Georgia Historic Newspapers

    i THE MORNING NEWS. I
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] J. H. EBTILL, President. j
A BROKERTURNS FORGER
STOCK CERTIFICATES RAISED TO
TEN TIMES THEIR VALUE.
Seventy Manipulations of the Kind
Net Him s3so,ooo—The Discovery
Made by a Stock Clerk Employed
by His Firm-The Finn Will Lose
$270,000.
New York, Nov. 16.—Albert H. Smith,
junior partner in the brokerage firm of
Mills, Robeson & Smith, at No. 96 Broad
way, is a prisoner at police headquarters,
charged with over 70 forgeries, aggre
gating $350,000. Smith has acknowledged
his guilt to Inspector Byrnes and has turned
over all his property to W. A. Watson for
the benefit of his creditors.
THE DISCOVERY.
The discovery of the forgeries, which
cover a period of six years, was accidental
ly made Saturday morning by a stock
clerk in the employ of Mills, Robeson
& Smith. In his confession Smith says he
used the money obtained by his forgeries in
reimbursing customers of t' e firm who had
lost money on his suggestions. Before his
arrest he made a clean breast of his doings
to his associates in the firm. Although the
case is not yet complete. Inspector Byrnes,
aware of the excited conditionof the money
market, and fearing that the matter might
be used by Wall street sharps, determined
to make public the real facts of the case.
smith’s methods.
Smith’s method was something akin to
that of Bedell, clerk of the firm of Ship
man, Choate A Baroque, who was sent to
prison for a long terra recently. The loss
resulting from Smith’s misdoings will fall
upon the firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith,
which has been in existence since 1872, and
which has been held in the highest repute.
CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL.
About six years ago Smith became em
barrassed, and, to save himself, adopted the
scheme which lias led to his downfall. His
plan was quits simple. He would buy
seven, eight or nine shares of first-class
stock, and, by adding a cipher and the letters
“tv,” raise the order to seventy, eighty or
ninety shares. These he would deposit with
the firm as private account and thus made
bis partners responsible. The shares were
in course of t ime hypothecated with the
Union Trust Company, United States Trust
company, Central Trust Company, Chemi
cal Hank. Phoenix Bank, Mechanics Bank,
Fourth National Bank, Nassau Bark of
Brooklyn and Russell Bage until the amounts
secured reached between $30,000 and $30,-
000 in each case.
AT THE END OF HIS ROPE.
Smith’s forgeries might have continued
indefinitely if the stock clerk, W. A. Wat
son, had not discovered that the figures in
a certificate turned in by Smith Saturday
had been raised. An investigation fol
lowed and showed that Smith bad pur
chased but seven shares instead of seventy,
as appeared on the face of the certificate.
This led to an overhauling of the books of
the firm, and then all came to light. At a
subsequent conference with his associates
Smith made a full confession, and then
went to his home in Brooklyn, where he
was arrested.
CIICRCKMAN AND CLUBMAN.
Smith is a prominent churchman and a
member of several clubs. Knowing that
exposure was inevitable, he sent his resigna
tijn to all the clubs previous to his arrest.
The stocks which Smith bought were St.
Paul preferred, Omaha preferred, Michigan
Central, Lake Shore, Illinois Central, Cin
cinnati and St. Louis preferred, and St.
L uis and San Francisco. Some of tbe-e
■"ore also deposited as collateral
with the Washington Trust Company
an d American Loan and Trust Company.
Smith’s crime is f rgery in the first degree,
and, as he has confessed his guilt, he can
not escape a long term of imprisonment.
He is 45 years old. and a childless widow
er. All of Smith’s forgeries are not a total
loss to the firm, as about one-fourth can be
recovered. The net loss will be $370,000.
Smith was arraigned at the Jefferson
*“ 'fket police court this morning, and was
remanded.
bank SHOT, CASHIER GON*3.
I Be Left to Raise Money, but Some
Think He look It With Him.
I Mount Carmel, 111.. Nov. 16.— The
I backing firm of Cowling, Cowenlock &
I 1 f kas closed. Mr. Cowling, the president
I of the bank, died Nov. 5. The depositors
I f tx ' ,fccte<l tbe hank to remain closed for a
■ ew days, but after waiting a week they
I and wanted their money.
I 1 L’ashier David Cowenlock,
I i2f! y 0f Mount Vernon, 111., left to raise
■ 4 . 1 ? !°, mcet the rush on opening day.
■ nrt a i not fotum, telegrams were sent
IHo 'I t directions for him, but no clew to
H y , hereabouts have been discovered.
■ an,l m a 'V u ,rmn C u receiver was appointed
1p,,.. “8 safe oponed. It contained less than
■ ' ’ * :e supposition is that the cashier
■ ace„rc ay Wlth S ls - 000 or ?30.000. No
Haminno 0 esr , l,l ’ uto can made, as the ex-
H ‘ • -‘on 1 the books lias not been finished.
H QAMBLBRa SHOW FIGHT.
V bite Man and Two Negroaa
HB _ Wounded in a Fusillade.
■ -'Ey Orleans, Nov. 16.—The Timex -
ieksburg, Miss., special says:
riot occurred last night at Glass
Nation, on the Valloy railroad,
j,JI ten miles south of this city, in which
uauied Smith Summers was fatally
Bvi o ? no i ller negro received a painful
K r,"— ’u the foot, and Deputy Sherilf G.
p' Tk i" as seri °U3ly wounded in the
SHii, L „ir , sturt,!iuco gi'cw out of Sim
t' ’ rts t 0 UP a game of craps, in
Hr,;,.!; f' u ' IT more negroes were engaged.
Tty shots were fired by the mob.”
TWO MEN SHOT DEAD.
-Arm nr Against Whom They Had
an Account Their Slayer.
■ ••’snviu. K , Tenn., Nov. 13.—A special
■t'Ct from Huntingdon, Tonn.,
■ „ a terrible double murder which oc
■ a r that town yesterday, and in
orls table High Ross and his
, * io9s . were both shot
.Ly a farmer named
■i a ,. r ,'. Q f ain st whom they bad
a idis i i, l °, r tuwyor’s fees incurred by
with . ‘‘‘‘Ending himself from an as
. llt, ®mpt be commit murder some
■'“Wat Hunungdfr 0 ” P ‘ “ nd
I A tailor burned to death.
rn - -. Legs to the Kuees, and Head
jB.. Missing.
■^iURL° TT Ehvl . liEi Va > Nov _ ia _ A
p a " d grocery store burned at
( y.j nl ‘rginia this morning. Ed
i „, a tt ’ ttje tul!or and an agent of
er of Philadelphia, was burned to
H'p l ez3 l t„ -’rJ ' vas recovered, but the
Xu . k:leos - and head are mias
■ - uro was accidental ip origin.
@l)e iHofnina Jfcto£.
SINKING OF TH3 SERPENT.
The Light of the Village Lighthouse
Not Seen by the Cruiser.
Corunna, Nov. 16.—Evidence of the
survivors of the wrecked cruiser Serpent
goes to show that the lights of the village
lightrouse had not been seen by the lookout
on the Serpent, although the light is usually
visible for fourteen miles. It is believed
that the Serpent’s compass was affected by
the iron in tho reef, and that astronomical
observations were impossible, owing to the
bod state of the weather. A Spanish gun
boat which yesterday passed the scene of
the di-aster found no trace of the Serpent.
A body washed ashore to-day is supposed
to be that of the commander of the Ser
pent.
STORY OF A SURVIVOR
Corunna, Nov. 16. —The British gunboat
Lapwing brought the Serpent's survivors to
Corunna to-day. An' Associated Press re
porter boarded the Lapwing ou her arrival,
and had an interview with one of the sur
vivors mined Burton, who said that the
Serpent struck a covered rock about 10:30
o’clock Monday night. TBe weather at the
time was dirty, but not foggy. Ali
hands were below, except the officers
and six watchmen. Immediately after
the shock all who were below ru-hod to the
deck. The orew obeyed the orders of the
officers and there was no panic. A large
bhat was soon lowered, but was smashed to
pieces and the occupants perished. It then
became evident that it would bo useless to
lower the others. An attempt to throw a
cable ashore al3o failed.
MEN SWEPT INTO THE SEA.
Meanwhile men were being washed over
board. Burton saw one wave wash twelvo
men into the sea. About an hour atter the
Serpent struck the captain gave the men
leave to save themselves as they thought
best. Burton jumped overboard, having a
life belt around his waist, as had all the men
on watch. Nobody followed him. After
swimming two or three hours, battling with
immense waves all the time, he reached
calm water and landed in an exhausted con
dition, although his only injury was a
slight abrasion of the leg. After resting
awhile he met another survivor, and to
gether they walked to a coast village two
miles from the scene of the wreck, whence
some of the villagers conveyed them to
Camarinas. Burton feels quite well now.
While at Camarinas he identified many
corpses that had been washed ashore.
ANOTHER SURVIVOR’S EXPERIENCE.
Luzon, another of the survivors, was too
ill to be on deck and was found below. He
sat up in bed and chatted gaylv with the
correspondent. He confirmed Burton’s
story. Luzon was washed overboard half
an hour after the shock of the ship striking
the rock. He was without a life-preserver
belt. He tried with all his strength to
avoid the spot where the heavy sea was
beating on some rocks. After being in the
water an hour and a half ire
reached calm water. After he
had landed on the sand he discovered
that a piece of flesh had been torn out of
his leg. He did not know how he sustained
the injury, as he had not felt any pain be
fore landing. When ho walked, every
stop seemed more painful than the one be
fore it. Luzon remained conscious, how
ever, and is now improving.
OUT OF HER COURSE,
Both Burton and Luzon say they believe
that the Serpent deviated from her course,
owing to the weather. They state that the
moment Cape Villano light was sighted the
Serpent struck. The light was very faint.
Burton says he thinks that the Serpent
sank soon after he left.
When the Lapwing left the vicinity of
the disaster forty-eight bodies of viotims
had been buried, many without beihg
recognized. A majority of the victims ware
not drowned but were killed by being
dashed against the rooks.
Could, the third survivor, is very ill, suf
fering from high fever and could not be
interviewed.
LOG OF THE REAR GUARD.
Bonny Vouches That it Is Published
as Given to Stanley.
London, Nov. 17, 4 a. m. —Bonny vouches
that the log of the rear guard of the march
from Yambuya, as published by the Times,
is exactly as when handed to Mr. Stanley,
with no alteration whatever.
Mr. Stanley's Zanzibari servant, Seleh
Ben Osman, has handed a signed statement
to the Times' New York correspondent re
garding the cannibal incident, which
fully corroborates what interpreter
Assad Ferran has said about
that affair. He also corroborates
about all that has been said by Bonny and
Assad about the brutalities practiced by
Jameson and Barttelot, and adds some new
details ofniinilar general obarnetor to thoss
heretofore published.
A BAG OF BOODLE LOST.
The Boy Who Found It and Hie Boss
Handsomely Rewarded.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Yesterday afternoon
as Messenger Austin of the Prairie State
National Bank returned from the postofilce
he discoved that a sachel containing several
thousand dollars in currency and clearing
house checks for $87,000 had mysteriously
disappeared from his buggy. The sachel was
lost between the postofilce and bank. Mes
senger Austin became frantic, and rushing
into the bank told the officials of his loss.
The police were immediately notified, and
soon a dozen officers were out searching for
the missing sachel. The messenger and an
ofilcial of the bank jumped into the buggy
and traversed the route that had been faken
from the postofilce, bat without finding the
missing sachel.
FOUND BY A BOY.
A little boy, who runs errands for a
tailor, found the sachel two minutes after
It had fallen out of the buggy. He shouted
to the driver to stop, but his cries were not
heard. The boy carried the sachel to his
employer’s shop, where it was opened.
When he saw the rolls of greenback he
nearly fainted. From papers in the valise
the tailor discovered its ownership.
TOOK IT TO THE BANK.
Ho put put on his coat and hat and has
tened to the bank. When he walked into
the bank with the sachel in his hand the
clerks rushed at him as though he was a
a long lost brother. There was rejoicing all
round, and the the tailor was rewarded
handsomely for his honesty. The lad who
found the sachel was not forgotten by the
bank people.
A SUSPICION OF P.OBBKRY.
The above is practically the story as told
by George Vanzandt, vice president of the
bank. At another source, however, it was
said that instead of the money being lost
from the' buggy it was stolen. The vice
president stated emphatically that it was
not a theft. His refusal to give the names
of the boy who found the sachel and bis
employer lends credibility to the report
that it was a robbery.
A Disastrous freight Wreck.
Chicago, Nov. IC.—By the wrecking of
a stuck train on the Chicago and Erio road
to-night an engineer was killed, a fireman
and one brakeman lalally hurt and twenty
two cars filled with live stock wrecked.
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SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1890.
GORDON ON ONF. BALLOT.
THE GOVERNOR SURE OF A MA
JORITY IN BOTH HOUSES.
Calhoun’s Supporters Basing Their
Hopes On the Slimest Possible Chance.
The Constitution Tells Why It Op
poses the Governor The Country-
Rallying to Gordon.
Atlanta, Nov. 16. —The country is ba
ginning to be heard from at the capital
through visitors who are rapidly congre
gating here to share in the anticipated ex
citement of Tuesday’s election. Reports
from such quarters as have been heard
from represent the rural districts as being
In a great flutter over the nomination of the
Terminal’s candidate. Said a member to
night: “I hear of nothing but loud in
dignation from the country, and it can be
depended on chat tho people are not ‘going
to put up with the election of a railroad
monopolist to the Senate.” The Gordon
men to-night are confident to a degree that
impresses a looker on as dangerous. They
regard the fight as so thoroughly whipped
that it is sure to remain whipped. Over
confidence among his supporters is Gen.
Gordon’s only danger.
GORDON’S MEN CLAIM 83 VOTES.
They figure eighty-nine votes in the
House on a bed-rock calculation, and in
their cooler moments much larger figures
are quoted. This is the smallest estimate,
and seems as reliable as campaign lists ever
get to bo. Adding tho Senate’s undoubted
twenty-seven, the total, it will be seen, is
no larger than that reported days ago, and
yet more than a dozen members have since
declared openly ajainst Mr. Calhoun. The
explanation is two-fold. Until after the
caucus Jnomination no reliable figures could
be obtained, and, undoubtedly, a great deal
of reckless arithmetic was quoted. In tho
second place, some members who will not
vote for Air. Calhoun are instructed against
Gov. Gordon, and so their names are omit
ted in the present totals.
WILL WIN ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
It is now confidently claimed that Gov.
Gordon will be elected on the first ballot.
The Calhoun men base their hope on the
failure of this prediction, and the unsteadi
ness they anticipate a claim to in the Gor
don ranks os a result. But no reason as yet
appears for regarding their forces bet
ter organized than Gov. Gordon’s, unless it
be that the latter take too enthusiastic a
view of their prospects.
CALHOUN’S BOMBSHELL.
The bombshell threatened by Mr. Cal
houn’s supporters turned out to be only a
little explosion from tho Constitution's ed
itorial popgun, and lias had no effect what
ever upon the senatorial situation. The
paper merely makes a desperate attempt to
explain to the people, who are clamoring for
Gov. Gordon’s election, why it insists on
knifing him. That is all, and there has
nover Been any particular mystery about
the matter. The Constitution opposes Gov.
Gordon because the latter opposed the sen
atorial aspirations o£ the late Henry VV.
Grady.
SCARED BY THE SIOUX.
Settlers Along the Border of the Res
ervation In Peril.
Minneapolis, Nov. 16.—A special to the
Tribune from Mandau says: “Settlers
living on the birder of the Sioux reserva
tion bring stories of the arming of the
Indians, which are borne out
by Joseph Buckley, who speaks
their language. Buckley came in to-day,
and says that overy Indian on! the reserva
tion will shortly go on the warpath, and
that they have got possession of Custer’s
rifles, which the United States armv have
never found. Local hardware men have in
the last few days sold their entire stock of
ammunition to the Indians. The Indians
say that if they are unsuccessful in th 6 raid
tbay will get double rations, and they have
nothing to lose.
TITK CITIZENS ALARMED.
“The citizens here and settlers, who are
unprotected, believe that Gen. Huger and
the Indian authorities are harboring a feel
ing of false security, and that when too
late the number of troops at Fort Lincoln
will bo increase 1. The mayor of Mandan
has called a meeting, and the war depart
ment will be asked to furnish the citizens
with guns, if not with soldiers. Many
settlers between Mandan and the reserva
tion are abandoning their farms and
ranches because of the lack of protection
afforded them by the government. The
most conservative feel gloomy at the out
look. ’’
KILLED BY A DOG’S BITE.
Clarke Hillman of Athene Dies From
Hydrophobia.
Athens, Ga.,Nov. 16. —Clarke Hillman,
the little white boy who was reported last
night dangerously ill with a supposed case
of hydrophobia, died this morning at 7
o’clock, and his physicians, Drs. Gerdine,
Steedly, Goss and Dozier are confident that
it was a genuine case of the terrible disease.
Young Hillman was bitten by a dog
about five weeks ago. The
canine, a black an 1 white, jumped at
the little fellow and fastened his teeth in
the child’s lip. He then loosed his hold and
ran up the street. The boy went to a
physician and had the wound sowed up,
and to all appearances it had entirely
healed.
outbreak of the malady.
Thursday night ho oomplained of a vio
lent headache, and Friday and Saturday
nights he grew excessively nervous. His
muscles constantly t witched, he complained
of a burning thirst and yearnod fer liquid
to moisten it. When ho attempted to
swallow water it threw nim
into violent paroxvms. At 7 o'clock
last night he was restless and would
not receive his nourishment. At midnight
it was o! served that he wos growing
steadily worse. He had dashed out of the
door twice and commenced raving. The
swollen condition of his throat caused the
discharge of a foamv substance. He went
into convulsions at the sound of water, and
suffered considerably during the night,until
death came this morning.
two others bitten.
The same dog that bit young Hillman at
tacked It. N. Snead and Clarence Rowland,
and inflicted slight wouuds on the hands of
both gentlemen. Fearing that some serious
result might arise, they have gone to Now
York to undergo the Pasteur treatment.
The subject of hydrophobia and tho death
of young Hillman has been the all-absorbing
topic of conversation here to-day.
Charleston’s Missing Consul Found.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.—The body
of Win. Bornemann, vice consul of the
Netherlands, who mysteriously disappeared
last Friday, was fouud in the river near the
city to-day.
A Fire at Garfield.
Garfield, Ga., Nov. 16. —The gin-house
of Kthueda & Johnson was burned Friday
at 2 o’clock. Three gir. engines and about
sixteen boles of mostly sea island,
were destroyed. The total loss was about
$30,000. The gin-fiousj was not insured.
RESCUE OF THE BARINGS.
The Whole Banking World Rallying
to tne Firm's Aid.
London, Nov. 17, 3 a. m. -The Scotch
banks will hold a meeting to-day for the
purpose ot adding to the Barmgs’ guarantee
fund. The whole banking world has
shown alacrity in subscribing, and when
all the provincial and other subscriptions
have arrived the total will be such a sum as
will make the whole incident a brilliant
triumph for the organizers of the fund.
The firm’s books have been before tho Bank
of England managers for a week.
Besides £3,000,000 surplus the estates of
the partners represent immense poteutiai
resources, but although the firm could have
met its liabilities for at least another month,
it was decided to disclose its position
in order to avert the risk of q general
breakdown of credit, plunging tho whole
country into trouble. Another large firm
called a meeting of its chief connections on
Saturday, and submitted a statement which
effectually removed any grounds for sus
picion that might have been entertained.
There are minors of a radical change in
the personnel of the firm of Baring Bros.
ENGLAND AFTER GOLD.
Berun, Nov. 16.—A Berlin St. Peters
burg dispatch to the Itoerxrn Zeituny says
that the Bank of England is negotiating
with the Imperial bank for £1,500.000 in
gold. *
RUSSIA PRECIPITATED THE SCARE.
London, Nov. 17, 5 a. m.— Baring Bros.’
embarrassment was due to the action of
the Russian government,which, alarmed by
tho financial trouble in the Argentine Re
public during the summer, suddenly with
drew from the Barings £2,500,-
000, just as it withdrew £1,000,-
000 from the Comptoir d’Escompte
in the spring of 1889. its notion at that
time resulting in the suicide of the manager
of that institution, and the collapso of the
copper ring.
Except a rise in the bank rate to five, no
trouble occurred, and £2,500,000 was
quietly transferred to Berlin. After this,
things apparently regained their former
smoothness.
KEPT A BECHET.
The governor of the Bank of England
acted with exceeding discretion, keeping
everything ns secret as possible in ordor to
avoid a panic. The Barings offered to sac
rifice everything, but tho unavoidable delay
in realizing would have been almost oquiv
alect to an actual collapse, and for this
reason it was decided to raise a guarantee
fund.
It is rumored that Russia’s agent in Paris
withdrew recently £2,500,000 on a rumor
that the Barings had stopped payment.
The assets of the Barings include £7,000,-
000 of the finest paper in tho world. It is
believed that three years will be ample
time to bring the firm’s affairs to a sub
stantial position.
All the morning papers, while regretting
that the great name has been brought so
low, applaud the courage with which tho
difficulty was met, and acknowledge that
the Bank of England has earned the thanks
of the whole community for the skill and
promptitude with which it arranged so
difficult an affair.
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A SPEECH BY THE K&I8BR.
He Refers to the Heavy Work Before
the Diet.
Berlin, Nov. 16.— The emperor gave a
reception to the president and vice presi
dent of the Prussian diet yesterday. In his
speech the emperor referred to the heavy
work before the diet, and said he hoped that
an early understanding regarding the bills
would be reached. Ho was confident that
the members w ould devote their energies to
that end.
EUROPE’S PEACE.
Ho gave further assurance that the out
look warranted a decided belief that the
peace would be maintained. His recent
visits to foreign sovereigns were solely de
signed to strengthen pacific tendencies. In
concluding, he referred to the growth of the
German navy as very gratifying. They
could now buihl vessels in Germany, ho
said, and need not go to foreign building
yards. The president and vice-presidents
were afterward received by the empress.
KOCH’B PAKATOLOID.
The Professor Suggests a Name for
His Consumption Remedy.
Bf.rlin, Nov. 16.—A large number of
foreign doctors went this morning to Dr.
Levy’s private laboratory in Prentzlaner
Strasso, where Dr. Levy exhibited a num
ber of patients cured of tuberculosis. Tiie
Boersen Courier states that there are 1,500
foreign doctors already here. The supply
of Prof. Koch’s lynqih has been temporarily
exhausted. Prof. Koch has suggested that
tho remedy bo called “Paratoloid 11 in pre
scriptions to be banded to chemists.
It Is stated that a bill will he presented to
the Reichstag, granting 1,000,000 marks to
Prof. Koch.
BRAZIL’S CONGRESS.
The Powers of Government Trans
ferred to the Chambers.
RionK Janeiro, Nov. 16.—Congress met
to-day. The president’s message, after re
viewing the work of the provisional govern
ment, formally transferred tho powers of
government to the chambers. A commit
tee was appointed to prepare an address of
congratulation the president, Doodoro da
Fonseca.
The first anniversary of the proclamation
of the republic was celebrated yesterday
with fetes and a review of troops.
A Tariff Combine Denied.
Rome, Nov. 16.—The Beforma gives
formal denial to the statement that Prime
Minister Crispi and Chancellor von Caprivi,
at their recent interview, arranged Cor the
formation of an international league in op
position to the new United States tariff.
To Dance at a Royal Wedding.
Berlin, Nov. 16.—The Duke of Clar
ence arrived hero to-day to attend the wed
ding of Princess Victoria. He was met at
the station by Prince Leopold, on behalf of
the emperor.
Bagastafe Return Home.
Madrid, Nov. 16.— Ex-Premier Sagasta
returned to the city to-day. Sixty thousand
liberals escorted him to his home, choeriDg
and shouting “Long iiye liberty.”
Germany’s Budget.
Berlin, Nov. 16.—The imperial budget,
submitted to the bundesrath. make* the
revenue and expenditures balance at 1,134,-
491,942 marks.
Germany’s Minister of Agriculture.
Berlin, Nov. 16.— Under Secretary Pla
card will have charge of the ministry of
agriculture until a successor to Dr. Lucius
is appointed.
German Miners Strike.
Berlin, Nov. 16.—The organ of the
miners in the Becbum district announces a
general strike.
A LOT OF SHREWD MEN.
U. S. MARSHALS AND THEIR DEPU
TIES TALKED ABOUT.
How They Find the Stills—The Use of
the Way Bills—The Moonshiners’ Dis
like for Them—How Riots Have Been
Avoided - The Manner in Which Il
licit Distillers In North Georgia Used
to Tre>at Deputies—Congressman
Grimes’ Speech—Popularity of the
Late Marshal Lainar.
Millkdgevillb, Ua., Nov. 10.—' Tho
greatest spies in Georgia are the United
States deputy marshals, the fellows who
help United States Marshals Corbett and
Buck. The former, in the southern district,
has sixteen deputies, and tho other, In the
northornjdistriet, has upward of .fifty depu
tes. The northern district being mors infested
with the moonshiners and the illicit distillers
than the southern is the reason why mere
men are given Mr. Buck. All up in Dade,
on the lines of Alabama and Tennessee,
the deputies are kept busy
hauling in the moonshiners. In
Towns and Rabun it i9 equally as bad.
Men do not regard illicit distilling as any
great fracture of the law. They have so
many good hiding places in the mountains,
too, that it is sort of a temptation to im
provise a still. Nearly every still is located
away down in somo mountain gorge, where
foxes and pauthera live, and a mau might
hunt all day right around it and nover find
it. Thousands of gallons of the intoxicant
me made every year, and hundreds of
moonshiners are hauled up before Judge
Hpoer for making it.
In tho southern district tho worst coun
ties for manufacturing liquor unlawfully
are Jones, Jasper, Upson and Pike. The
dry counties, as a rule, make some whisky,
but they are watched more closely than the
others.
The manner in which the deputies get oti
the scout of the stills is u puzzle to the
moonshiners —and everyoody else, for that
matter. They are nover seon prowl
ing around tnrough tho country. When
they make their rounds they generally take
back to Macon or Atlanta an illicit dis
tiller. Their visits into the rural districts
mean something.
I rode on the train yesterday with a de[>-
uty who was returning to Macon alter
working a county. Ho was a a oil dressed
fellow, and rode right along with all of us
in the first-class car. Nobody would ever
have suspected him of being a spy. He
pretended to be reading, but nobody
dreamed of tbo web he was weaving. He
hud in his pocket twenty odd waybills to
stills. They wore mapped out by blue, red
and black lines, indicating mails, gullies,
woods, houses, swamps, etc.; in short, a
regular diagram of everything in the
neighborhood of the still. He could
have made his way to it in
the night. This is the kind of a guide they
have. They do not require somebody to
point the way out to them, by going along
in the buggy. They kuow before they leave
Macon or Atlanta how many creeks they
are going to cross in capturing such and
such a still, iu such and such a part of the
county.
Very shrewd—very clever men, to work
a ease up so well!
But how do they do it? People have
wondered how they managed it. X asked
tho deputy how he found these stills, hid iu
tho swamps and the inaccessible parts of
the mountains.
“We don’t find them,” he replied. “Other
peoplo find them for us. Neighbors in the
country do it for us. ”
QUARRELS AMONG NEIGHBORS THE CUE.
Tho deputy said that the revenue business
would afford a vory scanty living for a
man if there were no quarrels among neigh
bors. “That’s where wo look for our hauls,”
he said. “Let a man be arrosted for illicit
distilling, and ho is sure, almost, to inform
on his neighbor if he distills. He tells on bis
friend because he thinks his friend told on
him.” The spy said that they would not find
one still in a year, if they had to.soout about
in tho various counties to locato thom. Be
sides, it would be at the peril of their lives
to inaugurate such a schedule. When they
make u descent upon tho mooDshiners the
work has to ho done quickly. The moon
shiners must bo taken unawares. They are
generally reckless, daring fellows who
would rather kill than surrender,; he said.
“All they want is the drop on a deputy.
They will use him up in short order, and no
body will over kuow it.”
The deputy slid that various means aro
adopted in finding out what is going on in
the different counties in the districts.
The marshal is not surprised at any time to
receive n letter from somebody out in the
country, informing him of the location of a
still. Immediately on receipt of that letter
a deputy goes out, and from thejiuforniaut
he gets the way bill. Women, the spy said,
are good detectives themselves. Tho other
day, he said, an anonymous letter was re
ceived froma lady iu Taylor county, stating
that an old colored man was selling whisky
without lioensa. The old fellow’s
name was furnished and the exact location
of his house given. The lady gave the
name of two citizens of tho county as wit
nesses. The case was worked up, and it was
found that the old iili-ck man had been sell
ing liquor ever since tho county went dry—
four or five years ago. When a person Is
arrested for illicit distilling the deputies
pump him, because many times they are
able to obtain information enough
to warrant two or three arrests
before they leave that section. If the ar
rested man does not give any information
at once, tho deputies allow him to rest, hut
they test him again when he is upon trial.
Then, most likely, if he knows that his
neighbors are running a still, he will Inform
on them.
The deputy said that illicit distillers
hardly ever kept bock anything after being
convicted. They become the be>t kind of
frionds to the deputy, and tell everything
they know.
The office ofJJUnited States marshal is
without a fill'd salary, and so, with bis
deputies, compensation is based upon a per
centage of fees. Tho deputies get 69 per
cent., and the marshal 49 per cent., of the
fees.
The spy that makes the greater number
of arrests makes the most money. He Is
ordinarily the man that stands highest in
the (stimation of the marshal.
Marshal Corbett’s fees annually run bis
compensation up to something like $4,500,
while Murshal Buck makes a good deal
more. The deputies make anywhere from
S4O to $75 a month. Their expenses while
out at work are paid by the government.
HARD, BUT IT HAS A FASCINATION.
The work fs very hard, an old deputy
said: it carries with it a great deal of risk
of life. Nevertheless, it has its lascinations.
aud oocs a man is engagod in the service he
holds on to it. There are men in the service
who have held their places through several
successive administrations. The majority
of the men under Deputy Corbett are dem
ocrats, and a good many under Buck vote
the democratic ticket. Marshal Corbett
was, during the Cleveland administration,
chief deputy to Marshal Lamar. As soon
as the administration changed the deputy
was made marshal.
Some of these deputies are very smart in
their work. The imr.-, of course, all sorts
of ruses when they*are out capturing moon
shiners. They are never known on the
trains except to the conductors and the
newsboys. With those it is a secret. You
might as well try to make a mule talk as
make a neasboy give away a secret, and
tho conductors’ mouths are sealed to “all
such.” The other night in Macon, eleven
deputies wont down to make an arrest in
the Hal! conspiracy case, aud nobody
knew of it until the work was done. Nows
paj>or men llooked about tho train, on the
lookout for something of the kind, but the
sly deputies were snugly tucked in lied, in a
dark sleeping car.
They give fictitious names to tho porter
at times, and nobody is able to tell by the
porter’s card that any of the passengers are
deputy United States marshals.
Tho men in the southern district are
stationed about in different parts of the
district. Some are in Savannah, some are
at Valdosta, Wayoross, Thomasville,
Amerions and the rest at Macou. On every
warrant issued the deputy who has it issued
gets his fee. The man, therefore, who
gets , tho most warrants out makes
the most money. The warrants have
to be pos ed upon by the United States
district attorney, and it is said that he is
very cautious, mid does not pt-rmit an in
discriminate issuing of warrants. Marshall
Corbett’s chief deputy now is tbo Swedish
count, who lived for a time in Savannah.
Oscar Arfwedson has been in the marshall’s
office for a good many years, and, it is said,
thoroughly understands tho work of chief
ileputy.
Tho iifu of both marshal and h<s depu
ties is anything but pleasant. There was a
time in Georgia when the deputies had to
be mighty bravo meu, and nervy and
shrewd if they onptured any of the North
Georgia moonshiners. On the border line
of Tennessee lived a desperate sot of men,
who made whisky opeuly and above board.
Along tho Chattahoochee river, on tho line
of Georgia und Alabama, In the northwest
ern part of the state, tho same reckless,
lawless set were encamped, and they found
time to tote weapons on all occasions to
“weed out” the revenue men.
HOW A RIOT WAH AVOIDED.
In a lower county, some mouths ago.
Marshal Corbett and a deputy arrested a
farmer for illicit distilling, and tho country
men wore in the act of rescuing tho citizen
at the peril of their lives when a freight
train came along anil picked the marshal
and hfs men up uud carried them into
Macon. The deputies, and the marshal
himself, for that matter, have to bo always
guarded when they are moving
about in the country. They are all olever
men, but their occupation is not one that, is
looked upon with much favor. Tho moon
shiners wore probably more favorably in
clined to the late Lucius Lunar than to any
other marshal, liecause ho was Identified
with tho countrymen, but their dislike for
the internal revenue law has never abated
materially, and they will always bo "agin
it.” Deputies recognize this, and that is
why marshals are so particular In chooetng
their assistants. And this accounts for
their shrewdness and skill. Z. D. It.
BLOODY WORK IN PLORIDA.
Six Men Khot In a Fusillade Broughton
by Mistake.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. !6.—A very
serious shooting affray occurred yesterday
at Reddeck, a small town on the Florida
Southern railway fifteen miles north of
Ocala. George Sanders, a white man,
crazed with whiskey, went into
K I’. Hazard’s store, awl after
nourishing a revolver around vory carelessly
and defiantly, fired a shot at Edward Roux,
one of the ciorks employed there. The shot
did not tnko effect. T. R Williams and
John Friday, who were standing near,
thereupon rushed at Handers, and, after a
desperate struggle of five minutes, succeeded
in disarming him.
A RATTLE-HEADED NEGRO’S WORK.
A negro who came in just as the scufflo
began and had no Idea of tho cause of It,
rushed across the street to Banders’ store
and told his brother Robert that two white
men were trying to 1011 George.
Robert seized his gun and rushed into
Thagard’s store, and began firing right and
left at random.
Two shots hit Williams, and he fell mor
tally wound.
Another shot struck a young negro, and
bo fell dead.
Still another shot hit John Friday, but
did not make a serious wound.
The last shot hit a negro woman who
came in the rear door, having had no iuli
mation of what was going on inside. She
is not badly hurt.
GEORGE SANDERS SHOT.
During the firing George Handers escaped
from his captors and rushed outof the front
door, when a charge of bird shot from an
unknown assailant was lodged in his scalp
and faco, making only slight flesh wounds.
A minute later Robert Sanders,
having exhausted liis ammunition,
turned to go out of the store,
but someone iu the rear (nobody knows
who), fired a charge of buckshot at him. It
was lodged iu his side, abdomen and loins,
and he fell to the ground in a dead faint.
By this time the whole population, about
250, was In the streets, aud tho wildest ex
citement prevailed.
A CALL FOR HELP.
Somebody got the telegraph operator at
the railroad station to wire to Ocala for
help, but George Handera heard of it and
threatened the life of the operator if he sent
any more messages. The yonng man left
his instrument and went homo. Conse
quently there was no news from Reddick
until after 2 o’clock this morning.
Just after dark Deputy Sheriff Sellers ar
rived from Ovala with a posse of twenty
men.
THE SANDERS BROTHERS ARRESTED.
He arrested George Sanders, and subse
quently lodged him in jail at Ocala. Robert
Sanders waa sent there In charge of a physi
cian, with a shoriffß guard. He will prob
ubly die within twenty-four hours.
I iQuiet was at last restored and tho sboriff
and his posse returned to Ocala early this
morning.
Williams, the first man shot by Robert
Banders, lingered till 1 o’clock to-day,
wben he died iu great agony. Ho was a
very prominent citizen of the county.
Of the two Handers brothers George is a
merchant and Robert a railroad contractor.
Both are highly respected citizens.
There was tho wildest excitement in
Ocaia from 5 o’clock yesterday till long
after midnight, and the report got cir
culated that a race difficulty was taking
place in Reddick, and the Ooala Rifles were
called out to proceed there if needed. All
is quiet to-day.
KNOCKED IN THE HEAD.
A Whito Watchman of Amertcue Fells
a Negro Doing Similar Duty.
Americuh, Ga., Nov. 16.—Kd Crawford,
the negro night watchman at tho Americus
foundry, wai knocked in the head about 3
this morning, while ou duty, and seriously
hurt. His assailant was not reoogni/. dat
the time. Willie Wiled, a young white
rnao, who is night watchman at flayes &
Lawc’s machine shop, nearby, was ar
rested to-dny on suspicion and locked up.
lie confesses bis guilt, but declined to give
the cause. He says, however, that be will
do so upon the investigation of the charge
against him.
1 DAILY, $lO AYE AR. |
■j 5 CENTS A COPY. f
WEEKLY, $1.36 A YEAR. ’
A NEW RUBE BURROWS.
THE GEORGIA ROAD TRAIN AGAIN
BOARDED BY A ROBBER.
The Express Messenger Claims t
Have Exchanged Shots With Him.
No Evidence Left Where He Is Re
ported to Have Jumped From the
Train—A Witness Diea.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 16.— Last Sunday
both night trains on the Georgia road be
tween Augusta and Atlanta worn robbed of
express matter. last night the train from
here for Atlanta met the same fate. Ex
press Messenger Corput of Atlanta, who ie
in the place of one of the messengers who
were robbed, was in bis cartinsuspectiag any
danger. Above Messina a man entered and
commanded him to open the safe. Thera
are two stories of the robbery. One is that
Corput refused to comply, at the same time
drawing his revolver, whereupon the ren
tier fired, the ball penetrating bis hat, but
not touching the messenger, who returned
the shot. Corput thinks be hit the robber,
os there are spots of blood on the car
floor.
A LACK OF EVIDENCE.
Detectives and express officials visited
tho scone, but, strange to say, can find no
evidence of where tho man jumped from
tho train if he left it at all. Corput
reached Atlanta this morning, and his story
cannot be positively known here. Another
account of the affair is that the robber
oovered the messenger with a pistol and
commanded him to open the safe and hand
out the money, which Corput proceeded to
do.
TnK EXCHANGE OF SHOTS.
Quickly drawing his pistol, while appar
ently obeying the robber, ho reached
around to hts loft side and fired through his
coat, hitting the man, who in turn fired,
sending a hall through tho messenger’s hat.
and lied. The condition of the ground along
where the robbery < ccurred is soft, and the
trainmen say that a man could
not have jumped without leaving
footprints and evidences of where he lauded,
but uouo are to bo found. Tho whole affair
is wrapped in mystery, as the robbers of
last week’s trains have not been arrested,
but It is reported that they have been slot
ted and wore traced to Augusta yesterday.
DEATH or A WITNNRH.
■luist night Reeves Turnell of Greensboro,
Go., who saw suspicious parties oa the
trains which were robbed last week, died of
congestion of the bowels at the Arlington
hotel. He had been siok but a couple of days,
and was in the city for the purpose of assist
ing the detectives to spot the robbers.
VALDOSTA NHWB.
Political Sentiment Undergoes a
Change- The Cotton Receipts.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 16—Valdosta and
vicinity have bad several good rains during
the last few days.
Since the Morning News brought the
nows that tho anti-Gordon element of the
legislature have decided upon Mr. Calhoun
as their champion, the political sentiment
has undergone a change. Home people who
were strong anti-Uordonites have changi il
over, and many more have bocome in
iliffo eat.
The o itfcon receipts of the town are small,
and, consequently, trade is dull. This is
attributable to two reasons. One is the
shortness of the crop in tills section, and the
ether is that some of tho farmers are hold
in g for better prices.
The farmers are now beginning to make
up their cane, and it is not uncommon to
see some flue sumplee of new syrup on the
streets for salo. The cane orop has been
exceptionally good, and syrup is bringing
a good price.
There is quite a number'of visiting young
ladies in our town, and society promises to
lie lively this winter. The season is being
opened with sugar-boiling parties.
The city council is considering a proposi
tion of a Chattanooga firm to |mt in a sys
tem of water works, and in case tho propo
sition is rejected,the council will at onoe try
an experiment for an artesian well.
MONTICBLLO MENTION.
The Session of Court—Notes of Per
sonal Interest.
Monticello, Fla., Nov. 16.—Court has
been In session for more than a week. Sev
eral important burglary cases have been
disposed of during the present session. A
man named Geo. Whitehurst, a night
watchman, eas captured in the store of J.
C. Turner & Cos. He pleud guilty, and in
loss than thirty-six hours after his arrest
was sentenoed to the penitentiary for twen
ty vears.
Whitehurst has been night watchman for
four or five years, and a number of the
merchants have been missing small amounts
and various articles of merchandise sinoe
then. Keys were found on bis person which
unlocked several stores. He has a wife and
tbreo children. He bad never before been
suspected.
Miss Lizzie Pasco, who has been on quite
an extended visit to Washington and
friends in Raleigh, N. C., returned last
week.
Miss Daisy Fildei was married last Tues
day to Mr. Brannon of St. Augustine.
Miss Bessie Turnbull, who has been to
Jacksonville on a visit, has returned.
The Monticello Constitution, lately sold
by Kditor Fildes t > J. H. Girardeau, in less
than two weeks has been purchased by Mr.
Broomby of Ocala.
A Blnz9 at Americus.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 16—Americus had
her first fire in more than six months at 3
o’clock this morning. The fire originated
in the kitchen of the residence of Juliu3
Dayton, a negro. It was totally destroyed.
Tee loss is atiout $1,290. The house of
James Hendrick, another negro, was also
consumed before tbo flames could be
checked. There is no insurance.
An Open Switch.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 16.—A collision oc
curred on the South Carolina railroad last
night at Rlks, near Charleston. An express
messenger was slightly injured. A freight
traiu had been sidetracked to allow cue
passenger to pass, but the switch was left
open and the passenger ran into it and
smashed both engines.
Slashed With a Knife.
OftiFFix, Qa., Nov. 16.— Friday night,
after a supper given by the African Metho
dist church, a difficulty occurred between
John Walker and Tom Goodwin over the
right to take a girl home. Walker was cut
across the face, in the left side, and over
the right shoulder by Goodwin. The wounds
may prove fatal.
A New Bank for Thomasville.
Thomahville, Ga., Nov. 16—Thomas
ville is to have another bank. It will be
incorpo’ ated under the name of the Citizens'
Banking and Trust Company. The capital
will bo ample and tho new institution will
boa wry strong one. This city is evidently
ileuiiwd to be the great financial center of
this auction.