The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-03-09
DETAILS ARE GIVEN
OF THE LIGHTER DEAL
-lsaxannah News.l

/ led up to the wholesale shooting in
| Brunswick Saturday were furnished
yesterday by Ed. C. Quinan of Savan-
nah. who had been negotiating with
Monroe Phillips, the principal actor in
the deadly tragedy, for the purchase
Of lighter
There was nothing in the lighter
| transaction 10 enragc Phillips to such
a maniacal frenzy, according to Mr.
| Quinan, and il is his opinion that .
series of business reverses, reducing
| him from "a state of affiuence 10 dire
poverty, unbalanced the mans mental
equilibrium.
About two weeks ago the General
Building and Supply Company, with
! which Mr.. Quinan is connected ap-
| piled to Parker, Hense and Company.
an engineering firm of Brunswick for
| the purchase of a lighter The firm
| notified Mr.. Quinan that it did not
know of a lighter that could be bought
at that time, but that it probably
would know of one that would be for
sale in a short while.
Later Mrs. Phillips wife Of the mad
man who committed the wholesale
slaughter communicated With MIR.
| Quinan and told him she had lighter
for sale. Mr. Quinan learned II was
the one the engineering firm in Bruins.
| wick had in mind He, therefore,
talked the matter over with Mrs. Phil
lips and they arrived at an agree
ment. a certain sum being stipulated
and Mr.. Quinah paying MS Phillips
SIS 10 bind the bargain. The tentative
deal was made with Mrs. Phillips on
Saturday, q week ago
Last Monday Mr.. Quinah went to
the Seaboard Air Line bridge over the
Altamaha river, where the lighter was
being floated and put in condition to
be brought to Savannah Phillips was
there with IA gang of laborers working
on the lighter. Mr., Quinan turned in
and helped them and the lighter was
iloated Being satisfied with the con
dition of it Mr. Quinan practically as
sured Phillips he would take it at the
price agreed upon, understood to be
about $3.50
While he was at the bridge helping
to ioat the lighter Mr.. Quinan learned
from Phillips that there were some
claims against it, including wages due
laborers. The lighter had been used
in logging on the Atamaha, Phillips
having been engaged in the lumber
| business Mr. Quinan returned to Sa-
vannah last Monday night.
Friday morning Mr.. Quinan went to
| Brunswick to close the deal for the
purchase of the lighter When he got
there he undertook TO adjust the
claims which threatened to prevent
the closing of the deal He engaged
| ii. +. Dunwody. the Brunswick attor-
| ney, who was shot, to look up the va
rious claims for which the lighter
might be held. Mr. Quinan under
stood that the lighter was in Mrs.
Phillips name.
| All of the claims were adjusted ex-
cept one and Mr.. Quinan left Bruins
wick Friday afternoon with that one
in the hands of Mr. Dunwody. He told
Mrs. Phillips and her husband before
he left that unless that claim was adj
justed he would not be able to take
over the lighter and that she would
therefore. have to return the S75 paid
TO bind the bargain This was agreed
to by Mrs. Phillips
\ Phillips displayed some temper
while the negotiations were going on
/ for the adjustment of the claims.
which were small ones and would have
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agreed upon for the purchase of the
Il lighter.
He did not act as if he were very
angry and noticed nothing out of
the way in his action" said MIR.
Quinan, II gathered that he was up
against it, to to speak. hut he did not
appear 10 be revengeful. He made
enc or two statements which showed
there might have been bad blood be-
tween himself and one of the persons
who held a claim against him.
Mr.. Quinan said he gathered from
his conversation with Phillips that he
had been very successful in the lum-
Der business, having made great deal
lof money, but that he had lost il all.
He told me he cleaned up $2S. 600
in three weeks and $4,000 in three
hours in two particular deals" said
Mr.. Qu'nan. He also told me he had
lost nearly a hundred pounds in
weight in the last few months. ! took
It 10 mean that worry had caused him
to lose in weight"
When Mr., Quinan returned to Sa
yannah Friday night he expected to
be notified Saturday. morning that all
of the difficulties had been removed
and dthe deal had been closed. He had
sent a boat to get the lighter, so con.
iident was he that the deal would 70
through.
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