The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-01-03
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NEWS NOTES
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TWONEGROES SHOT
at Assassination. -One
Negro Kills Another.-Baile
Dies From Wounds.

Dies From Wounds.
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Attorney II. II. Rogers, who was !.
last week convicted of the murder aof
T. A. Byrd at Philadelphia and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment, has been
taken to Macon, in Noxubee county,
for safekseping pending a decision OF
the fulreme court, to which he has
appealed for new trial. Judge Hill
ordered Rogers brought 10 Meridian,
but the city Jail, which is also being
used by tho county while the new
county jail is being constructed, is
small and already overcrowded. The
prisoner wa1 taken early Saturday
morning to Macon.
Policeman Alfred Bounds, who killed
@. Il. Hood, who shot aud desperately
wounded t. b. Bonner, on the otter
noon of the oath, was given prelim'
mary hearing before Mayor Stanton,
Friday evening, and released from
custody without requirement Of bond.
Several witnesses testified that the
deceased snapped at Bounds before he
was shot by the latter. Bounds had
numerous friends in court, who were
glad to congratulate him.
The Yazoo canal current has cut of
about n mile and is running through
West Pass at Vicksburg. Owing to
the high stage of the river it will be
some time before the engineers can
build levee across West Pass sufi-
ciontly high to force the channel Of
of canal back to the city 'front.' The
present condition does not ipiure
steamboat traffic, however, as ther is
plenty of water everywhere.
Joseph Balley, VINO was shot In the
abdomen by City Marshal G. s. Far
ley, at Fayette, Christmast Eve, was
sent to Natchez Friday morning and
taken to the Natchez Charity Hospital,
where he died from the effects of his
wounds. He was accompanied here
by his mother and brother, who took
his body to Jefferson county for IN.
terment. Bailey was 28 years of age
and single man.
The coroners jury, which has been
investigating the cause leading to the
death Of A. +. Trower, returned q
verdict Saturday that deceased came
to his death at the hands of George
Evans, his roommate, who was arrest.
ed pending the jury's verdict. Evans
will waive preliminary examination
for investigation before the grand
jury, which begins its session Monday
January s.
The business of the shippers Ct war
oysters at Biloxi has been something
immense. Four days, from the 10th
of December, 1901, 10 the goth, the
shipments amounted, in charges to the
express company, to S3I9; for the same
time and dates in 1902 the charges
amounted to $639 little more than
double.
Wiley White, who killed his brother.
in-law, W, r. Pope, at Good Hope,
Leake county, on Monday last, had
preliminary trial before Justice More
land. White was represented by Sui
livan and Mcmillan and was dis.
charged.
In negro crap game Friday Dave
Williams had his leg so badly shot
that it had to be amputated, and an
other negro, several milen weat of
town, was wounded by load of
squirrel shot. Otherwise Christmas
day passed quietly in this city and
vicinity.
Charles Fitzgerald, of Jackson,
offers $50 in each case for information
leading to the arrest of the persons
who on Christmas day blew open five
mail boxes at Vicksburg. Several
letters in the boxes were broken open.
and now the government will make a
thorough investigatio n.
s. M. Brewer, of Sharon, Tenn
claims he was robbed of 800 while
entering the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley train Friday night at Vicks-
bur. The police are investigating the
affair.
John Williams. negro, shot aud
killed Ben McFadden, negro fire.
man on the Gulf and Ship Island rail-
road. near the shops in Gulfport.
The return to Baloxi Of Rev. j. M.
Morse as presiding elder Of the Meth.
odist churches Of the Seacoast District
is very gratifying to this section.
Under Mr.. Morse the district has
made wonderful strides and made one
Of the best reports received at the