The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-07
U. S. COURTS IN SESSION.
SEVERAL BANKRUPTS RELEASED
FROM ONEROUs OBLIGATIONS.

Until the End or the MOnth-SO
THAT Court VIII Continue in Ses-
sion Until April 1, at Least-Crimi-
nal Assignments Postponed Until
Arrival of District AttOrney-Ty-
son Conspiracy Trial Will Be
Taken Up, Though, on Monday.
Remnant of the AduIa Case to BE
Heard.
The United States Circuit and District
Courts began a months session at the
federal Court House yesterday morning
Judge Emory Speer presided and dis
pensed justice in both tribunals. The
time of the court during the morning ees-
sion, the only one held yesterday, was
taken up principally with the decision of
cases in bankruptcy.
The bankrupts, who received discharges
from the obliga tons they have incurred
and have found themselves unable 10
meet had all passed the ordeal of an ex-
animation by the counsel for their cred
itors before the referee and were all in a
position to receive the discharges that
they sought and for which they had made
application TO the court.
The following discharges were granted
by Judge Spear upon application and mo-
ton of counsel for the bankrupts: T. E.
Lanier, Savannah; Delavan Salisbury, Sa-
vannah; Thomas j. Vim, Savannah; w.
D. Anderson, Resource; f. X. Mccall, Re
source; Walker S. Roberts, Hahira l.. j.
Frink Edward NJ. Habersham, James S.
Ross, Frank c. Cross Savannah; Wright
T. Paulk, A W. Howard, Waycross; Viii
liam Boyer. Savannah; Henry W. Fowler,
Savannah; H. SeHg, Brunswick; S. L.
Hodges, Manassas; II. M. Boley, Savan-
nah.
Lawyers from out-of-town, as well as
the members of the Savannah bar, We're
on hand to listen to the call of the civil
docket and look after the assignment of
the cases in which they were interested.
The criminal cases. in the absence of Dis
trict Attorney Erwin, who will not reach
the city until this morning, were not
called. They may be assigned to-day.
1t is understood that the cases of con-
spirancy against D. A. Tyson and the 9TH
ers, making up a bakers dozen, charged
with implication in the gigantic scheme to
defraud through the use of the mails, will
be taken up Monday. Tyson and some of
his alleged co-cOnspirators were in court
during the call of the docket, but they
seemed to be blissfully unconscious that
they occupied any position of peril and
exhibited the bandest confidence that
they would get out of the hole into which
the government officers and the district
attorney are seeking to hurry them.
When the cases are called the defen-
dants, or most of them will be repre-
scented by Messrs. Twiggs & Oliver,
whose engagement as counsel in the case
was announced in the Morning News six
fcting may be the opinions entertained
by those who are acquainted with the in
side history of the case as to guilt of
Tyson and his associates, there are not
two opinions as to the adroitness of the
man charged with being the chief conspir-
ator. Three times he has been indicted
in the United States courts and three
times the indictments against him have
been suffered to remain pigeonholed for a
number of years, and were finally no.
pressed. In two of these old cases Tyson
was charged with the same offense on
which he IS now TO stand trial, while the
third indictment alleged passing counter
felt money.
The government is making strong efforts
10 push the case against the defendants,
and, if they are guilty, to demonstrate this
fact conclusively to the court and jury,
To this end, il is understood, number
of Witnesses from various parts of the
state and country who have knowledge
of the methods used by Tyson and his
friends in carrying on the various bust
ness enterprises in which they have been
engaged in the recent past. viii be called
10 Savannah Many of these witnesses
are of that large number who claim that
they have been mulcted out of some of
their valuable possessions by some
shreWd Schemer, and who are quite ready
TO credit the statement of the govern
ment and its officers that Tyson and his
alleged accompliees and conspirators are
at the bottom of the whole matter.
Postoffice Inspector Fred ID. Peer, VINO
worked up the evidence against The men
and who swore out the warrant against j.
T. Hammond, that caused the first arrest,
reached the city yesterday morning, to as
sist in The prosecution. Inspector Peer
win bring TO bear upon the case, for the
benefit of the government, an intimate
personal knowledge of the manner in
which the government contends the con-
spiracy has been conducted, CLEANED from
an Investigation that has been as close and
thorough, as il has been painstaking and
complete.
The case will be an interesting one.
Whether the defendants are the guilty
parties or not, ii is very certain that an
extensive scheme TO defraud merchants
throughout the country has been for some
time in progress, and very many of them
have suffered by placing 100 much con-
tidence in the guileless innocence of the
Georgia Cracker. These astute business
men of the North have found 10 their sor-
row that the Cracker of the Southern coast
and interior, when he is ait his worst, has
ways that are as dark and tricks that are
as vain as those of the heather Chinee.
Some dim realization of this fact, after
they have been mulcted of many thou
sands of dollars, in the aggregate, has at
last dawned upon their comprehension,
anti &c fcst
these worthy gentlemen to break up "a
practice through which they have suf-
fered 50 much.
1t may be that the cases against Ben
jamin ID. Greene, John H., Edward T. and
William f. Gayror will possibly not be
called at the present session of the court,
even though 1t extends into April as it is
likely TO do. The appeal from the decis-
ion of Commissioner Shields in directing
The removal of the defendants to Savan-
nah to stand trial is still pending in New
York. and gives no promise of an early