The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
FOUL MURDER COMMITTED.
BODY OF AN OLD WHITE MAN
FOUND IN THE WOODS.

Body Had Been Set on Fire After the
Man Was Murdered-NegrO Woman
Found the BOdy-Feared to Report
It-Finany Told Her Pastor, Who
Informed the Acknowledgement
Leave for st. Louis.
Atlanta, March THE body of an
unknown, aged white man who was
murdered by unknown parties, was
found Saturday afternoon about eight
miles north of Atlanta by an old negro
woman.
The reason the matter was not re-
ported until to-day was that the wom-
an was frightened and said nothing
until she this morning went to the
pastor of her church. He informed
the county police who brought the
body into the city and began an in
vestigation of the case. The man had
gray hair and beard, but there was
nothing to indicate his exact age or
his name.
1t was found that the body had been
dragged through the woods some dis
lance and then had been set on fire,
the fire made by the criminals burning
about two acres of the surrounding
land. There were evidences of oil
having been poured on the body before
it was set on fire.
on for st. Louis.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. B.
stevens, accompanied by State Geolo-
gist w. S. Yeates and Assistant Com
missioner Glascock Barrett, left the
city to-day for st. Louis, where they
go to make final arrangements for the
Georgia building and the installation
OF the Georgia exhibit They will Sc
lect the exact site for the building and
make all final arrangements.
Commissioner Barrett says the Sa-
vannah post of the T. P. A. has made
the best showing so far in selling the
Georgia building button. The prize
offered is free trip to the next ma
tional T. p. A. convention.
seabOurd Pays Taxes.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad re-
mitted it's taxes for 1903 to Controller
General w. A. Wright to-day. The
total amount of the check for taxes on
all its properties in Georgia was $46,-
1882 of which there was check for
$69S.16 interest, the rate being Z per
cent. from Dec. 20, 1903.
Goes to South Africa.
]. M. Stanton, of Winder, Ga, pass
ed through Atlanta to-day on his way
up British South Africa, where he
goes to teach the natives how to raise
cotton. Mr.. Stanton goes as an en-
ploye of the British government, at
$1,000 year and all expenses.
Supreme Court Sits.
The Supreme Court began the March
term to-day. All the six justices were
on the bench. Oral arguments we~e
heard on the Forty-firs street ?
on the Atlantic circuit docket for Oc-
tober term, 1903, and there are still
ninety cases on the October docket,
before those returnable to the March
term will be reached.
Tried to Hang Himself.
Will Davis, a negro, "a years old,
tried to hang himself with a rope made
of plated blankets in his cell at the
police barracks last night. He fought
desperately when Turnkey Rosser went
in to cut him down. He was then
handcuffed to the side of his CELL
Davis is held on suspicion.
Contract on Union station.
The contract for the masonry work
in connection with the new union pas
senger depot was awarded to-day to
a Baltimore concern. This contract
was for about $4,000, but the total
masonry work for the structure will
cost about $4,000.
Kicked an Italian Out.
j. C. Peck, a well known and promi-
nent citizen, was arraigned in the Re-
corder's Court to-day for kicking an
Italian scissors grinder out of his
yard. Mr.. Peck claimed he had a
right to kick an Italian out of his yard
if the italian refused to go when or
dered to do so. Because he used vio-
lence the Recorder fined him $1.75. Mr..