien.
The detachment of the Savannah Eolun-
teer Guards. ordered by she Governor TO
take Henry Delegal from Chatham county
jail 10 Daren. left yesterday afternoon on
Its MISSION, and viii probably remain IN
Darien for at least two or three days.
The Instructions were TO stay there until
DGegaFs case is disposed OF, and the
trial will doubtless consume a couple Of
days
Col. william Garrard Jeff in command of
the detachment which was made up OF
some thiriy-four enlisted men. Capt.
Thomas Screyen of Company b was the
officer. besides Col Garrard whom the
Governor instructed should accompany the
detachment. The enlisted men were:
Company A. Corpi Hiucks, Privaies +. II.
Dearing. T. s. Freeman. ". Henderson.
A. NJ Martin. r. 5. Woods, James Furse,
S W. Parneu, T. W Fulton, r. J. Nc
Daniel and H. f owens; Company b,
FIRST Sergeant r. C. Tunno, Corpl W. W.
Wilson. Privetes John 7. Archer. II. A.
Crane Jr., ]. X. Hazlenurst, John Muir
ply. Yates Thompson, II. L. Watterson,
NyIly Woodbridge and A. l.. Alexander;
COMPANY c. Sergt. W. w. Gross. Corpl.
c. c. Dixon. Privates ". O. Brown. A. w.
Solomon, c. D. Mellon. J. w. Hencrnan
and e. ]. Haslam: Company d, Sergt. a.
d. Johnston, Prlvates e. NJ. Hui. Jr.,
B. T. Morgan, T. L. LePage, j. r. Mad
dock c. f. Fretwen and r. R. Moore.
The first sergeants of the four companies
had a busy time during the forenoon sum
moning the men whom they detailed ior
the duty ANY number of kicks were
heard there being many men who found
il inconvenient to get off Their employ
ers too in some cases, had something
TO say about it, and made efforts TO Sc
cure the substitution Of other men LOT
those called from their business for the
trim The protestations and appeals, how
ever. were Of no avail in the majority OF
cases.
Most Of those who were summoned to
go did so without any effort 70 get out
of 1t. Their business happened, in some
cases. to be such as to admit Of their alb
sence for a couple of days. 1t is safe to
saw that had the Guards recognized any
element of danger in the trip they would
have turned out TO a man, but the tame
duty of escorting a negro charged WIN
rape from Savannah to DaTien ana re
naming there for two or three Gays o.
fered no charms.
Col Garrard was at Button when he
received word of the Governors order di-
recting that the detachment be sent to
Darien He came TO the city as soon as
possible and relieved Capt. Screven OF the
post of commanding officer on his arrival.
Col Garrard said he knew nothing OF
lust what he was expected to do on his
arrival at Darien, as mis- instructions were
no more extended than those conveyed in
the order directing that the detachment
be sent.
The Guards summoned for the duty be
gan 70 assemble at the arsenal at o'clocK.
They donned uniforms and equipment and
left for the depot at $3.50. Arrived there.
81 was ascertained that the train was an
hour late, apd il was not until after )
O'Clock, city time, that the detachment
got away. The movement of troops on
the Darien mission has become so common
that there was no crowd out to see the
departure of the Guards No more than
the usual number were to be seen on the
streets, and at the depot the customary
crowd Of loungers and lolterers was in
creased but little
Rations for three days We're car
ried. II would seem from that
that the expectation was to remain IOr
about that TIME. If need for more sup
plies should arrive it can be met right in
Darien, for the troops whom the Guards
follow left quantity.
Col. GarraTd will follow Col A. r. Law
ton Of the First Regiment Infantry. in
go mr. md "a uPfa 1a 1of f,fffsa
turned yesterday shortly after noon. He
was accompanied by the attachments
from the Liberty Independent Troop, and
the Liberty Guards that were at Darien
on duty. Those troops and the Wayne
Troop and The Mcintosh Dragons of Da-
rien relieved The companies Of the First
Regiment there last week. The Liberty
county soldiers went home from here.
Three Of The Deiegals were with the de-
tachment. They were John and Eddie.
Henry's two sons, and their mother, Mi
Tanda. All three are charged with the muir
der of Deputy Townsend Deputy Sheriff
L. y. Bailey Of Mcintosh county was in
charge OF the prisoners, with the troops
as guards, and it was he who turned them
over TO the suthori les here and presented
the order from the sheriff of Mcintosh for
Henry pelegal, the prisoner in the CHAT
ham jail.
Henry Delegal was turned over at the
a squad detailed from the Guards to take
him 10 the train. The squad Yves COM
manded by Serst. D. A. Johnston. The
covered patrol wagon was directed by
Capt. Screven TO proceed 10 the jail and
in ii the prisoner and his escort were drv-
en- 10 the train.
For while oil four of the Delegals
were in Chatham Jail. There was a meet
ing, a sort of family reunion. The older
Delegal impresses one as being of ra Their a
religious temperament, his trust in the
Losd being declared at every turn, the
declaration vying in point of frequency
OF repetition with the observation of his
innocence of the charge of which he is
accused by Matilda Ann Hope.
Lieut.. F. a. Leonard of the Irish JAS
per Greens was IN the party that re-
turned Lieut.. Leonard came back from
Darien with his company last week. but
was called upon 70 return to give his evil
dence in some of the cases up for trial.
Lieut. Leonard has won great reputation
by his conduct during the troubles at Da-