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THE CYC LONE'S SLOW TRE AD
Its Force Well Spent Before
It Readied Savannah.
TUE CITY PREPARED FOR IT.
The Storm Center Passed Early This
Morning—A Day of Activity and
Anxiety—The People on the Islands
and the Salts Flocked to the City for
Safety—The Shipping Tied Up and
No Vessels Leave Port—The Blow at
Quarantine and Tybee Severe —The
Storm’s Record.
The heavy blow that threatened Savan
nah yesterday was about fagged out
when it arrived.
From all indications the city was about
to be caught in as severe a storm as that
which passed over it Aug. 27, but up to
1 o’clock this morning it had not come, and
there was nothing to indicate that the
blow which was on at that time would
develop anything more than a miniature
or a mild specimen of the West Idiau cy
clone.
There was good reason, however, be
fore the storm arrived to believe, and on
that belief to predict that the blow
would be fully as severe as that which
had laid waste to thousands of dollars of
property, and the statement that it was
as intense was based not on surmise, but
on such indications as are qualified to
give rise to predictions. As his cyclonic
majesty advanced up the eastern coast
of Florida day before yesterday and the
night before that, he played such lively
havoc that it was believed that destruc
tion would follow everywhere in his
wake.
THE FIRST REPORTS.
The first reports from one of Uncle
Sam’s observatories came from Titus
ville,down on the eastern coast of Flor
ida. They looked pretty bad, as they
stated that the wind had attained a max
imum velocity at that point of fifty-six
miles per hour and that it was increasing
in intensity as it moved north or north
west, as it was supposed to be moviug at
that time. Then came the report, the ef
fect of which was to be added to that
from Titusville, that the swell on the
Tybee bar was the heaviest that had boen
seen these in years—even heavier than
that which preceded the August storm.
All these reports were calculated to
make one’s hair stand on end and put
leaden weights on his movable property.
Judged from these facts, for such they
were, it was thought that to say the
cyclone on hand was a repetition of
the last one would be putting it very
mildly.
SPENT ITS FORCE.
The storm decreased in intensity as it
advanced up tho Florida coast, for Jack
sonville, after the worst part of the
storm had passed, reported that the max
imum velocity of the wind there was only
thirty-eight miles per hour. While it at
tained a maximum of forty-two here, it
was onlv for the space of five minutes,
and the real maximum or the maximum
velocity which was maintained for any
lengtß of time was not more than it was
In Jacksonville. The wind hero, however,
blew at that rate for some hours and
would make the pedestrian as he went
around a northwest corner think he was
rounding Hatteras.
The wind tried in vain to leave some
mark of destruction to indicate its path.
But everything was either insured or fas
tened down, and in neither case could it
do any harm. For a while it played with
the tower on the Independent Pres
byterian church, which swayed to and
fro in such a manner as to terrify the
passer-by for fear that it would topple
over on his head. Seeing the danger, the
city officials surrounded it with a cordon
and effectually quarantined it from all
contact with anybody or anything that
was liable to pass.
THE WIRES ALL RIGHT.
The street cars kept running until the
usual hour for stopping, there being no
fallen wires and no seeming necessity for
fearing that such would be the case. The
telegraph wires didn’t give the operators
much trouble,although an occasional wire
to the south would fall to the ground
somewhere along the line, and a little
difficulty was mot with in making
direct connections. Most of the
wires to Jacksonville went down
and relays had to be used until
they can be repaired. Wires in the
ether directions, however, were kept up
and no difficulty was experienced in
making all other connections. Some of
the wires in the city became crossed at
various points and night hawks witnessed
electrical displays at almost (every
corner. They were peculiarly brillaiit at
Whitaker and Bay streets on the First
building and at other points.
THE TELEPHONES STAND IT.
The telephones kept as much in order
as they usually do in a storm, and the
main difficulty in getting a connection
was in cases where the wires became
* crossed, and three or four people at the
other end all asked to know at the same
time wnat was wanted. In fact very few
wires blew down anywhere—another in
dication that the storm was only a mild
form.
Another reason why the blow’ did no
more damage was that everything that
was liable to yield to the force of a severe
wind went down under the last hurricane
that swept the city, and everything that
remained was calculated, from the former
test, to stand the force of a 00 or 70-mile
tn-hour hurricane. Trees, too, withstood
its force, and beyond a few stray limbs
many of which had been broken by the
other storm, few of them were damaged.
Borne one or two of them here and there
were blown down, but fallen trees last
night were decidedly a rarity.
NO NBWB FROM TYBEE.
There is no way of telling what may or
may not have been done at Tyboe and the
quarantine station until word is received
from there this morning. At the last re
ports received front there last nigh’
there was a pretty stiff wind blowing,
but the barks anchored at the station and
in the roads were uo’ faring badly.
It may lie that the wiud was
not strong enough to cause them
Uidrag tneir anchors. There was no
doubt a heavier wild, however, at Tybee
| than there was tuwr the city, but whether
it was bad enough to do any more damage
is not known
As for the Tybee railroad the wind
could have done nothing for that unless it
had blown it back in place. The tide,
near the city at least, while somewhat
higher than unual, was net extraordi
narily high, and as far as can Y>e learned,
little damage was done from that source.
What it did in the rice fields and how the
cotton crop suffered as the result of it,
cannot be told. The chances are, how
ever. that they suffered worse, perhaps,
than anything else, from the continual
rain, and the heavy wind beating against
them for so long a time.
Altogether the storm was as mild as
could have boen desired, to be one of the
West Indian stamp, but it is to be hoped
that a repetition of it, even though no
worse than that of yesterday, will be de
ferred for some cycles to come;.
PREPARING FOR THE BLOW.
Everything Got Shipshape Early in
the Day.
During the afternoon aud evening the
wind rauged from thirty-eight to forty
miles an hour, the maximum velocity
during that time being forty-two miles,
which was a blow for only five minutes.
It caused great alarm on the wharves,
however, and preparations were made for
getting everything out of the way of tho
tides, should they rise up over them. At
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way and Central railroad wharves every
preparation was made to protect tho
froipht which was lying at those places
waiting to be shipped or to be delivered.
Extra forces of men were put to work
early in the day moving it back out of the
way of any water which might be blown
up over the wharves and protecting it
from any tide that might rise. In this
way a great deal of property was saved
from damage and some of it from total
loss which might have befallen it even
though the wind blew no harder than it
did during tho afternoon.
HCTCHINSON'S ISLAND DESERTED.
The people on Hutchinson’s Island, or
at least those of them who passed through
the last storm, did not care to repeat
their experiences, and many of them
came over to the city early in the day.
They left the island in boat loads aud by
night there was no one left.
Those of them that could, however,
made all their property secure
before leaving and left the island
in a hurry. Those who had not passed
through the gale there had warning
enough of what to expect from what had
happened before and they left early.
The island last night was totally de
serted.
People from the other resorts around
the city, who had experienced the last
storm, were not anxious to repeat the
sensations in an Insecure locality, and
many of them made haste to get into the
city yesterday afternoon. A large num
ber of people from the Isle of Hope came
in, and some of them stopped last night
at the De Soto. There were not more
than half a dozen people left on Tybee.
QrARDINO THE CITY’S I'ROI‘KRTT.
City Marshal Wade was on the lookout
last night for the safety of the city’s
property, and the safety of pedestrians
wherever anything was expected to fall
which might be a menaco to those passing
by. He was accompanied by a corps of
men, headed by the mayor’s mes
senger, John Savage. Everything that
could be protected was ready for the
blow.
The weather bureau's prodiction yes
terday and the day before put everybody
on the alert, and yesterday morning be"
fore the blow started in everybody who
had any property to protect was anchor
ing it down.
INSURANCE MEN BUST.
In the early morning hours before the
wind had begun to blow applications
poured into the insurance agents offices
for storm insurance, but nearly every
agent refused to write any policies. The
consequence was that one agency did a
big business for a while, as it was willing
to take the risk that this storm would
not Ixi as bad as that of Aug. 27. Others
had prepared themselves for any emer
gency by taking out storm policies just
after the August blow, and they aro fixed
if they are damaged in any way by this
one.
Those who were not so for
tunate and didn’t want to
suffer any loss, went to work to
protect their property the best way they
could. Signs were made fast, shaky
buildings were propped up. and every
thing that gave any sign of yielding to the
force of the wind was made as secure as
possible for the time.
LITTLE THAT COULD BE DESTKOTED.
Even in case the storm should have
been as severe as that of August it could
not have done as much damage in the
city, on account of the fact that every
thing that was in the least shaky or ii
able to give under the force of the ele
ments had been blown down and de
stroyed by the last storm. All the trees
that would have given way to a strong
wind were blown down by the last storm,
and the only loss to be feared in that di
rection was from the limbs which had
been broken and left hanging. A number
of these were blown off in different places
throughout the city, and some few trees
in exposed places went down.
THE STEEPLE SWAYED.
Looked as if the Tower on the Inde
pendent Presbyterian Was Going to
Topple Over.
The pedestrian who passed the Inde
pendent Presbyterian church last
night and glanced up at the tall tower
above him eould not have done so without
a shudder, for it was swaying to and fro
like a pendulum, and with every gust of
wind that passed the rod on the vane
seemed to describe an arc of some three
or four feet in length.
From the manner in which the wind
bad played with tho copper sheathing on
the tall tower it seemed as If it would be
easily able to topple over the tower itself;
and when its wide vibrations were no
ticed the expectation was to see it fall
with the next gust.
The danger from this source was noted
early in the day and the mayor ordered
that some steps be taken to prevent |x--
destriaus and vehicles from passiug the
point of danger. City Marshal Wade
went down with a few men and stretched
ropes across Bull street, both at Hull and
at South Broad, uud alt vehicles approach
ing that |io|lit were slopjicd at otU'tt
lain terns were huug across the ropes to
THE MORNING NEWS: Ellf DAI, OCTOBER lit, 1893.
give warning to any one approaching that
the spot was a dangerous one.
The steeple still maintained its position,
however, but continued its vibrations.
It seems that it was loosened from its
position by the last storm and that it has
never been reinforced or strengthened.
Its condition now is a menace, for it will
never withstand another such blow as
that of Aug. 27, and the quicker that
the proper steps are taken to put it in
order the better it will be.
PROTECTING THE SHIPPING.
The Slips Filled With Vessels—The
Fleet at Quarantine.
Preparations began early in the day
along the wharves to secure the shipping.
The pilot boats Sprite, Dickerson, Belle
and N'eca, were safely harbored in the
Central railroad slip.
The Propeller Tow Boat Company sent
#lie tugs Juno, Cynthia. Maud, Sophie,
Smith, Paulsen, Cambria and Forest City
into the slip. Although this refuge was
fast being filled it was like a hotel omni
bus, and “found room for one more.” All
day the smaller craft kept crowding
in. The Savannah Lighterage and Trans
fer Company kept the tug Regis out towing
in lighters. The tugs Royal Arch, Harold,
Bessie and Captain O. M. Carter's yacht
Angler, were put in the slip in the after
noon. The dredge Oglethrope was also
towed in. The Tomoehichi was safely
mpred at Comer, Hull & Co.’s wharf up
the river. The steamer Catnusi was in the
slip. The schooner Ready came up from
Venus point and was anchored in the
stream opposite East Broad street. The
quarantine tug Tlieckla came
up from the station, bringing
Dr. Graham and his family,
and was sent to the Central slip for the
night.
All the vessels in port were securely
moored at their berths, in: expectation of
the blow. Tho steamers Alpha. Bellevue
and Katie remained at their wharves.
THE FLEET AT QUARANTINE.
The Cambria and 11. M. C. Smith were
chartered to go to quarantine by Chr J.
Moller, the Norwegian Lloyds’ agent to
tow the Norwegian bark Tros to the
city. They arrived with the vessel about
6 o’clock. It was reported then that
a furious gale was blowing down the
river, and that the sea at Tybee and at
quarantine station was running high.
The tugs had some difficulty in getting
the bark, but by excellent management
she was secured and towed to the city.
There are five vessels at quarantine
which are exposed to the fury of the
storm, and great apprehension is felt for
their safety. They are the Norwegian
bark3 Lorfald and August Loffler. the
British barks Brucklay Castle and Janot
Ferguson, and the Austrian bark
Leandro.
Eight vessels are anchored at Tyboe
roads, and it was reported last night that
several of them were dragging their
anchors and were drifting towards Tyboe
point. They are in a dangerous position
and those that escape damage will be
very fortunate. The vessels in the roads
are the Norwegian barks Henrietta,
Captain Bull, from Barrow: Signe, Cap
tain Johansen, from Dordrecht; Orion,
Captain Ulstrup, from Rotterdam;
Areola, Captain Johansen, from
Aarhuus; Vimeira, Captain Olsen,
from Hamburg; Harmonos, Cap
tain Gundersen, from Havre;
the Italian bark Maria Adelaide, Capt.
Cacace. from Marseilles, and the Russian
bark Ystovat, Capt. Tengstrom, from
Carnarvon. ''
SEPARATED FROM TII3 FAMILT.
The bark Ystovat arrived at Tybee last
Tuesday, and her captain came to tho
city Wednesday to await orders for his
vessel. Ho left his wife and child on
board, and was uuable to return to them
yesterday. His anxiety for the safety of
his family can easily be imagined.
There are several vesssals about due
and will probably be struck by the storm.
Among them are the steamship City of
Augusta, Capt, Daggett, which was ap
pointed to sail from New York on Wednes
day, the Norwegian steamship Lynilen
horn, which sailed from New York on
Tuesday, the schooner Isabella Gill, Capt.
Collison, which sailed from Baltimore last
Saturday, tho Norwegian bark Ceres,
from London with a cargo of salt, and
several other Norwegian barks.
Tho Alpha was detained yesterday by
the storm, but will leave this morning for
Bluffton and Boaufort if the weather per
mits. There will be no Saturday trip this
week, and probably no more until noxt
summer.
The tug 11. M. C. Smith had on board,
when slio went down the river, the cap
tains of two of tho vessels at Tybee roads,
who were anxious to get to their vessels.
The Smith could not get to them, as the
sea was running too high. The vessels
were sighted, but their positions could not
be reckoned, as the mist was too thick to
distinguish them. The tug returned to
the quarantine station and assisted the
Cambria in towing the bark Tros to the
city.
COUNTY WORKS ALL RIGHT.
Maj. Blandford Made an Inspection
of Them Yesterday Afternoon.
As the storm began to increase in vio
lence yesterday afternoon Maj. Bland
ford. the county engineer, took a drive
into thecouut.v around the works that he
thought would be damaged most in case
of a severe blow.
Maj. Blandford said last night that he
had found everything in good shape and
that it would take a pretty hard storm to
damage the roads and bridges again like
•they were in the last storm. He said
that the only damage that the county was
liable to sustain this time, so far as he
could see, was the washing away of some
of the roads by the rain boating down
on them. He did not anticipate much
trouble, however, from this source.
TIIK DUNIiRE CANAL.
Dundee canal along the river front, he
said, was exposed,'and if any of the canals
were damaged it was liable to be that
one. The water was being driven up onto
the ditches and swamps only along the
seai-oast, and he said so far it had done
no material damage there. The worst
places were out at Isle of Hope and on
the Skidaway marsh, which were cov
ered with water, the water having been
blown on into the Herb and Isle of Hope
rivers, The wind, during the day, was
biowing in the wrong direction to blow
the water up into the Vernon river or
against the new Ca< y canal
• It will take a worse storm than this
to do any damage to those works,” said
the major, speaking with a touch of pride
in his voice, “and I think if it is to be
feared at all it is only along the coast, or
what we call the tide waters where the
tide rises, upon the land during a flood
tide.
TO REPAIR THE ROADS.
Maj. Blandford said also that a force of
hands would be put to work at once on
the Augusta road and the Bay street ex
tension, where those roads are said to be
In such a bad condition. In some spots
they are reported impassable and the
committee on roads and bridges has or
dered them to be repaired at as early a
date as possible. The gangs will repair
those roads, and will then be put to work
on the Louisville road, which is also in a
very bad condition for vehicles. The
work of improving the roads will then be
continued until they are able to satisfy
the needs of the county.
RECORD OF THE STORM.
The Center Passed Savannah at an
Early Hour This Morning.
At 2 o'clock this morning the barome
ter was still failing and the prospect was
that the severest blow was yet to come.
The storm center came along about that
time and for a while the winds subsided.
The indications were that they would in
crease during the earlier hours of the
morning and moderate later.
The maximum velocity of the wind,
from five minute records, was 42 miles
per hour reached at 5:55 p. m., but the
extreme velocity reached during a gust
and taken from a one minute record, at
3:15 p. m., was 58 to tiO miles per hour.
Charleston seems to have got it in the
neck again, as the wind reached a velocity
there of 52 miles per hour, the highest
that was recorded in this section. The
total local rainfall from 8 a. m. to mid
night was 2.91 inches. The following is a
statement of the barometric records and
the wind velocities and directions:
Wind
Direction V'loc'y
Barometer, of Wind. Miles.
8 a. m 29.81 ne 27
9 a. m 29 HO n 2<S
10 a. m 25.77 ne 18
llam 29 77 ne 28
12 noon 29 71 ne 28
1 p. m 29 88 ne 28
2p. m 29.66 ne 28
Ip. m 23 62 ne 26
4 p m 28.58 ne 30
Sp. m 29 54 n 86
6 p. m 29.52 ne 36
7 p. m 29 47 no 36
Bp. m 28.45 ne SC
9 p. in 29.41 n 32
10 p. m 29.39 n 32
11 p m 29.34 ne 32
12 midnight. 29.32 nw 26
la.m..i:ith 29.28 n 24
Observer Smyth's report at 11 o’clock
last night was as follows:
At 8 o dock p. m. tht storm was eentral oft
the coast, northeast of Jacksonville. The
current wind velocity at Jacksonville was 30
miles per hour, at Savannah 36 miles and at
Chirleston 48 miles. The maximum wind ve
locity at Savannah, up to midnight, was 42
miles per hour, at Charleston 52 miles and at
Jacksonville 38. The extreme velocity at Sa
vannah. taken from 1 minute records, was 58
to 60 miles per hour, occurring at 3:15 p. in.
The total local rainfall from Ba. m. to mid
night was 2.91 inches.
During the twelve hours ending at 8 p. m..
1.90 Inches of rain fell at Jacksonville and
1.80 Inches at Charleston.
At 8 p. m. cloudiness and rain prevailed
throughout tho South Atlantic States.
The Indications are that the storm-oenter
will move northward, east of Shvannah, prob
ably striking the Carolina coast.
The storm central Thursday morning in
Illinois has moved slightly southeastward to
the lower Ohio Valley. •
It Is slightly cooler In Georgia, Eastern
Tennessee, Western Pennsylvania, m the
upper Michigan peninsula, and along the
Texas coast, and much cooler in Northeast
ern Texas Arkansas, Western Tennessee,
Eastern Missouri. Eastern lowa and North
eastern Illinois. Elsewhere the temperature
has risen or remained about stationary.
The temperature has risen 8° to 12° In
Southwestern Kaunas, Nebraska and North
Dakota.
The Weather Bureau predicts a cold
ave following the storm.
A peculiar feature of the storm last night
was that it past over this section very
slowly. The wind subsided shortly after
midnight and it was thought the storm
center was approaching, but the barome
ter kept falling slowly after that time
and at 2 o'clock a. in., it read 29.23. When
Observer Smyth and his assistant
left the office at 2:30 it recorded 29.21 and
was still going down, an indication that
the storm center had not then passed.
Observer Smyth and his assistant, Mr.
Dey, were in the office all day yesterday
and the progress of the storm was closely
watched and carefully recorded. The indi
cations when they left were that the
storm center was advancing in this direc
tion and would pass during the early
hours of tho morning.
UNDER A NEW CHARTER.
The Agricultural and Mechanical As
sociation’s Directors.
The holders of the stock of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical Association mot
yesterday at noon and accepted the new
charter recently granted by the superior
court. Dr. J. B. Read presided and Col.
J. H. Estill acted as secretary. The meet
ing elected the following directors; Geo.
S. Owens, J. B. Read, M. D., Lawrence
Lippman, John Flannery, J. H. Estill, A.
R. San ton, Rufus E. Lester.
Death of Mrs. L. A. Ford.
Mrs. L. A. Ford, one of Savannah's
oldest residents died, yesterday morning
at tho residence of her daughter, Mrs.
A. K. Wilson, on Broughton street. She
was 88 years old and was a daughter of
Capt. Elijah Broughton, a well-known
Savannahian of nearly a century ago
Mrs. Ford was a remarkable lady. Her
funeral will take place to-day. ,
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Capt. Harry of the United Slates steamship
Mirnigan took the ruraval Santa Marla, now
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Its nan •Uering QuallUes resultod ill a colli
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ABS©H7TB2f PURE
A BILLET BROKE HIS NECK.
Tbe Ravisber of Mute Helen Young
Killed by a Rifle Shot.
Tracked to Kis Hiding Place in Bryan
County by a Squad of Pollco—Sur
prised, He Attempted to Escape to
the Swamp and Fired on His Pur
suers—Sergt Baughn’s Winchester
Laid Him Low—The Body Brought to
the City and Held at the Barracks
The Story of the Chase and Capture
March Walker, the ravisher of mute
Helen Young, is dead. He was killed by
a ball through the neck from Sergt.
Baughn’s rifle.
Tho killing took place at the house
of Walker's sister, in Bryan county, three
miles from Way’s station.
Assistant Chief Reilly, Sergt. Baughn
and Mounted Officers Floyd and McGuire
were sent out by Chief Green Wednesday
night, by order of Mayor McDon
ough, to investigate a report that
Walker had gone to his
relatives near Way’s The report
was made by Fred Von Kamp and Police
man Scully upon information brought to
Von Kamp by a cousin of Walker named
Dennis.
The party returned last night with
Walker's dead boiy. They had to kill
him to get him. The first information of
Walker's death was a telegram received
by Mayor McDonough at 1 o'clock yester
day from Lieut. Reilly. It read:
••I have Walker but had to kill him to
get him. What shall Ido with him?"
Mayor McDonough telegraphed to bring
Walker’s body to Savannah.
THE FATAL CLEW.
The mayor was presiding at the meet
ing of the council night before last when
word was brought him that there was a
clew to Walker's whereabouts. He asked
permission of council to absent
himself for a few minutes and went
into his office. There he found Police
man Scully, who said he had a clew to
Walker. He had a written statement
from Yon Kamp of information brought
him by a negro named Dennis. You
Kamp’sreport was as follows: ‘-Walker
was at Dennis’ house between 7 and 8
o’clock Monday night He said the re
port about him was made up. He had
lost his razor, he said. He
said he was told at his
house to skip, as men were hunting for
him with pistols. He was at our house
(Yon Kamp’s) Monday afternoon. He
heard every word that was said about
him Sunday, as he was hiding under the
house and uo ono knew he was there.
Dennis said that Walker had gone to his
people, about five miles from Way’s sta
tion, and he had gone out on theOgeechee
road, which leads to his father’s house,
and that they would hide him and look
out for him. He wanted to borrow Dennis’
pistol, but he refused to let Walker have It.
Walker also said to Dennis that he would
write him this week. Dennis is to let
me know Sunday at 11 o'clock positively
where Walker is. Walker asked Dennis
to go and look for his razor at the corner
of Best and Montgomery streets.”
A POLICEMAN IN A CLOSET.
Dennis was at Yon Kamp’s house
Wednesday afternoon or night. Police
man Scully was there at the time, seek
ing information as to Walker's where
abouts. He was put in a closet by Yon
Karap while he talked with the negro, and
heard the conversation between the two.
Scully was confident that the information
brought by the negro was correct, and he
reportod to the mayor what
he had learned as soon as possi
ble. Dennis is a cousin of Walker
and was probably sent by him to Savan
nah to get information of what was being
done for his apprehension by the officers.
It was not likely his intention to cause
Walker’s death or arrest. Dennis was
employed as an oyster opener at Monahan
& Henderson’s restaurant at Broughton
and Drayton streets last season.
The result of Policeman Scully’s report
was the order given by the mayor to
Chief Green to detail Lieut. Reilly and
throe good men to go out to the neighbor
hood indicated and make a thorough
search for Walker. Four better
men couW not have been selected for such
a mission. All four are cool, courageous
men and good shots. Lieut. Reilly has a
record as a marksman and Sergt. Bausrhan
made one yesterday. Officer Floyd
was selected as being well acquainted
with the roads in the section to which
the party were going, and Officer Mc-
Guire is one of the best of the younger
members of the police force. He was re
cently made a mounted officer.
THE MARCH TO WAT’S.
The detachment left the barracks a
little before midnight. They wore mount
ed and carried Winchester rifles with six
teen rounds of ammunition each and
Colt’s revolvers. They took the Ogeechee
road, the same route which Walker was
reported to have taken forty-eight hours
before. The party arrived at King’s Fer
ry on the Ogeechee river at 4:30 o’clock.
They had to wait for day
light to cross the river, as the
ferryman was afraid to cross in the dark.
At six o'clock they were on the other
side of the river. They had to leave
their horses in the care of the ferryman,
as he had only a small boat and there
was uo way to take the horses across.
Leaving the river they took theold plank
road to Way’s station, three and a half
miles distant. There they made inquiries
and learned that Walker's step-father
lived about three miles west of the sta
tion. A wagon was secured and the
party left for the house. They were ac
companied from Way’s by W.G.Thompson
and Constable Baker, colored, who were
well acquainted with the locality in
which Walker was supposed to be in
hiding. At the place indicated they
founds small negro settlement. All the
houses were searched without finding
any trace of Walker. The people were
evidently well acquainted with Walker,
but gave uo information of his where
abouts, even if they knew. They said he
had been out there two months ago.
TRACKED TO HIS HIDING ri.ACB.
Lieut. Reilly, however, learned oDe im
portant fact, and that was that
Walker hud a sister living about u
mile and a half distant ucross tho
swamp, and from what was said
he was satisfied that Walker had tieen to
his sister’s and was probably still in bid
lug there. He immediately laid his plans
to surround the place. Officers Floyd and
McGuire and Constable Baker were
ordered across the swamp to watch the
house from that side, as it might be
taken for granted that Walker would
make for the swamps at the first alarm.
With Sergeant r,Baughn and Mr. Thomp
son. Lieut. Reilly took his way down the
railroad track to approach the house
from another direction, going slowly in
order to allow the other party time to
cross tho swamp. Constable Baker
was to give the signal when the two par
ties were to approach tho house, as he,
being a colored man, could approach it
attracting less suspicion than the officers,
who were in uniform.
About an hour and a half was con
sumed in reaching the house, which is
upon a rising piece of ground and com
mands the view for some distance around.
This enabled Walker to see the party
on the railroad track before they could
get near the house. He ran out with his
gun in his hand and started toward the
swamp.
FIRED ON THE OFFICERS.
At the fence which surrounds the
house he stopped and, taking careful
aim, fired. The ball whistled by Mr.
Thompson's head. Walker reloaded his
gun and dodging down behind the fenco
appeared to tie trying to get another shot.
He was about to lire agaiu when Sergeant
Baughn. who had taken careful aim,
fired. The ball struck Walker on the
left side of the chin, scraping off the flesh
for rbout an inch and then entered his
neck, passing through and striking the
vertebra, dislocating the neck. Walker
sprang into the air and fell forward on
bis face. When the offeers arrived he
was gasping and was soon dead.
The party from the swamp arrived just
in time to see the fight without being
called upon to take a hand. Walker did
not appear to see them, and if he had not
been killed so quickly would undoubtedly
have run in their direction.
Everything was very quiet around the
house when the officers reached it. Ftes
entiy Walker's sister came out and ap
proached the body. “Is he dead?” she
asked.
KILLED BY THE SHOT.
One of the officers turned the body over
and examined it.
“As dead as a mackerel,” he an
nounced.
The woman then began crying and
screaming, which was not unnatural un
der the circumstances. Several men
came out of the house on the porch.
There seemed to be a number there and
they looked very ugly. There might
have been trouble, but Officers Floyd and
McGuire and the colored constable ar
rived at this juncture. The crowd saw
that it was likely to go hard with them
in case of trouble and remained quiet.
The wagon which had been procured at
Way’s station had been left about a mile
from the house. It was brought up and
Walker’s body was placed in it.
Walker was killed about 11 o’clock,
twelve hours after the detachment left
Savannah. Tho party arrived at Way's
station with the body about 12:30 o'clock.
Lieut. Reilly immediately telegraphed
Mayor McDonough. It was a little after
1 o'clock when the mayor received the
telegram.
A bulletin was posted at the Morning
News announcing the killing and giving
the details in brief.
THE MARCH BACK TO THE CITY.
Lieutenant Reilly and Sergeant
Baughn remained at Way’s station in
charge of tire body while Officers Floyd
and McGuire were sent to King’s Ferry
to bring the horses back to the city.
They had a rough trip of it through the
storm. From Way’s station to the ferry
they walked through water a large part
of the distance. The water was fre
quently over their knees. The road was
very rough, the water frequently be
ing three and four feet deep.
They arrived with the horses last night at
8 o’clock, within a few minutes of the time.
Lieut. Reil.y and Sergt. Baughan arrived
with Walker’s body.
The freight train on which the party
started to the city was three hours lato
and did not arrived until nearly 8
o’clock.
Chief Green was in waiting for the
body at the depot with a squad of thir
teen policemen in charge of Sergt. Kil
loury. The services of the molice were
not needed, however, as there was only
a small crowd when the body
arrived and there was no disposition to
wards any disorderly conduct apparent.
The body was placed in the police ambu
lance and taken to the barracks under the
escort of the police. It was taken inside
and placed on the floor of the stable in the
rear of the quarters. The only watchers
were the horses of the police officers and
there were no mourners in the city so far
as known.
THE BODY IDENTIFIED.
Walker s body was viewed at the as it
lay at the barracks last Bight. It did not
appearto be much disfigured. Walker was
a tall, well-built negro, with a high fore
head, and the head is bald clear back to the
crown.
This peculiaaity would have marked
him anywhere. He did not appear to be
as old as 45 years, though this is said to
have been his age. Tho body was posi
tively indentified by several parties. What
disposition will be made of it has not yet
been determined. Itwillprooably be buried
in the potter’s field to-da.v. This is the
plan preferred by Mayor McDonough. It
has been suggested, however, that it be
sent to one of the medical colleges of the
state, and this proposition may be given
consideration. Should his relatives ap
ply for the body, however, it will proba
bly be turned over to them for burial.
WHO WILL GET THE REWARD 1
Will the police officers who effected
Walker’s capture, resulting in his death,
receive the rewards offered by the city
and the state? This was tho question
generally asked yesterday. The general
verdict is that they aro entitled to the
rewards and should receive them. There
is a question of law, however, whether,
being police officers in the dis
charge of their duty, they can
receive the reward. This may prevent
them from securing the reward offered
by the state. There is nothing to prevent
the city carrying out its offer and bestow
ing the reward offered for Walker’s ap
preheusion. The technical point that
the officers are employes of the city, paid
to do their duty under such circumstan
ces. and specially detailed for the work
they performed, might be waived under
such circumstances.
NOT AFTER THE REWARD.
It cannot be said that the efforts of
these officers were due to the hope of ro-
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