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If; Waycross Weekly Herald. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WAYCROSS AND OF WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES. VOLUME XXII WAYCROSS, GA., SATURDAY. AERIE 12, 1902. NUMBER 47 Coroner Holds Inquest OVER THE BODY OF ROBT. BRANCH, THE COLORED BARBER. Robert Branch, the negro barber who was taken auddenly ill yesterday morning after drinking from a bottle of whisky which was given him by a traveling man at the Southern Hotel, died this morning at 7 o’clock. He never recovered consciousness after drinking the whisky. Dr. R. P. Izlar, who was in attendance on Branch, states positively that the negro'a death was caused by morphine poisoning, administered in the whisky. Coroner Grimes held an inquest over the body this morning, and the following ver- diet was returned by the jury: We, the jury, And that the deceased, Robert Branch, came to his death by morphine poison administered by &n unknown hand. A. P. Perham, Jr., J. A. Miller,W. A. Lowber, C R. Jordan, C H. Beaton, J. W. Newton, foreman. C. M. High* smith, constable. This 10th day of April, 190*2 The evidence of witnesses before the coroner's jury is as follows: EVIDENCE OF .T. W. NEWTON. Yesterday morning, between 7 and 8 o’clock, a small man who claimed to be working lor Bradstreet, came into iny shop nod had Robert Branch to shave him and cut his hair. Branch and the Bradstreet man talked freely about busi ness and then about whisky, while being shaved. After Branch was through with the Bradstreet man, Robert took a small tin cup and followed the man through the back door. Soon Branch came back in the shop with a small half pint flssk in his band. H v washed the flask and then went back to where the Bradstreet man was. Shortly after he returned and locked the flask in a small cabinet. When Beech Harvey came, Branch said to him, “If you had come a little earlier you could have got a drink of *Paul Jones.’ ” Shortly after Branch unlocked the cabinet, put the flask in his pocket and went to break* fast. In about thirty five minutes Branch’s wife came to the shop, very excited, and aaid Branch seemed to be dying. I don’t think Branch drank any whisky while he was at my shop. He seemed to be perfectly sober when 1 came down yesterday morning. EVIDENCE OF MI3SIE BRANCH. Robert came home and asked for a glass to drink some whiskey which he said a white man gave him, who worked for Brtdstrett, in New York, He called the man’s name, but I don’t remember what it was. After he drank the whis* key be said it was bitter, that there mutt have been morphine in It. When he was eating his breakfast bis eyes aud- denly tamed red. I asked if he was sleepy, and he said yes. Then he laid dowo on the bed and hasn’t spoken since. He never took morphine before* to my knowledge. He-told me he did njt drink any whiskey before he got home. About five minutes after drink* log the whiskey he turned sick. EVIDENCE OF DR IZLAR. I was called to see Branch about 10 o'clock yesterday. HU wife old me bo had takeu some whUkev about 8 o’clock HU symptoms pointed to those of opium poisoning I took the flask, which con* tained about 1 1*2 tablespoonafu!! of the whiskey and had it analysed. It con* tained morphine, io what qoantity I do not know. He died from morphioe poUooieg.. EVIDENCE OF IKE HUDSON. Yesterday (homing a mu boarding it•heSjutbern Hotel asked me if I wanted a drink I told him yes, and lie asked me to call the barber in. Robert Branch heard hiiu and came in the hotel office, where we were. Rob ert poured out r bout half a glass of whisky, and the man gave me some in a glass. The white msn also turned the bottle up and appeared to bs drioking. Don’t know whether he drank any or not. There was no tin* usual taste in the whisky given me. I didn’t see Robert drink any whisky while he was in the hotel. I know the white msn, having seen him often at the hotel, bnt I don’t know his name. When the man gave us the whUky we were standing near the water cooler in the hotel office. 1 never saw Brunch drink whisky before, nor have I seen him take morphine. Teddy Didn't Draw. Savannahlans are evidently not very anxious to look upon and be in the same city with President Roosevelt, as less than *200 went over to Caarleatan this morning on the special train sent over there by the Plant system The passenger department was greatly dis appointed at the small crowd that ap pc&red at the depot, as they had ad* vertised the president's day quite ex tenstvely and had hoped that Sayan nahiana would enthuse over “Teddy, the Terrible,” and llock to the expi tion. Tpc passenger men console them selves with tlie hope that Savannah day, which is April l- r >th, will prove much more of a drawing enrd and that hosts of Sayantiahiana will go over to see the exposition at that time.—Sa vannah Press. Conductor Stutts Killed HIS MANGLED BODY FOUND ON THE TRACK THIS M0RNINQ. Thursday;* daily. The horribly mangled body of Con ductor Stutts was found on the rail road track at Uffertnan early thu morning, shortly after the freight train which was in hit charge, pulled out of that station for Waycross. As far as can ba learned, there t^ere no witoaosea to Mr. Stutu’ death and it U only auppoaed that while attempt ing to board hla train which waa pull ing out of O/ferman, ha slipped and fall under the cars, the wheels passing over his body and causing instant death. 1 The brakemen on the train missed their conductor before the arrival in Waycroea, but were unable to account for bit disappearance. A telegram from Offerman about the finding of the body waa received here early this morning. Conductor Stutts was a young man, probably not more than 35 years old, and baa been working for the Plant System S or 4 years. Ilia headquarters recently baa been in Savannah, but he laid orar in Waycroas two or three «igbta each week, aleaping In his cab. It is aaid that hla original home was In Dothan, Ala., and relatives at that place have been notified. Augusta's Lock on!. Augnsta, April 9.—The lockout of ah mill operatives In the Augnsta district, which was threatened by the Manu facturer’s Association in retaliation for the strike Mooday of the employee of the King Mills, went Into effeet this forenoon. Every mill In Augusta and in the Horae Creek district is dosed. They include the plants at Aiken, Van* dues, Graniteville, WarrenyUle, Bath Xangley and Clearwater, which employ In the aggregate 19,000 operatives. .. S ipscs-sa *• i- Mr. R. G. Matthews APPOINTED STATION MASTER OF NEW UNION DEPOT IN SAVANNAH. Mr. R G. Matthews, of this city, has been notified of his appointment as Station Master of the new union rail road station in Savannah. He will leave Waycross tomorrow night for Savannah, and will begin his duties as as the new union station opens which will be .u a few dm vs. Mr. Matthews is st present train master for the Plant system between Savannah and Jacksonville. Mr. R A. McCranie, who is train master for the Brunswick and Western railway, will also have under his juris diction the line between Savannah and Jacksonville. The Herald is the first paper to pub lish the news of Mr. Matthews ap pointment, and the news will be re ceived with much interest by the Sa vannah people. There were many ap plicants for the Station Master’s posi tion, and there has been much specula tion ingSavannah as to who would be appointed. Gii l .Murdered in Detroit. Detroit. April 9.— Just before u night tht- most brutal murder of cent yearn «n this city was committed on Thirteenth street, between Autoi nette and McGraw streets. A young girl who has not yet been identified, was stabbed and pounded to death. Ilur throat was cut from ear to ear, a knife was thrust ioto her brain behind the ear an>^ a dent in her forehead sho,ved that she had beeu club tied. A resident of the neighborhood, Harry Jewell, heard cries and screams, aud looking out. Saw a msn striking a giri down. After felling her and running away a short distance Jewell says the assail ant turned again and renewed his at tack on her prostrate body. Jewell notified the police, wno found the girl dead, bhe was apparently a working girl, peveral people residing in vicinity of the murder were taken to the motgue by the police, but none of them could identify the girl. No trace of the murderer has been found. A Wife With Every Kurin. “A wife with every eighty acres of land.” So promised a Chicago Jreal estate agent named Webster, who has just published tills advertisement: NOTICE—My offer to furnish a wife with every bO acres of Langlade county land, Wisconsin, is hereby revoked. Mr. Webster said: “I did well until l sold ::■’() acres to one man, aud he wanted a wife for himself, his uncle and two brothers, when I realized that it would be necessary to organize a big matrimonial bureau. A German wanted a German partner, a .Swede, a Swedish; a Scotch, a Scotch; and I just couldn't get an Irishman to take an English B>rL" One We, to Oet Velee. Co). W. W. Wisdom is expected to announce in a few days as a candidate for the senate from the thirty-seventh district. Troup, Heard and Carroll counties compose the district, and un der the rotation system it is Troup’s time to nsme the candidate. CoL Wis dom says In his canvssslog he expect* to take a negro along to drive for him, and whenever he slope a voter at the plow to talk to him he will make the negro take the plow and in this way he will not stop the man from his farm labor.—Dawson News. It May Be a Deadlock. The following interesting political gossip is sent from Atlanta to the Au gusta Chronicle. “Without any desire whatever to disparage the claim of any candidate for governor—for all o! them are claiming the election—but as Mayor Mims would say, ‘with an eye single to acquaint the readers of the Chroni cle with the drift of the gubernatorial campaign as viewed from bare, the opinion is daily gaining ground that there will be a deadlock, and that it would not surprise some of the old stagers if a dark hor»e did not, after all, run off with the priz?. It ia v told here today that all three of tbs candidates—EstiB, Terrel) and Gnerry—are afraid of losing support that they all naturally looked Us "An Investigation proves that there la more In the story than is on tbs sur face, for the reason that three candi dates are working so moeh tht harder, and each to trying to dominate the eon vea lion] »r visit, r cently f.. one of the it ad^snt> Just a Chance. to a London workshop re nt .to wl.i Iriso won ,i. .i, varus verv ill, and lnoughl • tfiat she siiould see tin* priest^without delay, say* the New York Tribune. A few* days after vard, when tlie old woman had rallied ^lit tle, the vi-,lor said to her. “WeJj, Mr*. O'Connor, did the priest come to you?'* She replied, • Yes avic, but 1 was sur prised to find it gintleman like him so ignorant.” Ignortnt! What do you mean?*’ ‘Sliure, lie Unows no Irish.” I Mrs \vConnor kuew* her prayers in Irish, but could not say them in E i.>- lith. 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