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8 Pot Cent
Olridiud* pfcirt MmLutnr.klly. Mock Moarcd
by to improved real MUM la mor*
thwn double the amount dnpoaltod with
Union Havings Bank and Trant Oo
i GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Maron, 461 Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
STRIKERS!
The Mos! Complete Shot Oom
in the History of New
England Mills,
industrial war.
Has Commenced and May
Develop Into More Seri
ous Proportions.
•ALL OVER MASSACHUSETS.
The Reductiou of Wages Has
Brought A Strike Ten Thosand
People Out of Employment.
S'< w B<dford. .M i s.. Jan. 17. -A shu,
down, the ino.-'l complete in the history of
a cotion mills at Neu Bedford began this
morning.
Not a spindle «."■ turning nor a loom in
motion In the factories <:f the cloth cor
porations an hour after the usual time for
beginning the work.
Between forty ami fifty operatives went
to the Bristol mill- and lw<niy-flve or
thirty into the Whitman, but aside from
th, no mill mad ■ m.l show of running
and these too toxin shut down.
Nine eormir t: ioim, operating eighteen
mills, in which upwards of 11,000 hands are
employed, ar, involvdc in a strike.
The cun down ia uniform all over the
city, 10 per tent. The total pay roll of
these corporations is »• timatid at $70,000
weekly.
CONSERVATIVES.
Will Perhaps Prevent All the People from
Going Out
Boston.’M iss., j in. 17.—Two thousand or
more Fkilbd operatives employed in about
seventy of tlie chief cotton mills of the
New England ■♦laics, will today come un
der the sweeping order of the new wage
scale, which entails a reduction of 10 per
cent or more.
This riiluetlon will bring on in New
Bedford. Mass.. labor strikes which may'
prove the beginning of an industrial battle
greater in extent ami more disastrous in
effort tli.tn In any of the previous history'
of cotton manufacturing in the United
States.
Tlie battle against corporations un
doubtedly would have been fought every
where had not the voice of men and wo
men ill prepared at this time of year to go
Into idleness, been heeded by conserva
tives.
As it Is. a groat majority of the persons
employed in the nine corporations in New
Bedford and one corporation each in two
Maine cities, will take upon themselves
the task of a forcible resistance to the re
duction.
In New Bedford the nine corporations
represent*twenty-two mills with over 770.-
000 spindles or 21.000 looms, giving means
of livelihood to ten thousand people.
The strikers will bo directed by the la
bor union leaders, and ’.s being taken by
the Mule Spinors’ Union national execu
tive committer, which has sanctioned the
strike of tlie opposition and promised fi
nancial aid.
AT BERFORD.
Bedford, Jan. 17. Every department of
the I’epeprcll tnd Lathonla and the de
partments of the York mills in Saco, with
tlie exception of the carding and mule'
spinning rooms shut down today’ as a re
sult of the decision of the openadlves to
resist the 10 per cent reduction In wages,
which was to go Into effect today.
At the York mills In Saco, the weavers
remained out and were followed by the
lashing and ring spinners. The cut at
th, se mills is said to average 12 per cent.
There are 1.500 operatives and 51,204
spindles.
AT LEWISTON".
Lewiston. Ale.. Jan. 17. The operatives
of all the mills here except those of An
droscogin. went to work as usual today
order a reduction of 10 to per cent.
At Androseogin mill only seven out of
400 went to work.
The reduction went into effect at the
mills of the Continent. Andoscogin. Hill
Barber and Bates corporations and the
Izcw iston Bleachery ami dye w orks.
The total weekly pay roll of these com
panies is $4.1.000. About 5.750 operatives
are employed and the number of spindles
aggregate 27'J.000.
bloodjwunds
Chased a Negro Through the
Street of Macon.
Persons on Cherry street yesterday af
ternoon about 3 o’clock were presented
with the unusual sight of a pack of blood
hounds in full cry going down the street.
The dogs were spotted with mud and had
the appearance of having run all day. A
few hours later several men on horses
reached the city and stated that they were
after a negro who had committed murder
at a turpentine < ill in the lower part of
the state.
They started on the chase at 42 o’clock
Saturday night and ■had followed th- ’-ail
to Macon. The negro had evidently had
tenw one to assist him. as he came some
of the distance on horse back. At last
•counts he had not been captured.
EARNING OF G. AND A.
President Williams Has Prepared an Advance
Statement,
r
President John Skelton Williams, of the
Georgia and Alabama Railway Company,
has prepared an advance statement of the
earnings of the property in 1897. The com
pany's earnings for the fourth week in
December. 1897, are the largest ever re
ported for any week in the company’s his
tory, and the approximate earnings for
the month of December. 1897, are the
largest thus far reported for any month,
being $5,855 ahead of the approximated
earning for November. 1897. The earn
ings for the first six months of the cur
rent fiscal year and for the calendar year,
1897, (December approximated.) have been
as follows: Average mileage, 1897. 458;
1896, 356; 1895, 274. July 1 to December 31,
1897. $625,653; 1896, $522,830; 1895. $279,820.
Average mileage, 1897, 454; 1896, 329; 1895,
287. January 1 to December 31. 1897, sl,-
122,295; 1896, $866,061; 1895, $495,746.
“TRAMP” BERRY.
Died at Paducah This Morning With a Wad
in His Pocket.
Cincinnati. O„ Jan. 17. —A Paducah.
Ky., special to the Times Star says that
James E. Berry, the so-called millionaire
tramp, died today from the effects of a fall
three weeks ago. He owned considerable
property but it fell much below a million
dollars. He had five hundred dollars in
cash on his person when he died.
“ALL QUIET.”
Was What General Lee Wired the Depart
ment This Morning.
Washington, Jan. 17. —The state depart
ment and Senor De Lome, Spanish min
ister, both express the opinion that the
trouble at Havana has blown over.
No advices under today’s date have been
received by either department up to 11:30
o’clock.
The state department after 9 o’clock re
ceived a dispatch from Consul General
Lee, saying simply: “All quiet.”
CALL FOR CAUCUS
For Nomination of a Senator From Ten
nessee.
Nashville, Jan. 17—A call issued late
last night for a caucus of the Democratic
members of the legislature to be held to
night to consider the nomination of a can
didate for the United States senatorship.
The friends of Si nator Turney and Con
gressman McMillan favor early action but
the friends of Governor Taylor want, an
adjournment for several days in 'view of
the fact that Governor Taylor did not an
nounce his candidacy until last Saturday
evening, ami they wish to thoroughly pre
pare for the contest.
The leg! latiire met in extra session at
noon and Governor Taylor’s message was
read.
BUTTERWORTH DEAD.
The Comm : 3sioner of Patents Breathed His
Last at Thomasville Yesterday.
Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 17—Hou. Ben
Butterworth, who has been ill at the Piney
Woods hotel, this city, for some weeks,
died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The end came peacefully and in his dy
ing hour he was surrounded by his wife
ami children.
Mr. Butterworth came to Thomasville
several weeks ago to recuperate from an
attack of pneumonia. He improved very
rapidly until two weeksago, when he was
stricken with uremic convulsions, since
which time he has been hovering between
life and death.
The remains were sent to Washington
today.
AN EXPLOSION.
In a Colliery in Prussian Sile
sia is Thought to Have
Cost
THIRTY FIVE LIVES.
Seven Out of Fifteen Brought to the
Surface Have Died—Others
Thought to Have Perished.
Berlin, Jan. 17.' —A dispatch from Glei
witiz, Prussian Selesia, a ter
rific colliery disaster at Zaborero. The
Koenigen Luiz colliery caught fire yester
day and of fifteen jnen brought to surface
seven died. It is feared that twenty-five
others, whose escape was cut off have
perished.
LOUD TURNED LOOSE.
Has Gone West After After a Party of Col
onist.
Savannah, Jan. 17 —Charles D. Loud has
emerged from his trouble, and was yester
day released from jail, where he was con
fined on charges of cheating and swindling
and of embezzlement.
It seems that Mr. R. M. Nixon, of Au
gusta, a brother-in-law of Loud, made
bond for the appearance of Loud at the
February term of the city court. In the
embezzlement case, it seems an adjust
ment was made by turning over rhe deeds
to the property in Montgomery county,
which was in question.
it is understood all matters are adjust
ed. and the “colonel” left last night for
St. Paul, where he goes to bring a. party
of colonists'to Dooly county. It is said
he has sold 5,000 acres of land there. It
was the impression that Loud would get
matters .straightened up satisfactory to
those who had complaints against him.
CONSUL DROWNED.
William Ashby and Several
Others Lost from a Boat
at Colon.
Washington. Jan. 17 —Consul General
Gugdoon at Panama, cabled the state de
partment today announcing the drowning
of William W. Ashby. United States con
sul at Colon. Ashby was appointed to
office only a few months ago and had been
well known in this city and Virginia as a
newspaper man, connected w.to Norfolk.
Va., newspapers.
A GOOD NIGHT.
Was Spent By Mr. Lane, a Would-be Su
icide-
Washington, Jan. 17. —Mrs. Lucile Lane,
daughter of ex-Senator Blackburn, of
Kentucky, who shot herself on Saturday
night, passed a very comfortable night and
geemed to be improving this morning. No
operation was performed as yet to locate
the bullet and ascertain the course it took.
CONFIRMED.
Colon, Colombia, via Galveston, Texas,
Jan. 17 —A boating party -consisting of
United States Consul W. W. Ashby. Dr.
Hafeman, German consul. Master Me
chanic Mott and four others, are supposed
to have been drowned. The body of the
boatman has already been recovered.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. Jan. 17 —Cotton futures open
ed steady. Sales 5.500 bales. January and
February 570, March 575, April 578 May
581, June 585, July 588, August 591. Sep
tember 590, October 591, November 593.
THE MACON NEWS.
MARK HANNA
IS SWORN IN
The Galleries and Floor Were
Crowded But Not to
See Him.
WALCOTT ON BIMETAUSM.
Chairman of the Commission Made
A Speech in the Senate This
Morning on its Work.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Tn anticipation of
an interesting session of the senate today
all the galleries were well filled some time
before the senate convened.
Mrs. Wolcott, wife of Senator Wolcott,
chairman of the bimetallic commission,
who was to deliver"a speech upon the work
of the commission, was in the diplomatic
gallery with a party of friends. Many la
dies from various foreign legations were
also in the diplomatic gallery.
Mr. Mark Hanna, who has just been
elected senat6r from Ohio, made his first
appearance on the floor since his election.
He was cordially greeted by his colleagues
on both sides of the chamber.
Chaplain Milburn, in his Invocation,
made touching references to the death of
(Major Butterworth, commissioner of pa
tents, and to that of Mr. Logan Carlisle,
son of the late secretary of the treasury.
Foraker presented the credentials of
Mr. Hanna for the remainder of Mr. Sher
man’s term of six years, ending March 4,
1899. 'A'As there was no objection to the
administration of the oath of office Mr.
■Foraker escorted Mr. Hanna to the vice
president’s desk and the oath was admin
istered.
Among, the motions presented were the
remonstrance of five hundred and twelve
Roman Catholic societies of the United
States, representing more than 50,000
members, offered by Murphey, of North
Carolina, against the enactment of the
pending immigration bill.
Mr. Harris, of Kansas, presented a res
olution. for which he requested immediate
consideration, asking the secretary of the
treasury why, since 1882, he had omitted
from his statement on item of something
more than $11,000,000 interest to the
United States from the Pacific railroads.
Objection was made by Thurston, of
Nebraska, and the resolution went over
until 'tomorrow.
At 12:50 Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, chair
man of the bimetallic commission, was
»ecognized for a speech upon the work
of the commission. By this time the gal
leries and floor were crowded. Wolcott
was In fine voice, and spoke with only oc
casional references to his manuscript,
which he had before him. He was accord
ed the cloest attention by his auditors,
among whom were many members of the
house.
FOR CHRIST CHURCH.
A Benefit Musical at Mrs. Edwin Schofields
Tomorrow Night.
A delightful musical entertainment for
the benefit of Christ church rectory fund
will be given at the residence of Mrs. Ed
win Schofield tomorrow evening. A most
interesting program has been arranged.
No admission will be charged but each
guest is reguested to make a silver dona
tion of some character.
BOUND OVER.
The Negro Outler, Accused of Highway
Robbery.
Eulus Outler, the negro who was ar
rested a few nights ago by Deputy Sheriff
A mason on the charge of highway rob
bery, was given a hearing before Justice
Thomas this morning and bound over
under SSOO bond, in default of which he
was committed to jail.
Outler is accused of having made an
old .negro man drunk on Fourth street
and taking a pair of shoes and $1.25 in
money from him.
When the case come up it was devel
oped that he had figured in several more
holdups and was identified.
HIS FATHER DEAD.
Dr. Barron Received Sad News This Morn
ing.
Dr. Benjamin Barron received news this
morning of the death of his father in
Jones county. The end came some time
during last night.
Dr. Barron left for his father’s home as
soon as he heard of his death. Under
taker Keating sent a handsome casket
down in which the remains will be in
terred.
DR. HALL AT MERCER.
He Delivered a Most Interesting Lecture at
the University Yesherday Afternoon.
The lecture at Mercer University yes” i
terday afternoon by Dr. Hall was largely
attended by the students and visitors.
Those who have heard Dr. Hall before
were delighted to learn that he would lec
ture at Mercer and when the hour arrived
for him to commence his lecture the
chapel was crowded.
Dr. Hall's lecture dealt a great deal with
tlm belief of Bob Ingersol. and he scored
that personage right and left.
Tonight this brillistat orator will de
liver his lecture. “The Evolution of a
Girl." at Wesleyan Female College.
FRUIT TREES SAVED.
The Cold Wave Came in Time to Prevent
Their Budding and Being Killed Later,
The cold wave that prevails just now
came just in time to save the fruit crop
for this year. The fruit growers were be
coming alarmed at the long continued
warm spell, and it was so warm that a few
more days the trees would have begun to .
bicorn, and later on when the cold weather
did come they would have been killed.
The cold prevails generally throughout the
state, and there is no danger now that any
of the crop will be injured in this way.
Flies, files, files i
Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles
when all other Ointments have failed- It
absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re
lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
Is prepared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else. Every I
box is warranted. Sold by druggists, or
sent by mail on receipt cf price, 50c. and
SI.OO per box.
WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO.. Prop’s.,
Cleveland, O.
You can talk to 10.000 every day through
the columns of The News.
MACON NEWS MONDAY JANUARY 17 1898.
BENNETT SUES
CITY 0[ MACON
Asks the United States Court
to Grant an Injunction
in His Favor.
CHARGES MALICE, ILL-WILL
Against Inspector Daly, Who, He
Says Wants to Drive Him Out
Business In Macon.
W. P. Bennett, the well known plumber,
has filed suit in the United States court
against the mayor and council of the city
of Macon to restrain them from requiring
a bond of SI,OOO from him before carrying
on his trade in this city.
The petition for an injunction was filed
by Anderson, Anderson & Grace, as coun
sel for Bennett.
The petition asks for a temporary in
junction in order that Bennett may carry
on his business as a plumber without giv
ing bond, until such time as a hearing on
the petition for a permanent injunction
can be had, but Judge Speed declined to
grant the temporary injunction and set a
hearing for January 19th—Wednesday—at
10 o’clock.
In his petition Bennett sets for that the'
Board of Health of the city of Macon has
established a rule requiring all plumbers
to give a guarantee company bond for
SIO,OOO before they can carry on their
trade in Macon. 'He has, he says, hereto
fore been able to give this bond, but this
year the guarantee company required a
certificate from John M. Daly, the city in
spector of plumbing before they would
give the bond.
Daly, 'Bennett says, has refused to sign
the certificate, not because the petitioner
is disqualified as a plumber, but because
of ill will and malice 'towards Bennett on
the part of the inspector, who, Bennett
charges, is trying to drive 'him out of Ma
con and prevent him from following his
legitimate trade.
Bennett says that he has applied to the
chairman of the Board of Health for his
signature to a certificate, but that he, too,
has refused to sign it.
Bennett, in substantiation of his charge
of ill will and malice on the. part of Daly,
says that he is a member of the National
Association of Master Plumbers and also
a member of the (Southern League of Mas
ter Plumbers, and that every piece of
work done by him in Macon has been in
spected and approved by Daly as Inspec
tor. He has not been notified, he says,
that any of his work was at fault, and
that there is no reason why he should not
be granted the certificate which will ena
ble him to give bond and to prosecute his
work.
The papers in the ease were served on
the mayor 'this afternoon.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Goes Into Effect on the Southern on Jan
uary 16.
On and after Sunday, January 16th train
No. 13 will leave Macon at 3:05 a. m., ar
riving in Atlanta at 5:20 a. m. Other
northbound trains will remain as hereto
fore. Southbound train which has been
arriving at 8:10 a. m. will be stopped at
Macon instead of going through as for
merly at 8:30 a. m. Local train No. 16
will leave for the south at 10:50 a. m., ar
riving Brunswick 7:50 p. m. Train No. -0
will arrive from Atlanta at 7:10 p. m. in
stead of 7.00 p. m. Other trails remain
unchanged. RANDALL CLIFTON,
Tray. Pass." Agent.
TARIFF ASSOCIATION.
Os the Southeastern District Will Meet in
Atlanta Tonight,
A meeting of the Southern Tariff Asso
ciation will be held it Atlanta tonight to
consider several matters of importance to
southern lines.
At htis meeting rates for the state con
ference of the Epworth League which will
be held in Macon in May will be arranged.
These rates will be some lower than those
which were granted last year to Atlanta,
and will insure one of the largest crowds
that ever came to Macon on similar occa
sions.
COSIO IS FREE.
Father of Evangelina Has Arrived in New
York.
New York, Jan. 17. —Among the passen
gers who arrived on board the Ward Line
steamer Saratoga, from Havana, was Au
gustin Cossio, father of Angelina Cossio y
Cisneros. Cossio was released by General
Blanco on Sunday, January 9th.
FOUR BODIES.
Father Thought to Have
Killed His Family and
Committed Suicide.
New York, Jan. 17. —A case of what ap
pears to be a triple murder and suicide of
the murderer was discovered today when
the bodi§3 of John Matthews, his wife and
two children, a boy of ten years and a
girl of twelve years, were found dead in
the Metrhews' home on Columbus avenue.
It is suposed that Matthews murdered
his wife and children and committed sui
cide by shooting.
Matthews was thirty-five years of age
and his wife thirty.
PROMINENT CITIZENS.
From Atlanta Will Pass Through the City
Tonight En Route to Tampa.
A party of prominet citizens from At
lanta wRI pass through the eity tonight
en route t Tampa. Fla., where they go to
attend the National Fish Congress which
will be’in session there this week. These
gentlemen go upon the invitation of the
management of the congress. Mayor Price
has been invited to appoint a comrpittee
of Macon gentlemen to go down algo, b)it
! owing to pressing business he has not
. been able to give the matter his attention.
The party from Atlanta will be headed
i by Mayor Collier himself.
WILL HAVE RIFLE RANGE.
Golumbus. Go.. Jan. 17—-The Columbus
i military will shortly begin the erection of
a rifle range on the south commons. In
order to encourage the military of the
city, the state has donated SSO to be used
in the eonstruotkin of the range. The
Columbus soldier boys hope to greatly im
prove their markmansship.
TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
Rev. F. F. Reese Preached a Most Interest
ing Sermon to the Soldiers.
Rev. F. F. Reese, pastor of Christ
church, and also chaplain of the Macon
Volunteers, preached a most interesting
sermon to the handsome company morn
ing. For several years it has been the
custom of Rev Reese to preach a sermon
to the Volunteers. He has been chaplain
if the company for years.
Besides the company there was a large
congregation present yesterday.
“IHE LOVE OF GOD.”
Hon. N. E. Harris Made an EloquentAd-
On this Subject Yesterday.
Hon. N. E. Harris was the speaker on
the. program for the afternoon meeting of
the Young Men’s Christian (Association
yesterday. His subject was “The Love of
God.” Everyone who had heard Mr. Har
ris before knew what to expect, and none
of them were disappointed. His talk .was
to the point, and he was given the closest
attention, which testified that everyone
was interested.
BASEBALL AT MERCER.
The Team is Now Working Hard—Schedule
Arranged.
The students at Mercer are devoting
their spare time now to the selection of a
baseball team to represent the university
next season on the diamond. Interest in
the national sport has never been so
intense at 'Mercer as it is now, and the
prospects for a good team were never so
bright.
The schedule for seven or eight games
has been arranged, the first will be played
■ at Milledgeville with the cadets on the 3rd
of April. The following Saturday Wake
. Forest College will come 'to Macon. Chas.
J Harris has returned from Thomasville and
is devoting his time to selecting a team.
LEAVES FOR KLONDIKE,
. Frank Harris Telegraphs that He Will Leave
On January 26 for the Gold Fields.
Mr. Frank Harris, who left Macon sev
eral months ago and .went to Washington
State from whence-it was his intention to
go to the Klondike gold fields, telegraph
ed to relatives in Macon that he and Hor
ace ißowdre would leave Tulalip on Jan
uary 26th with a large party bound for
the gold fields.
Since he left Mr. Harris has been in the
employ of the government, and is- at the
head of the party which Wil eave for the
Klondike.
HALFIILION.
Terible Fire Broke Out in Chi
cago at 6 O’clock This
Morning.
MUCH TOTAL LOSS,
Eight Firms are Involved and All
Will Be Heavy Losers—Broke
Out on Market and Quincy.
Chicago, Jan. 17. —Eight firms, with
stocks agregating almost half million dol
lars sustained heavy losses by a fire that
broke out at 6 o’clock this morning in a
building at the northwest corner of Mar
ket anci Quincy streets.
They are L. C. Waekmuth & Co., cloth
ing, loss mostly by water; Adaips Bros.,
flry goods, lost complete; Taylor & Par
rptte, wholesale dealers in hats, loss by
water; Worcester Corset Company, loss
complete; Fred Kaufman & Co., tailors,
loss epipplete; Sniijiner Rros., dealers in
wpplen goods, loss complete; Nickerson &
Co., dry goods, loss complete; Clute, Coon
& Co., collars and cuffs, damaged by fire
and water.
MACON’FpaVING.
Is Being Inspected By a Com
mittee from Savannah.
■A committee from Savannah’s city coun
cil composed of Messrs. T. J. Davis, J. W.
Smith, F. H. Upper and Harry Willink,
came up to Macon Saturday to inspect the
paving on Fourth street.
The committee was apolnted by the
council of Savannah espjecially to come to
Macon and inspect the paving on Fourth
street. As soon as they arrived in the city
they were taken in charge by Mr. William
Lee Ellis, chairman of the public works
committee and given all the information
they desired concerning the granite cubes
laid on Fourth street.
In expressing themselves on the paving
question, these gentlemen stated that they
were of the opinion that the paving was
the same as the belgian block, but were
very agreeably surprised, and will recom
mend the paving to the Savannah council
most highly.
INTERESTING LETTER.
From W. W.. Brown to Cabaniss, Calloway
and Cabaniss.
NEW YORK LIFE INCURANCE CO. *
John A. McCall, President.
Departments of Georgia, Florida and East
Tennessee.
R. H. Plant, Manager,
H. M. Willet, Cashier.
Macon, Ga., 13th January, 1898.
Messrs. Cabaniss, Callaway & Cabaniss,
Agents Travellers’ Insurance Company,
Macon, Ga.
Gentlemen:
I beg to acknowledge with great appre
ciation your prompt settlement in full of
the large claim I had against your com
pany for the accident sustained Decem
ber. sth. 1896. The promptness with which
you have paid my claim, and the courtesy
and kind consideration extended to me by
yourselves and other officers of your com
pany is gratifying in the extreme, and is
worthy of and can but inspire the generous
patronage on the part of the public. I
certainly commend it to all needing acci
dent insurance (and who doesn’t?) as
prompt, liberal, reliable and responsible.
A person insured in your company is cer
tainly insured, which means everything.
Very Respectfully,
Wm. W. Brown.
Local agents, Cabaniss, Callaway & Cab
aniss, 461 Third street. ’Phone 360. Geo.
E. Hatcher, solicitor.
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DENNINGTON.
Outlook is That He Will be
Cleared by the Jury
evidencTis in,
Defense Has Only Offered the
Statement of Their Cuent
For Their Side.
THE WIDOW A WITNESS.
On the Stand This Morning—All the
Evidence Seems to be in Favor
Dennington’s Acquittal.
The case against ißobert Dennington,
charged with complicity in the murder of
D. W. Halstead was called at 9:30 o’clock
this morning in the superior court room
before Judge Felton.
Dennington was in court • accompanied
by his mother and his counsel, Messrs. R.
C. Jordan and S. R. Reid.
Charles Reid and his wife sat upon the
prisoners bench just outside the court
room and a number of printers and news
paper men occupied seats in the audi
ence.
The court room was comfortably filled
with spectators.
Dennington was arraigned by Solicitor
General Hodges, who conducts the case
for the prosecution alone.
In reply to the indictment and the usual
question, “what say you’ Dennington, re
plied distinctly.
“Not guilty.”
From this point the case was taken up
by his counsel.
Briefly a review of the case for which
Dennington is being tried is as fallows:
Killing of Halstead.
The killing of L. W. Halstead in the cir
cus tent last April is very fresh in the
mind of the public. The killing itself
aroused interest all over the state and was
followed fast by events that kept the in
terest alive,
Mrs. Reid attended the afternoon per
formance at the circus in which Halstead
was teimporarilly employed as a ticket
seller, Mrs. Reid charged that during the
performance Halstead made advances to
her and after the performance, as she was
going out she claimed that he made
further insulting proposals to her.
Mrs. Reid at once went to look for her
husband and found him at the Telegraph
office with Dennington. She was crying.
Redd was enraged. He at once made his
plans to avenge the insult to his wife.
That night Just before the performance
commenced Reid, his wife and Dennington
entered the tent. They had gone ‘but a
few steps inside the door when they met
Hallstead coming towards them. Mrs.
Reid pointed him out saying;
“That’s the man,”
Reid at once stepped forward and fired
point blank at Halstead who fell with a
groan and died in a few minutes.
He was shot in the heart, the shot tear
ing a big hole in the body.
A few 'hours afterwards the coroner’s
jury met and found a verdict of “justi
fiable homicide."
The grand jury later found bills against
Reid, his wife and Dennington,
All were arrested. Mrs. Reid, who was
in a delicate condition and has since be
come a mother, was released on bond.
Bond was refused in the oases of Reid and
Dennington.
Reid was tried at the last term of court
and was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
The Case Opened.
In court this morning Dennington ap
peared pale from his long confinement,
but is in good spirits and hopeful of an
acquittal.
The securing of a Jury progressed more
rapidly than had been anticipated from
the nature of the case.
At 10 o’clock eight Jurors had been se
cured and at 10:25 the whole jury was
made up as follows: Ernest Vinson, Clark
Hicks, W. A. Barbee, W. G. Mid&lebrooks,
George W. Craven, S. G. Petty, J. R.
Courtney, R. L. Strozier, bee Hicks, C. E.
Jordan, C. C. Holt, Charles Martin.
Nineteen witnesses were sworn on both
sides for the prosecution and the defense.
Solicitor General Hodges opened the
case with his statement of what he ex
pected to show.
Tom Forrest was the first witness. He
had attended the circus and told the jury
the story of the killing of L. W. Halstead
by Reid. When he was asked if he saw
Dennington there on that night he said
that he could not swear that Dennington
was there, but that some man came In
with Reid and his wife.
He was cross examined by Mr. R. C.
Jordan for the defense. Not much was
brought out in either direct or cross ex
amination.
Sol Mack, a policeman, was next called.
He was present and described the scene
of the killing. He had seen DenningV n
with Reid, but had not heard him -„„
thing. any ’
J. L Hollifield, of fne Macon Telegraph,
HS * a,<s that on the ni *ht of
tne kil.ing he had seen Dennington in the
reporter’s room of the Macon Telegraph
with a double barrelled shot gun in his
hand. Dennington was drunk at the time.
In conversation Dennington had stated
that he was going hunting. Mr. Hollifield
had tried to persuade Dennington to leave
the gun in the office, but he said that it
was Charlie Reid’s gun and that Charlie
knew where there was plenty of good
game, that they were going for game and
that he would hear from them. Denning
ton had drawn a pistol from ihis pocket
and had shown it to the witness saying
that if the gun did not get the game the
pistol would get it. About ten minutes
afterwards the witness heard of the kill- I
ing of Halstead.
Tn a Good Humor.
On cross examination Mr. Hollifield said
that the conversation was so light that he
had paid no attention to it nor attached
any importance to it. Dennington was in
a good humor. He was surprised to see
Dennington with a gun or a pistol ■>= Den
nington was not accustomed _o carrying
a gun and had repeatedly refused to carry
a pistol.
W. T. Anderson, foreman of the Tele
graph, had seen Reid and his wife at about
5 o’clock on the day of the killing. Mrs.
Reid met him and asked if he knew where
her husband was. Two hours afterwards
he saw Reid in the composing room with
a shot gun in his hand. After Reid left
the composing room he saw’ Reid and Den
nington together.
Reid said to Dennington “I wish the
d—d street car would come along,” and
then again he said, “I’ll bet SIOO on the
face,” but the witness did not know what
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