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WOOLFOLK GUILTY.
THE JURY SAYS HE
MURDERS.
DID THE
Twelve of His Peers Say He Struck the
Blow that Sent Nine Persons Into
Eternity-How He Received
the News.
special to The Banner.
PEKBY,Ga., June 25,—The jury in
the Woolfolk case have brought in a
verdict. It is “guilty.
Again Tom Woolfolk is convicted of
having murdered his father’s family for
money’s sake. s
Again he will be told that he must
expiate the murder of nine persons by
forfeiting his own.
The most remarkable trial in the his
tory of criminal procedure in Georgia is
ended.
The second time twelve men have
said that Tom .Woolfolk did the killing
of the men, women and children.
The fifth trial is over. The sixth is
pending. The supreme court must
again pass on the case.
The defense, who have so stoutly
fought the case, will, of course, appeal
to the court of last resort.
SENTENCED.
When court opened this morning
there were about 150 people in attend
ance, Mrs. Crane sitting next to the
prisoner and his sisters near by
Only two other ladies were in the
room.
Woolfolk looked considerably de
pressed, evidently having passed
sleepless night. The silence was op
pressive when Judge Gustin said
“T homas G. Woolfolk, stand up!
Then, “Have you anything to say
why the sentence of death should not
he passed upon you?”
The prisoner replied nervously, with
his hands clasped in front of him
“Nothing except that I am an innocent
man.”
Captain Rutherford then arose and
asked that sentence be postponed and
that time be granted for a motion for
a new trial to be completed, as the de
fense would carry the case to the su
preme court in case a new trial is not
granted.
The court declined to postpone and
proceeded to pass sentence in the term
of the law. The sentence provides for
the execution to take place in Houston
county on the 16th of August next, be
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. in,,
within an inclosure not further than
two miles from the common jail of said
county. The hanging to be in private,
except such relatives and friends as the
condemned may designate, suchguards
as the sheriff may require and the, phy
sicians appointed by the court, Drs» M.
W. Havis and C. R. Mann.
A solemn silence rested upon the au
ditors as the awful words “when you
shall be hanged by the neck until you
are dead, and may God have mercy
upon yotir'soul,’’ fell from the lips of
Judge Gustin.
At the request of Capt. Rutherford
court was kept open until the afternoon
to allow time for the perfection of a
motion for. a new trial. >
POISONED CREAM.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S HOME.
The Board of Directors' Calling for
Subscriptions to Build It.
Special to The Banner.
Atlanta, Ga. June 26—The board of
direetorsof the Confederate Home is
issuing this morning a call to all *ub-
scribers to pay their subscriptions.
The circular states that the hoard
.. _ has bought a lot of 125 acres within two
residing some three or four miles in the I atM j one-half miles within the center of
COULDN'T MARRY BOTH.
Two Grooms, Eachw thaLicenso. After
the Same GirL
Villa Rica, June 24.—Mr. J. E.Con
ner and Miss Eliza fitailing, of this
place, were united in marriage.
Owing to the fact that Miss Eliza had
promised to marry both Mr. Conner and
Mr. Thomas Muse, a young gentleman
country, there has been, for a week, or i
ten days, great excitement.
The friends of each, we understand,
have been before the lady pressing the ,
claims of both young men.
Mr. Muse, on last Sunday, carried
Miss Stalling to Carrolton, to get mar-j work, and it is proposed to push;
M ml Vmf An tliAnn r»V»/IaaI 1 n I nrv ‘anil AAm nlntl A11 flf till* llC
ried, but on reaching there she declined
his offer, whereupon Mr. M. drew his
pistol and declared that if she would
not marry him then and there, be
would lull himself. ,
She comforted him by saying she was
not ready just then, not having made
the necessary preparations.
He then brought hrr back home, and
ever since the question as to which, of
the young men would be victorious, has
been discussed With great interest by
the friends of each of the contestants,
and considered with amusement by all
who were not taking part in the af
fair.
But there is a turning point in each
and every romance. So it is in this
one.
On yesterday afternoon Miss Stalling
sent a note to each of the contestants,
requesting each to come out to her
father’s, and when both had arrived,
she honorably discharged Mr. Muse,
leaving Mr. Conner victoriously holding
the Fort, and this morning at 9 o’clock
he carried his trophy home.
THE ELECTRIC MOTOR LINE.
Atlanta on which to build a Cimfcder
ate Home. The net price paid was
$9,540. Plans have been prepared for
an admirable home for the soldiers, and
plans for a number of cottages are now
being prepared. Proper committees
have charge of each department of the
work, and it is proposed to push; the
building .and completion of the homes
as .rapidly as prudence will allow
Subscriptions should be sent to Mr
Paul Romare, treasurer.
DEFYING THE AUTHORITIES.
A GwlUnett Negro Armed and Refus
ing to Be Arrested.
Special to The Banner.
Lawrhncevillk, June 7 26—Josh
Daniel is reported as still prowling
about in the neighborhood of fcjuwanee
defying arto s t- He is said to be armed
to the teeth, and has openly boasted
that he will not be arrested by “any
d—n man in the county.
Daniel is the negro who is wanted for
an attempted assault on the 13-year-
old daughter of Abe Russell, colored
OHIO REPUBLICANS MEET.
of
The
Cars will Run on Edgewood
Avenue Monday.
Special to the Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—The electric
motor line will begin the running of its
cars Monday, July 1st. The two tracks
are down, and large forces of hands
are pushing rapidly to completion th
paving of the street. By Monday it is
expected that everything will be in
shape, and that at least enough pave
ment will be put down to make the rails
steady so the cars can run without diffi
culty. i
HANYE IS FREE AGAIN.
The Jury Brought in a Verdict of not
» Guilty. IDO ■ M » ‘
The Platform Adopted and Candidates
for Governor Put in Nomination.
Special to The Banner!
Columbus, Ohio, Jun e26.—The sec
ond and important day’s session of the
Republican State Convention was called
to order at 10:30 o’clock by Congress
man W. C. Cooper, who was made per
manent chairman of the convention
All the other officers of the temporary
organization were continued.
Congressman C. H. Grosvener,
Athens, came forward in a storm
of appluse to read the platform
He said that the report was the
unanimous work of the committee. The
tariff plank resolutions endorsing
President Harrison and. the work
of the pension bureau, and receom
mending a service pension hill, were
received with cordial kindness.
When the resolution endorsing For-
aker’s naine was reached, 1 there was an
other ont burst. The promised te in pest
over the endorsement of the civil ser
vice law was avoided by simply indors
ing the utterance of the national eon
vention of 1888 on that subject. The
several candidates were then placed in
nomination.
MRS. BISHOP PIERCE DEAD.
Special to The Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—After delib
erating for two hours and a half as to
what verdict they should bring in, the
jury agreed to declare that Hanye was
not guilty.
A bombshell dropping through the
She Passed Away Near Sparta Yester
__ day.
Special to the Banner.
Sparta, June 26.—Mrs. Bishop Pierce
died yesterdaTf aftenoon at Sunshine
the residence of Mr. John Turner and
the former residence of the late Bishop
Pierce, at 2:20 o’clock.
She had been ill some months, and
no hope's have been entertained of her
roof and bursting in the air could not
have startled the judge and spectators recover y> though she has shown mirac
1 ulous endurance and vitality. She
will be buried beside the' bishop in the
cemetery-here *to morrow morning
She is mourned and missed by all who
knew her,
How It {Effected la Family in Atlanta—
What the Doctor Says.
Special to the Banner.
Atlanta, June 25.—Mr. Hudson, his
wife, his four children, five young men
hoarders, one young lady boarder, Mrs.
Dillingham, a neighbor, and a daughter
of another neighbor, were 'poisoned in
Atlanta Sunday, by eating ice cream
made of condensed milk. Even the
cook who got her share of the cream
eante in for a part of the suffering. t)r.
Scott the physician who is attending all
the patients say it was undoubtedly a
case of ice cream poisoning, as one of
the party would eat nothing but the
—cream, but. he has not made a thorough
examination so as to tell exactly what
caused the cream to be poisoned. All
the patients are doing well.
more.
Judge Clark, however, did not lose
the opportunity • of satirizing such
justice and stating to young-Hanye that
though plainly guilty he had escaped.
He said, V the jury has found you not
guilty; but you are guilty of either
murder or voluntary manslaughter.
You have been set free; but remember
that you have been guilty -of man
slaughter at least, perhaps ot mpfder.
Let this be a warning to you.”
Will Spinks; who was with Hanye in
the “sport,” and was under charge of
murder, was released on his pwn recog
nizance.
HUNTING FOR WITNESSES.
Of
Detectives Searching for Witnesses
The Cronin Hurder.
Brunswick, Ga., June 25.—Detec
tives arrived in the city yesterday from
Chicago. They are searching for a wit
ness in the Cronin murder ease.
This man left Chicago a week ago,
and has been tracked to Chattanooga.
In Chattanooga the detectives were told
that the man had gone to the Georgia
coast. They came to Brunswick, but
finding no trace of him here they left
for Savannah.
After the Murderer.
Special to the Bannor.
Uai.ton, Ga., June Saturday
night the sound of a mounted «-* a vakade
rang out on the midnight air, and those
who heard it felt that the poor miserable
wretch who so short a time ago took
the life of Mr. Fields was in danger.
They were aware of the presence of a
company who on former occasions has
taken the job of setting to right many
wrongs for us.
The vigilant officers, sheriff Frazier,
tilor Durham, and marshal JoeThrail-
kill, had anticipated the “regulators,”
and placed the prisoner beyond their
reach. -
They ealled on jailor Durham for the
keys, and promptly received'them, but
would not be satisfied until they had
searched the jail for.themselves. Not
finding him they rode quietly out of
town.
Sheriff Frazier took the prisoner to
Atlanta for safe keeping until the Oc
tober term of court.
This visit of “regulators” is the result
of the communication of the sentence
of Will Hall inn m last July, when it was
publicly announced oil all sides that the
next murderer would he taken out and
hung so that justice would be meted
out.
Great credit is due the vigilant sheriff’
and we all feel a great responsibility
now that the demented young man who
slew his best friend is safe until he can
be tried. _ .
Nearly all Pensions Paid.
Special to the Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26.—Captain
Tip Harrison is nearing- the end of the
pension roll.
Up to day lie has passed on 2,441 pen
sions, upon which the state has paid in
round figures $150 000.
Only a few veterans are still due their
pensions.
A Laboring Mail Shoots a plan Found
in His Wife’s Room.
Special to The Banner.
Birmingham, June 26.—Joseph Cour
tenay, a. laborer employed at William
son furnace, has for some time suspect
ed his wife of infidelity. On "Monday
he told her that he was going out of the
city and would he absent all night.
About . midnight he returned
home and slipped quietly into the
home with a night key. He found
Chas: Tucker, a young man about town
in his wife’s room. Mrs. Courtenay
ran screaming from the house, but
Tucker showed fight. Courtenay drew
a revolver and shot Tucker four times
through the heart, leaving him dead on
the floor. Courtenay then made his
escape. Mrs. Courtenay was arrested
this a. m. and tried to shield her hus
band by saying he did not do the shoot
ing.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
A BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY.
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ARTHUR HANYE ARRESTED.
This Morning on an Old Charge of
; Carrying a Concealed Pistol.,
Special to the Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., June, 26.—Arthur
Hanye, who was tried for killing the
old Italian and acquittedj was arrested
this morning by Patrolman Wliidby on
a charge of carrying a concealed pistol
The warrant was sworn out before
Judge Pat Owens.
A few weeks ago nanye got into a
difficulty at the Catholic fair and drew
a pistol on a young man. This is the
occasion on which it is charged he had
a concealed pistol.
Hanye gave bond and was released.
CRUSHED BY A SEPARATEE.
Serious Aecident to Mr. Samuel Wilson
’ ; In Banks.
; Homer, June 24.—Mr. Samuel Wil
son was horribly crushed this evenin
[ by a moving separator near Poplar
Springs.
While driving down an inclined
plane swiftly, he .attempted to mount
the wagon and by failing to secure foot
hold, was thrown under the wagon, due
of the wheels passing over his breast,
crushing it instantly to the ground.
The blood gushed profusely out of his
mouth. His death is expected at any
time.
THE GADSDEN AFFRAY.
the
Dr. Armstrong on the Stage,
Special to The Banner.
Atlanta, June 25.—Dr. James G.
Armstrong, once the popular rector of
a fashionable Episcopal church in -At
lanta, is soon to go on the stage to pre
sent some dramatic readings with scenic
effect. His selections will be made
from Hamlet, Faust and Poe’s Raven.
The id«a of Dr. Armstrong is to have
appropriate music interspersed during
the readings, as for instance, in the so
liloquy of Faust, whin he contemplates
suicide and hears the angels singing.
Dr. Armstrong wishes to have some
weird, strange music, which will be
prepared for the occasion and intro
duced just at the moment when Faust
is about to yield to temptation and take
his own life.
Particulars of the Shooting and
Cause of It.
Special to the Banner.
Anniston, Ala., June 26.—Nevrs reach
ed the city of a terribly bloody fight on
the A. & C., five miles- this side of
Gadsden.
It seems that there was a dispute over
the guardianship of a little girl. One
word brought on another till a warrant
was sworn out for one of the parties,
Mrs. Hayes Dead.
Special to The Banner.
Fremont, O., June 25.—Mrs. R. B.
Hayes died at 6 o’clock this morning,
without having spoken a word rince she
was stricken with paralysis last Friday
afternoon.
Gen. Cameron Sinking.
Special to the Banner.
Lancaster, Pa., [June 25.—During
the night General Cameron had a weak
spell, but from which he subsequently
rallied this morRing. He is still very
weak, and the doctors say he cau’t sur
vive another twenty-four hours.
Drowned While Seining.
Special to the Banner.
Oxford, Ala., June 26.—Yesterday a
youth named Reeves, of Milner, Ga.,
was drowned while out seining with
several companions near this place.
His remains were to-day sent home. -
A Young Girl Shot.
Special to The Banner.
Anniston,Ala., June 26.—Last night,
whose nalhe is unknown, and Deputy some persons were engaged in throwing
Sheriff Johnson and Wiley Wright went | rocks at a farm house near this city. A
little girl, about 13 years old, came to
the door to investigate the disturbance,
ssksb&ssb *5= i r
out to arrest him. As soon as they
came in range he opened fire on them
with a_ Winchester, shooting Deputy
the ball striking the child square in the
forehead and killing her instantly.
The people are outraged at the cruel
and brutal murder.
and Wiley Wright seriously in the
cheek.
As soon as the news of the shooting
got out a posse was organized to pursue
and arrest the man who had done the
shooting. Several of the best blood ,
hounds in the county were put on his “ ear CenterviUe la W*lkes county, hav-
track and they soon overtook him. His in ^ her youn £ ^ady ln her lap at church,
unerring Winchester again came into g0 *.. to -„f houtin " and POwning her
A negro woman name Harriett Evans
play and killed three of the dogs, and
it is reported that he shot three of the
posse.
cliild. She heat it so severely that sev
eral ribs were broken, and the child
died from the injuries.
The News of Yesterday Collected From
All Ports of the World.
Some 1 farvaid students tried to blow
up the old college hospital a few day;
since.
The testimony of Marie Bardayren in
the McDow trial, was clear and con
vincing.
Rev. William nenry Beecher,a broth
er to Heniy Ward Beecher, died in Chi
cago Monday.
John D. Shea, who killed Policeman
Doran in St. Louis, has been condemned
to ninety-uinc years in the pemten
tiary.'
Superintendent Gussuns, of the North
Carolina Insuae Asylum, will be tried
by the Board of Directors on grave
charges.
William Walter Phelps has arrived in
Washington with the Samoan treaty,
lie had a long conference with Secreta
ry Blaine.
George McCran hanged himself in the
county prison in Philadelphia Tuesday
morning last. He was awaiting trial
lor the murder of his wife.
The Nipsic, the sole survivor of the
Samoan disaster, has started on its re-
turn trip. If all goes well It will reach
San Francisco in thirty-five or forty
days.
President Harrison is reported as
sayiug thatjthere are plenty of minor
places which can be given to the negroes,
without putting them in the most, re
sponsible positions.
A woman whoso body was cut up
and thrown into the Thames river, has
been Identified as a woman of low char
acter. It is believed that she is anoth
er victim of Jack the Ripper.
A. Liebennan, a barber from Cincin
nati, committed suicide at the Lookout
Mountain Point hotel, lie leaves a
beautiful wife, with whom it is re
ported he did not live very pleasantly.
An appeal has been made in the case
of Kemmler, the Bnffalo murderer,who
was ^condemned to aie by electricity.
The appeal is made on the ground that
the law forbids cruel and unusual pun
ishment. As a consequence testimony
will have to.be taken as-to the effect of
an electric current on the body,
Waltc-r Brcm, a school commissioner
of Charlotte, N. C., will enter suit for
libel against Miss Adie Williams, a
school teacher of that place. Miss Wil
liams published an accusation against
Brem, alleging that he maliciously
erased her name from the list of candi
dates for teachers which appeared be
fore the board. .
Switzerland will*borrow 16,000,000
frances with which to buy rifles for its
army.
Ihe mayor of Cincinnati ordered the
policemen not to close the bar rooms in
that city last Saturday because the
Turners were in the town.
C. P. Brown, traveling agent for the
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine
company committed suicide at Mont
gomery by throwing himself into the
river.
Some Hungarians tried to drown a
colored man near Jones Point in New
"i ork. A riot ensued and several men
were killed.
Funk Hoy, a Chinaman, was liter
ally hacked to pieces yesterday by three
Chinamen in Chinatown.
There is to be a great hull fight in
Florence, S. C, on July 24th and 25th.
W. D. Howells denies] the report that
he has gone to Boston to live. He says
that New York is good enough for him.
Sam Jones Gems.
Here are a few gems from sermons re
cently delivered by Rev. Jones in Mis
sissippi :
Christianity is the science • of life..
You hoys,’keep quiet or git out;
With a consecrated j good old mother
it is impossible for our children to be
dragged to hell. God pity the child
that hasa giddy,godless, society mother
Now dqn’t you feel mean, you old
devil, you.
To be saved means to be put in har
mony with God, and to be put in. 'har
mony with God means the discharge of
every Christian duty.
A preacher who does riot hold family
prayer ain’t fit to be pastor of a litter
of pups.
Where there is Christianity,there you
will find life. .
Some of yon'‘Brill go off and criticize.
You blad-mouthed fools, who eares
what you think?
Salvation is something that makes a
man look at a thing and ask if it is right,
and if it is wrong, he will rather die
than to do it.
Brother Black there don’t want any
inore members in his church, for half of
those he’s got ain’t worth killing.
I tell you a eross is something to die
on.
The only difference between the Bap
tists and the Methodists is the difference
between high-cock-a-Iorum and low-
cock-a-highretn. •
Being baptized amounts to nothing
unless it means something.
If any; one don’t believe what I say,
and will tell me so to my face I will give
him a hat, and some dentist a job of re
placing his teeth from wisdoin tooth
down.
I, the biggest fish that swims.
The penitent sinner is the man who
falls down, jumps .up,rubs his shins and
goesa-rtirining.
Doing good to ■ others and being un
selfish is the best evidence of a Chris
tian.
You are all black-mouthed devils who
belong to the church, and when the yel
low fever came were white with fear.
The religion needed is that which is
left and acted at home.
I don’t know of anything tod*bad for
you old mangy hounds who refused to
vote against the damnable whisky traffic
The reflex influence of a kind act has
more of the power of religion in it than
any revival meeting you ever attended.
1 don’t know who is this fellbw’s
spiritual daddy.
Do not frown upon and condemn the
erring; have patience with each others’
fault-*. ; 1
You old skunk, you!
We must help each other,and Work to
gether as brothers.
I don’t care whether p-jople like my
illustrations or not, so they come to.
hear me. The important point is to get
them to take the medicine. If I was a
physician, and a fellow came tome with
coated tongue and a bilious appearance
would, prescribed, calomel; and he
might say that he had no more confi
dence in it than chalk, but if I could get
about ten grains of it down him, day
would break early for him the next
morning.
We want that religion that will in tke
us stick to a brother till the world burns
down.
A high-license preacher won’t be in
hell ten minutes before the devil will
have him saddled and bridled, riding
him around, aud exhibiting him as a
curiosity.
What vve need is every Christian to
work.
Parents cannot he too careful' of the
character of the hooks tlieir children
read.
If any' merchant here keeps open
during these meetings, it will be some
li t tl e fifteen-cents-skin-a-flea-for-his-
hide-and-tallow member of some church.
If you see a drunken man, do not
spurn him, but take him up, carry him
home and just take care of him and try
to reform him.
Just mash their mouths and you’ve
rot. ’em. »
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The consciousness of doing good to
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in£ feeling a man can have.
I can put a hundred of these little in
fidels in my vest pocket and never know
they are there except I felt for my
tooth-pick.
Selfishness is the bane of life.
What are you old Presbyterians kick
ing about — you old possum-eared
.hounds? Live ones kick—dead ones
don’t. If a man was to come to my
town and talk about my church like I
have yours, I would either cowhile him
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