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111 PISTOLS HIE.
Robbers Hold Up an S.,
F. & W. Train
On me Eoge oi me OkeeimoKee
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THE TRAIN DYNAMITED.
The Express Car Blown
Open.
The Messenger Forced to Open the Safe
$1,222 SECURED.
THE PASSENGERS UNMOLESTED.
The Robbers Steal the Engine and Escape
Bloodhounds on Their Track.
One of the most daring and successful
train robberies in the history of Georgia
railroading took place yesterday morning
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, just this side of Homerville,
whfbh ia 122 miles from Savannah, be
tween Waycross and Thomasville.
Train No. 6, leaving Thomasville at
10:82 p. m., and scheduled to arrive in Sa
vannah at 7 o’clock yesterday morning,
was held up in the woods, just this side
of Homerville, at 1:50 o'clock, by half a
dozen masked men, the engine stopped,
the Southern Express car blown open
with dynamite, and the safe rifled of its
contents, which, it is reliably stated,
were $1,222, though no information as to
the exact amount could be obtained from
the Southern Express officials.
After securing their booty the robbers
took the engine away from Engineer Jen
kins and his fireman, and proceeded to
make their way if possible beyond the
reach of law. They ran the engine up to
Manor turnout, near Argyle, several
miles from where they held up the train,
and then took to the woods. A pack of
bloodhounds was obtained from Mcßae’s
camp in Lowndes county, and a posse in
charge of ex-Sheriff Hurst of Thomas
county started in pursuit, taking up the
trail where the robbers left the engine.
THE OFFICIALS NOTIFIED.
Conductor John A. Farris, as soon as
the robbers had completed their work,
went at once to Homerville, about a mile
away, and notified Capt. Jackson, master
of transportation, what had taken place.
It was about 2:30 o’clock in the morn
ing when he reached the telegraph office
and asked for instructions. A freight
train, which was just behind the nassen-1
ger, was ordered to push the coaches up
to where the engine had been left stand
ing on the track. The freight did this
service up to the 108-mile post, when the
engine was again fired up and took its
own train, and arrived in the city at 11:32
o’clock.
The news of the robbery spread rapidly,
and all along the line from Waycross to
Savannah, wherevel stops were made,
eager crowds were on hand to gather
news of the bold attack made on the ex
press car. Fortunately, however, the
scheme had passed oft quietly as planned,
-instead of resulting disastrously for the
passengers or those in charge of the train.
None but the express car was molested
and none of the passengers or train crew
wore hurt.
CONDUCTOR FARRIS’ STORT.
Conductor Farris gives a graphic ac
count of the robbery. While in one of
the passenger coaches he could hear and
make out all that was going on.
“We left Homerville at 1:46 o’clock
a. nb., on time,” he said, “with no idea or
suspicion that the train would meet with
any serious calamity. Two of the men
boarded the train just as it was leaving
Homerville. This was evident, though
no one but Engineer Jenkins and the fire
man knew anything about it until the train
came to a standstill.
“Just as the train left Homerville one
of these masked men climbed over the
tender, whilr the other got in between
the engine and the tender and covered
the engineer with a pistol.
“ ‘Run vfntil we tell you to stop,’ he
shouted to the engineer who had no altern
ative but to obey.
“About a mile this side of Homerville
the train was brought to a standstill.
This was thnfirst intimation I had that
there was any trouble in store.
SIGNALED THEIR COMRADES.
“My trainhand and I left the car to in
vestigate the cause of the stop, when
we heard shots tired —one shortly after
the other seemingly a signal and answer.
'We thought there was some trouble
ahead, but as the train began to move off,
we got aboard .
“The engine pulled up only about
twelve car lengths when it stopped again.
This confirmed my suspicions, and as we
left the car again to investigate two more
shots were fired. We walked toward the
engine to see what the trouble was, but
before we had passed two cars we were
confronted by three or four masked men,
who covered us with Winchesters and or
dered us back to tiie coach. The train
hands did not wait to bo bid twice, nor
did I; we went.
“It seems that the first stop was not
t the exact place where the two men wore
' to meet their associates and they pulled
i up a little farther. As near as I could
make out there were six masked white
I men in the party, four of them having
pil health gives
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joined it where the train stopped in the
woods.
COULD) FIND BUT TWO PIBTOLB.
“When we went back in the car, realiz
ing that the situation was a desperate
one, I began to look around to see what
could be done.
“I informed the passengers what was
taking place, and there was consternation
among them at once. Several of the men
started on a run for the rear end of the
train. They probably thought if the rob
bers came into the car they could at least
be the last ones tackled. They soon saw,
however, that there was little need for
fear, and that there was nothing to do
but wait. They then cooled down and I
went through the coaches to see if J could
get any pistols. I used to carry one my
self, but of late have discarded it, as I had
never found any use for it. I could find
only two pistols among the passengers on
the train, and of course it was
needless to attempt. .to put a
stop to the robbery with such
a scarcity of firearms and with few men
to use them. So I gave it up and went to
the platform of the passenger coach, just
two cars away from the express car, to
see what they would do.
BLEW OPEN THE DOOR WITH DYNAMITE.
“I didn’t have to wait long to see. I
could distinguish the forms of two or
three men on the eastern side of the
track, near the express car. I heard one
of them say to the messenger:
“Open the door,'or we’ll make it hot for
you.”
“The messenger was plucky, however,
and refused to let them in. They re
peated the order twice and still he re
fused. Then I heard one of them tell him
he had better look out, and with that he
placed what proved to be a dynamite car
tridge at the side door of
the car, and I saw him light a
fuse, and in a few seconds there was a
loud explosion. The door was shattered
and broken from its fastenings, and was
pushed open by the men with compar
ative ease. Only one of them entered the
car, and what happened in there the mes
senger can tell better than I, As I did not
see it. The robbers secured the money
from the safe; then all of them made for
the engine.
TOOK AWAY THE ENGINE.
“The fireman was ordered to cut the
engine loose from the train, which, under
the circumstances, he did unhesitat
ingly. ' '
“The engineer was ordered out of his
engine, and it was in charge of the. six
robbers, who started off up the road.
We felt considerably easier after they
left, and began to figure on what to do.
The engineer said he had put on the in
jectors, and he knew they could not go
far, as the cold water would soon cause
the steam to die down. He and the fire
man went up the track after the engine,
and I started off for Homerville to
wire for orders. I notified Capt. Jackson
of what had occurred about 2:30 o’clock
or shortly after. It was about twenty
five minutes from the time the train was
held up until the robbers left with the en- j
gine. Orders were sent out instructing a
freight train that was just behind us to
push our train up to where the engine
was standing.
“It was 5 o’clock this morning when we
started again. Our train was pushed up
to the engine where the robbers had left
it, at the 111-mile post. Manor turnout,
not far from Argyle. We were pushed up
to the 108-mile post before the engine
could be fired up sufficiently to take up
the train. Engineer Jenkins left the train
at Waycross. We arrived in Savannah at
11:32 o’clock.”
THINKS THEY CAME TOWARD SAVANNAH.
Conductor Farris thinks when the rob
bers left the train they started off in the
direction of Savannah, though, of course,
it is hardly probable that they ha,d any
idea of coming to the city. Others are
under the impression that their path Was
toward Okefinokee swamp, in which they
hoped to secure themselves until they
could escape. It is evident from the
shrewdness and thorough manner in
which the robbery was planned and car
ried out that the robbers were not novices
at, the business, and were not going to
run any possible risk of being taken.
No time was lost in forming a posse to
go in pursuit. Ex-Sheriff Hurst of
Thomas county was at the head of the
posse and the pursuit was begun with a
pack of bloodhounds from Mcßae’s con
vict camp in Lowndes county, about five
hours after the robbery took place.
Supt. Fleming, of the Savannah, Florida
and Western, said he had information
that the party is on the track of the rob
bers and he believes they will be captured
within forty-eight hours. He says no
efforts will be spared to effect a capture
as soon as possible. The experience of
those on the train was a dangerous one,
and he is exceedingly gratified that no
one was hurt.
The robbers made no attempt to enter
the mail car. nor did they disturb any of
the passenger coaches.
MESSENGER CALDER’S STORY.
The position of the express messenger,
J. B. Calder, was perhaps the most dan
gerous of any of those on the train, from
the fact that it was he with whom
the robbers dealt, and also that
he was in the car /when the
door was broken open by the explosion of
the dynamite. Mr. Calder was seen at his
home, No. 191 Duffy street.
“It was rather a frightful experience,”
he said, referring to the robbery. “I al
ways keep my car securely fastened at
night. The doors at each end were fast
ened with heavy bars of iron, while both
the side doors were hooked and bolted.
We had jUst left Homerville and I was
nor apprehending any trouble.
“When the tram first stopped, about a
mile from the station, I heard two shots
fired and I thought something was wrong,
but the train started again and I thought
I might have been mistaken. It was only
a few minutes, however, before the train
stopped again and I soon discovered that
something unusual was in progress.
“I heard several men talking outside,
and pretty soon one of them shouted to
me to open the door. Os course I refused.
They were standing just at the side door
on the east side of the car. Again they
demanded that the door be opened, and
when I had refused the third time one of
them said:
“ ‘Well, you’d better get out of the car
and be quick about it?
“I heard a match struck and the sound
of a burning fuse. The dynamite ex
ploded before I could reach the corner of
the car. I was stunned by the force of
the explosion, though not hurt.
OPENED THE SAFE.
“A portion of the door was shattered
and splintered by the force of the ex
plosion. It was burst from its fastening,
so that it could be easily opened.
“When I came to a minute or two later
I was looking into the muzzle of a pistol.
There was but one man in the car, but I
had had no opportunity to use my pistol.
“ ‘Throw up your hands,’ he said, but I
was so dazed I could scarcely understand
what he was saying.
“ ‘Throw up your hands, or you,
I’ll kill you,’ he said. That brought nje
to my senses, and up they went. I knew
he meant business and I could do nothing
but obey.
“ ‘Get your keys and open the safe,’
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THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1894.
was his next demand. I opened the safe,
took out the packages and placed them on
the shelf. He kept me covered with his
pistol all the while, and there was no
alternative but to do as I was bid. The
robber was a big, stout fellow with a
mask that completely hid his features.
There were only a few packages, and
when they were all taken out he gathered
them up, and, keeping me covered all the
wikle, he left the car to join his compan
ions. I told them the messenger of the
Montgomery car had transferred to me at
Dupont, and they left 4.he other express
car undisturbed. The robbers then went
to the engine, with which they made
their escape. ” ,
THE AMOUNT SECURED.
Mr. Calder would not say how much
money was taken from the safe. Super
intendent Fleming stated it was not
more than §1,400 at most, while it is un
derstood the Company’s manifests showed
it to be $1,222. Messenger Calder said the
amount was not near so large as either
of these, and while there were several
packages, he said none of them contained
large amounts.
It is probable that of the amount $350
was coming to Messrs. J. P. Williams &
Co., as Mr. Williams had ordered that
amount returned from Columbia, Ala.,
the day before. From all accounts the
amount obtained must have been con
siderably over SI,OOO.
This is one of the most daring robberies
that has been committed in this section
in a long time. Its execution shows it was
well planned and carried out in detail.
The robbers understood their
business, and it is likely that
their plans of escape were as well
laid as was that of the robbery.
There were no Savannahians on.the train
when it was held up. There were several
passengers aboard who were to take the
New Y ork steamer. The steamer was
held a short tjipe after sailing time in or
der that they could catch it.
ENGINEER JENKINS FOLLOWED THEM.
A Waycross dispatch to the Morning
News tells briefly Engineer Jenkins’ story
of the affair. It seems that the parties
are having a hard time striking the rob
bers’ trail. Engineer Jenkins’ story is to
the effect that, as he was pulling out from
Homerville, several men boarded the en
gine and tender, and with drawn pistols,
took charge. They compelled him to stop
the train about a mile and a half from the
station, and after firing a number of shots
under and around the train, proceeded
to blow open the express car with dyna
mite. Some time after the robbers left
Engineer Jenkins followed them on foot
and found the engine fourteen miles down
the road. The latest report is that the
posse is in hot pursuit after the robbers
and that the trail leads >in the direction
of Homerville. J. Cronin has returned to
Waycross with several dogs, which could
not strike the trail.
a fruitless search.
The scouting parties have, from all ac
counts, met with small success. A dis
patch from Argyle, where the search
began, says:
Searching parties have been out all day
and have just returned. They scoured
the woods for miles around with three
packs of blood hounds and failed to find a
trail that would aid them. They have
turned their attrition to other clues.
M’ o andlesslexonebated.
The Indictments Against Him in the
Bank Case Quashed.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—The two indict
ments against Edward A. McCandless
for aiding and abetting Assistant Cashier
Lewis Redwine to loot the Gate City
National Bank were ordered to be noli
pressed to-day under circumstances that
cause a good deal of comment.
McCandless was cashier of the defunct
bank at the time of Redwine’s indict
ments. His conduct was also investi
gated, but no indictment was found by
that grand jury. A subsequent jury,
however, returned four indictments.
After Redwine’s conviction and sentence
McCandless made a formal demand for
immediate trial. His case was not
called during ' that term of
court and another odemand was made
Finally it was set for next October,
Capt. Harry Jackson, special prosecu
ting attorney for 'the United States,
claiming that he could not get ready
earlier. McCandless, who is a candidate
*sr the office of city marshal, was not
satisfied with the postponement at all.
He wanted the case settled by trial, so
that it would not embarrass him in his
campaign. His friends accused Capt.
Jackson of persecuting him. There was
bad feeling all around. Last week Judge
Newman was induced to take the case
up, again by Mr. McCandless’ attorneys
and finally it was ordeed for trial
on July 9. Capt. Jackson protested again,
stating that he had arranged to go to
Europe and could not be present to try
the case. The court thought Capt. Jack
son’s European trip should not interfere,
and Said so. At this hearing two of the
indictments were quashed. Capt. Jack
son would not give ffip his trip to Europe,
and with his family left last Saturday for
, New York. Before going he and District
Attorney James concluded that they could
not convict McCandless. Capt. Jackson
himself admitting that with the present
evidence he would release him if he was
ou the jury trying him. Judge Newman
was informed of this state of affairs, and
promptly instructed that the indictments
against McCandless be quashed. The ex
cashier is ndw exonerated, but he and
his friends think he has been very badly
treated by Capt. Jackson.
BAIN IN COFFEE COUNTY.
Sea Island' Cotton Stood the Drought
Well.
Pearson, Ga.. June 26.—For the first
time in about two months a rain fell here
yesterday. The Methodist quarterly
meeting commenced a week ago to-day,
and prayers were offered for rain, but
were unavailing. While at Antioch the
people met at noon and prayed con
tinuously for rain till night and were re
warded by heavy showers immediately.
Crops have suffered terribly, especially
corn, while sea island cotton, taking all
things into consideration, has done fairly
well, much better than many expected.
Peas have not been sown, or very few
if any,on account of the drought,and"will,
therefore, be late. But the farmers say
they will have time to mature during
what is left of the season. They will be
extensively planted on account of such a
big per cent. of. corn being ruined by the
long dry spell. '
•Very few potatoes have been put out,
but now, as the rain has commenced, they
will be rushed as fast as possible. While
the farmers were very blue as they day
after day saw their crops drying up, they
are now smiling again.
ENGLAND’S BEER DUTY.
The House Votes Down a Proposal
For a Change in the Bate.
London, June 26.—The House of Com
mons this evening discussed the beer
duty as proposed in the budget. Col.
Lock wood, conservative, moved that an
additional duty of three pence be im
posed instead of six pence. After a
lengthy debate the amendment was re
jected by a vote of 289 to 271, and the
clause was adopted.
Children get rosy
and strong
Brown’s Iron
Bitters!
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
F. F. Scharf Arrested in Savannah on
Suspicion by Detective Wooster.
He is Charged With Being the Princi
pal in the Murder of John Jackson at
Oliver Six Weeks Ago—A Strong
Combination of Evidence Against
Him—Three Negroes Under Arrest
at Oliver as His Accomplices—Henry
Archer Swears That Scharf Gave
Him Jackson’s Pistol to Keep His
Mouth Shut—To Be Taken to Oliver
To-day.
The Morning News announced Mon
day morning that it was believed that
the murderers of J. A. Jackson, the
young merchant of Oliver, had been dis
covered and that all but one of them were
under arrest, the missing party being a
white man who was believed to be the
principal in the crime.
This one was arrested in Savannah
yesterday morning by Detective C. A.
Wooster, of Atlanta, who has been search
ing for him for three weeks. His name
is F. L. Scharf and this is the third time
he has been arrested for the crime. He
had just arrived in Savannah and so had
the detective. The latter met his man
on Drayton street in front of the Mer
chants National Bank and put him under
arrest. Scharf yvas taken to the bar
racks hnd locked up for safe keeping. He
was taken to Oliver by Detective
Wooster Monday morning for a prelim
inary examination.
Scharf is an itinerant piano tuner, and
has been working throughout South
Georgia and Florida fob several months.
He was at Oliver on the night of the mur
der, and was arrested a day or two after
on suspicion. There was no evidence
against him, however, and he was re
leased. He was arrested again several
days later on the statement of a negro
woman that he had given her a bloody
shirt to wash a day or two after the mur
der. He was taken before the grand
jury of Scriven county, which was then
in session at Sylvania. The woman’s
testimony was very conflicting, however,
and besides it was shown that Scharf had
no white shirt, and that the only shirt he
had was the one on his back. He was re
leased again and came to Savannah.
story of the pistol.
Last Friday’s Morning News con
tained a dispatch from Oliver which
stated that a Mr. Hill, a gunsmith of
Bulloch county, had brought there Mr.
Jackson’s pistol, which, he stated, had
been brought to him for repairs by a ne
gro named J. S. Johnson. Johnson
was arrested and stated that he
had bought the pistol from Henry Archer,
a negro of Oliver, Archer was arrested
and at first denied all knowledge of the
pistol, besides making an unsuccessful
attempt to escape. He afterw'ard de
clared that the pistol had been given to
him by Scharf. Archer continued to let
out the story by piecemeal, resulting in
the arrest of two other negroes and a re
newal of the efforts to apprehend Scharf.
Archer’s story was to the effort that on
the night of the murder he went to the
housd*of Henry Butler, who lives aJmost
in the rear of Jackson’s store.
George Jenkins, who had just escaped
from the chain gang, was with Butler,
and the two men were drinking.
Presently Butler sent Jenkins off after
something, and when he returned he
him a hammer, which was
the hammer ho declared Jackson was
killed with. While he was there Scharf
came up and began talking and drinking
with the negroes. Scharf, he said, made
him leave, telling him that when he
was out of trouble he had better
stay out, and not be mixing up where
he was not wanted. Archer declared
that he then left, and that he knew no
more about the doings of the men until
two or three night afterward, w'hen
Scharf called him off in the dark and
gave him' a present, telling him at the
same time to keep his mouth shut. The
present proved to be Jackson’s pistol.
Archer was shrewd enough to dispose of
the pistol to a Bulloch county negro, but
his shrewdness was not quite far reach
ing enough, and led to his arrest.
SCHARF THE MISSING LINK.
Henry Butler, at whose house Archer
claimed to have met the men, was
arrested in Oliver. George Jenkins, the
negro who had escaped from the chain
gang in Bulloch county, had been recao
tured and was back on the gang. He was
secured on a warrant for murder and
was brought to Oliver. Scharf was the
only man missing then and there was
little hope of finding him, as he had not
been heard of since being released from
custody at Sylvania. Circumstantial
evidence had developed shortly after his
release which made the authorities more
anxious to secure him than ever, in spite
of the fact that he had been twice ar
rested and twice released.
Jackson was murdered Tuesday night.
June 16. Scharf, had been in the
neighborhood about two week. On the
night of the murder he stopped at the
house of Dr. S. J. Lanier, not fai; from
Jackson’s store. There was another
young man in the room with
him named Barnwell who had
come to Dr. Lanier for treatment
He got up twice in the night and went
out. When he got up the second time,
about 2 o’clock in the morning, he found
that his roommate was missing. When
he came back he found Scharf undressing.
He asked him where he had been, and
Scharf replied that he had not been able
to sleep and'had gone out for a walk. He
also remarked that he was satisfied some
thing terrible was going to happen. The
young man took no particular notice of
this at the time, and in the excitement
consequent upon the discovery of the
murder the incident passed out of his
mind until he heard afterward of the sus
picion that had attached to Scharf.
AT THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.
Scharf was up very earlv the next
morning, and was one of the first to reach
the scene of the murder. He was very
active in his efforts to apprehend the
murderers, going so far as to scour the
country with his hired horse and buggy.
He was one of the party that arrested the
white hoy, Samuel Edmonson, of Macon,
and the three negro tramps, who came
very near being lynched, and is said to
have been one of those who advocated
the lynching of the young tramps,
though be asserts to the contrary. It tas
his activity in the matter that first at
tracted suspicion to himself, he being al
most a total stranger in the community.
A Morning News reporter interviewed
Scharf at the barracks Monday after
noon. Scharf was very willing to talk.
He is a man of about 35 years of age, of
barely medium hight. sparely built,
with a redish-brown mustache. "He was
rather shabbily dressed. He told a very
straight-forward story, giving a detailed
account of his movements, both before
and after the murder. He did not talk nor
act like a guilty man.
Everybody feels
better from
Brown’s Iron
Bitters.
SCHARF’S STORY.
He told of doing work as a piano tuner
for several well-known citizens of Oliver
and vicinity before the murder. He put
up at Dr. Lanier’s on the night of the
murder. There were several young peo
ple at the nouse and, after supper, Scharf
and others entertained the party with
music. He retired about 10:30 o’clock, he
slid. He mentioned his room-mate’s
going out during the night, but said noth
ing about going out himself. He got up
between 6 and 7 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, he said, and went out to Dr. Lanier’s
drug store, where news of the murder was
shortly afterward abrought by a negro
boy. He went with Dr. Lanier to Jack
son’s plade and forced the door open, Dr.
Lanier climbing in through a win
dow. Scharf’s narration of the
subsequent events, including the
capture of the tramps, Coincide with the
published accounts. His interest, he
said, was only such as any other well
thinking person who was shocked at the
crime would have manifested. He used
his horse and buggy freely in this work,
and was one of the posse which captured
the tramps. He said that the negroes
came very near being lynched, and that
at Dr. Lanier’s request he went to the
crowd and begged it to desist. Two of
the negroes, he said, were taken out by
the crowd the next night and strung up
by the necks to make them confess. Un
der such persuasion as this the older
negro was induced to make a partial con
fession, and agreed to lead the crowd to
where the money and papers taken from
Jackson’s store were buried.
HELPED TO FIND THE fBURIED ARTICLES.
Scharf was one of the party which ac
companied the negro in his search for the
buried articles, which, it will be remem
bered, was a fruitless one. While at
tending the examination of the negroes
the next day he was arrested by a con
stable and held under arrest for several
hours while all of his belongings were
searched. Nothing being found to in
criminate him he was released. He re
mained at Oliver three days longer, when
he settled up his bills and left—doing
some work in the country between Oliver
and Brewer. He was arrested it Brewer
the Monday after the murder by Dr.
Luff burrow and a Mr. Mills. They took
him to Sylvania, where he remained in
jail two or three days while the
grand jury investigated the
charge made against him by
the negro woman of having given her a
bloody shirt to wash for him. After be
ing released on this charge he secured a
statement from Clerk Nunnally of the
superior court to the qffect that the
charge had been investigated by the
grand jury and no bill found against him.
He then came to Savannah, and, after
spending a few days here went to Ella
belle, where he did some work. He came
to Savannah again and went to Bur
roughs, Fleming, Walthourville and other
places along the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad, where he worked on
pianos.
CAME TO SAVANNAH.
He came to Savannah last Thursday, he
said, and stopped at the Marshall house.
He was told at Rosenfeld & Murray’s
that Detective Wooster was looking for
him. He went to the Marshall in com
pany with a friend and inquired for
Wooster, but was told that he had left
the city. He went out to Burroughs again
Saturday, coming back to the city yester
day morning. He was on his way to con
sult Lawyer Otto Seiler, he said, when he
was arrested. ‘ Scharf professed his con
fidence that he would be acquitted in the
investigation as easily as upon the two
previous occasions.
At the Marshall house the clerk said
that Scharf registered there Thursday as
R. Smith, of Florida. He was given a
room,for which he paid the next morning.
He registered again the next night, but
when the proprietor demanded pay for
the-room yi advance he did not stay.j The
proprietor said he knew that he was the
man wanted by the detective, and he did
not want him in the house. He said that
Scharf asked for Wooster, but he had
probably ascertained already that he had
left the hotel.
TOLD A DETECTIVE WAS AFTER HIM.
Scharf was told in the Marshall house
bar that a detective was looking for him
and declared that he intended to have
Wooster arrested at the first opportunity.
Scharf is said to have passed himself off
as a representative of the Ludden &
Bates music house. At Ludden & Bates’
a Morning News reporter was informed
that they had known of Scharf for sev
eral months and that hp had never had
any connection with the house. Very
damaging reports had been made to the
house some time ago of Scharf’s doings.
John F. Smith, a jeweler and post
master at Jasper, Fla.,ftwho made
some inquiries about him on Jan. 10,
wrote ten days later saying that Scharf
had skipped out with a watch which he
had obtained on false pretences. Scharf
is said to have a record es not paying his
debts. He will be taken to Oliver this
morning by Detective Wooster for exam
ination. The detective thought it best
not to take him up last‘night, on account
of possible dinger of lynching. It is not
thought likely that there is much danger
of this, however.
A STORY FROM OLIVER.
An Oliver special says: “Henry Archer,
who was on trial there Saturday, was
committed to the superior court under
the charge of the mqrder of Jackson. He
said the pistol brought here by Mr. Hill
was given him by Professor F. L. Scharf
the night after the murder, as a present,
and, judging from his statement, it was
to make him keep his mouth shut.
Archer states that three negroes, Henry
Butler, John Owens and George Jenkins,
and Prof. Scharf, a white man, who had
been tuning pianos for a short time before
the murder, were at Jackson’s store late
the night of the murder, drinking and
plotting, and that Jenkins had the ham
mer under his arm. He says that as he
turned to leave the crowd called him and
threatened his life if he said anything
a bout - their being there.
The other negroes, Henry Butler, John
Owens and J. S. Johnson, under ar
rest, deny knowing anything of
the murder, and tbe other negro,
Jenkins, will be taken there to stand his
trial to-day. It is evident that Henry
Archer knows something of the murder,
if he was not the party or one of the par
ties that did the murdering, as the pistol
he gave Johnson cannot be accounted for,
and it is in every way like Mr. Jackson’s
pistol. Everything is quiet, and there is
no inclination to lynching. The citizens
are anxious that the crime be ferreted
out.
Struck by Lightning.
Abbeville, Ga., June 26.—During a
heavy thunder and rain storm yesterday
two dwelling houses were wrecked by
lightning, the occupants of both of which
were, fortunately, absent at the time. An
electric bolt struck a tree in front of the
residence of B. E. Moness, and knocked
down and stunned his wife, who was the
only occupant of the house during the
storm.
The Louisa, a steamer of the People’s
line, is hourly expected at her wharf,
having left the Oconee river last Sunday.
The establishment of this line of boats
will prove of considerable importance to
Savannah, as this section will in future
confine itself to the patronage of the boat
line as far as possible.
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PULLMANS UNDER BOYCOTT.
The American Railway Union’s Big
Fight Begun.
The Order to the Men Covers Every
Road in the United States—The
Struggle Expected to Be the Great
est Ever Waged Between Capital and
Labor—The Opening of the Eight
Concentrated Against the Illinois
Central—A Number of Northern Pa
cific Men Quit at St. Paul.
Chicago, June 26.—The boycott declared
against the Pullman Palace Car Company
by the American Railway Union, went
into effect at 12 o’clock to-day. The
order is supposed to include every rail
road in the United States which handles
Pullman cars, and, as declared by the
union officials, every road which insists
upon running the sleepers will be sub
jected to a strike if necessary.
As a result of the boycott all of the
switchmen in the freight yards of the
Illinois Central met at 6 o’clock this
evening and no freight of any kind is being
handled in the yards. The order to strike
was issued this afternoon, but was not
observed till late, after it became ap
parent that the Illipois Central officers
were determined to run the Pullman cars.
In addition to the freight switchmen, it
is expected that the men are working in
the upper yards, handling the passenger
trains which will go out to-morrow morn
ing.
TOOK THE OFFICIALS BY SURPRISE.
The strike was sudden and so far is ef
fective, taking the officials by surprise
and leaving the work in the yards here in
bad shape.
When the boycott order became effect
ive this noon it marked the beginning of
what is expected to be the greatest strug
gle between capital and labor ever in
augurated in one common effort to secure
better wages, and while the boycott is
ostensibly declared as a demonstration of
sympathy in behalf of the strikers in the
Pullman shops it is in reality a life and
death struggle between the greatest and
most powerful railroad labor organiza
tion and the entire railroad capital.
ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
The strike on the Illinois Central will
be of the greatest moment both to the
employes and the railroads. About 409
men are included in the Freight Switch
men’s Union. When the passenger
switchmen go out it will swell the num
ber to 500.
It was announced to-day that no trains
taking Pullman sleepers would be per
mitted to go out of the Illinois Central
depot after 12 o’clock, and as a precaution
the company had all of its passenger
trains made up last night. The coaches
were chained together, padlocked and
sealed with the company’s seal at the
couplings, and in addition each train
carried a guard of ten special officers
employed by the railroad. The
first train left at 1:85 o’clock and
three other trains were sent out up to 9
o’clock to-night with guards, and from
one to two sleepers. The engineers and
trainmen received orders from their con
federates to-day not to take part in the
boycott or assist the union men in any
way, and the railroad company relied on
this to a great extent in getting out their
trains.
NO MORE ORDERS YET.
Up to late to-night no other orders for
strikes were issued, but to-morrow it is
understood that all the American Rail
way Union men on the entire Illinois Cen
tral system will be called out unless the
officials consent to join in the Pullman
boycott.
On the other roads no trouble was had
in running out trains. It is evidently the
intention of the union officials to allow
the Pullman cars to be carried out of Chi
cago, but to prevent their return.
Vice President Hanratffyn of the
Illinois Central said to-night: “T£e
freight switchmen could not have
chosen a better time to strike
as far as we are concerned. We
are not moving much freight now, or
passengers.”
A mass meeting of about 1,000 railroad
men, trainmen and yard employes of the
roads entering the city from the south
side was held this evening, and President
Debs of the American Railway Union,
and Vice President Howard of the sama
organization, addressed the gathering.
MEN QUIT AT ST. PAUL.
At St. Paul the first serious effect of the
American Railway Union’s attempt to
boycott the Pullman company was felt at
noon, when all the car cleaners, machin
ists and carpenters employed on the
Pullman cars in the Northern Pacific
yards deserted their places. At the com
pany’s shops all the painters and car
penters repairing Pullman coaches laid
down their hammers and brushes, and
went quietly to their homes. At 4:15 p.
m., when the Portland express was made
up, American Railway Union men at
tempted to get the train crew to desert
their places. Several officers of the
Northern Pacific Company were sum
moned to the depot and, after a plea that
it would be unjust to the passengers to
delay them, the men consented to move
the train, leaving the depot at 4:82
o’clock, about seventeen minutes late.
FEDERAL MARSHALS SUMMONED.
At Cincinnati there was no attempt to
tie up the Pullman cars. During the
day Judge William Taft of the United
States court issued a call for the United
States deputy marshals of Kentucky at
Louisville. Jackson, Moorhead, Mount
Sterling, Pineville, and Pittsburg to re
port at the government build
ing in Covington to await orders.
Judge Taft’s action is to protect
the property of othe Cincinnati
Southern railroad, which in in the con
trol of the United States court. The
marshals was also instructed to swear in
private citizens as deputy marshals should
emergency arise ana the railroad
property be seriously threatened at Lud
low andoother points. And, if
necessary United States troops will be
called out.
The threatened strike of the employes
of the Pullman Palace Car Company,
which was ordered for to-day, had no ef
fect on the company in Kansas Ciiy. At
the office of the district superintendent of
the Pullman company it was said that no
sign of a strike of any kind had been seen.
The American Railway Union is not
strong there.
A MOB AT GRAND CROSSING.
At about 9 o’clock to-night a mob of
switchmen and their sympathizers con
gregated at Grand Crossing, the junction
of the Illinois Central and roads
out of Chicago, and overpowaring the one
or two special officers there, took charge
of the signal gates and refused to j>ermit
the passage of Illinois Central trains.
The St. Louis Diamond special, leaving
Chicago at 9 p. m., was caught at the
crossing and held for nearly an hour. The
officials of the road were notified and a
request for police protection brought a
squad of police from the Grand Crossing
station. The mob was driven away with
out violence, and the officers opened the
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gates themselves. The men again at
tempted to secure control of the signals,
but were repulsed. No arrests were
made, and at 11 o’clock it was reported
that the mob had disbanded.
The western express on the Pennsyl
vania road, due in Chicago at 9 p. m., was
also held at the crossing on account of
the refusal of the mob to open the signal
gates, but after a delay of half an hour,
the strikers let the train through on ac
count of its carrying the mail car.
SUBURBAN TRAINS ABANDONED.
Late to-night all suburban trains on the
Illinois Central were abandoned on ac
count of the trainmen, who are members
of the American Railway Union, joining
the switchmen in the strike. As early as
8 o’clock several trains were abandoned,
but the officials made efforts to get one or
two through later, in order to accommo
date belated suburban travelers.
The passenger train on the Eastern Illi
nois road, which left the Polk street;
depot at 10:20 o’clock p.m.,came to a stop
at Kensington, where the tracks of the
Western End Terminal cross the Illinois
Central. The strike of the Illinois Cen
tral freight switchmen was re
sponsible for the trouble. The
crossing was blocked with railroad
men belonging to the union and others
who prevented the passing of the train
until the police arrived on the scene and
dispersed the crowd. The switches at
the crossing were operated by the Eas
tern Illinois men because that was the
last road to lay its tracks there.
B.OPEB IN A HOSPITAL.
The Victim of the Murray County
Whitecaps Now at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—"Wi1l Roper, of
Murray county, after being shot four
times and then thrown into a mining
shaft sixty feet deep, where he remained
five days, was brought to Atlanta this
morning and placed in St. Joseph’s in
firmary for surgical treatment. Roper’s
ex perience was one of the most outrageous
and remarkable in the annals of white
capping. He was suspected of being an
informer, and last Saturday night, two
week ago, a band of Murray county white
cappers went to the house where Roper
was stopping, and dragging him
outside, tied him with a halter.
They then carried him on the back of
a mule to the edge of
an l old copper shaft on the side of the
Cohutta mountains. From the surface to
the bottom of the shaft is sixty feet.
After being shot four times, one ball lodg
ing in his skull and another
in his body, Roper was pushed over the
the edge of the shaft for dead.
Physically Rdper is a giant. He
measures 6 feet 3 inches in bight and.
weighs 200 pounds. Thanks to this
strength of constitution, he was able to
fight death for five days and nights, lying
at the bottom of the 60-foot shaft,
and finally win the victory.
He was accidently discovered by a
farmer looking for stray cattle. Roper
says he did not lose consciousness during
the five days, notwithstanding his terri
ble condition, with death from starvation
staring him in the face if not from his
wounds. His skull was fractured by one
of the bullets, but no bones were broken
by the fall into the pit. The surgeons at
ttae hospital are confident of his final re
covery. Roper was brought to Atlanta
by United States Marshal Dunlap and
the doctor who has been attending him,
since his rescue.
CROPS IN THE STATE.
Their Condition Greatly Improved
During the Past Week.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—The weekly*
crop report of the weather bureau out to
day; says: “The condition of crops has
undergone great improvement during the
past week. In the first place the tetn-
Derature has been up to the normal, and.
has supplied the needed heat to cotton.
Then, at least, partial relief from the
drought has been furnished by local
showers and thunder storms. This relief
is only partial, as the amount of
rain has nowhere been sufficient to wet
the ground very deep, and the rainfall
has varied greatly in different localities.
There are even some points where, prac
tically, no rain has yet fallen, and a nine
weeks’ drought is still unbroken.
“There has been little rain in the south*
ern sections, and crops are badly wilted.
Cotton is in fair condition; corn is badly
damaged.
“In Southeast Georgia the drought con
tinues, and corn and cotton is in poor
shape. Melons are small.”
MINERS FIRED ON.
A Small Fraction of the Men at Soddy
In an Ugiy Mood.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 26. —Tha
miners are returning to work at Soddy.
Every pressure is brought to bear on
them by the ring leaders of the strike,
but the men are tired of idleness and,
nearly 300 of them have resumed work.
This afternoon as the miners were leav
ing the mines they were fired upon from
ambush and one man was injured.
The company has offered a reward
of 5250 for information that will lead to
the arrest of the ambushers. Sheriff
Skillern, of Chattanooga, has gone up to
Soddy and every effort will be made to
run down the assassins. The company
will protect its miners at any cost. It is said
that are there still about thirty strikers
at Soddy who refuse to work and show a
very ugly temper toward those who do
work. They are suspected of firing on
the miners this afternoon.
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