The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22
CARTER GAVE HIMSELF UP.
READY TO BEGIN SERVICE OF FOUR
YEARS FOR ARSON.

HOped for a New Trial From the SUI
preme Court. But IL Was Not Grant
ed-Carter's Father-in-Law, ID. II.
Moody. Is Under the Same SEN
tence-Confederate veteran Turns
I'd After Many Years-CIaims share
of an Estate.
Atlanta, Feb 21.-H. B. Carter, convict
ed of arson and conspiracy. came TO At
lanta from Jesup and surrendered himself
TO the authorities to begin the service Of
his -four years sentence In the peniten-
tiary.
This morning he called at the office Of
the prison commissioners. accompanied by
his bondsmen and a friend, and gave him
self up. He was placed in the keeping Of
Transfer Guard Pearson, and sent to the
Chattahoochee brick camps.
Last night Carter and his bondsmen
reached the city. They spent the night at
a house on Walton street, as the Office of
the prison commissioners was closed at
O'Clock in the afternoon. This morning as
soon as the Office was opened they called
at the capitol and Carter surrendered him
self
Carter has been under bond since his
conviction several months ago. His case
went TO the Supreme Court, and the SEN
tence of the lower court, four years in
the penitentiary, was affirmed. Carter
then decided to come to Atlanta and give
himself up to the authorities and begin
the service of his sentence.
LAS soon as l found that there was no
chance to reverse the decision of the
lower court and secure a new trial." Car
ter said this morning Il made up my mind
to surrender, and came IN at once"
D. IL. Moody, Carriers father-in-law, Is
under a similar sentence and Is also I'M
der bond He is said 10 be IN Mississippi.
As his case has been finally decided, the
authorities are anxious for him TO surren-
der, but he has not done so yet.
Cannon Finally Turned Up.
After many years of absence and after
his relatives believed him dead, Peter
Cannon, who enlisted in the Confederate
army in the sixties, has returned to At
lanta and put in a claim for $42.67, his
share of his fathers estate
The case has been tried before Judge
Bloodworth, who decided the claim was
barred by the statute of limitation
Cannons story is a strange on.. He left
here in 1851 and Joined the Confederate
army He came home on a furlough in
1868, stayed a short while, returned TO the
army and then vanished from sight.
Time passed and no one heard of him
He was as lost as if enveloped in the deep.
His father, Patrick Cannon, died in 1870.
leaving some property, which was admin
istered upon by the Court of Ordinary,
and al the October term In 1897 an order
was passed recitlng that Peter Lynch, adj
ministrator, had on hand of the estate.
Peters share unclaimed. 1t was directed
that the administrator retain 1t in his
hands al per cent. until the fund was
called for by Peter Cannon or his heirs,
IN case it should appear that he died since
his father Patrick. He was supposed to
be dead even then, and years came and
went and still no Peter Cannon.
IN 1891, at the January term of the same
court it became judicially certain he was
dead 1t was accordingly ordered that
Peters share of the estate and the ac-
crued interest at per, cent should
be divided among the other
heirs In 1897, Peter Cannon
appeared in Atlanta well and hearty. He
had been roaming the Wild West over the
plains with the Indians. He was not in
aecently swift after his money He be-
haved with delicacy, but finding that il
was that or nothing decided to appeal to
the courts. After considerable DELAYS he
brought suit against some of the other
heirs, his sister and one brother having
settled. To the surprise of Cannon he was
met by the statute of Limitation and
knocked out of court as a dead man.
though still alive and hearty.