The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-24
WIDOW WAS QUITE LOVE SICK.
CHARGE MADE NOW THAT MRS.
MULLIGAN WAS INSANE.


AIbnny-COmmission TO Take Up
savannah Case-Meeting of Nor
mons-AtIanta Police After New
Lottery scheme.
Atlanta. March 23-The effort being made
10 have the transfer of certain realty deed
ed by the late Mrs. Mullgan to Private
Patrick McCrann of the Fifth United
States Infantry, set aside, which is now
being heard before Judge J. II. Lumpkin
of the Superior Court. developed some fur
ther interesting details to-day
The plaintiffs in The case, who are rep
res nted by the county administrator have
SCI up The clam that Mrs. Muiligan was
crazy when she decided the property to
McCraun, the youthful lover who was
counting her for her money.
A physician was put on the stand and
he told a story about having prescribed
an antidote for the aged Mrs. MuMgan's
love sickness. He said that she had often
come TO him for treatment for various lit
tie ailments, but upon the occasion in
question she declared that she believed
she needed medicine to cure her OF falling
in love with handsome young men, and he
gave her a prescription. The doctor did
not say, however, what drug he prescrib-
ed. but he gave il as his opinion that the
old lady was not of sound mind.
said She Was Unbalanced.
Another witness, a real estate dealer
with whom Mrs. Mulligan had
had dealings, testified that she
frequently gave evidence of be-
Ing mentally unbalanced She had
talked to him about being in love with
McCran and one or two other young men
and one day tod him that trade that
he had made for her had brought her
good luck, that it had brought her a hus-
band McCrann being the fiancee referred
TO-
Some of the neghbors went upon the
stand and told about the cOurtship be-
tween the soldier and the old lady, the
description of their billing and cooling pro-
voking much amusement IN the court
room.
Mrs. Mulligan left a married son, but he
has disappeared. and 1t is his wife and
child for whom the suit has been brought
TO compel Soldier McCrann TO give back
the property decided him by Mrs. Multi
gan
Governor VIII Go to Albany.
Gov. Gambler to-day signified his lnten-
ton of accepting the invitation of the AL
bany Chatauqua TO be present and deliver
an address on April 4. He will leave At
lanta on the afternoon of April 3, the ad-
dress being delivered on the morning of
the 4th. Ii viii be Governors day at the
ehautauqua
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith will also make
an address before the assembly on the
evening of April 4, following CONGRESSMAN
.IpGaDh RnilaV ~
The Governor will not be ACCOMPANIED
by his military staff as was at first con-
templated on account of the fact that lit
tie attempt will be made to get up a mil
itary demonstration, as the state militia
is not sufficiently well organized to make
1t a success.
Before Railroad Commission,
The State Railroad Commission win
meet tomorrow and take up the Albania
depot matter again.
The Savannah case involving the COM
paint of the patrons of the City and Sub
urban Road on account of bad passenger
service is also set for tomorrow. having
been postponed from the last meeting on
account of the illness of the president of
the railroad company
The railroad people and the city officials
nave been dickering with each other since
the last meeting of the commission on
March H. I'm regard to the depot problem.
but they have made little progress. and il
is not at all likely that the matter viii be
brought anywhere near conclusion al
the meeting tomorrow, unless the com
mission should take the bull by the horns
and order the roads to proceed at once to
provide adequate depot facilities if thew
have to build separate depots.
The City Council committee made its
report this afternoon at a special meeting
of that body agreeing to permit certain
alterations in the street grades for a new
depot on the present site, to be approached
by elevated tracks but II is not at an
cetain that these concessions viii be salts
factory enough to bring the question 10
focus.
Atlanta Invites Reed.
Hon. Tom Reed of Maine, the speaker
of the House of Representatives, who is
spending a few days enjoying the sea
breezes of Jekyl Island, has been invited
10 come to Atlanta before he goes back
home, to deliver lecture under the aus
pices of the Atlanta Lecture Association
The invitation was extended to him by
telegraph to-day by President Frank We'll
don of the lecture association Some
months ago Speaker Reed was asked TO
come 10 Atlanta to deliver a lecture, but
he declined on the score of pressing pub
lie business. If he comes, aud as yet no
reply has been received he will be given
a full houce.
MOrmons Met in Atlanta.
There was a conference of Mormon Ed
ers in Atlanta to-day thrty-five of them
representing seventeen counties of the
state being in attendance. Elder Rich who
is at the head of the work in this district,
came down from Chattanooga to preside
over the conference. and to administer ad-
vice TO the workers in the fold The con-
ference was held in the old Casino vare-
" theater on North Broad street, and so
far as layman was concerned had little
that was of interest about it. Reports
were received from all the visiting dele
gates who have been sowing the seed of
the faith in Georgia during the past year,
SO far as Information was obtainable these
reports were satisfactory TO Elder Rich.
who will transmit them TO the head of the
church. AT the conclusion q tho oo, for