Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-09-09
J. 7. MORRIS KILLED
IN A. B. "a. WRECK
Freight Train No. 81 Is Blown
UP Near Cascade Wednesday
THREE OTHERS INJURED
Receiver Declares No Effort Will Be
Spared in Finding and Con-
victing Guilty Parties

OF his information, Colonel B. L.
bugg, receiver for the A., B. & A.
railway, last night declared that he
expected within the immediate future
the arrests of the men responsible
tor the dynamiting of the A., B. &
"A. freight train at Cascade Wednes-
day night on evidence sufficiently
strong to convict them of murder
This statement followed close on
the heels OF his offer of $4,000 reward
tor evidence to convict the persons
guilty of the dynamiting. which re-
suited in the death of Eng ineer + T.
Morris, of Fitzgerald.
His offer was included in the fol-
lowing statement:
| The receiver offers a reward of
$4,000 for evidence to convict and
payable upon the final conviction
for murder, of the person or persons
guilty of causing the death by dyna
mite explosion of Engineer J. T.
Morris on the line of the Atlanta
Birmingham and Atlantic railway in
Fulton county, Georgia, on the night
of September 7. 1921.
To Spare No Effort
The receiver wishes to state that
no effort will be spared to bring
the parties guilty of this outrage to
justice. Already several clues are
being worked upon and no let-up
| will be made on this investigation
until hese red-handed criminals are
caught and punished.
These attacks are not alone upon
the lives of the railroad employ
and its property, but they are at
tacks upon the people of the state of
Georgia and upon the majesty of the
law"
The offer of the $4,000 by Colonel
Bugg was preceded by an offer of
$500 on similar conditions earlier in
the day by Governor Hardwick. This
total of $500 in rewards in one
case, is the largest offered in Geor-
gia in years and, it is believed. will
have effect in stirring officers,
vate detectives, and persons who
may be in possession of valuable in
formation to make revelations.
Offer Follows Conference
| Governor Hardwick offered the
state reward after lengthy confer
ence with Colonel Bugg. The A., B.
& A. receiver was at the capitol early
Thursday morning and Immediately
went into private conference with the
chief executive.
When he came out he was asked
/. the nature of the result of the con-
ference. at was eminently salts
factory to me-" he replied.
"Wil1 the governor order out state
troops to guard A., B. & A. trains"
he was asked.
"The question of troops came up
in the conference" said the Colonel
"The Governor, I believe, will have
something to say on the subject"
Governor Hardwick later gave out
t he following formally prepared
statement:
Hardwick's Statement
"The governor stated that he in
tended to offer, as soon as the pa
pers could be prepared reward of
$500, which is the largest reward Of
fered by the state in some years, for
the apprehension with proof to con-
vict, of the perpetrators of the dyna-
mite outrage at Cascade, Fulton coun-
ty. Georgia, on Wednesday night, in
which Engineer ]. T. Morris. of the
A., B. & A. railroad, lost his life and
three other persons were seriously
injured
"In this connection the governor
authorized the statement that he was
prepared to use the power and au-
thority of the state to its last ounce
to prevent outrages of this kind and
to punish to the limit of the law the
perpetrators of such outrages when
apprehended
THE governor further declared
he was fully satisfied that the people
of Georgia are not prepared to sub
init to dynamiting and outrages of
this character, and would support
him and the state authorities in u.s.
ing every effort that is possible under
our constitution and laws to prevent
such occurrences and to punish the
perpetrators. He stated that the law
must be maintained and expressed
the earnest hope that the responsible
leaders of labor in this state would do
| all in their power to second him In
this effort.
i Asks Law and Order
i THE governor further declared that
he hopes the county and municipal
authorities of every section of Geor-
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