The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18
ALTMANS' FRIENDS
HAVE GIVEN UP
SURRENDERED AT BAXTER
AND TAKEN TO JACK SoNVILLE
FOR SAFE KEEPING.

Twelve of the AItmans' Party, In
cIuding Hillary, Charles and Jesse
Altman, Voluntarily Gave Them
selves Up-NO Further Trouble at
Baxter is Anticipated-Funera of
Thrift Met His Alleged SIayers-
acquisitions Asked.
Baxter, Fla, Sept. 17.-Twelve of the
men alleged to have been implicated in
the killing of Deputy Sheriff Thrift
came into town to-day and surren-
dered to Sheriff Herndon. They were
quickly started for Jacksonville on
special train under guard of the mil
itary.
Those surrendering in addition to the
eight men arrested yesterday, were
Charles Altman and Hillary Altman,
who are charged with the murder of
Jackson Duncan and the negro Jim
Riley; Jessie Altman. who shot w. N.
Duncan; Andrew Harvey and Ivey
Harvey, charged with being members
of the mob; Aaron Dawling, William
DawIing, William Dawling, Jr, Alonzo
Dawling, w. H. Johns. George Johns
and Cauley Johns.
Jesse Altman had been hiding since
yesterday and came in by himself.
Hillary Altman has a bad wound in
the right shoulder. None of the others
was wounded.
Sheriff Herndon and his deputies
have the situation well in hand and no
more trouble is anticipated.
An Incident of the Day.
A sad and striking incident of the
whole affair occurred this morning.
Just as the party of men were COM
ing in to give themselves up, the fu-
neral cortege, bearing the body of
Deputy Sheriff Thrift started to leave
the building. where it had remained
since the killing.
AS the horsemen reached the rail-
road track, coming from the south,
the funeral party REACHED the onpesite,
side of the track. The murdered mars
body and the men charged with his
murder met directly on the crossing.
Each party continued it's way with
cut paying any attention to the other.
The body of the dead deputy was
taken to the little cemetery near
Moniac and there buried.
viii Suggest acquisitions.
Sheriff Mattox. who arrived this
morning, said that while he was per-
fectly willing for the prisoners to be
locked up in the Duval county Jail for
safe keeping he intended to try to
secure the men charged with COM
mitting crime in his county and have
them tried in that county. When
asked what steps he intended to take,
Sheriff Mattox stated that he intended
TO telegraph Gov. Terrell and ask
him to make requisition on the Gov
ernor of Florida for the delivery to
the Charlton county authorities of
Charles and Hillary Altman, the men
charged with the killing of Jackson
Duncan and the negro Jim Riley, on
the train in Charlton county, Georgia,
last Sunday night. Until the Cover
nors agree in regard to the proper
custody of the prisoners, Sheriff Mat
fox is perfectly willing to allow the
prisoners to remain in the Duval coun-
~ jail.
The Florida authorities will prob
ably claim Hillary Altman because
when he gave himself up this morn
ing he had the military surgeon dress
three gunshot wounds. which are con-
sidered as showing that he was in
the mob that killed Deputy Sheriff
Thrift.
Two Others still mt Large.
Pink Raulerson was brought in by
deputies this afternoon. He was ar
rested at his home four miles from
here. He made no resistance. His
wife was much excited and told him
20 die rather than give up. Two others
of the gang are located-Luther Keene,
eight miles from here on the St.
Mary's river. and Wash Eddy, at
Church. twelve miles above here.
Arrests OF the other two viii be made
tomorrow. Raulerson will be held
here until the others are brought in,
and all will be taken to Jacksonw+le-,
Monday.