Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-07-31
INEY COMMITS
ANOTHER MURDER
Killed Rhodes Sullivan, An Aged
Han, Near Columbia City.


tt21e Successful Escape from Bakers
TUFpansIns Camp. Near csmpviIIe
Fsw Weeks Ago. Was Chased to
EIaipesdlls and Lost.
Tom GAlney, who was sent up for life
f@psh siie 6ifcuit eourt Of Alschus coun-
q TT 5he murder Of q colored woman
Ete vicinity Of Alaehus and who
e bic escape from The turpentine
up Of p. H. Baker at Oampville Q
wbsks sgo, full mention and par.
ttlnf OF which appeared 10 The Sun,
guilty % another murder, having
IIed an aged colored man near CO.
ambi9 City, Columbia county, Thurs.
Ihafsday afternoon Sheriff Fennell
eiYsd . telegram from the sheriff Of
tIembla county asking him 70 come
k onga and bring his hounds, ~ Galney
3 killed another man. The sheriff
pele not go. bot endesvored TO get
efgaEs 20 Deputy Sheriff J H. Gran
Isl, who was then In the vicinity Of
High Springs, TO proceed TO Fort White
tAf asslst the Columbia county officer.
sicer Granger did not receive the
|ltNsess, however, and returned TO
6Inesvllle Friday morning.
Nf. Granger learned OF the killing
and said at one time he was inclined
te So 10 the assistance OF the Columbia
county authorities, but inasmuch 80 he
WA working under direction OF the
AlsehuA county sheriff, thought ID best
D retnrn home. Should he have gone
Bic action would have been In accord
Nfth Sheriff Fennell's wishes.
OiIlcef Granger stAtes that from the
has1leolaFs which could be learned At
nigh Syringe, Gainey killed q colored
mao named Rhodes Sullivan. II APP
R1axs that Sullivan has been working
- cDnneetl0H with the officers OF On.
Igmbln county Ia an sbdeavor to effect
niHey's capture. GAiney learned this,
Nd % 80 early houF Thursday morn.
Ing he was watching the house, and
whsn Sullivan went out on the pisEss
and vas Ia the act Of putting on HE
aAees he was shot dead, four buckShot
zfbm Gainsy's gun having entered his
kaaa
f1nlpsy, who 10 = desperate man. 10
1llil 81 large.
oainsY'S Escape.
The particulars OF GAiney's escape
kgom Csmpvllls have already APP
aafed In thls paper. Il may DO we'll,
hpsevsF. 90 refresh the readers mind
tAol he was serving life sentence IN
ne Baker tuFpentlns camp, and al
eAge gave the management and the
guards more tFouble than ell other
canvlets combined. He was regarded
a. mean, tricky, and Of that butt
BEADED disposition which was TO cay
lAe least provoking, II he decided he
dld NOT care 20 work % certain times
hQ sas worse than baking horse, and
80 force or persuasive power could Ia.
aees him 20 move. Upon one occasion
- took advantage Of an opportunity
~ aaake bis escape, and was successful.
hAfine shielded himself behind other
coaviels until he had progressed . safe
distance. The guard was afraid 70
ctiFs, because Il endangered the lives OF
other prisoners, with the result that
when he did hrO the range was too
long 70 be effective. Gsiney was
ehased TO Gainesville, but in North
0aihe,vIlle the doss gave az the chase,
and the hceing convict made bic es'
cape. liz has since been ~ large.
Wrote Bro~ard a letter.
From High Springs uainsy Wrote
00veFpof hrowArd unique letter. IN
whieh he stated that he WAS not being
sentertained n, the RAker camp with
ihs Hospitality WITCH he thought was
due him, aud had dec Died TO leave. 81
did not Kill that Woman anyway" he
eanelOded, and de- uot propose TO