The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-25
OFFICER SENT
HUNTERS AWAY
TO ACTION OF THE DEPUTY
sAssER OBJECTED BEFORE JUDGE
CANN.

Court Sustained Ruling of Its spe-
cfaI mfssiOner-Hunters Were
Friends of Sasser and, Because
They Were Armed, Deputy Sent
Them Away from the Working
Party-Larissey TO Build the
Fence-Each Man Carries His own
Water.
Though the Superior Court was open
for but a few minutes yesterday morn
ing, that was sufficient for the court
to briefly review again the Ossabaw
Island feud and TO pass upon the mer-
its of some new phases of the case
that have developed since Special Com
missioner Walter H. Fleming was sent
there by the court TO build fence
between the lands of the contending
parties.
Mr.. Sasser and Mr.. Larrisey, together
with Deputy Fleming, were in the
court room and Mr.. Sasser raised the
question of the right of the court s
officer to prohibit members of his party
from hunting ducks in a pond near
where the work of asserting the hogs
is going on. While Mr.. Sasser and
Mr. Larrisey, in company with Mr..
Fleming, were at work asserting hogs,
a party of Sasser supporters were
seen hunting duck in that vicinity.
Hunters Ordered Away.
Mr.. Larrisey objected and Deputy
Fleming sustained his objection and
ordered the men away. The officer
held that, as supporters of the Sasser
faction, they were violating the de-
cree of the court, which provided that
neither weapons of offense nor defense
should be carried by either party to
the trouble. To this ruling Mr.. Sasser
objected at first, but was finally shown,
through the aid of Judge Cam and
Mr.. F. M. Oliver of Twiggs & Oliver,
his attorneys, that the courts officer
was in the right
Another objection was raised on the
distribution of the cost of the work
of catching the hogs, Mr.. Sasser claim
ing he should not be compelled to pay
half the cost of catching his own hogs
when they were on his own land, es-
pecially as there would be no need for
catching them were it not for the fact
that Mr. Larriseys hogs We're on the
land. Judge Cam ruled against the
objection, holding that as he was ben
Gifted by having them caught he should
bear his share of the cost.
Earissey VIII Build Fence.
Bids for the construction of the fence
between the lands of the two parties
were TO have been opened in the morn
ing, but none were sent in. The prob
abilities are that no one wanted the
work owing to the somewhat strenuous
conditions that the fence-builders will
have to contend against on the island.
A compromise has been arranged,
however, that will be satisfactory to
all the parties. If the fence were built
exactly on the line it would be zig
gag affair. running for part of the
way through underbrush and over land
that is still unknown to man. Tn
der these conditions a break in the
fence could not be detected and condi-
tons would soon be as bad as ever.
There is a road on the island, how
ever. running on Mr.. Larissey's land,
and along this road Larissey has agreed
TO build the fence. If the fence is
built here it can be easily watched and
kept in repair and besides this feature,
1t viii cost less. If built along the line
IL would cost at least 81 900 while
along the road it will cost only about
$500.
Bitter Hate of Islanders.
The conditions under which Deputy
Fleming is compelled to work are any
thing but pleasant. During the week
he has been on Ossab aw he has had to
go through sections of the island where
heretofore no man has ever been.
Rank growths are everywhere and
sometimes the parties have had to
crawl through small openings in the
underbrush on their hands and knees.
cutting down even then some obstruc-
tons which blocked their pathway
Many of the places are typical of ex-
Gov. Bob Taylor's expression of the
place where even rattlesnakes were
afraid to co.
And all the time the officer is ac-
companied by the two men, men whose
hate Of each other is bitter, black and
unrelenting. They never speak a word
TO each other, though both talk to the
officer They never touch each others
hands, and never do they come one
whit closer than is necessary.
Carrying own Water.
Each man carries with him his own
jug of water, for in some of the places
through which they must go, fresh
water is not obtainable. Neither will
take drink from the jug of the other.
it. 49,
Each morning before the men start
out for work, Mr.. Fleming compels
them TO remove their coats and then
he carefully searches them. Weapons
are barred, and so rigidly is this car
ried out, for the safety of all parties
demands 1t, that even the hunting
party was ordered away lest they turn
their guns from the ducks to their
sworn enemies.
Asserting the Hogs.
On the island there are at least 2. ooC
hogs, to say nothing of the cattle
These animals, most OF which are mark.
ed on the ear with the brand of its
owner-have been running wild through
the island. The party under Mr.. Elem.
ing must catch each one of these ami.
mails, examine the ear-marks. and ther
separate those Of Sasser from those
of Larissey. It is tedious work am
II Will take at least four months n
nnish II, Deputy Fleming SAYS.
Besides the hogs that are marked
there are large numbers, born In tht
wiids, that have no marks, and or
which there is nothing by which the,
may be Identified. All such are gath.
cred into single pen, built I'm tn,
center Of the island. Here they vii
be kept until all else has been complet,
ed, and then divided among the two
parties.
Mr.. Fleming win leave again 70,
Ossabaw this morning and continue tn,
work he has been ordered to carry on
by Judge Cam.