Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-07-29
rlINEY COMMITS
ANOTHER MURDER
.,r.a Rhodes Sullivan, An Aged
Nan. Near Columbia City.
/. An ESCAPED CONVICT

nd. Successful Escape f'0"" Bakers
1orOsutIus Camp. Near cs"Pv'''s'
..w Weeks Ago, Was Chased 70
Gainesville and lost
Tam Carney, who was sent mp for life
,hs circuit court Of Alachua cOun-
q, the murder Of . colored woman
,,s vicinity of Alaohua and who
"A. hi, escape from the turPentine
..nD Of P. H. Baker at Campvills q
!, weeks ago, full mention and par
..,l,r Of which appeared in The Sum-
Uilty Of another murder having
,a,.d an aged colored man near 90
i--bi, City, Columbia county, Thurs
W T1or.day afternoon Sheriff Fennell
lived telegram from the sheriff OF
n~lumbis county asking him to come
!, ou.s and bring his hounds, ~ Gainey
IA Killed another man. The sheriff
,0Db not 20, but endsavOred to get q
.,,,,se TO Deputy sheriff J H. Gran
mr. who was then in the vicinity OF
HiRh Springs, to proceed to Fort White
Ana assist the Columbia eoonty officer.
: eSser Granger did not receive the
,,,s,ee, however, and returned to
G,ipesville Friday morning.
Mr. Granger learned OF the killing
nd said at one time he was inclined
n 10 10 the assistance OF the Columbia
sanity authorities, but inssmuch as he
u working under direction Of the
lh.hus county sheriff, thought it best
b return home. Should he have gone
is action would have been In accord
With Sheriff Fennell'S wishes.
0sicer Granger states that from the
nnieular which could be learned at
High Springs, Gainey killed q colored
mao named Rhodes Sullivan. 1t APP
pears that Sullivan has been working
b connection with the officers Of CO.
hnba county in an endeavor to effect
eaineys capture. Gainey learned this,
Nd St an early hour Thursday morn
hg he was watching the house, and
shen Sullivan went oft on the piazza
Nd vas in the act OF putting on his
hoes he was shot dead, four buckshot
bon Gainey's gun having entered his
had
Gtiney, who is . desperate man, is
Sil a. large,
GaineY's Escape.
The particulars OF Gainey's escape
ion Campvlle have already APP
pared in this paper. IL may be we'll,
lOssver to refresh the readers mind
Aai he was serving q life sentence in
ns Baker turpentine camp, and al.
sar gave the management aud the
IAa'd' more trouble than all other
sa'Icu combined. He was regarded
: mean, tricky, and Of that butt
',aded disposition which Was to Say
- least provoking. II he decided he
= Dot care to work Et certain times
-" worse than a baking horse, and
sio'es or persuasive power could in.
'N him TO move. Upon one occasion
'ooR advantage Of an opportunity
nae his escape. and Was successful,
~''aR shielded himself behind other
we" until he had progressed q safe
.'Aac' The guard was afraid 20
Because It endangered the lives Of
!" Prisoners, with the result that
V he dad fire the range Was too
% be- effective. GAiney was
- to Gainesville, but in North
's''' lie the dogs gave up the chase,
1' fleeing convict made HE e.
tie has since been at large.
Wrote Broward a Letter.
va High Springs GaiDey wrote
''a'' brpWard q unique letter, in
a-''atsd thAs be wac not being
named a, the Baker camp with
@'ial'iy which he thought vas
Va and had decided TO leave. Il
~ al hat woman anyway" he
-'7d and do not propose 90
~ 20 90 goodbye"