The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-01
ORDERED TO GET OUT
FORMER TROLLEY CONDUCTOR
TOLD TO LEAVE SAVANNAH.
WITHIN TWENTY-F0UR HOURS.
OR HEAVY SENTENCE HANGING
OVER HIM WILL BE ENFORCED.

j. L. Ferreira. Sentenced to Pay "a
Fine of 500 and Costs or Serve
Twelve Months on the Gang, Had
the Sentence Suspended Con-
ditiOn He Would Get Out of Town.
Went. hut Returned and Was Re-
arrested-TOId He Must Leave Sa-
vannah by Noon To-day or Sem
tence Would Be Enforced-JudEe
Norwood Has Revoked His Sus-
pending Order.
With a sentence to pay a fine of 800 and
costs or serve twelve months on the
county chain-gang hanging over him and
its enforcement the threatened alternative
of his refusal to obey, J. i. Ferreira,
former street railway conductor, was or
dered yesterday morning TO get out of
town.
Ferreira is given until noon to-day to
comply with this order and was told that
failure of compliance would be followed
by his arrest and the enforcement of the
sentence imposed on him by Judge Nor
wood on April 8. He was under arrest
when Solicitor General Osborne, yester-
day morning, allowed him this further
grace.
Ferreira was of the comparatively large
number of street railway employees dis
missed by General Manager Mcintyre,
soon after he succeeded Mr.. H. NJ. Lof-
ton in control of the operation of the
street railway system. No specific
charges of any sort were lodged against
either Ferreira or any of his companions
in misfortune at that time, but it was
currently stated on the streets that the
reason for the wholesale dismissal was
the General Managers conviction that the
company was not receiving it's proper
share of the fares that were collected.
At any rate. the dismissals created
very large row among the company's OPP
Grating force. General Manager McIn-
tyre received a number of threatening
anonymous letters, and there was for a
time grave fear that serious results would
follow. However. about the only serious
results were the arrests of Ferrera and
one of his companions, on a charge of
disorderly conduct and carrying concealed
weapons.
When Ferreira was arraigned before
Judge Norwood, in the City Court. he
was sentenced to pay fine of 800 and
costs or serve twelve months on the
consideration made by the man and his
counsel Judge Norwood suspended the
enforcement of the sentence, pending an
appeal to the State Pardon Board for
executive clemency. The consideration
of the suspension of the sentence was
Ferreiras promise that he would get out
of town promptly and stay out.
This promise, made under stress and in
desperation, Ferreira found rather diff
cult to keep. The man has wife and
three children and their support is a seri-
Gus matter for him. He went down to
Jacksonville for time. but there he was
not successful in getting work. Possibly
he thought that his promise only to
get out of town and not to keep out; at
any rate, after his unsuccessful effort to
get work in jacksonville, he returned to
Savannah.
Here he was seen by the officials or
employees of the Savannah, Tunderbot
and Isle of Hope Railway. Whether he
has been trying to stir up more trouble
between the company and its men or is
suspected even of such practices, could
not be learned yesterday. General Mana
ger Mcintyre is out of town, and the
other Officials of the road could only say
Ferreira had not threatened or attempted
to assault any of them.
Yesterday morning. at an rate Judge
Norwood on the motion of Solicitor Cen
eIdl OSDOTHe. passed an OfueT TeNOklUS
that previously granted. suspending the
enforcement of the sentence. The sheriff
was ordered TO take Ferrera into custody.
and Chief Deputy Kirkland made the ar
rest.
The man was carried before the solicit
sor general and Mr.. Osborne told him he
would be allowed one more chance to get
out of town. The time fixed for his de-
parture was before noon to-day, and he
told if he neglected to take advan-
lage of the last opportunity thus afforded
him he would be arrested and the SEN
tence would be enforced He agreed to
go, and Deputy Sheriff Kirkland allowed
him his liberty, for the purpose Of max
ing preparations for his departure.
1t is understood that Ferreira denies
that he was guilty of carrying concealed
weapons. the crime to which he pleaded
guilty and for which he was sentenced.
The story has it he was advised TO plead
as the easiest way out of the trouble. on
the understanding THAI his sentence would
he suspended and he would be allowed
10 expiate his faults by shaking the dust
of Savannah from his feet. Now that he
has been brought to realize the full mean
ing and effect of his promise he repents
him of this. well as the plea of guilty
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