The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-27
PARK PLEADS GUILTY.
Given Twenty Years Sentence nt
Sfatesboro-Other News.


Statesboro, Ga, April 26.-The criminal
docket in the Superior Court was finished
up yesterday. Allen Crosby. charged with
the killing OF Alex King. a negro, was
found not guilty lie plead guilty to a
charge OF pointing a pistol al a young
boy, and was sentenced to the chain gang
for nine months Hollis Middleton, a ne
gro barber in the white barber shop here,
was convicted Of gambling on Sunday and
fined SO and cost of court. The young
Brannen boy, who has been on the gang
before was convicted of carrying con-
cealed weapons, and was sentenced 70
the chaln-gang. J. D. Lanier plead guilty
to selling liquor, and was fined 500 and
cost of court. which ran up to some
thing over $3.50.
The case that attracted the most at
tenton was that of George Park for as
saut with intent to rape He entered
plea of guilty Col. II. 3. Strange was
employed to defend him. The state made
out such a strong case that when the
time came for the defense to take the
stand, Park and his father were taken
out for consultation by their attorney.
While they were out the jury asked to be
excused, and when they returned they
found nothing for them to do. The attor-
ney end his client had returned and en-
tered plea of guilty. Judge Evans told
the prisoner to stand up, and said to him
that he might congratulate himself that
the people of Bulloch county were law
abiding citizens, that the case appeared
TO be most aggravated one, and that
he would have to give him the extent Of
the law, which is 20 years in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor.
He received the sentence without emo
ton while his father almost broke down.
While some folks uphold Mr.. McElveen
for his bringing the man to court and
allowing him the benefit of the law, many
others say that in a similar case with
them the negro would never have seen
the court ground.
The criminal docket being dropped. the
most lengthy case in the civil proceedings
is that of j. d. OVerstreet & Co. against
Lestern & Ellison and John T. Brannen
for, damages in the cutting of certain saw
min timber. It has consumed the day,
or ffearly so, and Mas not yet gone to the
jury. Mr.. Oyerstreet is a prominent saw
mill man from Summit in Emanuel coun-
ty, and Mr.. z. r. Lester is from Burke
county, but lately moved to Silver Springs,
Fla, where he has put in plant in part
nership with Mr.. r. G.. Daniel of Mllen,
Of immense capacity. There are all here
to-day looking after their interests.
The grand jury was expected to adjourn
to-day at noon, but new business came up
and will not get through before to-mor-
row. A large number of bills have been
returned and their recommendations are
expected to be lengthy and spicy.
Col. Mitchell of Atlanta is here in the
interest of cotton mill for Statesboro.
He has been exceedingly successful in 10
eating mills in Middle Georgia and Car
DINA, taking in the special territory of the
Georgia Railroad. He is now working
the Central of Georgia. He says that the
people of this county have the greatest
bonanza he has seen yet. He has the
promise that if he can get mill located
here that will use this long staple cotton,
a silk mill will be put in here that will
probably use some of this staple in the
manufacture of the lower grades of silk.
He is informed that the silk worms would
thrive in this climate and that the plan
is perfectly feasible, and he is meeting
with mitch success. A cotton nrtii COM
pany was pretty nearly organized here
once, and the people are anxious for one
to be esta bhshed and are willing to put
their money into the enterprise.