The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-17
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
MANY WANTED PARDoNS
AND SOME WE'RE GRANTED By THE
PRISON COMMISSION.

of Death Be Carried Out-Harry
Sweat Who Killed Pat O'Neill in
Savannah, Recommended for
Pardon.
Atlanta. Dec 16.-The commission
declined to interfere in the case of
Jack Bone the young white man who
is sentenced to be hanged at Rome on
Monday for the murder of Farmer
Zach Hail. To-day while F. w. Hall,
the young son of the dead man. was
in Gov. Terrells office, urging him to
let the sentence stand, the three Sis
tiers of the condemned man were sit
ting in the reception room waiting to
see the Governor in order to urge
clemency for their brother.
When the commission refused to rec
ommend clemency. Gov. Terrell told
Bones attorney he would hold the
case open until tomorrow in order to
give him time to present affidavits of
lunacy. Upon this the Governor will
determine whether he will appoint a
commission to investigate Bones sani-
ty. as is provided in the new law of
1903. This point will be settled to-mor-
row afternoon.
Harry Sweat, who killed Pat O'Neill
in Savannah in 1898, and who has
since been serving a life sentence in
the penitentiary, was to-day recon-
mended for a pardon by the Prison
Commission, and the Governor will
grant the necessary order tomorrow
The action of the Prison Commission
in pardoning Sweat was due to GER
tain evidence which was not
taken into consideration by the
court, namely the ante-mortem
statement of ONeill that it
was he who made Sweat cut him. In
1899 Sweat, who had been sentenced
TO be hanged, was granted a commu-
tation to life Imprisonment.
Major Anderson, sent up for life from
Sumter county for murder in 1892, was
pardoned.
The commission decided it would not
pass on the case of former State Sena-
tor w. P. Dodd until the January
meeting.
Claims S30.GOO Damages.
James Edward who served a four
years sentence from Fulton for per-
jury. having been sent to the state
prison farm in 1s99 to-day filed a
claim tor damages against the state
for $4,000, claiming that he was Sc
Verely and unjustly whipped. and that
he was shot in the foot in a personal
encounter with Warden Slater. The
commission has no power to act on
any such claims.
Ebenezer Ladies Want Trains to
stop.
The Railroad Commission to-day set
for a hearing on Jan. H. a petition
from fifty ladies of Ebenezer, the ia
nous settlement of the Salzburgers in
Eft1ngham county. asking that the
trains of the Seaboard Air Line be re-
quired to stop there when tagged. The
ladies claimed that the people there
now have to travel too far to get to a
station where the trains stop.
Lower Rates for Waynesboro.
The commission granted permission
to the Central of Georgia Railway
Company to reduce the freight rates
from Savannah to Waynesboro, pro-
vided the reductions make no unjust
determinations against any other
points in that territory.
Thomaston Merchants Complain.
The commission set for a hearing on
Feb. 10, complaint from the people
of Thomaston to the effect that they
are Disseminated against in freight
rates. Freight rates complaints have
recently begun to grow numerous.
Dates for Pension Payments.
Pension Commissioner j. w. Lind
sey to-day completed his schedule of
dates for the payment of pensions for
1905. The pension payments will be-
gin, Jan. IS, and be finished by Feb.
27 The date for the payment of
Chatham county's pensioners has been
fixed as Feb. 8.
Georgia Was Well Advertised.
Assistant Commissioner Glascock
Barrett w.o has lad charge of the
Georgia building at st. Louis return
ed to the city to-day. He says no
state in the union was better adver-
tised at the fair than Georgia. More
than 10000 Georgians visited the Geor-
gia building during the fair. Mr.
Barrett asserts that two or three col
onization schemes, with Georgia as
their objective point. are now on foot
as the result of the showing which
this state made at the exposition.
Life Insurance Co. Licensed.
The Columbian National Life Insur-
ance Company of Boston, Incorporated
I'm 1902. with a capital stock of $780,
000, has complied, with the law ana
been granted the right to do business
IN Georgia
Stole Girls JeweIry.
Some sneak thief went through the
Thornbury School for young ladies
here yesterday and made away with
over $1,000 worth of jewelry belonging
to the students. Edward Wright. por-
ter a the school, is suspected, and the
police have been notified to arrest him.
Christmas for the Convicts.
The Prison Commission to-day sent
out notices to all the convict camps
throughout the state, directing that the
convicts all be given a holiday for
Christmas. either Saturday or Monday.
as Christmas falls on Sunday, and
also that an extra good dinner be
provided for them on this occasion.
Dropped Dead on Train.
c. r. Maynard. a prominent citizen
OF Greenwich, O.. dropped dead from
heart failure In a Pullman car at
tached 10 the Southern train bound
for jacksonville this morning His
death occurred just as the train was
leaving the Union Depot. The remains
were taken back TO Greenwich by his
wife and brother-in-law, who accom-
panied him.
Mrs. Gobny Has disappeared.
Mrs Mary Gobay. OF S05 Crew street.
has mysteriously disappeared. and her
husband and six children have been un-
able 10 get any news ~ her since last
Monday night when she left home 10
visit a neiRhbor. The police have found
no clew. Mrs. Gobay recently had one