The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-29
REJECTED OFFER
To END TROUBLE
PROPOSITION WAS OFFERED
WITH VIEW TO ENDING TROUBLES
OF OssABAW ISLAND.

Larissey offered to Buy All of In
terest of Sasser in the Hogs Now
in BeachwoOd Tract for $2OO-Sns-
ser, However, Declined Oner-If
Accepted, All Further Need of
Special Commissioner Fleming
Would Have Been Ended.
Just as a peaceable settlement of
the troubles of the feudists of Ossa-
baw Island seemed on a verge of con-
summation yesterday morning an OBJ
lection on the part of S. S. Sasser end
ed all negotiations.
In the hope that an end might be
made to the entire difficulty and that
further labors on the part of Special
Commissioner Walter H. Fleming
might be dispensed with, Deputy
Fleming, Mr.. Larissey. Mr.. Mickler,
and Mr.. Sasser came to Savannah. A
conference was held before the spe-
cial commissioner with a view to set
tlement, but it was fruitless.
The offer of settlement came from
Mr.. Larissey's side. 1t seems that on
certain tract of land on Ossabaw,
known as the Beachwood tract, there
is the greatest confusion in the droves
of hogs. Some of the animals that
frequent this territory belong to one
party and some to the other. The
conditions that prevail in this part of
the island make it extremely difficult
to capture the hogs and determine
ar1xc wi 1a
property of the parties directly con-
cerned
Besides the marked hogs there are
many that are not marked, these be-
ing the filters that were born in the
wids and too far from the proper
owners of the sows to allow of the
young being marked. By the terms of
the agreement among the parties the
unmarked hogs were to be divided in
the same proportion between Mr.. Lar
issey and Mr.. Sasser as were the
marked hogs.
Larissey's Proposition.
Mr.. Fleming. and the force of men
under his control on the island, began
the work of catching the hogs in
Beachwood tract several days ago. A
comparatively large number were Sc
cured and assorted. According to MIR.
Fleming the great majority of these
We're the property of Mr.. Larissey.
Working on the theory that all of
the hogs on the island were divided in
the same proportion between the two
parties as wore those captured, Mr..
Larissey stated he had a proposition
to make that would finally wind up the
matter and relieve MIR. Fleming from
further duty. In the hope that this
would be reached all the parties came
to Savannah.
In the sheriff's office Mr.. Larissey
offered to pay Mr. Sasser the sum of
$500 In return Mr.. Sasser was to
give him the ownership of all the hogs
in the Beachwood tract, and allow him
to take all the unmarked hogs now at
large in that district. The offer of
Mr.. Larissey TO build the division
fence was also to stand, and the trou-
BILE would thus have been adjusted.
Sasser Declines Offer.
AS soon as the offer had been made,
Mr.. Sasser declined 60 accept the
terms. He claims many of the hogs in
that tract are his and that such an
offer, if accepted, would mean he would
lose considerably. AS a result all ne
gotiations were called off and the work
as outlined in the beginning will con-
tinue.
Deputy Fleming will return to Os-
sabaw this morning, with the two
parties most directly interested, and
will continue the work of gathering
the hogs together and asserting them.
The fence will be built by Mr.. Laris-
sey and each mans property put on
the proper side of the fence.
The failure to accept the proposition
means that Mr.. Fleming will have to
spend at least four months on the
island. His expenses will have to be
paid by the two parties, and in adj
dition the decree of the court COM
mands that a reasonable compensation
be given him.