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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SAliuRDAX, FEBRUARY 25, 1905.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Demands
of Gen. Miles to Publish Letter.
Savannah. Fob. 24.—A few day* Jailer and yet withheld lta publica-
ago the Savannah PreHS addro&Hcd a lion. Surh a course is so foreign to
letter to Mrs. Varlna Jefferson Da-, what 1* known and believed of Gen-
vjg, widow of the president of the ! oral Mile* that good men everywhere
Confederacy, asking for a state
in connection with the claim of Gen.
Nelson A. Mile* that she had written
him, after the incarceration of Pres
ident Jefferson Davis, thanking him
for his kindness to the head of the
Confederate States during his confine
ment at Fortress Monroe as a pris
oner of war.
In reply to this communication,
Mrs. Davis has sent The Press the
following answer:
“123 West Forty-fourth Street.
New York, N. Y.—To the Editor of
The Savannah Pseas—Sir: There has
just been handed me your letter of
the 13th instaat, ta which you ask iw
to tell you the circumstances under
which I wrote a note thanking Gen.
Miles for his 'care* for Mr. Davis. As
1 understand, Gen. Miles claims that
be has such a note in his possession.
1 have not the least memory of hav
ing written such a note to him. It Is
conceivable that whilst in the ignor
ance of facts, or In hopeful l•♦*cogni-
tlon of some improvement In the
treatment inflicted upon my husband,
1 may have made some acknowledg
ment of what I may have construed
as common humanity at a time when
had I nkown the facts as Ihey existed
I could not nor would have written
wave an Indignant protest.
“Forty years have passed since
Gen. Miles perpetrated the cruelties
for which he is now undergoing some
measure of punishment at the hands
of his own people. During that pe
riod he has not hesitated to shift
the respond!)!!”for !:Is net:-, upon
others.
Miles’ Act Alone.
“The publication of the instructions
under whicli he claims to have acted,
and the correspondence whicli led up
to them, have long since convinced
every candid mind that the treatment
<if Mr. Davis was gratuitous, neither
justified nor required by the orders
t»f his superiors.
“It lma long since conclusively ap
peared that ne invited authority to do I
what he knew to he unnecessary and
cruel, and that ho perverted the In
structions which he did receive into
a license to inflict indignity and need-
u hk suffering upon a helpless prison-
Ahtdn.MMj^nlsfortunes And tyo effi
are justified in rejecting Jt as apo
cryphal, or that the letter Is so dis
torted in language and intention
to reflect not the views expressed but
those which General Miles desires to
have appear.
Demand* the Proof.
‘ The public attention cannot be de
flected from the terrible charges un
der which Gen. Miles rests by a con
troversy over a letter concerning even
the existence of which no stronger
proof is advanced than the bare as
sertion of Gen. Miles. Hut In so far
as it may be of any importance, my
estimate of Gen. Miles’ character is
such that i am constrained to de
mand that if the letter exists a pho
tographic: reproduction showing the
date, the place of writing, the con
tents and tin* signature be given to
the public. If it is of the vital im
portance which Gen. Miles seems to
claim, surely the? situation from his
own standpoint suggests that the
slight trouble- Involved would be jus
tified.
“In a memoir of Mr. Davis’ life,
written by myself after his death, I
exposed Gen. Miles as fully ay I
thought was needful, but purposely
added very little to the testimony of
Gen. Miles' subaltern. Dr. Craven, fur
nished in his ‘Prison Life of Jefferson
Davis,’ printed and published whilst
Mr. Davis was yet a prisoner. I had
experienced so many times General
Miles' adroit evasions of and subsitu
ations of his own invention for the
truth in other matters that I did not
choose to rest on my unsupported
testimony.
Witnesses Are Dead.
“My daughter answered Gen. Miles’
untruthful version of his conduct, giv
en to the public after forty years of
putative silence, broken only by ru
mors of secret asservation of his in
nocence and Invective against me,
and In many other of the devious
with which he seems familiar.
While the witnesses were alive, why
did he not put in his defense and tax
ills subaltern with falsehood?
"The whole matter, as Gen. Miles
has revived It, has only come to my
notice within a few days, as Ihave
been for man* weefca^flufforlng from
t BIGAMIST PREACH*.
REV. WOODWARD 8AY8
REV. J. D. GINN.
The Sensational Trial and Convict!
of a Minister Is Followed by a Con
fession as to His Identity and to
Hi* Having Five Wives.
Commerce, Ga., Feb. 22.—Recent
developments in the sensational biga
my conviction of Rev. J. D. Wood
ward, of this county. Is that there is
no sufch person as Rev. J. D. Wood
ward, but that he is really and truly
J. D. Ginn, and formerly from Hart
county.
Some time after Rev. Woodward
was imprisoned at Jefferson he took
occasion to write to the postmaster
Hartwell, inquiring of certain
members of the Thomas Ginn family,
naming each of them. After hearing
from some of the Ginn family he fur
ther inquired of a number of other
people living in the neighborhood
where the Ginn family resided. Mr.
Jim Cason, one of the parties writ.,
ten to by Rev. Woodward, has been
at this place several weeks and upon
recalling the fact that he had such
Inquiry from Rev. Woodward, sus-
picloned that it was really J. D. Ginn,
who was going under an assumed
name.
To satisfy himself, Mr. Cason w^nt
to see the prisoner Sunday, and In
stantly identified him as Jim D. Ginn,
formerly of Hart county.
Rev. Woodward, realizing that his
identity was certain, admitted that he
was the man named by Mr. Cason.
fifth wife was -made known in
this statement, and his wives are as
follows:
In the year 1890 he was first,mar
ried to a Miss Mindy Webb, of near
Elberton, Ga., under the name of J.
D. Ginn, and lived with her about
one year.
Then, some time after, he was mar
ried to a Miss Dickson, of Lincoln
county, Ga., under the name of J. D.
Woodward, and lived with this wife
some two years or more.
His third marriage was to a Miss
Keith, of Abbeville, S. C.
Afterward he was married to Miss
Dickey, of Gastonia, N. C., in the year
1898. It was this wife who hasbeen
pressing the charge of bigamy against
him.
Then, fifth, he was married to a
Miss Patten, of near this place L about
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*ji o '; V-
miannd
^ The public wind
Afce^olnt where Gen
Miles by mere assertion could
teverae the judgment passed upon
Ills*. His distinguished accuser was
known of all men to be of spotless
honor, one who could not by any pos
sibility stoop to misrepresent tho
most trivial act of his most contemp
tible enemy.
Dr. Craven’s Testimony.
To Mr. Davis' version had been
added the testimony of Dr. Craven, a
subaltern of General Miles. It is not
within reason to believe that during
all of this period General Miles has
htid In his fxissesslon n letter from
the wife of Jefferson Davis which I perceptions of truth are
would show him to have been u cour-1 misty. Respectfully,
tcous officer rather than a brutal' “V. JEFFERSON DAVIS.’ 1
orm i
■■HiMppv' .-"—'“t*
time, after forty years of Incu*
upon them, perhaps he
to discredit history, after the death
of the witnesses who attested the
disgraceful facts.
Mutt Feel the 8hame.
“Awakened to the heinousness of
his conduct by a closer association
with educated gentlemen, he doubt
less feels the shame which stabs and
clings to him, now that the passions
attendant upon war are passing away
and ho stands forth revealed to his
countrymen in his true light. We
cautioned in holy writ not to bring
'railing accusation' against any sin
nor, howover great his fault; and I do
not desire any controversy with any
one, especially not wltli one whose
vague and
MRS. NANCY BLALOCK DEAD. , MITCHELL HOUSE WAS SOLD.
Passed Away Friday at Age of Near-j An Entire Block of Property Went
ly Four Score Year*. I With It for $50,000.
Beloved and honored, minted, ven- Thomnsvllle, On., Feb. 21.—An Ini-
fated and admired—such was the- , , . . . , . „ . . .
..... .. .. port ant real estate deal completed
esteem in which Mrs. Nancy Blalock |
*uh held by the numberlen. friends"’ 18 n ' or “ ln l ca " 8cd ,ho transfer of
whom she had gathered together for ( <>»« Thomasville's most valuable
herself during the long period of j properties. Mr. \V. C. Snodgrass pur-
aearly four score years allotted to her. • chased from the estate of T. C. Mitch-
Surrounded by loving relatives and j ,,j| an untire city block, bounded by
friends, ahe passed away lust Friday ■ Broad, Madison, Jackson and Jeffor-
lUcht, at her old home, near Hickory 8on a troots. The block is occupied
Head. by the Mitchell house, one of Thom-
Peacefully, quietly, ns the little • asvillo famous resort hotels, and in-
child Is lulled to gentle rest, her eludes the Thomasville postoffleo and
jpps
TTmthe w*rf forced to escape to
known country Hla place 0 f
w$p never known until this r<*
vdlopmcnt '
Possibly after bp ha^ijjftLthe pen
alty for Jackson county he will be de
livered to the authorities of (Hart
county to be dealt with tor such of
fenses as were committed there.
SILA8 GRANT’S CONFESSION.
spirit winged Its/silent flight to the
worlds beyond. N
The long years of happy usefulness
in the service of her home, the
church and society, raise themselves
as a tower of strength—a mighty bul
wark of influence in other lives of
the true greatness and blessedness of
* single life spent in love and labor.
Mrs. Nancy* Blalock died at the ad
vanced age of 79 years. She was the
mother of six children. Susan, John,
William, Laura, Nancy and James—
tour of whom survive her; John Bla
lock and Nancy (Mrs. Milton) hav
ing gone before. In July, 1874, she
nailed with the Hickory Head Bap-
tlat church during a great revival
conducted by Rev. E. B. Carroll.
She was buried at Hickory Head
cemetery, from the church, 8unday
morning at 10:30.—Quitman Adver-
Three hundred and thirty . people
were killed In Chicago last year by
railway accidents. '!*“■>
a number of stores. The considera
tion was $50,000. Mr. Snodgrass pro
poses to improve tho property exten
sively. For the present tho hotel will
remain under the management of
Messrs. James Retd and J. A. Mitch
ell.
TREE FELL UPON HIM.
Rins Klnard Waa Probably Fatally
Injured at Tifton.
Tifton. Ga., Feb. 20.—Mr. Rine Kin-
ard. aged 70 years, suffered a serious,
if not fatal, accident this afternoon.
He was superintending having some
trees cut down, and one that was cut
lodged in another tree and afterward
fell, striking Mr. Klnard. His right
leg and left shoulder were broken,
and he also received a severe bruise
on his head. He Is in an unconscious
condition, and, owing to his advanced
age, it is doubtful if he can recover.
The full extent of his injuries cannot
be ascertained before tomorrow.
He Tells of the 8hooting of 8am
Banks, Near Claxton, Ga.
Claxton, Ga., Feb. 21.—Silas Grant,
colored, was arrested here yesterday
for the murder of Sam Banks, also
colored. He waived a preliminary
trial and was taken to Rcidsvllle tills
morning by Deputy Sheriff G. G. Tip-
pins, and was placed in Jail.
When ho was arrested Grant made
a full confession of tho whole affa*/.
Ho said tho killing was planned by
Banks’ wife, himself, Grant Walker,
Ted" Jones and another negro!.
Walker was to do the killing, but for
some reason he did not put into exe
cution tho first plan. Sunday night,
February 5, Walker went over to
Banks’ home and was talking with
him, when Banks was shot in the back
of tho neck, the ball coming out at
the chin and passing through a table,
lodging in the wall. Banks fell over
with his neck broken by the ball and
never spoke.
The negro who fired the shot was
one of tho first on tho scone, and went
for Dr. Watkins the next morning.
He helped dress the coffin, and later
bought, with his own money, the
gloves that tho murdered negro was
buried In.
All of the parties concerned in the
killing were members of a secret or
der, or several orders. The crime
seemed to be shrouded in mystery
until yesterday, when two negroes
who cut ties, for Mr. J. E. Rogers told
him that Silas Grant was the mur
derer of Banks; that they saw him
fire the shot, and that they wanted
him arrested. Deputy Sheriffs Tip-
pins and Sikes were soon after him,
and made the arrest. More arrests
will follow.
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cured twenty names to a petition ask
ing the public executioner to hang
every one of the signers.
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