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The Courier-Sentinel. YOL. XXIV. IE. HAKES CONFESSION OF HORRIBLE CRIME AND IS TORTURED TO DEATH IK THE PRESENCE OF 2,000 ONLOOKERS. BOOMED VICTIM WAS MADE TO SUFFER (INDESCRIBABLE AGONIES. HJs Ears Were Cut Off Before He Was Executed and After the Knriiln; Th«re Wai a Scramble For the Charred Bones of the Victim, Which Were Carried Away as Souvenirs. Sam Holt, tlie negro ©prderer of Alfred Cranford and the assailant of Cranford’s wife, was burned at the stake one mile and a quarter from Newunn, Ga., Sunday afternoon at 2;3f* o’clock. Fully 2,000 people surrounded the .small sapling to which he was fastened and watched the flames eat away his flesh, saw his body mutilated by knives and witnessed the contortions of his body in his extreme agony. Two counties, Campbell and Coweta, •directly interested in the crimes of tho negro, and the entire state have waited with impatience for the moment when the negro should pay the penalty for his fiendish deeds. Such suffering has seldom been witnessed, and through it all the ne¬ gro uttered hardly a cry. During the contortions of the body, several blood vessels bnrsted. Tho spot selected was an ideal one for s«oh an affair and the stake was in full view of those who stood about and xvi'di unfeigning satisfaction saw the negro meet his death and saw him tortured before the flames killed him. For sickening sights, harrowing de¬ tails and bloodcurdling incidents, the burning of Holt is unsurpassed by any occurrence of a like kind ever heard of in the history of Georgia. A few smouldering ashes scattered about the place, a blackened Btake, are tall that was left to tell the story. Not •even the bones of the negro were left in peace, but woro eagerly snatched by n crowd of people drawn from ail directions, who almost fought over the burning body of tho man, carving it with their knives and seeking souvenirs of 4he occurrence.. Self-confessed and 1 almost defiant, without a plea for mercy and no ex¬ pectation of it, Holt wont to the stake with as much courage as any ono •could possibly have possessed on such an occasion, and the only murmur that issued from his lips was when an¬ gry knives plunged into his flesh and Lis life’s blood sizzled in tho fire be¬ fore bis ejes. Then he cried, “Oh, my God! Oh, Jesus!” Crowd Orderly But Determined. The crowd that burned Holt made no mistake, as the man Was identified iby a dozen people. He admitted his guilt and told of the murder. He con¬ fessed that be had murdered Cranford and said the deed was done with the expectation of obtaining a reward of $20 from one Lige Strickland. — He confessed while being brought an by his captors, confessed when con¬ fronted by Mrs. McEIroy, the heart¬ broken mother of Mrs. Cranford, and confessed when he was taken from the fire and asked to tell the truth about the crime. Ho told the details,always implicating Lige Strickland. Although Holt was turned over to the sheriff and placed in the Newnan jail, his fate was sealed from the mo¬ ment his captors put in an appearance j with him. The remonstrance of ex-Governor TV. Y. Atkinson and Judge A. D. Freeman, two of the most prominent citizens of Coweta county, were of no avail. The awful crime of the murderer and assailant was fresh in the minds LIGE STRICKLAND’S BODY Lige Strickland, the negro who by Sam Holt, was lynched early The body of Lige Strickland was about a mile from Palmetto early ■were cut off and on the body was words: "WE MUST PROTECT Lige Strickland was arrested on 'miles from Ealmetto, at 10 o’clock SPANISH GOVERNMENT WINS. ! Majority of tho Senate Is Barger Than In House of Deputies. A Madrid special says: The Spanish senatorial elections for the new cortcs were held Sunday and passed off tranquilly throughout the country. They have resulted in giving the gov ment a larger majority in the senate than it has secured in the chamber of deputies. re-assertod different reliable It is in quarters that the attempts of Don Carlos to raise a loan on the security of his Italian and Austrian estates have failed. REPRESENTATIVE BAIRD DEAD. liouislanan Succumbs to Attack of Rheu¬ matism In Washington. Representative Baird, of Louisiana, died in Washington Satnrday after¬ noon. There were brief funeral ser¬ vices at his late residence Sunday, af¬ ter which his body was sent to his home in Bastrop, La., for burial. Mr. Baird’s illness had its inception just prior to the adjournment of the last session of congress when he was stricken with acute rheumatism. pf fhese people. The agony of the living victim of his criminality and the wails of a broken-hearted mother were fresh in their ears. There was noth¬ ing that could have stopped them, there were few who desired to stop them, J. B. and J. L. Jones, the captor of Sam Holt, won the admiration of the entire county when the news that the negro bad been captured by them was received, and the fact that the reward money they will receive is to be given to tlie widow of Alfred Cran I ford has-won for them still further praise and admiration. One of the strangest features of the entire affair is tho part played in the execution by a northern man. This man, whose name would not bo di¬ vulged by those who knew him, an¬ nounced that he was from the north, j I iug while with he kerosene calmly saturated oil. Holt’s cloth The intention and desire of those who had tho negro in charge was to burn him at the Lome of Mrs. Crati ford, and the people of Palmetto,when they learned of the capture, made elab¬ orate preparations for the execution, but they were disappointed. permitted Mrs. Cranford was not to see the negro, although she was in Newnan at the time, and it WAs sug¬ gested that ho be parried before her. She is ill, and it lists been feared her ! rain is deranged. It was thought the shoA would be too great for her, and the crowd was satisfied with the positive identification by Mrs. Cran¬ ford's mother and a number of others. No identification was necessary, but the crowd was cool and went about its work carefully and almost with a sys¬ tem. Masks played no part in the lynch¬ ing. There was no secrecy; no effort to prevent any one seeing who lighted who the fire, who cut off the ears or took the lead. Story of the Cmiture. Sam Holt, the murderer of Alfred Cranford, and the assailant of Mrs. Cranford, was captured at MarshaH ville, Ga., Saturday night at 9 o’clock by Messrs. J. B. and J. L. Jones. He bad been in hiding at the home of his mother *since the Friday after the crime. Wnen found his face was blackened with spot in an attempt at disguise. The story of the capture was told by Mr. J. B. Jones as follows: I read of the terrible crime and took particular notice of the descrip¬ tion of the murderer. A few days after a strange negro came to my plan tation. He filled the description given to The Constitution, and my suspi¬ cions wore at once aroused. The negro worked for me about two years ago, but under another name, and when he left he had been indicted by the grand jury for attempting to assault an old negro woman in Macon county. My close observation of Holt seemed to have aroused his suspicions, and he left the place. It was several days before I could again locate him, aud then I h*d to enlist the aid of another party. This person was intimate with Holt and agreed to deliver him into my hands last night. Holt was en¬ ticed to a certain place, and as he was passing through a dense grove of woods my brother and myself sprang upon him and secured him before be had time to offer any resistance. HANGING FROM A TREE. implicated in the Cranford murder night. found swinging to the limb of a tree morning. The ears and fingers a placard containing the following SOUTHERN WOMEN.” farm of Major Thomas, about seven night, and carried off to the woods. NASHVILLE LINE PURCHASED. The Baltimore Trust and Gnarantce Com pany Secures More Franchises. The Baltimore Trust and Guarantee company, of Baltimore, Md., and asso¬ ciates have purchased the frapehise and property comprising the Nashville and Suburban Railroad company of Nashville, Tenn. The details of the sale are not known, but it is understood on good authority that the purchasers of this prop-riy are the same parties who re¬ cently purchased the Nashville Street Railway and the Cumberland Electric Light and Power company. SAY COGHLAN WAS INDISCREET. London Papers Are Inclined To Roast Cap¬ tain of the Raleigh. The London papers unanimously condemn the cabled utterances of Cap¬ tain Coghlan, of the United States cruiser Raleigh, regarding the rela¬ tions between Admiral Dewey and the German naval commander at Manila as “indiscretions. Most of them express the opinion that Germany will treat the incident with “dignified silence.” ELLIJAY, GILMER COUNTY; DAY, APRIL 27, 1899. THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS SINE DIE. B.STTLE FOR SENATOR FRUITLESS tTjjt(6is fcxtfa Session Is Called, State Will Ilayo But One Senator For Next Two Years. A special from Harrisburg, Pa., says: The great battle for United States senator ended Wednesday with¬ out an election and unless Governor Stone calls an extra session at which there should be an election, Pennsyl¬ vania will have only one representa¬ tive in the United States senate dur¬ ing the next two years. After the taking of ballot in joint convention ft motion was offered by Mr. Fow, detaoefat, that of Philadelphia, thanks and adopted, a vote of be tendered tho officers aud that the con¬ vention adjourn sine die. The legislature adjourned Thurday noon. There was no change in the last day’s voting, the friends of Senator Quay standing by him and the anti Quay republicans by B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, while the democrats cast their votes for George A. Jenks, who had been their candidate since the deadlock began, The senatorial Contest began on January 17th. On that day Senator Quay received his highest vote, 112 senators and representatives casting their ballots for him. This was thir¬ teen less than the number necessary to a choice and he never came nearer an election during the moi-e than three months of the struggle. No such bit¬ ter political contest has probably ever before been waged in this country. The fight has been distinctly on Quny and anti-Quay lines, aud both sides had numerous representatives at all times keeping a close watch on tho numbers and on each other. The seventy-ninth ballot, the last to be taken for ft United States Senator at the present session of the legislature, resulted: Quay, republican, 93; Jenks, democrat, 85; Jones, republican, 69. Total, 217. Necessary for a choice, 121. Paired or not voting, 6, THE SECOND DOLLAR DINNER. This One Given Under Auspices of'Work lng Men ntNew York, The second of the “one-dollftr” Bryan dinners, that under the auspi¬ ces of the workingmen, was held Wed¬ nesday night at the Grand Central palace in New York City. The dinner was not as largely attended as the ono given by the Chi¬ cago platform democrats in the same place on the preceding and Saturday night, being about 1,000 men women present. Mr. Bryan his When closed address Wednesday night there was a mighty demonstration. Men and women made frantic efforts to shake him by the bond and it required the services of several policemen to rescue him and escort him to ono of the reception rooms. Ha remained until the crowd had largely dispersed and then was driven to the hotel Bartholdi. As he emerged into the street and got into his carriage he was greeted again by cheers, several hundred people waiting to get a farewell glimpse of him. The striking difference between the two dollar dinners was the seating of the guests of honor Wednesday night on the platform, where they were plainly visible to everybody in the hall. Back of the speakers, painted on a large canvass, was the following: “A system of political economy will yet dawn which will perform as well as promise; which will rain the riches of nature into the laps of the starving poor.” Colonel William J. Bryan entered the hall soon after 7 o’clock. He was received with great applause. Speak¬ ers were seated as follows: Presiding officer, John Brisben Walker; Mr. Bryan to bis right, with N. O. Nelson, of St. Louis; Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn, Charles Frederick Adams and John S. Crosby at Mr. Bryan’s right. At the chairman’s left were Mayor Samuel M. Jones, of To¬ ledo; Oliver H. P. Belmont and Wil¬ liam Temple Emmet, great-grandson of Robert Emmett.: The toasts and speakers were as fol¬ lows: “Municipal Ownership of Pub¬ lic Franchises,” Mayor S. M. Jones; “What a Just Economic System Would Do for Women,” Charlotte Perkins Stetson; “The Foes Which Beset Movements in the Interest of People,” Rev. Edward McGlynn; “Practical Adjustment of Social Problems,” N. O. Nelson; “All Government Derives Its Powers from the Consent of the Governed,” William Temple Emmett; “Thomas Jefferson,” William Jen¬ nings Bryan. The menu was of the simplest. It was: Vegetable soup, haddock, egg sauce, roast beef, roast turkey, cran¬ berry sauce; pickles, ice cream, cake and coffee. IN JURY’S HANDS. Proceedings In the Quay Trial Brought To a Sudden Close. A Philadelphia special says: Coun¬ sel for Senator Quay announced Thurs¬ day that they would not offer testimony but would rest its ease on the evidence offered by the commonwealth. Judge Biddle said he was not in a position to discredit the testimony of¬ fered by the commonwealth and would therefore allow the case to go to the jury for them to decide. FOR EXTRA SESSION OF THE ALA¬ BAMA GENERAL ASSEMBLY. TO MEET IN MONTGOMERY MAY 2. Principal Purpose Is to Consider the Repeal of the Constitutional Convention Act. has Governor issued call Johnsl^p, for of extra Alabama, session a an of the state legislature to assemble in Montgomery May 2. ^ rt Tho proclama¬ tion is as follows! A Proclamation. The general assembly of Alabama it hereby called to meet in extra session at the capitol for on Tuesday, May 2, 1899, at noon, the following pur¬ poses, oDly: the 1. To consider question of re¬ pealing an act entitled, “An act to provide for holding a convention to revise and amend the constitution of this state, and for the submission of tho question —convention or no conven¬ tion—to a vote of the electors of the state,” approved December 16, 1898. 2. To consider and submit amend¬ ments to the constitution of tho state. 3. To consider a primary election law. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed at the capitol in the city of Montgomery, on this, the 20tli day of Johnston, April, 1899. Jos. S. Governor. By the governor, R. P. M’David, Sec. of Stato. In connection with his proclamation Calling the general assembly in extra session the governor gave to the press a statement to the people, which in part says: “To tiik People op Alabama: “I have determined that it is my duty to convene the general assembly in extra session to repeal the con vention act, submit amendment to the present constitution, and adopt a primary elec¬ tion law. “I am satisfied that if the act be not repealed a bitter campaign will ensue, the convention bo overwhelmed by a vote of the people and desirable amend¬ ments postponed for years to come. “An extra session should not cost over $10,000; the election alone under the act, even if fruitless, would cost over ‘ $$0, OUiPr'Tjift^aeiftiy will eSffie in any eveht out of the pockets of the people. “In my last biennial message to the general assembly, whilst conceding that the constitution needed some re¬ vision, I said: ‘Our state is now en¬ joying a political repose most grateful after years of bitter dissension and strife, and if possible we sbould wisely avoid any issue that would cl roy this condition.' I submitted to the general assembly ‘whether such re¬ vision as may be necessary could not be had with more certainty and less expense, apprehension and discord by amendment than a general election. ’ ■ “The general assembly by narrow majorities—five in tho senate and ten in the house—decided to submit to the electors the question as to whether or not they desired a constitutional convention. Whilst this was not in accord with my views I did not feel at liberty to withhold- my assent from a measure that permitted every voter in the state to decide for himself whether ho desired a convention to be held or not. Since then a democratic state convention has been held and without the question ever having been submit¬ ted to tho democratic voters, or having been considered by them, an attempt was made to' take away from them the right given by the legislature to de¬ cide for themselves whether they de¬ sired a convention or not, and to bind them to vote for a convention whether approved by their judgment and con¬ science or not. This has been fol¬ lowed up by the threat that nominees of county conventions shall disobey the wishes of the conventions which nominated them and deplore for the constitutional convention- or be driven to resign. “Instead of the non-partisan con¬ vention designed by the general assem¬ bly the plan now seems to be to give us a constitution framed by partisans seeking only political advantages for those engineering and directing the cause.” FEYEIt STARTS IN HAVANA. Three Cases of Yellow Jack Develop In the Cuban Capital. Three cases of yellow fever devel¬ oped in Havana Thursday. Colonel Davis isolated the houses and de¬ clined to allow any ingress or egress except in the case of the physician and the necessary assistants, who were not allowed to come in contact with the public until their clothing had been changed and fumigated. No Ameri¬ cans are among the sick. There has been at all times during the last four or five months some yel¬ low fever—a case or two—and the ex¬ pectation was, of course, that there would be an outbreak this season. BAKER FAMILY TESTIFIES In Trial of Alleged Lyncher, at Charleston, Ponth Carolina. The trial of the Lake City lynching case was resumed at Charleston, S. C., Tuesday morning. Six witnesses were examined but nothing material adduced so far save the facts of the killing aud distraction of the post office. Four members ifcf the Baker family, the wife and three children of the dead postmaster, testified, jytfcf a IllWll Often in the morning there comes a feeling of weariness, indescribable ; not exactly ill, nor fit to work, but too near well to remain idle. A Ripans Tabide taken at night, before retiring, or just after dinner, has been known to drive away that weariness for months. WAIfTF.D A case of bad health that TVlT‘A‘N*S and will not benefit. Send five cents to Ripans Chemical Co Ro. 10 Spruce Street. New York, for 10 samples 1,000 testimonials. R’l’P A’N S, 10 for 5 cent*, or 12 packets for 48 hnnwh cents pain may oud bo prolong had of nil life. dnurgists One who relief. nro willing Note the to word sell a K’lT'AJrS standard medicine on Uy; packet. nt a moderate Accept ho profit. substitute. Thqx gpveu LARGESTANDMoSTCoMPLETEBUCGYfACTORY on EARTH WRITE FOR '' ' . • ..^.CATALOCUE Our Coods Are The Best^^ Our Price the lowest. Parry MFG.<a- Wrana P' ,lis w AT REMARKS MADE BY CAI’TAlN COGHLAN IN CLUB SPEECHES. AMBASSADOR CALLS UPON HAY. Secretary of State Say* It Is a Matter For the Navy Department to Straighten Out. A Washington special says: The German government has entered a formal protest against the language used by Captain Coghlan, of' the Raleigh, at the Union League Club banquet at New York last Friday night, and also his remarks on Satur¬ day night before the Army and Navy Club, The protest was lodged with Secre¬ tary Hay through ths German ambas¬ sador, Herr von Holleben. Secretary Hay replied that the language appeared to Lave been used at a dinner in a club and so could not be regarded as au official or public ut¬ terance in the sense that would war¬ rant tho state department in acting. However, the navy department was fully competent to take such action as the case seemed to require. With this statement the ambassador wft3 content, doubtless for the time at least, and will wait a reasonable length of time upou the navy department. There are semi-official intimations that the ambassador will not so much concern himself with the course of the United States in dealing with Coghlan. The German ambassador stated that the poem recited by Captain Coghlan was “too nasty to be noticed.” Though relieved from accovmtability to the state department directly by Secretary Hay’s attitude, the navy de¬ partment, as the secretary has indi¬ cated, must deal with tho case. Cap¬ tain Coghlan cau be called to account on several charges, presuming that be has been correctly reported and tjjat lie admits tho utterances. As in Com¬ modore Meade’s case, if he stands mute and the newspaper men refuse to testify, the navy department can proceed no further. So far no response has been receiv¬ ed from Captain Coghlan at the navy department. It is expected that the officer will proceed with deliberation in making any statement he may Mean¬ care to suuinii to the department. while unpleasant suggestions are aris¬ ing as to tho embarrassments that may follow the execution of the round of receptions already planned for the Ra¬ leigh. The German abassador appeared at the state department at noon Monday for the purpose of makingfurthur rep¬ resentations to Secretary Hay touch¬ ing ■ upon the conduct of Captain Coghlan, so that the utterances of Captain Coghlan at the Army and Navy Club as published in Monday morning’s papers were regarded as an additional offense. Secretary Hay has not changed his position Tn any degree. He deprecated the lack of tact and the bad taste shown by Captain Coghlan, and be did not hesitate to let that be known to the German ambassador. But he still held that the case was one that required treatment by methods of na¬ val discipline only, and with which the state department could not con¬ cern itself. The German ambassador will communicate the department’s views to the foreign office at Berlin. The officials on both sides realize that this episode may grow into a very grave source of discord unless treated discreetly and coolly. Our officials are somewhat surprised at the importance attached to this in¬ cident by the German government. It is said that our own government has ignored many utterances of Gernman officials of sentiments far more inimi¬ cal to tho United States than was the talk of Captain Coghlan to Germany. ATTORNEY GENERAL TALKS Concerning the Holt Lynchincr and Says Case Has No Federal Aspect. A Washington dispatch says: Attor¬ ney General Griggs, in speaking of the negro lynching near Newnan, Ga., last Sunday said the case had no fed¬ eral aspc-t,therefore the govern¬ ment would take no action whatever in regard to the occurrence. LEVEE GIVES TV AY. Murky Waters of the Mississippi Flooding Louisiana Plantations. A dispatch from Raceland, La., says: Notwithstanding strenuous efforts by the people of the La Fourche valley, the levee gave way Monday morning at 1 o’clock at a point five miles be¬ low Raceland. The break quickly widened and at daybreak a disastrous erffittsse was puring the murky waters of twe bayou over some of the richest plantations, including hundreds of acres of cane and corn, and stretching its grasp in all directions. TOLBERT WILL TESTIFY. Fx-Postmaster of McCormick Will Tell of Phenix Election Riots. Ex-Postmaster James AY. Tolbert, of McCormick, S. C., has gone to Green¬ ville to testify in the trial of M. L. B. Sturkey, Wade Cothrane and ten other prominent merchants and farmers of McCormick, charged with conspiracy to run the Tolberts out of the post office. This is a development of the Phe¬ nix election riots last November. f A strictly high-grade Family modern Sewing Machine, possessing all improvements. GUOlleed £pl to Hid BOSI. Prices very reasonable. Obtain _. . them ____ from your local dealer and make comparisons. 3ELVIP5RS, ILL ROLLS ARE ACCEPTABLE. Cubans Identified By Captains Are All tn He Paid By Gen. llrooke. A dispatch from Havana says: Gov¬ ernor General Brooke, in the distribu¬ tion of the §3,000,000 to the Cuban soldiers, has determined to treat the Cuban officers as soldiers and gentle¬ men, and not to endeavor to go be¬ hind the rolls they submit. Any Cu¬ ban named on tho lists who is identi¬ fied by his captain will get a share. General Gomez will also probably re¬ ceive a share. The names of several American newspaper correspondents are among 1he privates. These men, who are now in Havana, ask that the word “honor¬ ary” be put after their names, and an¬ nounce that they will not take their portions. SEVEN AMERICANS KILLED. H wo Officers and rive Privates Fall Before the Rebel’s Fire. A Manila special says: In an en counter with the Filipinos Sunday near Quengna, about four miles north¬ east of Malolos, seven Americans were killed and forty-four wounded. The following were killed: Colonel John M. Stotzenberg, of the First Nebraska regiment, formerly of the Sixth caval¬ ry; Lieutenant Sisson', of the same regiment; two privates of the Nebraska regiment; three privates of^he Fourth cavalry. wounded belong to the Most of the First Nebraska regiment. The Fili¬ pinos retreated with small loss. The engagement successful deviBloped into i disastrous, though fight. The iu^irgents ha/1 s liorseshoi trench field about a the mile edgjBH^Iie i(^®3Bcirclir.g woo- 1 j: ! riee on Major ..vcVuntered Bell, with Sfrong fo^^avalrym.-a. outpost. a NO. 34. 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