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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBRUARY 7, 1895.
Ill IUUIIIIIU
leiliip Cases Tried in
Us United Stales
Court.
ientTunder oath
Clearer Conception of the Causes
Which Led to the Arrests
and Trial.
WORDcS PROM THE COURT
r..m« Pri« on#ri 1 ' h “‘ * h * P *“ r
|T110 , would Not Got a Polo
Is) I» lofoanil.il—That tlio
Right. of Ail Will .
l!o Protoetod. i
Dally Telegraph, Feb. 5.
.. gpeer yesterday heard tile con-
' " casce against the prisoners
Telfair county.
t , v as to have been held in Sa-
h where a very important docket
arranged for the 4th, but
as deferred by order of the
ont jl the Telfair cases could be
►d of
; evidence of an exceedingly een-
■1 r.i’.'.ire was developed, and it
, a well established fact In the
1 oi the court that old man
, i, williams had declared him-
, Mtiaw.
if the prisoners were acquitted
p 0. Kelly, Geoige Williams
L Williams. W. B. Fussell was
Ur bond to keep the peace
k* officers and law of the United
[ George Williams waa placed
a similar bond for $1,000, and
[illUms tv as too sick to stand
tnd was allowed to go home
500 bond. -Mr. Kelly was een-
ta four months’ Imprisonment
common Jail of Bibb county,
ame evident in the progress of
d that somebody hud been
ol criminally obstructing the
ntnistratlon of justice, but the
ation of the prisoners with re-
the riotous acts waa not suffl-
established in the mind of the
vho acted as both judge and
William B. Fussell’s bondsmen
E. Wfilcox, Andrew McRae,
Phillips, J. B. D. Paulk, and
Aliagood.
George if. Williams’ sureties
tndrew McRae, F. M. Aliagood
liliam McLean.
D. O. Kelly is a son-in-.uw
man Lucius L. Williams, and
Justice of the peace. He did not
to the entire satisfaction of the
that It was not largely due to
ms part that precipitated the
_smuch ua he started out of the
with old man Williams’ rifle,
Md to surrender the gun when
_«to do by the marshals.
Trtsrrapih prints a synopsis of
rttmee adduced on the trial,
prrtaiw is one of the most 1m-
in the history of the fund
of that section. It Is especially
at from the fact that it Is but
lining of u long list of proseou-
»n to follow, it is not at all
cat the United States govern-
could make special appropriation
certain criminal! from this
justice, and then acknowl-
feat at such am early period,
eyes of me public, the de
ls of these eases have appeared
rtaln extent as persecuted men.
apparently been the popular
among a large class of the most
vm citizens that the Dodge
impainy was trying to drive out
from their homes to which
id secured well established
under the Georgia statutes in
In squatter*. It lias been stated
nod authority that many out-
ave been committed upon these
by the land company, and In-
hnve been cited where the
of landed property have been
b'*m their homes, during which
the land company, upon one
>r another, would send large
of laborers to cut down and
y the timber, and In answer
pens’ complaint.! and protests
.any would invite them to get
out of tho courts. The people
county 'have contended that
r. at a disadvantage In view of
that In the first .place they
able to stand the cost of Cftl-
and' in tho next that they could
uaticc at tho hands of Judge
currency has been given to rc-
thU character that officers of
itej States court are regarded
deadly enemies as soon as they
Mr territory.
vie of that section of the
>k upon the ; United State*
a sympathizer with Dodge
enemy to the people of the
testified yesterday that old
Uiams had said that before he
pear before Judge Speer he
i. for lie knew that the court
‘ted an opportunity to send
Pti»on for life. When the depu-
t down to his house on the
scomber and arrested for can
't Ait appearing upon a ehargo
timber across tile track of
W company's dummy line, he
bU arms before the gathered
; and naked his fellow enun-
" they were going to see him
before Judge Spew. According
evidence this seemed to be all
“s uocorsary to enrage hU
Y a degree of outlawry.
“her of men brought out their
► ere and resoued tile old man
two deputies. This waa not
h court yesterday, but the evl-
(<•>.£ 4 ♦*-£ dee. thit tiiC
“ F er * present only for the pur-
“f-Wng the old man give bond,
ttion attempted to prove the
guilty of riotous acts and
“tl /a in riot simply for being
■ t 1. not assisting the officers to
tile arrest, claiming that a
. who d ocs not a |)y himself
, 'i't’ of law and order Is as
M those who actively
T’ 1 this the court replied
mcers had made a mistake
- m deputize the onlooker* as
: marshals; that if such
“ thin refined or failed to
,,,: assistance of the officers
1 then be guilty of contempt
^ra*m!L ,rlaI was finished yester-
k : ur '?' several of the d feud-
1 their surprise at
rm <UM * impartiality of their
I ," remarking that after this
L -'"ike Speer’s friend, and
had been convicted it
th' ea t®Poo»lble to flni
’ n court.
Criming tite hearing. Judge j
“bei
Speer thus addressed the people of Tel
fair and surrounding counties:
'Many of your kind tides are In dis-
pule, many are involved In this court,
lucre “ not a court in the country
WhlOh Will Wltlh mnro eMtafeAgS
o?, ur 5i tte ’ where you"have'“a"‘good
t.tlo, than this court. To 4>hose ivlio-
know this court it is not necessary
*or me to make any Buoh remark, but
1 weI1 understand that the action
a *’ this ocurt in the terrible tragedy
P ,ace several years ago,
an( *ihe trial girowing out of the cruel
murder of Capt. Foraytn, one of the
klnd-est and best men I ever knew,
has been most sfaunefuCly misrepresent-
ed until it is poadble that some peo
ple down there are afraid to come be-
iore this court, under the apprehension
that t'h-eiy will nov got a fair trial.
Can any one who has witnessed this
trial today deny that one can get a
fair trial here? I think not. Not one.
And this court will be glad to consider
and carefully pans in a judicial way,
upon any man’s title, and you people
owe it to yaunsolvee—von owe it to
the reputation of the conunifnlty in
which you live—you owe it to your
future, to aid this court in putting
down such lawlessness-aa that otf which
Lucius Williams and perhaps others
seem to be guilty. It hurts you a great
deal worse than it hurts anybody else,
rhe people of Lodge -V'jnty have pro
tested against the mistakes of the
newspaper* which connected their name
■with this transaction. The people of
Telfair county should protest as vig
orously, and phon'd make their protest
effectual 'by uniting with the officers
of the law In putting down lawless
ness, and ict nil these matters he ad
justed conformably to the rules of law
and equity.
“And I, as a Georgian—a man who
yields to no other man living in my
love for tho 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 and right
fully. Let the titles be settled, ami J.-t
this stain bo taken off the fair name
of Telfair county.”
Deputy Marshal KeEy took the stand
and stated that on the 8th of Decem
ber they started for Telfair county.
They reached Mr. Lucius Williams’
tho next afternoon on Sunday, but
found him not at home, and concluded
to mislead him so as to catch Iilm.
Air. Poore and myself secreted our-
muvtrs fifty or eixiy yurus from lilt!
house, and In about an hour and a
half threo men came down to the
house. Mr. Lucius Williams. Mr. D. O.
Kelley and another gentleman. Mr.
Williams discovered out tracks p nil
said: ‘Here’s where the rascals
have been. Mr. Lucius Williams went
into the house and Mr. I). O. Kel’.ey
walked around the house. Mr. Williams
had a Winchester on his shoulder, and
set It down by the door. The other
went down a roadway that leads off
to the right across a cornfield and
struck Into the other road, 1 suppose.
He waa 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 hie gun. I suppose lie was
looking to see which way we had
g one. 1 ordered him to surrender, nnd
o said: ” , you. kill me. I’ll die
before I surrender." I told him I would
have to kill him If Ihe didn’t surrender,
and he said: ’’You Rc-pul/.lcan
1 I’ll die before I’ll go before
Judge Speer, and bo tried. I haven't
got many days to live anyhow, and
you can't cut me out of much.’’
1 rushed up on him ami captured
him. I wanted -to capture him without
killing him if ,possible. I had to lay
tny gun down, he scuffled so fiercely.
Mr. Kelly 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
use It, and not to give it to anybody
else.
we tried to reason with tho old man
and tell him that the charge we had
against him was not serious, but he
was cursing nnd swearing vengeance
against us all the time, and he hollered
to this man going down the road ami
told him to get hV friends. Tills man
started off In a run. i don't know who
be 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 eleevos, and he ad
vised us to turn the old man loose or
we would get into trouble. TVie old man
was not going to be brought Into court
at Macon, and we had better turn him
loose.
About that time Mr. WI Mams’ 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, anil said we would
never live to get off with her husband.
Mr. Poore tried to reason with her,
and she said, "I don’t want any at your
sort soaping?"
Wltneas lestlflej about the dangers
they encountered when tho rescuing
party arrived, but his testimony was
not such os could identify the prison
ers as having taken part In the riot.
During the hearing of the evidence
Dignity Poore tcatifliM that it had been
very difficult to texture tile names of
the parties present and aiding In the
riot of Sunday, tho 8th of December.
He was unacquainted with the people
of the county, and for this reason tho
testimony of himself and Deputy Kel
ley varied on an Important point. This
was easily understood In view of the
fact that everybody was excited, and
It was difficult for the marshals to
particularize, but Judge Spear stated at
the conclusion of tile hearing that he
had never known two marshals to
act with more Judgment and more
bravery under such circumstances.
Mr. D. O. Kelley who was sentenced to
jail for ills connection with old man
Williams’ gun. gave the marshals the
names at Jackson Rawlins, Mose Will
iams, Bob Williams and Newton Weils,
Henry Fussed. Tom Well.!, George
Williams and Dave Wells, as purlieu
present on the occasion of the release.
Upon this Information warrants were
sworn out. and the defendant* on trial
yesterday were anrested.
The marshals testlhed that after ar
resting old man Williams their
lives became endangered, and they
wainteSMo make their escape If pcnsl-
ble. They wanted to go to 'Jackson
ville without going through the mob.
When Mr. Kelley left them and started
back towalrd the mob very fast they
were satisfied that ho was going to
tell litem which way the officers had
been directed to pet out of the swamp,
In order that the mob might waylay
and kill them. Far that reason Ihe
deputies turned out of the course to
which Sir. Kelley had directed them.
The matshals fSeaUtiel ns having been
present and taken part tn the rescue D.
O. KeKey, Alex Fusaoll, Gconge Will
iams, Macomb SIcDermott and Mose
Williams. Two of the prisoners, who
were young men. had never been seen
before by the deputies, in testifying
ahont Mr. Alex Fu!sell’s connection
with the riot. Deputy Poore testified
that when Funsell came up, old man
Williams said: "Hello, Alex; are you
there?” To this Fuasfl replied: ’‘Yea,
by , I am here, and ready for any
thing. and those handcuffs are com
ing off you, too!” The witness then
testified that Fussell came tip and
made out lie was going to shoot. Wit
ness 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 wvre said that
he couldn’t swear positively what else
was said by any particular one. He re
membered very distinctly that when
bond was mentioned Mr. George Will
iams said; “By . I can give a 880,000
besid If necessary. He remembered Mc
Dermott’s fhee very distinctly. McDer
mott did nothing more than participate
ta a general way., Wltneas couldn't
notice every one particularly, more
than they all seemed to go In together
for the ipurpise at taking old man Will
iams away from hlmt They all came
down there In a burry. The handcuff’s
were found In W. B. Fussell's posses
sion when the parties were arrested.
D. O. KeKey and Jloee Williams and
George Williams admitted that the!
went there. D. O. Kelley said he didn’t
try to shoot. Witness didn't remember
part of George Williams, except that
he said I bad 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 Wlldams stepped out nnd said:
‘'By , you Just as well accept
bond; you can’t take him mvay from
here alive!" and that we would prob
ably be killed anyway. I don’t re
member the expression he uded, but
that was about It. On cross-examina
tion witness testified that nothing
could be attributed to Geoj-go Will
iams except that he was present and
said the old man could give a 850.000
bond.
In behalf of his e'.ient. Mo so Williams,
Col. Major Lane established- lhs> fact
that witness knew of no act of vio
lence on the part of defendant, except
that all were there and very much ex
cited.
The crowd guyed witness for being a
ooward when he released old man W11I-
lamo and started after the bond, and
they said they would kill me anyhow,
and I said I am ready to tile, but rest
assured that 1 wilt kill more of you
than you do of us, but that I didn’t
want any trouble of that kind. I wru
armed with a Winchester rifle and
pistol, and Deputy Kelley wan armed
with a double-barrel shotgun and pistol.
Old man Williams swore when we
arrested him In his yard that he never
intended to be taken to Macon alive.
He cursed the marshals fob Republi
can , and would not be taken alive.
I have (lad experience of that kind
before, and have been In close places
whore serious trouble resulted when nvy
life was In danger and I have beern
shot at and been shot and had mem
dlot down by my side and seen men
fall on either side, but I just felt
that this woa the worst place I was
ever In. I felt that I was about twenty-
five miles from a -railroad, and in the
hands of a bloodthirsty mob. I remem
ber four guna very distinctly. I wouOJ
recognize the mem If I wort- to see them
again. The best 1 could tell, the guns
were Winchester rifles. Ale- Futuell
had his hands back In a shooting posi
tion, but I didn’t see any plstoh This
In my party myself Kelly and Thomas,
and the driver, Paddy McLean of Mc
Rae. It was about 4 o’clock In the af
ternoon. 1 suppose. Mr. Lucius Williams
wasn’t at homo when we first got there.
I didn't know where he was. I saw
him coming toward the house walking.
We were hiding near the house to wait
for him. Just before getting to the
gate when we went up there, Johm
Kelly and I got out and came up in
the rear of the house,’ amd the other
two in our party drove up in front of
the house. I sent them three miles
away to Jacksonville to feed the stock
and get something to eat, and 1 and
Mir. Kelley remained there.
The witness' testimony gave the de
tails of the struggle with old man Will
iams, amd told how hie had cursed out
the United States court and oil Its pa
pers. and struggled with desperation
after tho handcuffs were on him. and
how various members of t4ie rescuing
party had followed the marshals up
threatening their lives and assuring
them that they would never get out
of there alive; Bob Williams was cursed
and abused by the old man because
he wouldn’t take part In the rescue..
When he first came up I asked him to
prevail on die crowd not to Interfere
with us, hut he didn't think he could
do anything with the crowd. I don’t
recollect what he said, but I didn’t see
any weapon on -him or any gun. Wit-
moss didn't remember seeing W. B.
Fussell there, but remembered A'.ex
Fussell’s telling the old man that they
meant to take the handcuffs off him
and that they were ready for anything.
There were about twelve or fifteen
In the crowd of rescuers, but as they
kept corning amd going It was Impossi
ble to nay exactly how many-
D. 4). Kelley Is a sap-in-law of old
man Lucius Williams, and Mr. Kelley
was present when we arrested the old
man. Ho came out of the house with
the -gun as If he Intended to whoot, and
I presented my gun and told him to
lower his gun, and he did so, and when
wo put-the handcuffs on the old man
Mr. Kelley presented his gun again
nnd I again covered him with my gun,
which was cocked and ready to fire.
Old man Williams kept hollering to
him to shoot, nnd Kelly said: “Don’t
you sec they will kill me If I do?"
And old man Williams said "Let him
kill you, and die and go to ; but
die like a nmn.”
McDermott 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. Ffestem asked the witness: "You
say Mr. Kelly had the otd man’s gun,
nmJ W. B. Funsell was not there, anil
Alex Fussell 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 peopleUlicre."
“Did amy of these parties have any
gun?"
"None except D. O. Kelly, who had
the old man's gun.’ 1
“Can’ you stato that any of theso
parties'did anything more than simply
to be there, nnd simply to sympathize
with old man WKllams?’’
"Yes, sir—well, I can’t say that any
of these parties except D. O. Kelly
bid a gun, but they'were there with
the crowd, and seeued to be hiving
aa«tata.nee to the other men." >
"Isn’t It true that, except D. O. Kel
ly, who attempted to take part with
the gun, these people hero did nothing j
more tlian happen to be there und man
ifested eome sympathy for tho old
man—len't that all?”
"No, air; they all seemed to be In
terested. I was Imprcroed that If 1
didn't turn him loose, 1 was going to
be kKled."
"That was simply your Impression—
did any of them say anything or do
anything, or have any arms—Is It not
merely your opinion that they were
simply there encouraging these peo-„
pic?” *
"I had to watoli several of them
very closely. I was engaged a good deal
of the time.”
"Are the men who were active—are
they here today?”
■’Those men who came «u ueer snoot
ing are not here. Those who presented
the* guns are not here that I know of.
I can’t say that these men are not the
ones because <hcre was a good deal
said and done.”
"Those men who had their guns
drawn are out ot the way, aren't they?"
"Yes sir: they arc not here."
Judge Speer asked the witnero:
“What was It that Impressed you
that this crowd would jump on you
If you did not turn old man Williams
loose? What was it, if anything, Civ
impressed you that u'.l these men would
do a thing of that sort?"
“They were ail there talking with
each other, and seemed to be busy.”
’’Talking loud or low?”
’•One would go to the other, and one
to another a.ad say something.”
"Was It a quiet or active crowd?”
“They seemed In a general sttr, and
Intended to do something, and they
were ail busy awl Interested that he
should be released. It seemed.”
“Were there any threatening gest
ures?”
•’Yes. sir: r remember that some of
them would say wait—hold on; another
would catch hold to make me tum
loose.
"Do you remember anybody that
broke forward that way?”
"I remember only one man's face,
that I don’t see In this crowd.”
••What was the general character of
the language used toward yourself and
Marshal Kelly?”
••It was very threatening, I
thought.”
■ Give us a simple of It, can't you?"
IMSHHfK wMOt say several times
too crowd ran up, to snoot us,
and kill us, and murder us. I heard
ndvornl nurtlM—f lr#m* rlfiin tn m'd man
Williams to keep them from shooting
a volley into lie."
“State as near as you can tile posi
tion of the men with the guns."
"The closest one to me was behind a
tree from twenty to thirty steps, I
would say.”
Hero the court enjoined the witness
to be very careful about hi* statement,
and asked him to describe tho distance
by Indicating the different portions of
the courtroom.
Witness stated that a man was try
ing to shoot him from behind an oak
scrub bush, and another from behind a
tree. Ono got down on his kneed to
shoot while the other stood up. Another
man was sitting on a chunk with a
gun aeroes Ilia lap, with hi* hands
placed so he could raise the weapon
very easily. One man was some twCTity
five yards from witness, white the oth
ers wereaioout five steps further. These
men were all on one side of the road.
Witness got a tree between the flint
party and hlnwelf, and when Deputy
Kelly walked up we both walked out.
That was tile time Mr. D. O. Kelly
loaned the gun to somebody, and went
up amd talked with the man behind the
tTee. I couldn’t hear what they said.
I remember Mr. Kelly had his gun
whun he walked up to this fellow. An
other ran up and to'.d Mr. Kelly If
lie wasn’t going to use the gun to give
It to somebody who would and the
maun took the gun. I don’t know who
that man was. Ho made out he was
going to present ir, and I asked him
not bo shoot, but to submit to reason.
I said: ’’Gentlemen, you are in enough
trouble." r tried to talk quietly. Mr.
Kelly didn't say much.
We wore twenty-five miles from a
railroad that night and were afraid
to stivi to get a horse and buggy, for
we didn’t have amy friends In that
country.
Deputy George White swore to the
threats made by old man Williams
when papers were served on him last
year ordering him to show cause, say
ing that the old man had directed
that no more orders be served on him;
that If Tie United Slates court wanted
to send manshals dawn there to arrest
him, the whole army had better come,
qa blip l»ta: on., of them we'Jld b“
bushwhacked.
After dinner the court discharged
Mr. Tom Wells and Mr. Mose Will
iams, Oil aiiotloii of oouusei, tlie ground
being established that the prosecution
had failed to connect them with the
conspiracy, so far a* the evidence was
concerned.
The two gentleman walked up to
the bench, shook hands with and
thanked the Judge heartily.
Mr. George Williams testified that
lie was on hand at the winding up of
the difficulty; that he was at a neigh
bor’s when he heard otf the arrest, and
went to see if he could help old man
Williams give >a bond. He had no
weapon but a pocketknife. Ho didn’t
speak a word to the officers except
about the bond. Doesn't know that he
said he could get 800.000 bond for the
old man, but remembers something of
the kind. Denied teCllng the officers that
It would he dangerous for them If they
didn't lake bond.
Here Dr. Johnson reported the se
rious Illness of Mr. Bob Williams, and
recommended hi* removal from Jail.
The court directed that If he could givo
a 8500 bond for appenrance at the next
term of court ho might go home.
Col. Free’ n put the court on notice
that he would- like to establish Mr.
Bob WKlfams' Innocence at tho same
nitii the others, but Judge Speer
refused to nllotv a ease to be tried
with 'id the present* of Ihe defendant.
Mr. !». O. K'-Ily ewoiY tint he simply
starti-I out of old man Luclu i Wili-
lactuf house with th • gun when ho
beanfi tti* disturbance In the yard, but
bail ni Intimation that ■ deputy nuer-
were there. He did not raise the
gun to shoot—never aimed a gun at
his felloivman In hi* life, nnd had al
ways tried to do right. Waa a good
Sunday-eKhool man. Taught a ejass at
Sunday school. Rarely mlnsed attend
ing. Old . man Williams "cussed him
mightily" for not using the gun on the
officers, regretting that such a coward
ly man should have married one of
his daughters. The old man was very
wicked nnd used very bad language,
witness was sorry to say. Witness was
somewhat excited, for he never had n
mam to draw a gun on him, as Dep
uty Poore had done, and he refused to
surrender the gun because he thought
It ought to satisfy the marshals to
get tne weapon* from the old man.
He promised not to use the gun nor to
let anybody else use it. Ac tried to
hide if was the reason another mas
got It when the rescuing party ui.lvcd.
He was a justice of the peace and tried
to show the men that they ought to
abide by the law of the land. He re
spected the court's mandates and con
stantly prayed to God to show him bow
to do right. He couldn’t hove any In
fluence with old man Williams because
the old man was mad and he was a
very stubborn old man when he was
ung.-y. Witness had promised to send
the handcuff’s to the officers, when
the officers found that Itv.-y were
obliged to get out without old man
Williams or their handcuffs either, but
Mr. W. B. Fussell had borrowed them
and had not returned thtfm. He acted
In good faith toward the officers, as he
always does toward everybody. The
officers "reeotnimended" him for hlo
treatment cf them. Witness did not
know any of the men who were armed
though he lived In that community.
He thought he knew the man who was
sitting behind the bushes with a hat
hiding the lower part of Ills face and
whisker*, by holding It between his
teem. He inougnt iuere were eight or
ten men in te crowd. Ho had been a
member of the Methodist church ever
since he was 14 yearn old. Didn’t try
to resist the officers, 'but had always
tried to abide by tho law, and tried to
prevent trouble. Ho knew of nobody
who hqd guns, mid when the court
naked him 4f the deputy marshals were
frightened by one gun .and that one
was In Ills hands, he replied that there
acre other*, but he didn't know who
had them. Lucius Williams carried his
gun on the Sabbath day because he
wait very wicked and didn’t Intend
to l>e arrested.
Tho evourt: "Does Mr. Williams gp to
8untlay school?"
"Oh. yes, sir.
"Hcnv i* it that he Is so wicked,
then?"
"Well, lie Is Just wicked In using
language that Isn't Sunday school lan
guage.”
It had been conceded by witnesses for
both sides that W. P Fumell was not
present on the occasion of*tho rescue.
Although he had a Winchester, a pistol
and a pocketknife In his px-nesston, he
testifi.-d that ha was perfectly willing
to be arrested after he had once
skipped out across the field, leaving hlo
buggy in the rood. He had heard that
deputy marshal* and United States
eourti! iianiueii a iuiiow prvtay tvugaix,
and has went down Into the field to
think over ths matter and see whether
he could moke up bis mind to be ar
rested. He did not resist the officer*,
and had ample time to escape them
when he waa finally arrested. He got
the handcuffs as D. O. Kelly had
stated.
The court: "Didn't the marshal*
treat you we’.l?”
"Oh yes.”
lie was traveling around that night
to see the county commiselnners about
a contract for a bridge, though the
court euspected that he was going
about p<» • lie n< Iglib re. !.
remember threatening to use a new
box of cartridges to whip the men who
had arrested old man Williams.
Macomb McDermott was not at th*
scene of the trouble and didn't want
to be. Tills was corroborated by sev
eral witnesses.
It wasn’t proven that Mr. George
Williams went down to the scene from
Mr. Tillman’s house atfter the news
bad reached the bouse that they want
ed Mr. Tillman's gun down there.
■Mr. Wells and .Mr. Wilcox and Mr.
B. C. Phillips lentil ed us to the general
good onaracter ot ail tile detemiams.
It was sought to prove Mr. W. B. Fus-
Rtall'ta bn A" Ch« iNCt", tiros* rnnort* that
he had been indicted for killing the
deputy sheriff of n neighboring county
and also that be had shot one of the
Dormlnice, but It was not shown under
what circumstances the 3hooting oc
curred or how It reflected on defend
ant's character. Mr. McLean anil Mr.
AEegood were also prominent wit
nesses.
Mr. W. B. Jones, ordinary of Telfair
county, and Mr. McRae all testified,
with the preceding witnesses, that
all of the defendants bore a good char
acter and were not likely to partici
pate In a riotous act of the kind
charged.
■Mr. W. B. Fuesell stated that he fired
the second shot and wa* entirely on the
’defensive In the difficulty with Mr.
Dorminy, and that he knew nothing
of the killing of the deputy sheriff:
that he was perfectly, able, willing and
anxious to establish an alibi. He had
been to court three different times with
Ills witnesses, hut had failed to get
a hearing, even after demanding It.
Dr. Price's Baking Powder UvhtonS
labor. Housekeenens know that It eaves
a world of work.
WHY THEY WILL COME.
Reason Why tho Cotton Mills Will Come to tho
Cotton Fields.
Washington, Feb. 4—The New York World
of this morning has the following editorial:
A Republican journal ean seo nothing in tho
proposed removal of Massachusetts cotton
mills to tho south except “an object lesson in
protection” to tlio southern people.
Tim cotton factories will go south In oliedi-
enco to natural laws. The change has been
inevitable since tho abolition of slaver;/, tho
advont of free labor at the south, tho creatiou
there of a o immercial aud industrial spirit
and the budding of adoquato linos of trans
portation. The mills are being transplanted,
as one of tlieir managers nays, because tho
principal staplo is grown t leru and borattso
labor and fuel are cheaper, taxes lower and
tho ciimato more favorablo.
Tlio tmsircrcf ono of the Lowell mills
puts tho matter clearly in these Vords:
“Tho fact is, wo can no longer make plain
sheetings and drill* at s profit in tho north.
AgainBt $2 per ton for coal in the south, wo
must pay »4 to I4.au. me climate down thero
Is milder and it doos uot requite so much
coal to l oit tho mills, Tho msnufacturers
there cau bay their cotton off the market
wsgon. Wo must psy freight and brokerage,
giving them ail advunco of one cent p*r pound
ou tint rtw cotton, which by itaoli is a lair
profit for a mill making coarse yarn geo Is.
The labor, too, costs (iu per cent, of what it
does bore, and down there tho taxation is not
quite ono half what ft is in Lowell."
ho tar as tho "object lesson iu prot M-tiou"
is concerned, tho transferenco of tho mills to
to tho south renders high tariff more titan
over unnecessary. Wo ltavo tho authority of
Becrctary Blaine and of ottr consular reports
sinco his day for the statement that the labor
cost in cotton is less in New Euglsntl mills
than in Great Britain. The cost of fuel and
ui living expenso.-t is greater in Massachusetts
than in England. But now that this disad
vantage is to bo ovorcoato by a removal to the
"outi' and the mills can "liny tlieir cotton
from the market wagons,” while thoir foreign
competitors must pay for 5.0UU miles of trans
portation on tho fibre, tho American manu
facturers no more need the 45 per cent, pro
tection which the present ta Iff givi s them
than the miners of Newcastle need protection
for their coal.
This is the "object lesron" of ihe hogira of
tho mills.
R^ECULIAR In combination, pro-
* portion and preparation of ingredi
ents, Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRY ITs
LUMBER TRUST
To Be Formed In the Soitlb—(Michigan
M n Interested.
Atlanta, Feb. I.—(SpeaMl.)—A party
of 100 Michigan lumbermen will arrive
In A tain ta on a epeclal train next Sat
urday morning. From 'here the party
goes to Macon and Savannah, and Is
billed to reach Macon at 4:30 o'clock on
Saturday, the fifih. They will romhfn
there several hours and then go on to
Savannah. The Michigan lumbermen
are coming South to inspect tho Geor
gia timber lands. In connection with
t-he announcement of Kieir coming l-t is
learned that an organized movement Is
now being mod'* in Oeorsla and Ala
bama for the formation of a syndicate
composed of all the mill men of there
two pt'a'te*. When the syndicate Is com
pleted the plan I* to combine -witfii Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Arkanets syn
dicates tihert are already In existence,
and with these mates form a big Cum
ber trust -to control the prices of all
the yellow pine lumber got out in tho
South.
It leak* out today that a secret alteri
ng of Atobainia • and Georgia lumber
men was held here last v/eek to perfect
their plans. At tills mretiins the whole
scheme was discussed and an agent
was put in the field tn Georgia nnd an-
ct'her In Alabama to travel the two
state* over and complete the organiza
tion of syndicates. Theso agents are
now at work.
The Cumber market has been all to
pieces for a good while and this Was re
sulted in the organization of the trust
now 'being formed to put up price*.
LAID TO REST.
BamcsviU*. Feb. 4—(8pcc!*l.l—’The funeral
of Captain J. II. Mitchell, who died Hattirday
evoitiug. took plico in Zubulon this afternoon
snJ wss largely attended. His loss is greatly
mourned.
The Human Electrical Forces \
How They Control the Organs
of the Body.
The electrical forco of the human body, ta
(be nerve fluid may be termed, h aa espe
cially attractive department of science, as it
exerts so marked an influence ou the health
of tho nrnns of tlio body. Nervo force Is
produced by tho brain and conveyed by
means of the nerves to the various orzans of
the Indy, thussupplyin* tho litter with the
vitality necessary to la-
sure their iicaltli. Tho
pneuroogastrlc nerve, us
shown bore, may bo said
to tie the molt Important
ofthaentlro nerve sys
tem. as it supplies tho
heart, lours, stomach,
bowels, etc., with the
nervo force necessary to
keep them active and
healthy. As will bo seen
by the cutthe Ion* nerve
descending from tho
base of the brain nnd
tcrmir.atlnzlntbo botv-
e!s Istliopmiumozastrlc.
while the numerous lit-,
lie branches supply tlio
heart, luas* •»'•"*-'
ach with necessary vi
tality. When tbs brain
becomes in any way dis
ordered by Irritability
nr exhaustion, the nerve
force which It supplies
lstcisened, and tho cr
eam receiving tho di
minished supply are con
sequently weakened.
Physicians generally fall to recognize,
the Importance of this feet, but treat the
nrxan Itself Instead of ths cause of the trouble
The noted specialist, Franklin Milr s. M. i>.,
LL. H., has giren the greater part of Ills life
to the study of this subject, and the principal
discoveries concerning ft are due tohls efforts.
I>r. Miles’ Hestoratlre Nervine, tbs unri
valed brain and nerve food. Is prepared oo the
principle that all nervous and many other
diflk-ultles originate from dtaordrra of the
neiverenten. Ita wonderful eucceeelneurin*
tbene disorders le Mettled to by thousands In
ererypartof the land.
Reslorattre Nervine cores sleeplessness,
nervous prostration, dirtiness, hysteria, eex-
ual doldllty, fit. Vitus dimes, epilepsy, etc. It
Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. II
tstoldonaperitive guarantee by all drag-
ghu. nr sent direct by the Dr. Mile* Medical
(kxTtlkhart, Ind, on receipt of price.fi pe*
bottle, tlx buttles fot 55, cxtrcca prepati
oi’ Brooklyn Troll} Lines—Tlieir
Authority Questioned.
fRBVBNTKD WORKMEN’S MEETING
tlie I*olIr« to Keep The
Froii
ting.
Brooklyn, Feb. 4.—Barely 2,000 people
assembled in front of tho city hall this
afternoon and the grand demonstration
planned by tho strikers to ovenawo tho
clvlo authorities, waa a failure, at least
as fas as force o fnpmbers was con
cerned.
Master Workman Connelly had announc
ed that 20,000 peopflo would centalnly bo
present and possibly double that number.
Mayor Shieren at the eleventh hour, de
cided that his proclamation two weeks
ago commanding people to refrain from
congregating on the streets or squares ot
tho city is still in force, and under di
rections from him tho police cleared tho
city hall square of tho crowd which as
sembled In responso to the order of Con
nelly and others of the executive com
mittee of the strikers.
The men sro Indignant at the action
of the authorities in refusing them th
time-honored right to assemble for the
purpose of petition and prayer for reliet
from unjust usnge. Whle they were
rebuffed by the policemen In front of the
city hall, their leader entered by the
rear door and was permitted to carry his
bundle of petitions to the council cham
ber. where tho board of aldermen, after
a brief discussion passed 9 by a vote ol
ten to eight; the resolution prayed for,
and revoked the grants of the Brooklyr
City and Atlantic Avenue Trolley Compa
nies.
The action of tho board, even If It es
capes the mayor’s veto, which is not like
ly, Is not expected to have a serious
elTect on tho companies. Tho power
of tho board or aldermen to summarily
revoke the rights granted common car
riers Is questioned, and the aldermen
themselves are somewhat haxy as to how
they can hope to enforce their action
Should tho proceedings before the attor
ney-general in Albany result In the for
feiture of the company’s charter, the ac-
tion of the common council today would
become operative, but otherwise, It wli
have little effect.
It was 1:30 p. m. when word was given
the strikers, who were assembled at their
headquarters, Mugges Hall, to march
upon the city hall. There -were '300 people
In the building and as many more .n thr
street in front of the hall. They swung
to Fulton street and started down to
wards the seat of municipal government.
Tho men marched by twos, threes, o?
by* tho half doren. People on tho side
walks cheered them, and the men cheer
ed back except when a trolley car mann
ed by non-union ipen, dashed through
their ranks. Then they shouted "scab”
, ! •■<>'.: t h< Ir li ? it ni-durnifl .it.d
conductors. Several hundred men wer«
hanging about tho street corners in tin
vicinity of th
Joined the
tho
hall
crowd ci
about l.(
Scattered about tho triangular openin.:,
In which tho city hall stands, vvoro near
ly 1,000 people attracted out of curiosity,
and who were kept moving along the i*l !u-
vvalks by 200 policemen. Inspector Mr-
Keller was in charge of the police ar
rangements. He had a squad of twen
ty-five ?u>untc(l ollce in reserve In tho
barracks of the municipal building and
100 patrolmen In tho first precinct sta
tion house, about three blocks away
It was 1:45 p. m. when the procession
reached the hall where the men had
halted. They stood In the street facing
the hall and pressed forward aa If to
over-whelm the few policemen on th
plava. For a moment there was some
thin* liko a crowd In front of the city
hall. rrobtLbly 2,000 people faced th
main entrance. Then 100 bhia coats held
In reserve at the station house marched
upon the pkixa and deploying to the right
and left with sticks down, pushed the
crowd back to tho opposite curb. Ths
mounted police. In Owo detachments,
rode through Fulton and Court atreett
and helped drive the people from In front
of the city hall. The crowd melter
away at once. Thero was only
one case of actual clubbing. One of the
mounted officers, not satisfied with the
slow movmenta of the men swung hf
cub and struck Peter McDonald, laying
open the.scalp. The man waa taken tc
the station houso and his wound dreasc
by an ambulence surgeon. Daniel Llndon
waa arrested for refusing to move on.
DENIES TIIE CHARGE
That the Steamer Cratbio Abandoned tlio
Elbo to Her Fate.
I London, Fob. 4.—Mr. Mnflfat, tho owner of
the steamer Crathle, has returned to his homo
ta Aberdeen from Rotterdam, where he has
been making inquiries in regard to the colli
sion of his ship with the Elbo. Mr. Moffat
says the charge that the Cratbio steamed
away immediately alter the collision la untrue.
The Crathie was ao seriously damaged that ifc
was feared she would sink. Her captaiu
thought the other ateamer was standing by to
S vc the Crathie assistance should sho require
Tho whole of the forecastle of the Crathio
[wan torn away and waa hanging alongside,
(threatening to knock a whole in the sido of
the veasel. A large hole had actually boon
made in her bowa. As soon aa tho captain got
tho wreckage cleared away ho steamed back
to the apot where the collision occurred aud
remained there until daylight. Tho last ho
saw of the other ship ano waa burning rod
lights, and ho thought sho had gone m tho
direction oj London. Tho captain, Sir. Moffat
saya, is convinced that he did everything that
waapoasible under the circumatancos. The
captain and crew of the Crathie are detained
at Rotterdam pending an official inquiry.
COURT IN BROOKS COUNTY.
fiix Jlurdercra and tlio Lato Rioters to Bo
Tried.
gunman, ua., feu.
vember adjourned term of the supreme court
of Brooks county waa organized by Judgo
Uanscll this afternoon. The judge’s charge
to the grand Jury was aaid by all to be tho
ablest ever delivered in this county. After
charging all the statute required ho took up
the lato rioting in Brooks county. His re
mark* on thi-weroof a vary emphatic nature,
lie urged the Jnry to redeem tho fair name <-f
tho county ly finding out and indicting every
person concerned in the unfortunate affair.
This will be the longest session ever held in
the county, aa thero are six murderess in
jail besides the participant* in tho i u t.
BURGLARY AT SANDEIiSVILLE.
The Store of II. C. Bo ugh ton Visited
B urglaj*.
Sandersville, Ga., Feb. 4.—(Special.I—'
store of Mr. H. C. Houghton in this city
burglarized last night b y part" ! brexl
through s targe gtass wfmloir on the fr<
Up to this time it la not known who commit
the deed, and no trra.t* have bean nu
The robber or Ihii rce to> k from the .tor-
or three shot guns, about the am. nun.1
pisto e snd * lot of (ftoceriet.
