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MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30,lBSH.-TWBLVE PAGES.
VOL. LXI, NO. 35.
—^ fAKMRB’S INDORSEMENT.
_ d , the Weekly Telegraph Superior
to the Weekly Oonatltnllou.
rusBOBK. Oa.. November 22, 1886.-
r * .1 T— .U. *1 nr .
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
■Jitflll -
^subscription to theW e&kly Tau- And xnon K1I|1 U im,elf-Det»li. of the
„„„ one year from expiration ot my pres- Moat Terrible Crime Ever Perpe-
t (objcriplion, which is 2.",th this inst
* e taken the Weekly Constitution since
bnt will drop it now. Its weekly
tains none of the proceedings of the I Amurra, November 20.—The most tre-
,,....are -not even « lie of the members, “eodons tragedy ever enacted in this city
DP* la T cet‘ more Atlanta V )ok P lac0 abont a qnarter to one o’clock,
ill no stale news. I get more Atlanta , att room rt4! ij North Broad Btreeti in th8
nvi from the Macon Trlboraph than I do Lovejoy bnilding. At that hour, four ot
mtbe Atlanta Weekly Constitution. A "ve pistol shots rang out upon the air in
of farmer|.are dropping it because ? nick ,' u J? e,,loD ; Tlien there was an in-
ininter oi .. rr T .’ .. . terval of several moments, and then an-
(hry get no news from it. They seem to I other pistol shot rang out. The sound of
Hint the farmer* want nothing more than the shots came from a back room in the
mu ifpV’ and “Betsy Hamilton's" letters building, facing the front stalls. Mrs. Ma-
2 w»vr"“. “• '“ d r ““ vststs.
Oust and Good Macon 1 fi.kozapu for an- heard the tiring, and was jnst on the point
Att twelve months anyhow, | of opening htr door, when Mr. Emmett
Stanley, bookkeeper for J. M. Unnnicutt A
otter twelve I
Yours truly,
fXL*oaakB: Inclosed find $1.25 to
ROBERT IIILL 8HOOT8 1118 BROTH
ER TONKY DEAD
trat'd la Atlanta— Sons of
Colonel Pllce Hill.
W. A. MllaLKR.
Home Fre«h State New* Item*.
Bishop Wilson. colored, of the Northern | t.'w fkL
Co., and who also rooms in the bnilding,
appeared on the stairs, having jostasoeutl-
well. When sober they were the moat at.
feetionnte brothers I have ever known, bnt
when in liquor they were quarrelsome. )
have never known them to have a differ
ence when sober. When sober Tony
W»« as mild nnd retiring as h
child—bnt when drinkiog his whole nature
was changed—and he beeams an aggressive
man. My theory ia that they were I" th
drinking end that they quarrelled in that
room. That puto’,"poiut ng to the weapon,
“was kept in a dressing case in the room.
I think that they had a struggle to ge t hold
of it, that Bob sneoeeded in grasping it—
that Tony grabbed him, and that he then
fired upon him end billed him. Then
realizing what he had done, turned the
weapon upon himself and fired a bullet into
bie head. The pistol formerly belonged to
Col. Pike Hill, their father, who gave it to
Bob about two years ago. He was not in
tho habit of oarrying the weapon—bnt
kept it in the dressing cate to which I have
alluded.”
Dr. Fred Palmer was the nett witness;
“Tony Hill end Bob Hill I knew well. Both
drank. Tony came into Jooobs’a drugstore
night before last and told me that Dob was
on a spree, and added: 'I want yon In givo
him something to get him straight. If yon
Monej—Why Howell Was Appointed
Commissioner— Ilolh Vain anil
Konkin Are Vindicated
Where wea that shooting,” he asked of
lit he bad no intention to kill.
do not something terrible will- happ n to'
him.’ -Briog him to me and I will fix him
all right,' I said. Tony left the store. 1
have not seen him since. While be whs in
the store I noticed that he had been drink*
iug ireely. I think that at that timehn was
suffering from dementia, caused by excessive
drinking Tbit is ail I know.”
Dr. Palmer was the last witueu. After
hia testimony the jury made up their ver-
diet without retiring from their stats. It
Church. or each ed to tho
“ In Toom lh « back, there.”!
SinL And lh li n A dee P ,iieI10e rei 8 nedth * as Mr.
«o * l0 ‘> n t;i’hi. ' , te ' Stanley rushed hack and tried the door. It
pets remarkable. was locked.
mtnrday, Mr. P. J. K'mn. who lives -What shall I do?” said he, turning to
ie miles north of Columbna, shot a the woman.
—snken negro who attempted, over hia pro- “Go for an offleer at onoe."
^ to t«k« charge of bis gin-honse. The 1 Mr. Stanley rushed down the ateir* into wu *o the effect that the brother* now lying
lid it not. seritfus, and it is thought I the street, and in a few momenta returned 1 deadat42J Ilroad street oamatotheir death,
t,(hooting was justified. with Offioor Garvey, who had heard Ton y from two wonndr inflicted upon his
Joeeph Cooper, colored, of Mclntoeb l the shots and was making for the 1b° d J by Bob, who then shot himself ibtoiigh
it, hn« been sentenced to be hung Jan- building. Tho two men bounded up 1 “* e *' wua “ame weapon with r ui-
14 1887, for the murder of John Ms-1 the steps together and soon stood before I m '* nb Phis ia tho generally accepted
i’ also colored. On the trial Cooper ad-1 the door. They knocked again and again. I °P“' lou ; /J 1 ® ) ar J was then disebatgeu.
j 1 striking the fatil blow, bnt claimed I Deep silence was the only answer. They _ ”he d, i!?„b ro . , “* ,s * CTe 'he “ 0D * °* Col
tried the door. It wonld not yield. 1 D - "ike Hill, widely known as a dUtin-
formerly of tbi* city, now
Till? MABRTP I nni’tV with him, learning that the artiole was an
II1E dlrUUMJk J.UDDl. ■ „ p re.slon or his coovictioca, I told him I
j wonld ha glad if he wonld eee aid talk with
. . ; Governor McDaniel, and give him a copy
JAMES P, HARRISON EHuY l--a iu lie of the paper ond also a copy to each l.ifin-
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. I her of tho Capitol Commission. I also had
. \ a copy sent to each member of the Legisla-
,, . _ _ I tnre, which I paid for in the settlement be-
rer.mi. Hna^ew.j.epers to Whom H. Paid twecn myse | f J^ a j P< Harrison * Co. I
— also paid that company on my own acoonnl
fot printing circulars, folding, mailing, etc..
to each county in the Statu between $150
and $21*1. I do not now remember to hav.
made any payments to other papers, though
I may have done bo.”
(Tne witness exhibited a scrap-book be
longing to Pironis Bell, Esq., oontainlng
printed copies of tho article a, circulars,
folders, etc., referred to.]
“About the time of the Gen. Cook in
terview, published in tho Cjnstitu ion, at
tacking a Georgia marble lobby, I felt it
would be neoeaaary to employ an attorney
to look after the into rests of my company
before the legislature or elsewhere, and
employed Gen. Phillips, of Marietta, bo
oauae be was thoroughly faniilliar with the
marble section of Georgia. I tried also t<
retain Gon. Lawton, of Savannah, not tc
take legal steps but to get my company
fairly represented before any 1 fi-lstivi
oommittea investigating the qus-tiou ol
substitution of marble. I bad n talk
nn the ‘Mlth instant, at a negro ball on I “Shall we force it," said Stanley.. Beforo i Kb'shed lawyer, tori .. I
® i niiitinn of Mr William Whit sett i n the officer could reply Mrs, J oh LI son, pale re-iding on Lis farm afew miles from l>il-
■ ' n v a desoerato fight occntrod " ith ®*eit®oient, earns out of her toom and Go., twenty-eight miles from th a
.feh Levi Hooks “nd Charles Atkini handod ,he Policeman tho key to her door P 1 "* on the East Tennesseei rsilro d He
tbieh Lev, Iiooss ana Lnaries Atmos and his wrfe were telegraphed for and nr-
irekilled, and Wes Ray and Tobe Atkins p Ct baps this will unlock the 'ived in Atlanta from Dallas this aftmnooo,
lot and perhaps fatally wounded. dorr.” 1 and at onoa proceeded to the residence cf
Tie Jtmp Sentinel reports that at Car- YVith trembling hand he applied the I Nlr - Jonathan Norcrosk, their relative, In
tolurpenlinedietUleiy three negroes be- Ut ch key. At first it did not seem to fit, h v «"‘ Ead.
u»v involved in a dlfflcully last Sunday, bnt ftt length it went iu, the offleer turned Holiert p. Hill was a rising young lawyer
in one o( them drew a revolver and shot j, nervously, the lock gave way and the of tllls «*J1 » nd tlla JWiiiger of tho broth-
others deed. He claims to have done aoot wftg pn9 hed open. The two men en- ere - boin R about 31 years old. He was
(hooting in self-defense, and has not I , ere a. The scene thst met their gaxe was bright, popular and generons.
- urn sted, one of unparalleled horror. O. C. Kill w,a about 35 years old. He
■■raft Houser, son of Mr. J. D. Houser, Mr. O. C. Hill end Mr. Robert P. Hill, Z** ’ 111 oIe,k f ? r tho West ? 0,n f w * lw " d -
i’trt Valley, while endeavoring to lift the brothers, lay upon the floor almost H ?J w *“ noe olark for the Centra!
ti-t of a gin at Eatontou Saturday, acci- drenched in fratricidal blood. The former r " ^°f d b*™ and had also BHed the position
ntally brought bis knee in contact with bad falb-n near the door and was quite I c h'ef rooora t i t cf tko State railroad
a (»w«, and was quite seriously injured. I dead. The latter vaa lying with bis bead I several yean egot He w** c splendid huso
kolvsioisn fears that buleg may he per- acroa* hi* brother’s feet just gasping. He ne f* “ l,n « well likeoAnavrrj i-itelligcnt.
acecily disabled. I did not speak. In two minutes ho was a BothsreMgraauatosof tfctbttt oUpiver-
km Livvie HcCormsok, a pretty girl of corpse. O. C. Hill wore bis every day ,,l y. both unmarried, both excellent and
*' ' *lltHe brother, | olotbea and bad on a D> overcoat 11 f. tlill | nolu.hearte.i.men.woeptwhen drinking.
Atlanta, November 26.—The investigat
ing committee met at 10 o’clock this morn
ing. Senator lintt was absent, And Repre
sentative Hamsun was granted leave of
absence.
After some moments’ waiting, Mr. James
P. Harrison atrivod and hia examination
was entered npon - at once. His oounae),
Hon. N. a. Hammond, was present.
The examination was enudnoted by Mr.
McLendon, who kept np almost a constant
stream of pertinent questions. These will
he omitted.
I Mr. Harrison said: “I have lived in At-
lantit fourteen years, I am interested and
part owner in the Perseverance Mining
ompany, in Pickens county. The original
tockboiders were myself, W. B. Lowe, W.
A. Hemphill, Dr. J. H. Lawton, H. H. C ib-
J. S. Rosenthal, Paul 8. Sosgcr and
iff. Myers, the lest three of Baltimore,
file company was not legally orpaniz.d
under it., charter and was subat queutly ro-
orgiitiiz.d with these ohanges. I pur-
abased the interest of the Belli-
mor» gentlemen and assumed the
stock ot W. A. lfemphiil $1.1*K), as he had
failed to pay his assessments, amt was
--(tiling to give it np. Mesara. Martin II.
Dooly and Z. D. Harrison alao became
aWokholdera under the new organization.
I transferred my interest under the tint
cgimzition to the stcond, taking, thero-
totre. $100,000 paid np stock. None of this
st-ok was presented to newspaper men or
Olliers. Our compauy made a out to supply
the tnaierial for the 5» - espivol Tho bid
inchided the Gedigia Marble Company and
proposed to supply the luarhlo at from 50
ctbts to *1.25 p.r cubic foot, the 50 cents
l»icg t t the malic of the Giorgio
Matfile Company, which wav cf an interior
quality, a bastard between atone and
marble.
| lhe vitnees produced the original hid
made to the Capitol Commission which
giy tead ]
%tUy f morning? 1 Theboy."wh B o ”z°only I waa dre-sed, hut lit shoes and socks bad I ^bey were the only children of n devoted
Bni " vearaot age had in some wey got I been l»id aaide. The floor in the vicinity I wd aflaoleel father, to whom the
of th? revolver of hia ’older! of Ihe^deadbrother. L «m flying withblood | fbu.^1
I’
• '.hr, nnd in careleaslv handling it it waa
|M»ith the above resuH.. *
* (Utl< Inf-s.W} bight' the gmtionso of Mr.
psisiht seed, most cf which was the
•t
I 1 btl.
9
of fl
ibi* j
tij,
I
A daughter of Mr. Collins, in the
if nt of the movement, was able, nn-
' carry ont a large organ. The flm
■ to have been the work of an in-
The footprint* of * man were
r m the hones aero** fields to the
An insurance of $1,300 doe* not
hwa by several hundreds.
L iJ U!SABLKTO FEDERAL LAWS.
•eartaat Ucclalon Touching the Dn-
"•MSiau Registration Ofllctra.
Sii.r 1 .”' November 27.—Judge Treat,
haJin 1 *•••*• District Court, in glv-
^“vdional inatincticna to the United
s|»nd jury on the subject tof election
j »ft-moon, made the important
and** Federal and State laws,
, 1’tgra ct election are aubjeet to Ftd-
, and ailfnl Tiolallon i* an indicta-
. ‘"rase. He also said if the
beard 0 f registration and
i*d stricken voter*’ names or the
i l [“ ,fQ ns without having first folly
‘ til'in (elves that th* persons so
•mo u Bo right to voU. then
l t ?“* 1101 the board had committed
■u m? *g*in*t the Federal Uw and
•vou.Vi** b* Indictment. Any person
l t ^iprecinct of which no was
| « also indictable, and the
'•uutrseted to so find.
Nc bias wote nccepled ut that time and
tho commissi' n readvertued tor bids We
put in no bid the second time, bnt it
w»a iueliuled in the bid made by Charles
F. Fierce A Co , Indiana contractors^ aa it
waa understood tho commissioners intend
ed to let cut the contract as n whole.
•‘.Subsequent to the letters of tho contract
I have hat a contrnot with Miles A. Homo
to famish the mat hie for the interior work
ot, tl)e|captu4 in de the prceeut j ear.
‘‘At the time ot i heleocudadvertisement,
I saw Gover.v r M 'kaniel and told him
that, as an a u iti, eut of tha marble, we
wonld fat MS'! it at a nominal
coat, and -*••! him to have a
«d- tn—the - cdturacl
hat preferenco should tie given to
Georgia material. The Governor auid that
waa the view of the commission, and that
tho provision would ho inserted. I under
stood it was inserted.
• Since that time, all th.it I have done was
in accord with wh.it I thought waa tho
Governor's view, and of other p omineut
men.
“Afier tbs interview with Governor Mo-
Biuiel, I met Dewar, nnd had u talk with
him. 1 told him cf my interview with the
Governor. He said be hml talked with
others, and it wo did not antagonize the
0 immisei in would he nbln to gt t an increase
of tho appropriation. Dcwur said hit would be
willing to furniah material at approximately
actual cost. Ho said I was here and. knew
the people, nnd if I w onlil try to affect public
sentiment, to crea'o an opinion favoring the
marble, In a proper way, he wonld do what
was right. 1 said it would take money -
some money to publish articles and employ
counsel to represent tho marble betoru the
Legislature nnd commission. 11c said he
waa not authorized to hind hia company,
but would agree to give individually $k»)
for that purpose. I agreed to do tbo
same.
1 was requested by Lim to prepare a
written contract embodying tbo agreement,
which 1 did. Di ver and I signed it and
the paper was eisft to H. O Clements, of
Chicago, for raliflcation. Clements returned
the contract disapproved, .tiling that hia
c mipany would not enter into a oontract lo
lie up tho whole product of marble to tho
State Capitol, but wrote a letter to mo and
a letter to D iwar, which, with u conversa
tion with Dewar, led me to believe that the
contract oragrrement was still substantially
of force, and I went on in my tffurls tn be
half of Georgia marble aa before.
1 did snend money in carrying ont this
purpose, the amount approximating $3,0(10,
estimating my own servioea and time.
Between the time of my first agreement
with Dewar and the return of the contract
by Clements, when Dewar’s name wai
erased from it, I cannot aay exactly how
much was spent. I kept memoranda. Home
of these have Lean destroyed, after settle
ment of the accounts had been made and I
had no further use for them.
••When I dr.* decided to mske sn effort
to get Georgia marble substituted, I saw
that it would be necessary to pnbliab news
paper articles to reach the public, I paid
for all the articles published by me in the
Atlanta Constitution on thu subject The
iUms were from $1 to $20, and in all
amounted to between $123 and $150. The
report cf the Senate tub committee that in
vestigated tho question of substituting
Ueorjjls marl.de, I thought was a matter of
puh.io interest and I sent it to tha Consti
tution. They said it wuuld have to he paid
fur, and I agreed to par for It. I recognize
this aa • liability for $23 which might be
recovered ont of me inasuit. It wasabont
that time that the Constitution publi Led
a fierce and bitter attack, for wbat reason 1
do net knew, on the m> mleers of that com
mittee, myself and ether.,
“I p id iho Atlanta Journal for publishing
similar articles about the a .me amount paid
the Constitution.
• I paid the
that time by
articles, between $3u and $73.' I paid none
of theaa papers any other auu» oo thu ac
count, except for such articles.
“Daring this lima in looking over ex
changes in my office I saw a atri ng article
in the Christian Advocate, of which 1 had no
previous knowledge. I bed sufficient nnm-
ber of copies of tbs paper containing the.
article rent here for dutnbntion in the Leg-
i-latnre, and paid the lall—$15 or $18. The
..... w , article waa written, I believe, by Dr. Fot-
alter na **•• - | anoceaa in bu Territory waa owning to tha | ter. Thera also appeared in th*
looked upon bi*d*ad o - . ■ , - . c{ I judicium distribution of Federal patronage.' Christian Index e similar article written by
Ur. Hinton Wright, »«*o- • ... ,.j I y[ r . Cleveland, therefore, njoicea in the I Dr. Wharton. It wan written by him
*—» «wn took th® it®nd# « »— —11 o^n'e »«iir 1 without nj koovlid|k la a coofirtfttioo
and their clothes were covered with rad I «•»» in thia their moat ejrnjh
la. A large R--1"h>— r i- r ».-f»— * e«iraw
-u.'ktaanAbip, lay on tho door near the The arrangement* for the funeral have
„ _ „ , .bodies. Tho chambers, five in number, not yet been completed. It will probably
kW. body, of \\arrentoD, was burned, wete emp ra * u d there were blood staina '“be place here to-morrow,
gttemlh a *>out wrty^threebales ot cot-1 on tbe bnK and barrel. No other weapon dkxv in Tint ktjation bousk.
could bofound in the room. The right hood | Atlanta, November 26. -Scott Hill, a
about 30 years, was t ronght to
drunk last night To-
his cell, suppoaably of
„ ... ... i — i .. He was tho servant who
B'.cli interest is felt in Rome in the loca-1 t*red hia head just back of tho right ear 1 waited on Boh and Tony nil!.
*>oi the depot of the new Borne end Do- *„d bad passed ont in the loft temple. Tbia ATL) „ TA ii 0T „un w « _ Tk . bofilaa of Tone *mt
fir ini read. Pnblio meetings have been was the only mark of violence fonnd on his Bob 1IUI wars ronov.d from tho mom nn Bros*
Mtoiulncothe authorities to study tLe person. Au examination showed that a .iroottotu* undortskofis esubll.buieut of awui k
xwoi-iico of bnsinea* men and put it in bullet had entered the left arm of 0. C. * M k l * c * <1 •“ ,w0 haudsoino mo-Alli-i
klcvi-r part of the city, and not in For- Hill jnat below the armpit and ranged np ai^Bumbov of people viewed tbo ramainstbl.
m ile or upper Rome, as they seem in-1 j Q to the shenidar, and that another pistol 1 mornlut sad ihnraeh all the h.mr* a m«*. f cart-
Wlo do. ball had entered hi* left breast,pieroing his ou. people wen satbeied ab.,nt the enhance. Tbo
mi . . , , , . ... I i" * , .... hnrne m I lece ofTonj Ulll wore a roo»l DAlnrsl erpreselon.
Elj»y has been shocked by ft Bhootinp I h®®rt. There wet® powder Darna on to a I u #B#6na#< j | 0 be »r.d it w$i tiara tor r*o-
ft;r that may reanlt in the de*Uh ot a overooet alceve and on the lapel or the p i«whobad kn wn hiui iu u»# to i>ai * > that he
Mkbt and nromiaioB boy. On Tneaday, coat. Hia ahirt collar waa torn w«d«Mt. Urifr to* how#»#r r looked •woiito.
ll^.U^ lt'year?okfi^waa accidentally a. if in a life atrnggle, and ™ « ^
al Ihrough the body, near the heart, by bruise npon the lett aide of hia throat. 1 he smoni me penaea wbo passed In to lake a l*»l
SooDBcr brother Oates Heart. Hurry I alarm was given and the newt spread like I to k at tb* d«ad bmtbeta was Ml«» »»*!•
i «. B Atb.nt» irnyot a to Eliij,/ wildfire that ,Bob and Toe, Hi.fi rath a y
ihowinR a Smith & Wef-aon piatoi to h I were familiarly known, by b»r wotaar. Tbo your* lMiy ■tood r»r mm#
cl youth*, aud when the torn of I killed in their room at Bronci atrwr, nn«i I ,i w# ugUodIamm a tutu* *n<i ^az«d upf»n th* f*c*
«a ettueto examine it he handled it *o in a few momenta® great crowd surged ot bar due lover. tk*n i»Uce-t» Ut. roM upon -la
a. .... \ •»»»»«' “ . I , . Officer John Abbott waa I br*a*thud tarn*<l from iIi*bm1 »crn*. Utachloa
that it waa discharged, with the into the atreet. iimcer donn lb . .icewalk aba .nda.nly >»m>r.d and would
oiu wbove stated. Hill baa be«n put nn- 1 pieced et the foot or the ataira to eeep thu | to th* vrouud but for tu* ttm*i« aid of
i bond on the chartre of carrying con- ! excited people out. Knots of pale citizens noun. Prank Uillburn and wuilaoi Ubodts, wbo
H wesponj* JmS^of finishing a I lined iba atieet for several block, discura-1 ra*M her rad h. r Into ^earrt^ sra
! on to a minor.
-Mb* N 18lln: ?'S Do ?!T W n‘.iiJT n iM I 'coroner Hnjnei waa at once summoned, I Fora The couidbi ravlrad.'
rrram.n Bradley, of thU 8 plaee. CjrU,r 0f ““
Stanley and Dooly beoeme inf olwcd in I (iue4 » CapUta Moon took charge ot the I Looa b*for* th* *ppolBtM hour th* church wm
9 ate frolic et the latter e hone®, e few I }.,. * no bodf waa allowed to enter cointietely flUM wimiMopl*.
bbefor. and DraffyoompeUed Brad£
* 'b* bonne, which infnriated him to „dk ioaaieD 0 f the dead brothers Swift, " ““ ‘
■ent that ho wavlaid Dooly, M above I , . rt(k( died, and, Ingctbtrl Tbe rarvleee wera eondected by the llw. Vlrail
I? hrtora ^nsjic. j ®*^Jri?nds and kinsmen of the d.- id*men, “>•
- -i began preparing their remain* for burial niftar nadlnz a portion of acrlpturs beoUeradep
¥P*»r before tbe next term of Hart Bn ’ I futcUcle^hiid'^'DertT '“bteu looked brlef ramarks. ukle* aa Me
"-r Court Both parlie. me negroea. , 0 ^ n Ucl * in “ Atlanta. In a ‘hurt I *•
■ndty morning fire destroyed the dwell- j [ lm o the jury^ _had_ been *e | in# divine bad a meet delicate cBce to porforra.
the i
with Gen. Lawton at tho Markham llonso
on tha subject llo said he wonld take the
matter into consideration and write me
from Savannah. A few days after I bad *
letter from Gen. Lawton In which
he stated that railroad business
w a ao pressing, and to which ho had to
devote himself to the exclusion of other
matter*, that he would not be able to give
tu Mr. Harrison’s business the ntoessary
time and was (creed to decline any engage
ment, bnt would he pleased to lie of any
aisiialnuce when in Atlanta General Law-
ton did not approve ot any legal steps to
interfere with tbe commission, and thought
thu prospects hopeless to uiaku any change
conaidcting the attitude of,tho Legislature.”
I Witness exhibited this letter, and it was
read.j
“I made a contract with General I’hillipa
to pay him a retainer $1 .DM, and a con
tingent $500 additional if a profit able con
tract was mode fot Georgia marble ”
[ WitncHS exhibited this contraot ]
“I paid Gon. Fbillips $200 rush at the
time, $200 a few days after, and gavo hun
my note for the balance, which has since
been paid, at different times. When I em
ployed Gen, Phillips I sent J. A. Blsantr
to Marietta with a letter for him. I wrote
Gen. Fbillips again brfirohe oamo. Ilisam r
may have coma iu with Gen. Phillips, but
osruioly did not introdnee him, aa I had
known him—not personally—from my boy
hood."
Mr. McLendon called tbe attention of the
witness tn the foot that the ooutract witli
Gru. Phillip* was written in one hand-
writ ng and the figurea filled luanothtr and
in different Ink. Ha explained that tbe
contract waa written by Phillips and the
figures by himself.
/3 *ga*t{!Wli.atM GancfsL PhiJilpa in
assn, fn checks, and sometime* paid money
on hie orders ! peid some hotel btl’.a for
him. One of these bills from Weinweisters
included the hotel bill of Colonel L. F.
Livingston, wbioh I did not notion at first,
bnt have since. 1 would have pfid it any
wny. aa Phillips waa authorized to take
friends to s jpjcr or to the hotel, in re
gard to that mailer I uni willing to tell the
whole truth. I knew, or bad reason to be
Have, Livingston was a strong person il
fr.end of Governor McD.uicl, and very
aipular with the farmer/, and felt that hia
iifiurnce would be valuable. Livingston
was a member of the gubernatorial c.inven
tion that nominated Governor McDaniel
knew that my good fii.uil, Dr. Dav d E
Butler, Was also a member of that Subven
tion, nnd had wanted appointment aa
capital comaibwiouer, but wn disappoint
ed. Sir when Commissioner Crane fli-d 1
wrote and telegraphed Livingston and But
ler.”
now chans'* sccczaaoa waa appoints!).
awasenea oy ue pr.-nnuo immediately in iron* oy i" ance aoaartiilii* wbleb lulaM arrte aanair on me
hones in the burning barn, I horror and death, and while tender band* I Mulbtlttjof femUy.frleudiorkliuiiuo. after which
a hurried to their relief. L e „ dreraing the dead in their S
7-' r K of the _.
If j* I T^barvev anil SKSS&SJSSSE^^
fw fttul hie dwelling enveloped ini M«***t*. BtauUsy end Officer G&rvcr ena I »j>proprutr mun»r. UDwdiwmi w» tu*
fn. Very little could be eared from \r ani i e j 0 hnion were flr*t txennned. Tneir unccrla i u t y of lif* ** Ur* a&«i the
'niiing home, bnt in atrennon. en-1 “ Umony was in detail what h “ been I .uran.-^e-uk. i r, ^“..i7‘llnh I
r®j® te do everything possible Mr. CM-1 above written, and waa all they knew of I ( W i 1Ild M tu c«un iii*cjr •©*i>U»K •>*« Id tbr
l*adhisiion were aerionely burned— t b e terrible aff.ir. .. ur,e uomb-r
no, lying jn . precanom ccn-1 Dorio, Rjrin^^eouht^ bbyriH»n, I
?utruiinccd, and testified as to the wonnda. 0 °xhillItSlM t ulS U Rtaat enezragailon moved lew
Ilolh agreed that the jioaition of tho bodies, lhe . u „, ... m til. liig'.f.i <1 sn-e ImpraMira,
fb- aiVLu,,.. bulleU had taken and all Thepc-pta.. wl’h one l»pul» 1 a**ed m “ e
“^dieXSd teatified aa to the wound.. ‘
Bolh agreed that the position of the bodies, the atreet waa lo me b
fil diVLilnu the bnliet* had taken end alll Tb»peej!!s*»wi(h «m . .
the direction Hie b th8 oann;. eliaoet bleeklo* ap tbe unet e. Ike loL
tbe ctrcnmatance* as developeii ny lo.un pall-beenn .loelj mcvel from IU. . non-a,
discovery of the dead pointed to the awful bauveatbe t*o«aBe. wbieh tbe/ eierad lo in*
feet that Bob Hill bad ehot and lulled hia tn be rave draws np befera the d-or: U~.ro.
fact turn W “ . th jj-ml t Q bia own I Boa HU1. Tom P. We.tmar.land. One L .l« Hooper
brother “d then puttne ptawi to nu. o (rtonI , Tb.ma^ Brary <ia.rrtt <»uy
head. That aetmed to be the moat ranaon BnU t,niak>a p. Wrt«bi, John Coadn.yr Terry
wimC He AAidin P>» br.rara-m.Ui.
^m d t?th l rtimU^ight ’ Tony
toom with ine •« w*. play-1 Wr Jobs 4TCoel.y. A mon pubeuc ptciura th.e
playing on tbebanjoanu r itltnaaawl rad h—rt-bnkea fa hr> ana bu .Drer
IDO on tbe guitar. They were rnenaiy a fcAlri lrab t, tram*, etraemloo eb—ka raa cb'.drg
•Li# lima. I have not *e«n Bob atneo- I „ a, followed Uie ds.r dawt forma of tie only
IBat ua* bonaa on Walton stieet cKildnn-bae aavev been wltareeed rajnxrre.
Tony was tt my bonaa on >u co . dlUc . mrlekra moUjra wm rach
at bklf-pe»t 10 tow m A °*r. ^(ima I th*t *b*«eU4»otbepr***et. H*r Midj* n.»y
drlnkimra UtUe. After talking aoma time “£, Nj u IBM( ined.rat mm be do; to. .1
J ukei mV danghiet Kata to pLy for pro—-too m. vwd ilowtr to o.ktwd
be “ked mj “g beoana# there waa I cemetery w£e#m la tb. franly v.np, the mortal
W®. bnt »b« ^u/pwh«bm raid: -MifS part of Bob radToay BUlwr.for.vra bid te rrat
S’ you ought ’ to pl»y ft* °®- jack Clevelaad’e and the Deaa'e Talk
SSt»» Bob*if you fd ^ ^ ^
was mad* to to* J Ktm ^d to Ur. Bean, tha Republican delegate in tho
thought not right 800,1 a " m " trom A rizon», b*a reached Wa,bin;
JJSygtfuglK nntil I j tom He«,. thUth. Jtrera Democral
a*
lie
Livingiton and Bailor came at once,
told them it was Important to have Crane's
anoceaaor a man favorable to Geornia mar
ble. I thought ae they wer* probably mora
inatrnmental than any other influence save
tbe l larke eonnty delegation in McDaniel'*
nomination, they might have influence on
this appointment. Livingston, Untler,
Pmllipa and myself mat in the agiionltnral
department Nobody elie was preaeot
We talktd over the appointment of Crane’
anc'oaaor. I think Phillips waa to favor c.
Frank Bice. After niicnaaingit wa decided
tn nrg. Umler'a appointment, and
failing in that to Iry to get Liv
ingston. LivE'pstnn went to aea
t#ov. McDaniel on tti« .object, and return
ing, reported the Governor wonld not ap
point any hut an Alltnt* mao. Ue invited
I. Vicente no to arggest ti n name* ol auy
Atlanta trienda he would like to #ee ap
pointed. Livingstone replied to tbe Gov
error that bo wonld consider the matter
and aee him the next morning. Wo met
again next morning Probably Biaaner waa
present. Phillips sngg.sted that the names
of Frank ltice and Marlin II Dooley be pre
sented to the Governor. Livingstone said
be wanted D. A. Beattie, bia
brother in-law, and it waa de
cided Livina.tono ahnuM aek McDan
iel for Uelttie's appointment Livingstone
went to aee the Governor. He reported
when be returned that he met Henry Gra
dy e lining out of tb* executive office. Go
ing to to the Governor, Livingstone said he
hml come at the Governor’s r .qaaat the day
before to inggeat the name of an Atlanta
(riaud for Capitol oommlaaloner. Tbe Gov
ernor said, 'I have already made the ap
pointment’ In anrpriae, Mvipgslone said,
‘yon have?* ThaGonrnor aaia *yca, and
1 want to explain why. In addition to
other reason*, the com mission an decided
wa are obliged to hav* th* support of tbe
Constitution, and 1 hare appointed E. P.
llo.ell.' Livingstone gave the Governor
a knowing look as this was said.'”
The witness continued, “I paid Dr. But
ler $10 to cover his actual expenses on throe
trip* to Atlanta at my request Gave him
*' on two different occasions. 1 gars
the Capitol -It ‘porter, published at
by JT. T. Taylor, for similar
Intimately and | Bean’s talk.
Livingston $3) cash, wbioh I estimated
would cover bis actnal expense*. He eame
here several times. I also paid IV. II.
tUmmona, of Jasper, G*., $23. That wai
during the taaaion cf 1884. I think Sim-
mons was here in the interest of the
Marietta and North Gtorgia railroad. I told
him if he wonld remain and talk np Gw
marble, I wonld pay bia expanses,
reel tec’ion is I paid tbe amount without
hi* asking for it 1 paid money to Riacner
at different time*. lit was not then In the
employ ot tbo Perseverance Mining Com
psny, and the company did not owe him 1
cent. Biaantr had been discharged for
drunkenness and incompetaney—neglect of
hia bnaines.. I paid Biaaner in annu rang
ing from $10, $15 to $50,”
AS TO TAIN AND RANKIN. ,
"1 never gave Gon, Phillips money to he
paid to anybody else, nod can’t a vy whether
I did or did net pay him money in the
presence of any body else. I may have done
to. a« I wa* continually paying him money.
“On tho t vtiuing the Legislature ad
journed, referred to by Biaaner, I promised
to pay Phillips some money at a place eng-
grated by him. Late in Iho aft-rnoon
Biaaner came to my office and raid Phillip*
was waiting for me nt Mercer’s, q lliaancr
told me he wonld like somo money aa he
needed it, and asked me to give it to him
that night. 1 told him to tell Phillips I
would be with him soon. I also told Bisa-
n.-r I wonld probably bo able to give him
(Biaaner) some money. In abont throe-
qnartera of an hour I went to Mercer’s. At
the room indicated C found Phillips and
Roomer there, bnt no one else. 1 banded
$200 to Phillips and told him
to give Biaaner sdme bnt whether
$30 or $10, I can’t remember.
Then certainly was no one prevent In
the room except Phillips and Biaaner.
1 here may have been some one passing in
the hall when I went np, bnt I do not re-
member. Neither Fain nor Rankin was
present in that room; and I wont in no
other. I left Phillips and Divaner tcgsthci,
and I did not see either Fain or ltankin
when I wat going there or coming srrsy. I
don’t know what Pbillipa did with that
money. I took anpprr that night at my
residence. I nevor took an oyster supper,
that I t (member, when Fain and,Rankin
were present"
A "MACON BTXW.”
Home merriment was caused by the wit
ness’* reference in the following connection
to a “Macon stew.” He mid: “I did not
temember till a day or two ago that 1 had
ever eaten an oyster sapper with Colonel
ltankin, I was talking with him ab.int
Biaauer’a statement and said I had no recol
lection of haring had oysters with him. He
reminded me of an occasion at Thompson's
restaurant when ha and I had some oysters,
and 1 ordered * 'Mscon stew.’ That catted
to mind. I did order a ‘Macon atew,'
and there waa some comment on it at th*
time.”
There seemed to be some ignorance on
the part of the committee and the reporters
aa to what is a “Mason stew," and Mr. Har-
aison gave an explanation ot description of
tbia tempting dish, ao tbqt no miaoonstrno-
tiou might be placed on his order. Ilia
explanation waa generally aeoeptoJ as sstla-
tactory.
The witness, to reply to a further ques
tion, arid: “I am almost confident I never
saw Judge Fain at the National. I did see
Col. Rankin thereannmberof time*, jnat as
did other members of the Legislature who
were about tbe hotel, bnt I nere'r spoke to
btm on tbe marble business.
“I saw Jndga Fain several time*. He
was at my hoot* one evening, Livingston,
Phillips, and possibly Ilutltr wera present.
It woe during th* teuton. Gen. Phillips
bad written a reply to the Constitution’s
uttauk on tbe marble lobby, and wo met
to consider the matter of publishing it
10.iu't any w blither I invito l Judge Pam,
bnt think PbiTllpi did, for tha purpose of
asking bia opinion aa to ths pnblicstlon of
tb* artiole. Tbo ume artiole wu shown
Governor Smith, and be advised against it*
publication, and it waa utfvor published.”
At this point a motion was made to ad
journ Colonel Hammond aaked that a
acasisn be bad to-night, as he had been en
gaged to represent Mr. Harrison for only a
limited time and he wu anxious to get
tbron/b with the investigation before he
left lor Washington City, wbioh would la#
in a few day*. An adjournment wu had
to 7:311 p tu.
THK XIllUT SKHHION. . '
Thoiiimiualioa of dame* P, Harrison
area continued to-night Ho was question
ed at some length on different points of bia
testimony. Some new and iuteruting fea
tures were developed, but not conaidered
material to the a ecial charges of bribery.
Aa to the contract made with General Phil
lips, in wbiub there wera three different
paper* of tbe egreement exhibited with
some variances u to the data* and amonnta.
Mr. Harrison wu nnablo to make a very
utiafactory explanation to tha oommittee,
and wu not very clear fn his own mind,
bnt stated that there wu bnt one
contract with Phillips, and the papers
referred to that He reoalled sereral items
ot expenu not remembered to-day, to-wit: A
paymenttoW K Tewkesbury, stenograph
er, abont $160; Dr. N. A. Pratt, for making
an analysis and Uat of oolitic limestone and
muhle, $23; Ubu. Pratt, $33. The commit
tee footed np all tha Item* remembered by
Ur. Harrison, and they amounted to $2,135.
Subsequently Mr. Harrison produced tbe
itemized statement referred to by CoL
Abbott in bis testimony on a previous oc
casion. That statement footed op $3,050
Ibe whole amount expended by him. It
Included, with some small luma not hereto
fore stated, and a claim against tbe Oeorgla
Marbi* Company #f $800 for service#, time
and expense* ot bimaalt He uhl he be
lieved the Georgia Marbte Company ought
to pay Lim even dollar of tbe amount, as
they had failed to co-operata with him in
bis efforts according to contract, bnt he
claimed that they ahonld pay him half, and
failing to do so he wonld snejhem.
Referring to the interview ot Eager in
tha ConetitnUon. referring to himself, he
wu knnainely, wilfully *nd mali
ciously false—an outrageous Ue. Ue never
had bnt one convenatton on the snbjtet
with George It. Eager, and that wu in the
Btate library. Eager spoke to him there
day and uked him whrt he
wu doing abont the marble iiaai-
mas. Harrison arid he was doing every
thing that could be done in a proper
way, but that If all tbe marble interests
wonld c*-operate tbs snbstitntion of marble
for limes Ume could be accomplished. Eager
replied; “U yon will pntyoor marble forces
to help get the if arietta and North Georgia
railroad through I will put the Marietta aul
North Georgia railroad rare** at work to get
yonr marble scheme through.” Harriaonde-
clined to go into the arrangement Ue had no
regard for Eager u a man, and wonld hare
nothing to do with. The witness reitentcl
that be had never given any money or pres
ent* to IUnktn. Th* examination was
lengthy, bnt thia oovered gtbe scope of it.
The committee adjourned tn Monday night
THROUGH THK WdlttLPOOL.
A Man and a Worn#., ,u.k# the Perilous
Journey Male y.
Niaoada Falls, November 2ft—George
Hizlett anil Mia* Sadia Allen, <:,t Ball do
went through tbe rapids and whirlpool this
arming in the torprilo aba pet barrel used
by Uaxlett and Pott* last summer. Tuey
wer* In tb* whirloool and rapids tire min-
ntea, and wera taken ont of the eddy on the
Canadian rid* lost bakw tha igrigt
three quart .-# ot an hour later in g >od con
dition, Mi** Alien ia a respectable girl
eighteen year* of a ■, a j Rite brnnt-.tc and
rather good looking.