Newspaper Page Text
S»
The True Citizen,
A LIys Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published
Every Friday Morning, at Way
nesboro, Ga., bv the
SULLIVAN BROTHERS.
RATES OB SUBSCRIPTION:
One Copy One Tear,.. . $300
‘‘ Six months, 1.00
“ “ Three months 00
All subscriptions must be accompanied
by the CASH.
THE TRUE CITIZEN.
t I The Trite Citizen.
-:0:-
Advortising rates liberal.
Transient advertlsments payable in ad
All contract advertisements payable puaj
terly
Vol. 1.
Waynesboro, Ga., April 20, 1883.
Ail communications for personal benefit wd
be charged for as advertisements.
Advertisements to ocoupy special places witl
VT „ KA -be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates.
• ll U. tl". Notices In local and business column 5 cts
per line; In local 10 cts per line each insertion
For terms apply at this office.
A FIVE TEARS' CEASE.
t
Norris, the detective, has had a hard
time going East with his captive, Lew
Houck, the notorious murderer, and
had it not been for the aid of General
Superintendent Dickinson, of the Un
ion Pacific Railway at Lawrence city,
his man would have been taken from
him at Cheyenne. Houck is the most
expert gambler, three card monte man,
and bunco steerer in the West, it not in
the country. He is a handsome man
of thirty-five years, and has visited in
his search for victims every corner of
the continent. He is one day a cattle
man, with whip and prod, the next a
poor emigrant, and occasionally a mash
ing dandy. Any character which will
track to its destination. Barton, a
station with no population save a few
railroad employes, just inside the Ne
braska line, and beyond the power of a
Wyoming writ. There the special wait
ed the passenger late at night, when the
prisoner was again placed on board, all
fears of his release being over.
Houck is one of the boldest rascals
in the country, and will probably get a
life sentence in the Ohio penitentiary.
He tanes things very coolly, and hopes
to escape from the clutches of the law.
On the trip to Barton, he gave the
party exhibitions of his skill with cards,
imitating a drummer for their amuse
ment, and related many aneodotes of
his checkered career. He has been
everything, from a minister of the gos-
serve his purpose be assumes with ease, ■ pel to a jail bird and a murderer, and if
and has become, in consequence, noto
rious among the card sharps of die
country. He has hundreds of admirers
and fiiends among them, *ho have
stood by him while the hounds of jus
tice haye been on the chase for near y
five years.
As has already been telegraphed.
Houck murdered Paul Lohman, a com
mercial traveller, on a Columbus and
Toledo train, on July 31, 1878, in a
quarrel over a game of cards. The
stakes amounted to $70, whioh both
men claimed. A short fierce quaracl
ensued, and the men clinched in a j
struggle for the money, but Houck.'
sent to prison as he deserves, will take
his sentence as philosophically as
though fleecing a granger on an emi
grant train, or a millionaire on a Pul-
man.
EATING HUMAN BEINGS.
Denver, Col., April 13.- -The trial
of Alfred G. Packer, charged with mur
dering five companions in San Juan
county, in 1872, whioh has been in pro
gress at Lake City for several days,
was concluded yseterday and the oaae
given to the jury.
The evidence shows that a party of
withthe quickness for ‘'which he is f. i-j six men or « anized in Ulah Territory, in
mous, shot the drummer, killing him 1872 » to P r08 P ect 10 the vicinity of
instantly. He then pulled the bell- j Lak * Cit ?» ho P in K Boon to make the
. stopped the train, and made his business pay them well. However, du-
the railroad company detenu i ri “« the maroh to their destination,
oaptuie the murderer at any 1 blindin « atorms came on, and being
John T. Norris, the | witho " t a P r0 P« r g° ide > the unfortunate
iollow Houck until he
A young man in Brooklyn, earned
Voorhies, nigh unto death, was nursed
at her mother’s house by Miss Ida
Jones, to whom he was engaged to be
married. A day or two since, his fa
ther and a policeman, with a warrant
from a justice, called aud were shown
into the sick man’s room. The young
lady protested against his removal.—
“Can’t you see,” she added, “that he
is dying now ?” The policeman push
ed her out of the room, saying he did
not want any interference. The sick
man was wrapped up and carried to the
coach. Miss Jones sprang through the
window, exclaiming: “Don’t take him
away. It will kill him. I’ll take care
of him, for I loye him better than any
one else does.” As the coach was leav •
mg, Mr. Voorhies leaned out and sa'd :
“I’ll have this out with you yet.”—
She does not know what he meant by
the threat. Miss Jones says she has
not only nursed her lover in his sick
ness, but has provided medicine and
delicacies out of her purse. Recently
she lost her employment, and her mon -
ey gave out, and an appeal was sent to
his father, which ended in his removal.
He died next day, aud the girl is al
most broken-hearted.
tug u
trail in a
s travelled in
miles, visiting
8. Houck fled
andlince thy
New Mex-
lifornia.
at Houck
ched the
t finding
out giv-
_ Houck’s
telegraph office in a small
town in the interior, through a message
to Houck from one of his old pals.—
It gave Norris a pointer, and told him
“to go to ^L.as Vegas.” Norris being
an operator, sent the message, having
access to the office, and changed “Las
s” to “Los Angeles.” He tele
graphed the Sheriff there to arrest
Houck, and going there immediately
afterwards found Houck in jail. Nor ■
ris left Los Angeles at once with bis
prisoner, but the news of the arrest had
been telegraphed over the country, and
many sporting friends of the captive
came promptly to his rgpue. Houck
was released three times in California
men lost their way. Day after day
they roved about, hoping to meet some
person or find a habitation, and day
after day they were disappointed. So
matters commenced to be alarming.—
The oountry was barren, and their ra
tions were fast disappearing. They
continued to rove about, living on herbs
and rosebuds, until at last something
must be done to keep the body and
si.ul together. Some of the men were
actually erased, and the others courted
death as a deliverer. While this was
the state of affairs, and his companions
were in this condition. Packer, who
was the strongest one of the party, de
liberately butchered every one of his
companions, aud for several weeks act
ually lived upon slices cut from the
bodies of his companions. The prisoner
calmly made a statement, giving in
substance the above history of the affair.
He maintains that his murdering his
companions was done in self-defence ;
that it was the only alternative left.—
His statement closed with* the most
siokening details of the murder, and his
subsequent feasting on human flesh for
weeks.
The eyidenoe shows that each mem-
on writs of habeas corpus, but eaoh,
time Norris succeeded in getting him ber of the party, exoept Packer, posses
back into his clutches. 8ed * lar «® amou “t of monev, upon
A ~ ... . ! which the ghoul has sinoe been living
On the way East from California, .. . . , . , 6
u j xt • . /-w j .. After nine years of wandering, he was
the news reached Norris at Ogden that . , . ,
. , .. , „ 6 „. • oaptured a few weeks ago, near Fort
“ party of Deaver and Kansas City « ... . ..
a 7 ; Fetterman. Wyoming. The evidence
ports had obtained a writ at Cheyenne, *ks.
sports ciroum8tan(ial The • th . g
and would take him off there on the ar-, , .. ... . ..
, , .. ... , 1 morning found him gouty. A motion
rival of the train, Norris had aconsulta ; • .« t, . * . . ,
,. , , .... n \ be made fer a new trial oil the
turn by telegraph with the Union Pa -; . . ...
ground that the murders were commit-
oifio officials here, snd to prevent his
losing his prisoner, it was decided to
take Houok through Wyoming, a dis
tance of600 miles, on a special train, at
isuoh rate of speed that it would he out
iif the question to stop him. General
1 Superintendent Dickinson, therefore,
went West from here with an engine
ted on an Indian reservation, and that
the eourt, therefore, has no jurisdietion.
Atlanta Post-Appeal : Capt. Crim
has in his possession a watch whieh he
obtained from Jake Murray. Jake says
that he found the watch in the Mark
ham House the dav after Governor
his speoial car until he met the ’jS'ephens’ funeral. The watch is gold
^rttin, when Houck and the de-
ywere taken on hoard, and the
^ial preoeded the regular passenger
./as wheels cout
opep faood, metal dial and handsomely
engraved. A rwumojLJiUb. I
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 14.
Professor H. Colton, State Geologist
for Tennessee, accompanied by Mr,
Whittborn, has for several days been
on a prospecting tour through East
Tennessee, the real object of which was
little known. It now developes that
their expedition was of great imper
tauoe not only to them, but to an entire
section of the State. They traeed up a
very valuable silver mine at the head of
Wolf Creek, in Coke county, and pur
chased the entire vein. An analysis of
Prof. Colton developes the fact that the
ore contains from $25 to $35 of silver
per ton, which is fully as rich as the
majority of great mines in the \N cst.
They are hound under their contract to
sink a shaft seventy-five feet, and tun
nel one hundred feet within six months
A company will at one be formed to
develop the mine on an extensive scale
Petersburg, April 12.—Judge
Aohison, of the United States District
Court, to-day filed an opinion in the
case of the United States vs. William
Jenkinson, which is of great importance
to the tohaooo trade* The defendant
was indicted for selling tobacco contra
ry to seotion 3363 revised statutes —
His offense consisted in selling five
pounds of ping tobacco from a broken
paokage to a small dealer. The Court
says the government has no right to in
quire whether or not Jenkinson sold the
lobaeco to be sold again, and the de
fendant is discharged. Tbis'opinion is
contrary to all recent ruling ot the in
ternal revenue bureau.
All Men Agree
That the best is cheapest, and especially is this true in FURNITURE
J ust see some of our prices:
Parlor Sets ill Hair Cloth, Walnut Frame from $35 to $90.
The best Raw Silk Set for $65 over offered.
Nice Walnut Chamber Sot", Marble T«>p, $55.
The lx st Walnut Marble Top Set in the market f »r $65.
WE DEFY COMPETITION FROM ANY AND EVERY QUARTER t
WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR,
AND FEW EQUALS, IN THESOUTl
Who ever heard of Cane Seat Chairs for seventy-five cents.
Extension Tables one dollar per foot.
hatuk Al]
We guarantee satisfaction in every case. Our stock of Mattresses am
Spring Beds is complete. Steam Dressed Feathers always on
goods packed and shipped free of charge. Upholstering done ^
branches. Oar new Catalogue will be ready about October 1st.
J. L. BOWLES Ac OO,,
septl5,’82.b y. 717 and 839 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
W. I. DELPH
831 BROAD STREET, AUG US 7 A,
0./1.
wholesale and retail dealer in
Cooking Stoves, Heating Stoves.
GRATES. HARDWARE, and TINWaRE.
In Stock a Very Full Line of the Celebrated
{EXCELSIOR COOK STOVES,
The best in the market. Sixteen different sizes and kinds Six 'sizes*
with enameled reservoirs Adopted to all requirements, and priced to suit
all purses. Leading Features :—Double wood doors, patent wood grnti,
adjustable damper, interchangeable automatic shelf, broiling door, Swinging
hearth-plate, Swinging flue-stop, reversible ^as-burning long cross piec«.
double short centrrs, heavy ring covers, Illuminated fire dours, uickel
knoba, nickel panels, etc. Unequalled in Material, in finish, and operation.
ma{23’83l y. W. I. DELPH, 831 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Sheehan's Excelsior Bottling Woiks.
Panama, April 5.—The seven men
who have been so long imprisoned on
suspioion of having been engaged in the
robbery of the $50,000 from the Pan
ama railroad vaults, have been at
length set free. No evidence even of a
oiroumstantial nature was presented
against them, and no cause is given for
their long detention. The men medi
tate demanding redress, but false im
prisonment involves no punishment in
that country.
LaGrange Reporter: Ed. Moreland,
oolored, who sued Troupe oounty for
damages sustained by the falling of his
mule and baggy through a bridge over
Yellow Jaoket, near Y oung’s mul, will
now have a ohaooe to submit the oaae
to a jury. Judge Harris decided at
the first trial, that the new Constitu
tion inhibited suoh suits. The
prerne Court, however, reverses
isian, and the matter
p up at this court,
their roi
•urn.
a. laiiaas,
1025 GREENE STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Pure Soda Water, Sarsaparilla and Ginger Ale manufactured
Fresh and First-class material. Lager Beer In kegs and bottles *
hand. Orders solicited and promptly filled.
alwa r
N T) ICE of Good Quality and Just Weight shipped
■ D.tomers at Market Price. j
ARRINGTON & CO. d. L. FULLE
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
■ "V ■ ■
Waynetsboro, Ga,
Pictures taken in oloudy as well
as fair weather.
Photographs eula
inches, without
large assortiu