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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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MACON, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1895
The Telfair Gases Tried in
the United States
Court.
STATEMENTS UNDER OATH
Give a Clearer Conception of the Causes
Which Led to the Arrests
and Trial,
PLAIN WORDS FROM THE COURT
II. Anare, the Prisoners That the Peer
That They Would Not Cat a Pair
Trial 1, Unfounded—'That (he
Right! of All Will
Be Protected.
jutfgd /teecr yesterday heard the con
spiracy cases against the prisoners
from Telfair county.
Court was to have been held In Sa
vannah. where a very Important docket
had been arranged for the 4th, but
this was deferred by-order of the
court until the Telfair cases could be
disposed otf.
Some evidence of an exceedingly sen
sational nature was developed, and It
toeoaane a well established fact In the
opinion of the court that old mam
Lrnclus X,. Williams had declared him
self an outlaw.
• All of the prisoners were acquitted
except ACex Furaell, George WllllaSns
and Bob Williams. Fuseill was placed
under a *5,000 bond to keep the -peace
as to F j officers and law of the United
States; George Williams was placed
under a similar bond for 51.000. and
Bob Williams was too sick to stand
trial, and was allowed to go home
under bond. Aleck Fuwel 1 Fas sen
tenced to four months' Imprisonment
In the common Jail of Bibb county.
It became evident In the .progress of
the trial that somebody had been
guilty of criminally obstructing the
due administration of Justice, but the
identification of tho prisoners with re
gard to the riotous acts was not suffi
ciently established In the mind of the
court, who acted as both Judge and
Jury. " .
Mr. William 'B. Fussell’s bondsmen
wero B. E. Wilcox, Andrew MdRae,
B. C. Phillips,. J. B. D. Paulk, and
F. M. AllagOod.
Olr (George ■ M. (Williams’ sureties
ioai. ° ,, . 11rl looKtiiiK -to* wre wrnen way we - miu
were Andrew McRab, F, M. Aliagooa Rone j orjereq him to surrender, and
and William McLean. ho said: M , you, kill me. I’ll dlo
■Mr Aleck FusseK Is a brother-in-law before I surrender.” I told him I would
. ,, „„„ T r williams and ! have to kill him If ho didn’t surrender,
of old mam Lucius L. williams, ano ^ he 8)U< j. „ You Republican
was a Justice of the peace. He did not . pit die before I’ll go bstore
prove to the entire satisfaction of tho Judge Speer, and be tried. I haven't
onlookers then refused or failed to
oome to the assistance of the officers
they would then be guilty of contempt
of court.
When tlio trial was finished yester
day afternoon, several of the defend
ants acknowledged their surprise at
the falrneM anil Impartiality of their
hearing, one remarking that after this
he would be Judge .Speer’s friend, and
that even If he had been convicted It
would have been Impossible to find
fault with the court.
After concluding the hearing. Judge
Speer thus addressed the people of Tel
fair and surrounding counties:
"Many of your land titles are In dis
pute. Many are Involved in this court.
There Is not a court in tho country
which will with more pleasure uphold
your title, where you have a good
title, than this court. To those who
know this court it is not necessary
for me to make any such remark, but
I very well understand thait the action
of Ibis court in the terrible tragedy
which took place several years ago.
and the trial growing out of the cruel
murder of Capt. Forsyth, one of the
kindest and beet men I ever knew,
has been most shamefully misrepresent
ed until It is possible that some peo
ple down there are afraid to come be
fore this court, under the apprehension
that Shay will nos get a fair trial.
Can any one wlro has witnessed this
trial today deny that one can get a
fair trial here? I think mot Not one.
And thle court will be glad to consider
and carefully pass In a Judicial way,
upon any man’s title, and you people
owe It to yourselves—you owe It to
the amputation of the community In
which you live—you owe It to your
future, to old this court in putting
down such lawlessness as that of which
Lucius Williams and perhaps others
seem to be guilty. It hurts you a great
deal worse than It hurts anybody else.
The People or Bodge county have pro
tested against tho mistakes of the
newspapers which connected their name
with this transaction. The people of
Telfair county should protest as vig
orously, and should make ttoolr protest
effectual by uniting with the officers
of the law in putting down lawless
ness, and let all these matters be ad
justed conformably to the tules of law
and equity. .
"And I, as a Georgian—a man who
yields to no other man living la my
love for the plain people of Georgia—
adjure you to co-operate with the of
ficers of the law, and let everything
be settled by the' rule fairly amd right
fully. Let the titles be settled, and let
this stain be taken off the fair name
of Telfair county.”
Deputy Marshal Kelly took the stand
and stated that on the 8th of Decem
ber they started for Telfair county.
They reached Mr. Lucius Williams’
the next afternoon on Sunday, but
found him not at home, end concluded
to mislead him so os to catch him.
Mr. Poore and myself secreted our
selves fifty or sixty yards from the
house, and in about an hour and a
half three men came down to the
house, Mr. Lucius Williams, Mr. D. O.
Kelley and another gentleman. Mr.
Williams discovered our tracks and
said: ‘Here’s where the rascals
have been. Mr. Lucius Williams went
Into the house end Mr. D. O. .Kelley
walked around the house. Mr. Williams
had a Winchester on his shoulder, and
set it down by the door. The other
wont down a roadway that leads off
to the right across a cornfield and
struck into the other road, I suppose.
He was a hundred yards away. Mr.
Williams walked out of the house and
looked toward this man, standing with
his back to Mr. Poore. We thought It
a good Chance to capture him while he
didn’t have his gun. I su*pose he was
looking to- see which way we had
with the rich Deputy Poore testified
that when l'ussi li came up, eld man
Williams said: "Hello, Alex; are you
there?” To this Fuescll replied: ”Ves,
by > I am here, and ready for any
thing. 'arod those handcuffs arc com
ing off you, too!” Tne witness then
tesilmd that Fuseel! came UP and
made out he was going to shoot. Wit-,
oras didn’t see the pistol, but had to
watch Fussell very closely. Witness
was so very busy trying to quiet the
mob and so many things wure said that
he couldn’t swear positively wlmt eke
was-sald by any particular one. He re
membered very distinctly that when
bond was mentioned Mr. George Will
iams said: “By , I can give n 550.000
bund If necessary. He remembered Mc
Dermott’s face very distinctly. McDer
mott did nothing more than participate
in a general -way. Witness couldn’t
notice every one partloularly, more
than they all seemed to go In'together
for the purpose of hiking old' man Will
iams away from him. They all came
down there in a hurry. The handcuffs
were found In W. B. Fussell’s posses
sion when the parties were arrested.
D. O. Kelley and Moso Williams and
George Williams admitted that thej
were there. D. O. Kelley said he dldn t
try to shoot.. Witness didn’t remember
any particular demonstrations on the
part of George Williams, except that
he said I hud better turn the old man
loose, because the mob was coming,
and I had better got out of there if
I could. He seemed a little excited.
I remember when bond was mentioned
George Williams stepped out and said:
“By , you Just as well accept
bond; you can’t tako him away from
here alive!” and that we would prob
ably bo killed anyway. I don’t re
member the exprcEoion ho used, but
that v.-as about it. On cross-examina
tion witness testified that nothing
colild be attributed to George Will
iams except that ho was present and
said the old man could give a *50,000
bond.
In behalf of his client, Moso Williams,
Col. Major Lane established the fact
that witness knew of no act of vio
lence on tbj> part of defendant, except
that all were there and very much ex
cited.
Tho crowd guyed witness for being a
coward when he released old man Will
iams and started after the bund, and
they said they would ikllj me anyhow,
and I said I am ready to die, but rest
assured that I. will kill mare of you
than you do of us, but that I didn’t
wont aqy trouble of that kind. I was
armed with a Winchester rifle and
pistol, and Deputy Kelley was armed
with a douible-barrel shotgun and pistol.
Old man Williams swore when wo
arrested him in his yard that he never
intended to be taken to Maccm alive.
He cursed tho marshals far Republi
can -—, and would not be taken alive.
I have (lad experience o< that kind
before, and have been In close places
where serious troublo resulted when my
life was in danger and I have been
shot at and been shot and had men
dhot down by my side and seen men
fall on either side, but I just felt
that this was the worst place I was
ever In. I felt that I was about twenty-
five miles from a rdllroad, and In the
hands of a bloodthirsty mob. I remem
ber four guns very distinctly. I would
recognize the men if 'I wore td see them
again. The best I could tell, tlie guns
were Winchester rifles. Alex Purnell
had his hands back in a shooting -posi
tion, but I didn't see any pistol. This
was Sunday afternoon. ‘There were
In my party myself Kelly and Thomas,
and tho driver, Paddy McLqon of Mc
Rae. It was about 4 o’clock In tho af
ternoon, I suppose. Mr. Luolus 'Williams
wasn’t at homo when we first got there.
I didn’t know where ho was. I aaw
him cqming toward the house walking.
Wo were hiding near tho house to wait
far him. Just before getting to the
gate when wo went up ‘there, John
Kelly and I got out and camo up In
the rear of Jhe house, and tho other
two In our party drove up In front of
tho house. I sent them three miles
ID BUS
Atlanta Detectives Under Fire, bat Ii
Does Not Forco Them to
Cover.
CHIEF CONNOLLY SOFTLY REMARK. 1 '
That Ottfctlvti Arc Forced to Stand In
Wftth Thieve* tn Order to Slake
Their t aiei—The Evidence
Snow* That They Did*
court lue, re »«■» —e--- -
aots on his part that ‘precipitated the
riot, Inasmuch as ho started out of the
house with old man Williams’ rifle,
and refused to surrender the gun when
ordered so to do by tile marshals.
The Telegraph prints a synopsis of
the evidence adduced on the trial,
which perhaps is one of the moot Im
portant In the history of the land
troubles of that section. It Is especially
Important from the faot that it is but
the beginning of a long list of prosecu
tions soon to follow. It Is not at all
likely that the United States govern
ment would make special appropriation
to bring certain criminals from this
section to Justice, and then acknowl
edge defeat at such an early period.
In the eyes of the public, the de
fendants of these oases have appeared
to a certain extent as persecuted men.
It has apparently been tho popular
opinion among a largo class of the most
intelligent citizens that the Dodge
Land Company was trying to drive out
settlers from their homes to which
they had secured well established
claims under the Georgia statutes in
regard to squattens. It has been stated
upon good authority that many out
rages have been committed upon these
people by the land ■company, and In
stances have been cited where the
owners of landed property have been
decoyed from their homes, during which
absence the land company, upon one
pretext or another, would send large
forces of laborers to cut. down and
haul away tho timber, and in answer
to the owners’ complaints and protests
the company would Invite them to get
Justice out of the courts. The people
of the county have- contended that
they were at a disadvantage in, view of
the fact that in the first place they
•were unable to stand the cost of liti
gation, and in the next that they could
not get Justice at the hands of Judge
©peer.
Such currency has been given to re
ports or this character that officers of
the United States court are regarded
only as-deadly enemies os soon as they
enter their territory.
The people of that section of the
state look upon the (United States
court as a sympathizer with Dodge
, and. an enemy to the people of the
state.
It was testified yesterday that old
man Wiliams had said that before he
•would appear before Judge Speer he
would die. for ho knew that, the oourt
noly wanted an opportunity to send
him to prison for life. When the depu
ties went down' to his house on the
8th of December and arrested for con
tempt in Aft appearing upon a change
for cutting timber across the track of
the Dodge company’s dummy line, he
held up his arms before the gathered
spectators and asked his fellow coun
trymen If they were going to see him
carried before Judge Speer. According
♦c the evidence this seemed to be all
that was necessary to enrage his
friends to a degree of outlawry.
A number of men- brought out their
Winchesters and reaoued the old man
from the two deputies. This was not
denied In court yesterday, but the evi
dence established the fact that the
prisoners were present only for the pur
pose of helping the old man give bond.
The prosecution attempted to prove the
defendants guilty of riotous acts and
participation In riot simply for being
present and, not assisting the officers to
enforce the arrest, claiming that a
spectator who does not ally himself
■with the aide of law and order Is as
guilty of riot as those who actively
participate. To this the court replied
that the officers had made a mistake
In failing to deputize the onlookers as
United Stales marshals; that it euch
you
I rushed up on hint and captured
him. 1 wanted .to capture hint without
killing him if posslole. I had to lay
my gun down, he souffled so fiercely.
Mr. Ke.ly came out of the house with
the old man’s rifle In his hand, and
said he would not hurt us if we -would
not hurt the old man. He wouldn't
give up -the gun, but promised not to
luse it, and mot to give it to anybody
else.
vVe tried to reason with the old man
and tell him that the oharge we had
against him was not serious, but he
was cursing and swearing vengeance
against us ail -the time, and bo hollered
to this man going down Ole road and
told him to get his friends. This man
started off Jn a run. a don’t know who
he was.
Wo got the handcuffs on old man
Williams and went up -the road to Mr.
Kelly’s house. We met (Mr. .Bob Will
iams, in his shirt sleeves, and he ad
vised us to turn the old man loose or
we would get Into trouble. Ttio old man
was not going to bo brought Into court
at Macon, and we had better turn him
loose.
About that time Mr. Wiliams' wife
and another lady, I suppose his daugh
ter—I think it was Mr. Kelly’s wife—
they met us, and the old lady seemed
to be very indignant and abused us
very roughly, and said we would
never live to get off with her husband.
Mr. Poore tried to reason with her,
and she said, ”1 don’t want any of ypur
soft soaping!*'
Witness testified about the dangers
they enoountered when tho rescuing
party arrived, but his testimony was
not such as could identify the prison
ers as having taken part in the riot
During the hearing of the evidence
Deputy Poore testified that it had been
very alffloult to secure the names of
tho parties present and aiding In the
riot of Sunday, the 8th of December.
He was unacquainted with the people
of the county, and for this reason the
testimony of himself and Deputy Kel
ley varied on an Important point. This
was easily understood In' view at the
faot that everybody- was excited, and
it was difficult for the marshals to
particularize, but Judge Speer stated at
thd conclusion of the hearing that he
had never known two marshals to
act with more Judgment and more
bravery under such clrcumstahceb.
Mr. D. O. KeKey who was sentenced to
jail for his connection with old man
Williams’ gun, gave the marshals the
names of Jackson Rawlins, Mose Will
iams, Bob Williams and Newton Wells,
Henry Fussed. Tom Wells, George
Williams and Dave Wells, as parties
present on the occasion of the release.
Upon this Information warrants were
sworn out, and the defendants on trial
yesterday were arrested.
The marshals testified that after ar
resting old man Williams tlielrj
lives became endangered, and they*
wanted to make their escape If pc«sl-|
Uc. They wanted to go to 'Jackson
ville without going through the mob.
When Mr. Kelley left them and started
back toward the mob very fast they
were satisfied that be was going to
tell them which way the officers had
been directed to get out of the swamp.
In order that the <wA> might waiylaiy
and kill them. For that reason the
deputies turned out of the course to
which Mr. Kelley had. directed them.
The marshals ISenttfteu as having been
present and taken part in the rescue D.
O. KeKey, Alex Fusscll, George Will
iams. Macomb McDermott ana Mose
Williams. Two of the prisoners, who
were young men, had never been seen
before by the deputies. In testifying
about Mr. Alex Fussell’s connection
Mr. Kelley remained there.
Tho witness’ testimony gave the di j
tails of the struggle with old man Will
iams. end told how ho had cunsed out
the United States court and oil Us pa
pers. and struggled with desperation
after tho handcuffs were on him. and
■how various members of the rescuing
party had followed 4he marshals up.
threatening their lives and assuring
them that they would never get out
at there alive! Bob Williams was cursed
and abused by tho old man because
he wouldn’t take part In the rescue.
When he first came up I asked him to
prevail On the crowd net to Interfere
with us, hut he didn’t think' ho could
do anythin? with the crowd. I don’t
reoctlect what ho said, but I didn’t see
any weapon on him or amy gun. Wit
ness didn’t remember seeing W. B.
Fussell there, but remembered Alex
Fussell’s telling the old man that they
■meant to take the handcuffs off him
and tliat they were ready for anything.
There were about twelve or fifteen
In tho crowd of rescuers, but as they
kept oonrrtng an'd going it was Impoest-
blo to say exactly how many.
D. O. KeKey Is a saQ-Jn-law of old
man Lucias Williams, and Mr. Kelley
was present when we arrested the old
man. He came out of the houso with
Atlanta, Ga., Fob. 4.—(Special.)—
Today's proceedings indicate that the
Investigation of >tho city d'tteotlvcs by
itiio police board needs an lojeatdom of
BrowniSoquanl Elixir at Life. There
was a b g crowd present in tho council
oh amber «'t the outeef of tho trial* ox-
paging to hoar aomo aeinsa.Uotwl dis
closures, hut as the Investigation pro
gressed iCto crowd iCituucd out and, a t
tho end of the session tho (police hoard
had few to keep lit company besides the
wiuiesBCB, lawyers and newspaper men.
Chief Defective Wright and (his lieu-
tenatills, Looney and Vaaon, who are
the wan on -trial, tire roprenontod by
Col. W. O. Glean, while Olity Attorney
AndoMon ami Cdl. -T. IV. ltuckcr ap
pear to hack up 'tin charges. Ool.
Rucker, It In understood, Is employed
by itna (friends at Capt. Amos Baker,
the police count clerk, nvho .figured as
the 'taTgos of tho ddtoctlves In tho re
cent council investigation.
Today’s prodtedluigs foil so fiat that
the police board Is ataedy accused oi a
disposition, to shield ,tho detectives
rather -than make au aggressive part in
going ito itbo iholtom of ‘things. ,
Mayor King, wlUa is un ex-ofilclo,
member of tho board, Is sitting with
it, while Chairman J. rw. English pre
sides. Mayor King has Already ap
pointed a conn mlttoa, from council to
luvoslt.goite tho wlhollo pollco diepart-
rneiir. This committee is ‘the sword of
Damoota Gtungma over tho police
board. Un-ess mbey com® up to the
mark (they will have a turn at tho
hands of ithia council committee them
selves.
In tho opening today, Cot. (ilonn at
tempted to draw * City Clerk Parks
Woodward inito tho -not by endeavoring
to show that a certain Hurt cxtfwngo
that existed sovioral years ago flour
ished under his protection. Chief of
Pollco Connolly, wlho wvls tlio witness
used for tlhl-j .purpose, did not fulfill ex-
peciaitlonn.' Ho saltl Mr. Woodward
had notified hlto ttrat ho had best go
slow .n ia.s —.. fbecatiao the turf ox
dhango.heJd a llcemaj from hltn, hut
would-dot’'gratify that tlilt oily clerk
tried to unduly protect aho exchange.
JI. .-'M. PoffoRl, a medical student,
Sworo that lie had berm victimized to
the extent .of $40 by a fair slron In a
houso ktipt lay Blanche Hill, and that
Bho datecrlvoB charged him $18 to force
Iter to disgorge. Tho record showed
tha t $5 of tho $15 was reposted .by De
tective Looney as it reward. Tho othfr
$10 Is yet to lie accounted for.
Oh of of Pollco Connolly was pul up,
but iiho lawyers (ttndled Jitm very deli
cately. '‘Ho blandly told o’Jl about'tlio
working of |tho police dopartnuont,
showing, at toast to tjUo zppatltnt satis
faction of litre hoard, itot there had
newer been any crooked ta twain Ions
there. Ho explained the jnisr&icament
of $25.75 kmcnvn l.n the changes us 1ho
Prouly lino, and while he did not make
tho itransiolton entirely clear, ho eon-
cluitud by tiho statement! that
tlio city lost nothing, as Stn-
tlou 'House Keeper iFouto had
boon compelled by tho board to
make It good. Tim Jtntltor, It wus
thought, anight havie stok'n .the money,
ns -:ho station houso keepers wore oil
above snsplilon, and so now locks wore
put on tho cash drawer and the sus
pected Janitor bounced.
Ohlef Connolly said it was necessary
for ittvo detectives to "stand in” with
all sorts of had characters, the demi
monde, etc,, in order, to (to roo detec
tive work. This Intimacy would prob-
offly be -misconstrued by outsiders. Tho
rietta for Cunningham, find he was
forced to give the Information against
those 'Who untied his leg.
Solicitor Hilt said the grand Jury nt
the Instance at Olralnman English of
Ihe police board had spent a month In
investigating ooarges of bribery'against
tho detectives last epring, hut finally
vindicated them. Fred Oooper, who la
now a trump card of tlho detectives, he
said 'hud told him tfiauut Looney had
received bribes, and when Oooper left
for Savannah the grand Jury had. him
arrested and • brought hack to testify
against tlho detectives, but ho would
not retprat in -the grand Jury room iwhut
he had said outside of It.
After this investigation the detec
tives conducted tho prosecution of all
gamblers, cto., through the city court.
While on this Mno Solicitor Hill also
paid his respedta to that court for Its
policy of draging unfortunate women
up abd Imposing fines that went into
the pockets Of -tho court offlbers. .The
imposition of flues,’ no said, would not
rid tho city of -this ■olass, and tho grand
Jury had not Indicted one <tf them In
four years.
A tltitlo son Button was created by the
introduction of ai letter written by
Chief Detootihro Wright to Solicitor
HIM, in 'Which he stated that Fred
Cociper, who at the time was wanted
by tho grand Jury to testify against tho
detectives, had (btackmatlod Mr. W. H.
Venable. Mr. Ven-tlble Is a member of
tho pdllvo board and was present Along
with ItblB allegation were a lot of other
crimes laid to Cooper's account for too
purpose of Impeaching him before toe
grand Jury should ho testify against
the detectives. .
Solicitor Lewis W. Thomas of too
city court has made tho following re
ply to too charges Implicating ills of-
l 'ln the amended charges against De-
teotlves Wright, Looney and Caron,
which were published Inf this after
noon’s paper, the charge Is mode that
the solicitor Of the criminal court or
some other officer of that court had a
contract with eakl officers to pay them
*5'for every case they brought to tue
city court. , .
■Whilo tills does not impute to me
any violation of tho law. yet tho teri-
dency of It Is to Injure mo in the eyes
of tho public, as well os to do tho
officers above a great Injustice.
I desire to eay that such a charge la
untrue. On Sept. 21, 1894, I paid a bill
which was sen tto mo by Capt. ‘A. B.
Connolly, chief of police, for *17.50. Mr.
Looney said to me that Capt. Connolly
had paid out this amount for expenses
In raiding some gamblers, nnd the of
ficers thought that I ought to pay the
bill, n« the money had been taken
from the sltjf treasury, and as tho
fines paid by said gamblers had been
paid Into the county, and I got tbe
benefit of It. I objected at first to pay
ing the bill, and delayed several days
before I did It.
On Investigation I found what Loo
ney told -mo woe trilo; and that the
money I paid was paid Into the city
treasury. I have tho check now with
A. B. Connolly's’ endorsement on tile
back of It. Any one can see It who de
sires. I had no talk with Chief Con
nolly before I paid It. I did not know
that tlio raid was going to bo made,
and did not afereo to pay any one n
cent tor making tho raid, or for any
expenses. ,The first I know that any
mich exipnse wns Incurred was some
time after tlio same was made.
On August 20, 1894, I gave J, M.
Wright a check for *5 to use for tele
graphic expenses In trying to catch
ono \7. L. ’Knott, who wus indicted-In
our court on two accusations—one for
gaming and tho other for keeping-a
gaming house. I have this check now
in my possession, which is endorsed’ by
Wright and Chief Connolly. These
two amounts are all of tho money that
I have paid to these officers. This wns
nd wrons an my part, nor on that of
tho officonj.
Now, I Desire to any to tho law-
abiding citizens, of Atlanta that the
gamblers, thieves and thugs of the
city are In tlio saddle. Thoy ore en
deavoring to try tho officers of tho law
and throw mud Jin every one who has
anything to do with Its enforcomom.
I have prosecuted them In season and
out of season and I hnvo convicted 00
per cent, of them. Yos, I have convict
ed tho bossosptho professionals—tho
men who thlnkfthoy have tho pull, and
they have been heavily fined. For this
they ato trying to down mo by every
means within their power. They havo
■threatened any life, . but they soon
found out that this would do no good,
and hence thoy are resorting to low,
underhanded means.
Now, I do not mean to convey tho
Impression Hint I am for protecting
guilty officers—I am too last man to
do that. If the detectives arc corrupt,
turn thorn out. As far ns my obsorva-
‘‘JZ'L K . oe i 1 kno ’" r nothing against too
official character of Wright, Looney or
Curson. LHJVVI8 W. THOMAS,
Solicitor C. C. „A.
mm
iirookl.vn Aldermen Revoke the Grants
of Hrooklyn Trolly Lines—Tlieir
Authority Questioned.
PREVENTED WORKMEN’S MEETING
they Are Indignant at the Action of
Mayor Shleren In Ordering Out
thi, Police to Kee^ Thom
From Meeting*
‘ n ‘= n ^ I cJKef told haw It was (that She detectives
'whin I lna * l ' e thehr eases In toe city court,
lower bis gun, and he did eo, and when | * a ylng thait /the recorder Mad deulded
tout tie had no Jurisdiction with toe
wo -purrthe handcuffs - on the old man
Mr. Kelley presented his gun again
and I again covered him with my gun,
which was cocked and ready to tire.
Old man Williams kept bettering to
him to shoot, and Kelly said: "Don’t
you see they -will kill me if I do7”
And old man Williams said “Let him
kill you, and die and go to —; but
die like a man."
MoDermoi’t wasn’t remembered as
having a gun, pistol or stick or any
other weapon.
Witness was not willing to swear
that Hal Wells, who came In yesterday
morning voluntarily, was present at
the ‘time. Witness could not identify
Wells.
Col. Preston asked the witness: "You Homed. He also said he had given the
say Mr. Kelly had toe ctd man’s gun, detectives *100 for fiheor sendees la re-
and W. E. FusSell was not there, and
Alex Fussoll had no gun and this man
had nothing, and this man had noth-.
Ing, and that man had nothing (referr
ing and pointing to tho defendants),
now, who had those four guns?’
“I don’t know. Those people there."
‘'Did any of these parties have any
gun?”
•'None except D. O. Kelly, who had
the old man’s gun."
•'Cart you state that any of these
parties did anything more than simply
to be there, and simply to sympathize
with old man Williams?”
"Yea. sir—well, I can’t say that any
of these parties 'except D. O. Kelly
had a gun, but they were there with
the crowd, and seemed to be giving
assistance to the other men.”
“Isn't It true that, except D. O. Kel
ly, who attempted to take port with
toe gun, these 'people here did nothing’
more than happen to be theme and man
ifested some sympathy for the old
man—isn’t that ellr’
"No, sir; they all seemed to be In
terested. I was Intpressed that If I
didn’t turn hlm'loo6e, I wag going to
be kHed.”
"That was elmply your impression—
did any of them say anything or do
anything, or have any arms—Is it not
merely your oplnicui that they were
slmo'y there cncourn-jlng these peo
ple?”
•*I had to wdtrii several of them
(Continued on page 2.)
goin/blors and that tho city court fined
them heavier tib.cn too superior court.
Concerning the blooding of too unfor
tunate wrunen at that tribunal ihe said,
however, thait he thought (that was
wrong.
J. D. Cunningham, who Mas gotten
more notoriety out of the famous Ara
gon bowl poker game tlbam ihe diM fame
as noting ohalrnem of the Populist
Plate committee, last summer, wns put
up. iMr, CimnlngMalm, In la plaintive
way that thoroughly convinced every
body that be was a genuine ’’limb,’’
told bow ho had ifl.iycd sucker to the
turn) tf (1,800 In the poker game men'
“he hod rive:
covering bis lost funds, but tomt tho
gift was toe spontaneous expression of
hU ijratttuOc and Mad no Strings tied
to jt at all. Mr. tlunnln^ham, who Is n
Cobh county nurseryman, and probably
not accustomed to the may ways of too
wicked world, said toe grand Jury had
never Imitated him on aooaunt ot too
game, because they thought he Mad
suffered enough already .BaOeltor Hill,
who followed Mr. Cunningham on the
stand, said toe grand Jury was moved
to this consideration tor Mr. Cunning-
horn by the trars of that gentleman,
which be used with telling effebt in tho
grand Jury room.
As a witness. Solicitor Hill cut both
ways. He told things tout snaro damag
ing to toe detectives as (well as some
things tout were complimentary to
them. He also took oeaaslon to. say
that his oMatant, Ur. John Monegon,
for whom the detectives ’(havo It in,
was as honest as George WsshingtoO
himself.
Sc/.la!lot Hill showed hotw the detec
tives, actor having been told by Cun
ningham that TO Warp, 6. T. Hunt
and others wore In toe gome when he
was rubbed, failed to have Hasp and
Hunt Indhtctf/ In Hunt’s cane, otter
tV’rlght and 'Looney hod declared they
knew no to! ter that would indict him,
Casin wus InUoJ lri and gu-ve the oecce-
eary tafomn i rion. Harp was nearer in
dicted by the detectives, neither was
M< Hlvcen. who ha® Just been convicted,
until an aiiat-hmtnt was Sent to M«r
LUMBER TRUST
To Be Formed In too Soulh-tMlchlgon
Men Imites ted.
Atlanta, Fob, 4(BpsrJal.)—A party
of 100 Michigan lumbermen will arrive
In Affiant* on a special train next Sat
urday morning. From here thi) party
goes to 'Macon and ‘Savannah, and Is
billed to reach Macon at 4:30 o’clock on
Saturday, too 9to. They will remain
(hero several hours nnd then go on to
Savannah. The Mlnshlgan lumbermen
are coming South to Inspect tho Geor
gia timber lands. In connection with
too announcement of their coming It Is
learned that an onran'zeri movement Is
now being made In Georgia, anxl Aikit
batrta for the formation of a syndicate
composed of all tho mill men of these
two elates. When too syndicate Is com
pleted tho plan Is to combine iwlth Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Arkanrou syn
dicates that are already In existence,
and with these state® form a big Cum
ber trust to control toe price® of nil
tho yellow plno lumber got out In tho
South.
It leak® out today that a secret mect-
’ng of AkHbjima and Georgia lumber-
men was hold here last week to perfect
their plans. At tills mustUnec the whole
scheme wns discussed and on agent
was put in the field *a Goarglc. and an
other in Alabama to travel too two
states over and complete the organiza
tion of syndicates. These agents are
now st work.
The Cumber market has been nil to
pieces for u good while and thCa Mas re
sulted In (Me organisation of (ho trust
now being formed to put up prtoea.
BUBOLARY AT 8ANDE118VILLE.
Brooklyn, Feb. 4.—Barely 2,000 people
assembled In front of the city hall this
afternoon and the grand demonstration
planned by the strikers Uf overawe tho
clvlo authorities, was a failure, at least
as fas as forco o fnumbers was con
cerned.
Mastor Workman Connelly had announc
ed that 20,000 people would centalnly be
present and possibly double that number.
Mayor Bhleren at the eleventh hour, do-,
elded that his proclamation two .weeks
ago commanding peoplo to refrain from
congregating on tho streets or squares ot
the city Is (till In force, and under di
rections from him the pollco cleared tho
city hail square of tho crowd which as
sembled In response to too order of Con
nelly and others of tbe executive com
mittee of toe strikers.
The men are indignant at tho action
of toe authorities In refusing them tl,
time-honored right to assemblo for the
purpose ot petition und prayer tor rellot
from^f unjust usage. Whle they wore
rebuffed bj too policemen In front of tho
city hall, their leader entered by, too
rear door and was permitted to aarry his
bundle of petitions to tho council cham
ber, where tho board ot aldermon, sftoi,
a ' brief discussion passed by a vote ot
ten to eidht, tho resolution prayed for,
and revoked the grants of the Brooklyr
City and Atlantic Avenuo Trolley Compa
nies.
, Tho action of the board, even if It es
capes the mayor's veto, which,Is not like
ly, Is not expected to have a serious
offset on the companies. The power
of the board of aldermen to summarily
revoke too rights granted common car
riers is questioned, and too aldermen
themselves are somewhat huzy as to how
they can hope to enforce their action
Should too proceedings before the attor
ncy-goncral In Albany result In tho for.
felturo of tho company’s charter, the ac.
tlon of tho common council today would
bocotno operative, buc otherwise, It wll
havo little effort.
It wus 1:3(1 p. m. when word was given'
the strikers, who wore assembled ot theli
headquarters, Mugges Hall, to moron 1
Upon the city hall, 'ttiero wore’SOti peooU
In tho building and os many mors ,n tilt
street tn front of tho hnll. They swunx
to Fulton streot nnd started down to
wards the neat of municipal government.
Tho men marched by twos, threes, ot
by tho half dozen. Peoplo on the side,
walks cheered them, and tlie men cheer
ed back except when n trolley car mann-'
ed by non-union men, dashed through,
their ranks. Thou thoy shouted "scab”
nnd shook their lists at motormen and
conductors. Roveral hundred men were
hanging about tho streot corners In the
vicinity of tho city hall. Joined tho pro
cession, so when tho crowd entered city
hall square, It was about 1,000 strong.
Bcottorcd about tho triangular opening.
In which too city hall stand*, were near
ly 1,009 peoplo attracted out of $l|Hoalty,
and who wore kept moving along tho side
walks by,200 policemen. Inspector Mc-
Keller was In charge of too police ar
rangements. He had a squad ot twen-
ty-llvn mounted ollco In reserve In the
barracks of too municipal building and
100 patrolmen In the first precinct sta
tion house, about tores blocks away
It wan 1:13 p. m. when too procession
reached tho linll where toe men had
halted. Thoy stood In tho street facing
tho hall nnd pressed forward as If to
ovor-wholm tho few policemen on th
plnza. For a moment there was some
thing llko a crowd In front of tho city
hall. Probably 2,000 people faced th
main entrance. Then 100 bluo coats held
In reservo at tho ntatlon houso inarched,
upon tho plaza, nnd deploying to tho right
and left with sticks down, pushed th<
crowd back to tho opposite curb. Tho
mounted police, In Owe dotnehments.
rode through Fulton and Court street!
and helped ilrlvo tho peoplo from In front
of the city hall. Tho crowd meltcr
away at _ once. There was only
one case of actual clubbing. One of the
mounted officers, not satisfied with the
slow movmenta ot toe men swung id
cub and struck Peter McDonald, laying
open toe scalp. Tho man was taken tc
too station hottsa nnd Ids wound dress'
by an ambulcnca Burgeon. Daniel Llndon
was arrested for refusing to movo on.
The Store of H. C. Bongbton Visited By
Burglaia.
Bandemville, G*., Y»b. 4.—(8petl»l.)—The
•tore of Hr. H. 0. Bongbton la this city w»«
burglarized last night by parties breaking
through a largo window on the front,
tin to this time 111* not known who committed
tha deed, and no arrest* have teen made.
The robber or thieve# took from tho etoro two
nr tbreo shot guns, about tho name number of
pistol* and a lot of grocvrlw,
LAID TO BEST.
Baraeavifls, Feb. 4 (Special.]—The funeral
of Captain J. H. Mitchell, who died Saturday
evening, look place In Zelmlon thl*if!**B0*D
and was largely attended. Hi* loss 1* greatly
mourned.
DENIES THE CHAHGE
That the Steamer Crathl i Abandoned tho
Elbo tc Itor Fate.
London, Fob. 4.—Mr. Moffat, tho owner of
the steamer Crathio, has returned to hla homo
lit Aberdeen from ItotterdAm, where he lias
boon making inquiries in regard to the colli
sion of hla ship with tho lllbo. Mr. Moffat
says tho chargo that the Crathio steamed
away immediately altorthnaolllslonls untrue.
The Crathio was so sorioualy damaged that It
was bared she would sink. Her captain
thought tho other steamer wan standing by to .
give the Cratljleaim-taiieo idumhl she require
it. Tho wholo of tha forocaitlo of the Crathio
was torn away and wan hanging alongside,
threatening to knock a wholo In tho aide of
tbo vosael. A largo bole had actually been
made la her kowa. Aa aoonaatlm captain get
tbo wreckage cleared away ho steamod back
to the spot whore tho colhalou occurred and
remained there until daylight. Tho last ho
saw of tho other akin ano was burning red
llgh’a, and ho thought Bke bad gone m tbo
dire raon oj London. The captain, Mr. Moffat
says, Is convinced that ho did everything that
w>a posaihlo under the circumstances. Tho
captain and crow of tho C'rathlo are detained
at llotiordam ponding an official Inquiry.
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COUBT IN BB00K8 COCNTY.
Six Murdorors and tho Late Biotere to Be
Tried.
verober adjourned term ot tuo eapr
of Brooks county was organized by Jadgo
Hanaeil this afternoon. The judge’s charge
tn the grand Jury was said by all to bo the
ablest ever delivered in this county. Alter
• .harging all tho etatuto required ho took up
the late rioting in Brook* county. His re
marks on thi-were of a very emphatic nature,
.is urged tbo Jury to redeem tho fair name of
the county ty finding out and iudictiug every
poison concerned in tlie unfortunate affair,
i'hla will bo tho longest session over held in
the county, as flown are s.x murderers la
jail beanies the participants in the riot.
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