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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATli
AY, JILY 28, 1906.
Jk
TRYING TO POISON
TOE FAMILY.
The Neighborhood of Metcalf ia Great
ly Arouaed over Attempt to Take
Life of the Futch Family—Poison
Was Ttile Time Placed In Coffee.
fFrom Wednesdays Daily.)
The following account ot the third
attempt to poison the Futch family
In Thomas county Is from the Thom-
asville Tlmes-Enterprlse:
For the third tl{ne In the last two
weeks the members of the family of
Mrs. Alice Fntch, near Metcalf, have
been the victims of some kind of
BEST BAND IN GEORGIA.
ill
COURT HOUSEL-tH:,
AND JAIL
CORPUS CASE.
There Is a Dearth of News tl
the County Officers Now.
Macon Fair to Put up Big Cash Prize
For Braes Bait la.
The Macon Fair Association Is of
forint' YfOO prize for ttie best brass
band In Georgia. The atcretary. Sir.
.iusene Anderson, Msec.), Ga„ wl:i
**•■>. lartlculars.
The Macon Fair Association will
hold In Slacon October 2nd to 19th
Inclusive, a fair of state wide pro-
portions to celebrate the centennial
of the first settlement of Macon,
which was In 1806, known as Fort
Hawkins, when this portion of Geor
gia was occupied by Indian tribes.
Macon Is spreading herself In tills
celebration. The Daughters of the
American Revolution are co-operating
with the Slacon Fair Association to
give the show all possible historical
Importance and Interest.
One of the novel features of the
big fair will be auction sales for poul
try, cattle, hogs, sheep and all of the j the dreary routine of every-day work,
various exhibits that are displayed I There are very few arrests being
Quite a Number of Prisoners In the
County Jail Waiting for Trial-
Work to Begin Soon on Scaffold
for Rawlings—Vagrants are Still
Being Arrested.
(From Wednesdays Dally.)
The county officials are having
very little to do these days beyond
poisoning, and this time there seems
to be but little doubt that some hu
man being with malicious Intent was
the perpetrator.
It was on Monday that the last
poisoning occurred and this time It
at the fair,
big show,
Ing of people who wish to buy and j tween seasons with'the tax gatherer
sell. Trained auctioneers have been —and not much doing with the coun-
fair. In addition to being a j made, not many, suits being entered,
w, It will be a rousing gather- not many license granted—it Is be-
engaged, and every detail has already
been arranged.
Slacon distinguished, herself once
upon a time for holding the largest
poultry display ever held
United States, there being more than
came near proving fatal to A.llie! 500 birds on exhibition. She has al-
Futch and Mrs. Futch was so ill that
she begged for death as a relief from
suffering. John Futch was also ill,
but not as seriously as the other two
members of the family.
Dr. A. P. Taylor, was called to the
home Monday morning. He had to
work with Mrs. Futch and Allle
Futch all day and all night Monday.
They were out of danger when he left
Tuesday morning.
Poison in the Coffee.
most equalled this record on several
occasions, and it is her desire this
year to surpass it
During the past five years, poultry
raising has become an important In
dustry within a fifty mile radius of
Macon, and the indications are that
this section is destined to become
one of the famous poultry districts
of the United States, inasmuch as ev
erything encourages and tends to
promote the success of the business,
This is one of the most intensely j and there are very few of the diffl-
interesting poisoning cases in the his-
ty commissioners.
Sheriff Passmore picks up a vag
rant or two every day or so and on
Friday there wnl be a session of the
city court that will- dispose of
number of cases of this kind. The
latest arrest under that charge was
on yesterday when John McRae was
arrested. Another negro undertook
to take McRae’s part and the sheriff
came near having trouble, but avert
ed it.
There has been no criminal ses
sion of the city court in the past
two weeks, so the outlook is that
thq session Friday will be unusually
well attended. _
About the County Jail.
Yesterday was cleaning-up day at
the county jail and all of the cells
tory of the country, and the last
chapter is even more interesting
than those that have preceded. It
appears that this timej the poison
was placed in the coffee mill some
time Sunday or Sunday night and a
peculiar feature about the affair is
that there was no way for the poison
to be placed in the mill unless drop
ped through a crack in the ceiling
overhead, as the windows and doors
of the kitchen were securely fasten
ed.
Taylor who has given the case
close study?vras seen at his office yes-
and' prevailed upon to go ftito
culties that poultry raisers encounter an( j corridors were given a scrub-
in less favored climates. The land .bing. The apartments occupied by
is hilly and this Insures thorough U G Rawlings and his boys con-
draining and cleanliness in the yarJs talned a great deal of trash, such as
while the gravel soil on which all. 0 jj papers, peanut Hulls, etc,, but
varieties of crops may be raised is Ur 0 f this was taken out.
a guarantee of profit for the owner. | It Ia expe cted that work will begin
and tell ot every movement ot cqmbfee amusement and pleasuie w jr relspite the elder Rawlingsand
the family preceding Monday's
fast,- when the poison^ was evidently
taken into the systems of the victims
Their Movements 8unday.
The details follow:
“Mrs. Futch and Allie spent Sun
day away from home coming in late
in the evening. John Futch left
home some time Sunday afternoon
and spent the night away from home
Mrs. Futch and Allie did not eat any
supper that night. John came in
Monday morning and the family ate
breakfast together.
“Mrs. Futch cooked breakfast Mon
day. Allie milked the cows, and
himself strained the milk that morn
ing that was used in the coffee. Every
The exhibition of the show birds tomorrow upon the scaffold to be
will last three days during the fair used in the execution of J. O. Rawl-
and assurances have been received Moore and the boys, unless
from a half dozen states that l &1 6 e the courts or the Governor inter-
exhiblte will be brought here. A vene. The day for the execution of
representative of the Macon Fair As* ( Rawlings and the negro is fixed for
sociation will ^sit the big fairs of. August 3( j t or next p^ay week. The
the northwest in September to or- boys will have to be hanged later, at
range for still other exhibits. I their case is still with the supreme
The fairs held at Macon always cour t. it may be that the Governor
butlne^s, and.aJhairjnile circle ' ;the negr0 a^ iQ| In order that all
has been fenced this year to be used may be hanged on
as a midway, etc., and a contract has
Just oefen closed with Paine’s Manhat-i attorney Cooper was in a
tan Beach Fireworks Show to give a | the Southern train at Macon day be-
grand exhibition every night during^ ore yesterday and received painful
the fair; besides there will be prob- j bruises, though he was not serious-
ably twenty-five, other high class. hurt R a wi| ngs learned of the ac-
amusement attractions. icident yesterday afternoon and was
—* Iamu8ed at It. He broke out in a
Sanitorium Doing Big Business I i aug h W hen Night Watchman John
Mr. William Branch, a merchant jj e ster entered the corridor last
of Fitzgerald, was among the patients lgM
at Dr. Holmes’ sanitorium this week, gee my w j 8 h come true,”
submitting to an operation yesterday. | gald
There have been a large number of j wish?’’ returned the night
patients there ever since it was, watchman,
opened and more room Is being pro- “Don’t you know I was wishing
vessel in the kitchen had been care- vided. I that a train would run off the trhck
fully washed and cleaned before the! it is said that almost every room: and cooper ’’ he returned,
cooking began. , c i is filled with patients and the ten j gee h e was in a wreck at Macon and
“The coffee that was ground had or a dozen nurses at the place have the paper says he waa badly brul3-
been parched for two or three days.! all that they can do. One of the local ed
The coffee was In a vessel near a fas-, physicians said this morning that It It Jg ga j d t hnt Bevera i days ago
tened window, though something j was the best arranged sanitorium inj while reading of a railroad wrpfk,
could have been dropped into it the South and that the operatingjR aw iings expressed the wish that
through a hole In the ceiling. The room is not surpassed anywhere. |Cooper would get caught in one an<l
coffee was prepared by Mrs. Futch.) Dr. Holmes’ sanitorium will be a | put out 0 f business. “That seems to
The water used in making the coffee big. thing for Valdosta and this se c |b e a bout, the only chance to get rid
was fresh, and the bucket it wasjtlon of the state, and The Times bim,’’ he added,
brought from the well in had been have more to say about it when the j *pj iere j 8 a very strong probability
carefully washed out beforehand. jwork that Is now being done is ^ u ^yjtbat the Governor will-respite Rawl-
“Other things besides the coffee for completed. ings and Alf Moore, though the slier-
Afternoon for Pos
it of Two Ltttlt'Girls.
(From Thursdays Daily.)
Quito tan important habeas corpus
proceedings were instituted before
the ordinary this afternoon for pos
session of two little girls, eleven and
-two yeire of age, and the children
of J. E. Sharp.
It Is Bald that upon the death of
Mrs. Sharp some months ago her lit
tle girls were taken In charge by W.
M. Newman, of Thomas county, her
father. Later on, It Is alleged, that
the father of the children went af
ter them and brought them back here,
which was done with the consent of
Mr. Newman.
Since that time, however, It Is al
leged that Newman learned that the
fathrt- had no comfortable home for
the children and that they were liv
ing ali(ne with two men in the house,
and ti<f one to care tor their wants or
train them In the way they should go.
Besides the plea of poverty, New-
manlclalms that Sharp. Is a habitual
ter and that the children should
liken from him.
A case was csllsd for this after-
’ and the hearing promised to be
Of Interest.
NEGRO IS FILLED
WITH LEAD.
a Burglar Broke out Window.
Mrs. Lockhart, who manages the
lunch counter at the Georgia Southern
.Campbell being tho man who came
up from the rear. He stepped In the
door of the house as White sat ddwm
to his dinner.
The Sheriff told the negro to rw*
main quiet and give himself up, tint
White did not do so. On the other
hand he made a lunge for the on
cer, trying to get his gun from hla
hand. As he did so Officer Camp
bell began firing. After two or three
shots, the negro wheeled toward a-
little room to get bis own gun, hot
evidently did not find It. In the mean-
sheriff Campbell, of Colquitt County, ltlme ' offlcer Campbell had empt’ed
. _ | his weapon and was calling to Depo-
and Deputy Croeby of Thle City tJ . Cro9by _ who wn8 on the 0ppO8te
Went to Olympia to Arrest Will aide of the house, but had started
Whit, end Found Trouble Welting T u " d ,oward ,ho ,cenc ot ,he
". shooting.
for Them—Tho Negro Still Lives, i The negro saw that Sheriff Camp-
(From Thursday's Dally. . bel, ' s pla ' 01 wa " emp,y and be ^
gan dosing in on the offlcer. wb<*
Sheriff J. A. Campbell, of Colquitt was calling to Deputy Crosby toj*
Arrest was Shot Down.
county, and Deputy Frank Crosby, of
this county, went to Olympia yester
day afternoon to arrest a negro named
Will White, wlio was wanted
burglary at Moultrie, and they had
trouble'In making the arrest.
When the trouble ended they were
convinced that arrest would not be
necessary, as the negro was thought
to be In a dying condition from six
bullet wounds In his body, though
most of them were flesh wounds.
It Is said that eighteen months
ago this negro broke In a store In
defcot, and who resides near there, i Moultrie and stole eighteen pistols,
was awakened early this morning by fifteen of which were afterwards re-
some one trying to get In her house, covered. The negro was also ar-
.The intruder had broken out n rested and was donble-hand-cuffed
window and was trying to get In j and the officer started with him to
When Mrs. Lockhart gave the alarm
and the Intruder fled.
The police officers were notified
and Offlcer HU1 went to the scene
with the track dogs, but there had
been so much passing about the place
that he carr.ed the dogs off, knowing
that they could do nothing.
Mrs. J. J. Hinson, who resides Just
below there, used her gun upon an In
truder the other night and it Is a pity
that the shot did not take effect. It
would be a lucky thing if some Val
dosta woman could empty a load of
shot Into some of the villains who
try to enter their homes nt night.
Moultrie. While on the wny,
shoot. The negro was In three
tour feet of Sheriff Campbell when
Deputy Crosby got In shooting dis
tance. He fired two or three shot*,
one of them bringing the negro to
the ground.
The officers supposed that he
would die and they came back to the
city. They learned this mornlnr
that he would probably recover and
Sheriff Campbell has been notified
to come back and make the arrest.
It Is understood that White has said ■
all along that he would not be or
rested and the officers who have had
dealings with him say that he was a
desperate character.
It Is said that there was a good
deal of muttering among the other
negroes In the quarters st Olympia
last night, and their employers had
‘ rSln ,J mS !° d 'L f at ' 0n ' Vher L ft teat !to go out among them and quiet.
them. •
meeting was In' progress. The offi
cer’s attention was attracted toward
tl\e tent and when he looked back I - " T.~ . n . Iu'
toward his prisoner, the negro was A oKlIl Of BOflUty IS 8 JQ]f rOfCYEF
gone, carrying both hand-cuffs with
him.
He has been absent from that dayi
until recently when Sheriff Passmore!
I jy. T. FELIX COURAGE'S ORIENTAL
CREAM OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIES
located him at Olympia and notified
the Colquitt officials of the fact Sher
iff Campbell came down yesterdny
for the purpose of arresting him. p-a
The Sheriff was notified that White, fc|j|
was a bad negro and that bo had'
better not let him "get tho drop” on
To the Voters of Echols County: him.
At he solloltalon of many friends: When the two officers reached
hereby announce myself a candl- Olympia they started to the house
Hate for the legislature, subject to .occupied by White. One of tho offl-
the Democratic primary. |cers went to the front of .the house
T. O. CDLBRETH. and the other to tho
rear, Sheriff FEBD. T. KDPtllS, Ftip^ VSntHmm StmAImM
S’SzSi
Appropriate Summer Neces-
sities-at Cash Cut Sale Prices.
SHIRTS!- SHIRTS! SHIRTS!
Earl & Wilson $3.50 Shirts - - - $2.50
Eclipse $2.00 Shirts - - $1.6 '
“ 1.50 “ ------1 1 25
•* 1.00 “ ------ Sue
A large line of 65c Shirts to go at - 50c
UNDERWEAR.
breakfast were hominy, Quaker oats
and boiled eggs.
“When the family sat down to
breakfast a teaspoonful of the fresh
milk was placed In the coffee of Mrs.
Futch and Allle. John does not drink
milk in his coffee.
Something Wrong with Coffee.
iff does not expect to wait on that
Mule’s Back Waa Broken. | unless the respite comes at oneq. He
Messrs. Harry Mosely aDd Hoi-. ^ g0 on ma ke his prepara-
llngsworth had a fine mule killed a Lj ona f or t h e hanging, Just as though
day or so ago In a very peculiar man-l^ fesplte wag out 0 f the question
ner. They carried the mule to Car-
$i.5o Garments now ...... $1.25
1.00 “ “ doc
50c “ “ 40c
25c “ “ *oc
Screven lot 5o Drawers . . . 60c
roll & Belote’s place to trade It to
them for another animal. When they
Mrs. Futch drank three teaspoon-iarrived there, the mule was left near
tuls of coffee, testing It, and Allle inhere a tree was being cut down,
drank only one. Immediately Mrs. while the owners went on further to
Futch had swallowed the coffee she gee' the men they were looking for.
said, 'there Is something wrong wlth| in a short while, the tree fell to-
this coffee.’ Allle threw his away and wa rd the mule, crushing It to the
wanted some/suore made, which was, ground and killing It Instantly • ■
not done. Mrs. Futch pushed hersi ne ck and back] were broken. The
aside and did not drink any more. i m ule Is said to have been a very val-
They ate the hominy and Quaker ■ ua ble animal, costing about 1300 or
oats, using sugar on the oats. Mrs. ,9400.
Allle, =
Futch did not drink any milk
drank a glass ol the milk he had pre-;ii e came near dying."
pared himself. J<Jhn Futch took a j when asked If he knew the nature
teaspoonful of the coffee without any 0 f the poison used Dr. Taylor replied
milk In It. John Futch did not eat that as yet. he had been unable to
any of the Quaker oats. After break-j determine.
fast the hominy left was given to the | This poisoning case promises to bo
puppy and It did not make him sick. eT cn more interesting In the future,
Both Alarmingly Sick and will be keenly watched.
"Within ten minutes after break-. ——
fast, Mr*. Futch and Allie were alarm-1 STRAYED—Medium sited sorre.l
The attending symp-1 mare, right eye out and has mane
Ingly sick. - - • -
toms were Intense nausea, Intense and fore top clipped off about half
Suitable reward for her re-
prostration, and Intense nervousness., way
“For eight or ten hours Mrs. Futch turn to M. A. Whltte, 607 York St.
and Allie were dangerously sick. Al-1 Valdosta. Ca., d-w-lt
Planning for the Barbecue.
The Hoke Smith club hat not made
definite arrangements aboutpro
posed big barbecue and political ral
ly, but the committeemen arc Mill at
work on the matter. President'Strick
land says that It will be definitely
determined tomorrow as to whether
or not it will be given, together with
all of the details. * /.
Messrs. J. W. Hagan and Thomas]
Adams are enthusiastic advocates of
big barbecue and rally and they
have already had the yromlee of
plenty of meat for that purpose.
They are warm supporters "of Mr.
Smith.
3|r. Adams said this afternoon
that the 16th of August-would be
the day agreed upon fo’vthe ’cue.
It Is understood that the Clark
Howell club Is also contemplating a
barbecue and rally.
/
SHOES! SHOES! SH>ES!
Boydens’ $6.00 Oxfords
. $5 00
Stetson’s 5.00 • “ .
. 4 00
Walk-over $4.o0 Oxfcrds
. 3. >5
Walk-over 3.50 Oxfords
- 3 CO
$5.00 Tan Oxfords
•* 75
$3.50 Tan Oxfords :
2-75
Let us put that bicycle In first
class condition. Good work at rea
sonable rates. A. A. Parrish.
C. B. Peeplessells Jap-a-Lac.
1=3 Off AH Mens’, Boys’ & Children’s Full Suits.
PANAMA HATS ONE-THIRD OFF.
ALL OTHER STRAW HATS ONE-HALF OFF.
One Price and Plain Figures Briggs. J