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VOL. XVI. NO. 10.
Good Morning! We’re Back.
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STATE NEWS.
The town council of Millen has
passed an ordinance levying a
tax of §5OO on -whisky drummers
as well as blind tigers.
One of the richest gold mines
discovered in Georgia has been
located on the farm of J. B. Kemp,
near Lost Mountain, in Cobb
county.
Wednesday morning when the
ticket agent of the Central rail
road at Rome went down to his
office he discovered that it had
been robbed of $BB.
When the lock was taken off
the door of the old Episcopal
church at Rome, which has just
been pulled down, it was found
to contain a silver dime made in
1850. It is supposed that the
dime has been in the lock for
many years, and a key was once
broken in the lock on account of
the dime closing its passage.
Sheiriff Fears arrested Harvey
Warner in Jones]county lastweek,
and he is now in Morgan county
jail. He is thought to have com
mitted murder in Jones county,
but he is also wanted in Morgan
for knocking an old woman on
the head with a smoothing iron.
He will be held at Madison until
his trial is concluded at the next
session of the superior court.
At LaGrange a day or two
ago Dick Battle and Ed. Tate set
tled a feud that had been brew
ing between them some time.
Waiter County Messenger.
They met just beyond the La-
Grange Female College, and
words led to pistol shots. Tate
was the victim, and is laid up
with a painful wound in the side,
while Battle awaits his trial as an
inmate of Troup county jail.
At LaGrange a day or two ago
Laura Tumlin aged 11 or 12 years,
daughter of Rev. G. S. Tumlin,
with other children, was playing
with a little calf in the lot, when
the cow was let out of the stall to
be milked. Seeing them thus en
gaged, her wrath was excited and
she rushed to the defense of her
calf, driving one of her horns
through the cheek of the little
girl.
The Evening Hustler of Rome
has been sued for damages. The
plaintiff is Sam Printup, a negro
well known about town, and the
suit is brought by Ennis & Star
ling, young attorneys. The peti
tion filed in the clerk’s office says
that there appeared in the police
reports of the Hustler on Feb. 6
an item that said that “Sam Prin
tup, a high robber,” was up for
disorderly conduct. It is on ac
count oi this language that the
damage is claimed.
At Rome Thursday M. L. Eu
gram, a farmer, gave a negro
what he thought was three cop
per cents for holding his horse
for a short time on lower Broad
street, but soon he found that
he had given the negro three §5
gold coins. Officers Black and
Prickett were notified and at once
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA THURSDAY MARCH 2, 1893
began investigating the case.
Officer Black traced the to
East Home and arrested him.
He was brought to the city, and
when Officers Pickett and Black
searched him they found that he
had a bottle of liquor and $3.15
in silver. He said be had no more
money, but at the station house
he was searched more closely and
two $5 gold coins were found in
his shoes. The money was re
turned to Mr. Engram. The ne
gro, Mac Madison, is regarded as
a very hard case.
James Goggins, who lives three
miles from Mariotta, on the Dal
las road, lost $5O worth of hogs
last Monday morning. A mad
dog entered the lane leading to
his pasture and bit several of his
fine Poland-China hogs before he
could be run off. Mr. Goggins
heard the hogs squealing and
went out and found the dog mak
ing ferocious attacks upon them.
Mr. Goggins ran in the house to
get his guu, but unfortuuately
the gun was not loaded. His dog
then jumped on the mad dog and
bit him, when the mad dog got
loose and ran off. Mr. Goggins
followed the mad dog two miles
to get to kill him, but he escaped.
It was a large black fice and foam
ed at the mouth, having every in
dication of the rabies. Mr. Gog
gins will kill his own dog and
put each of his hogs in separate
pens and w ait development. Two
of the bogs he was offered $25
for a few weeks ago.
Atlanta All Excitement!
A DEFALCATION,TWO SUICIDES
AND A DOUBLE MURDER.
The Gate City National Bank
Closed.
Lonis Redwine, Assistant cash
ier of the Gate Gitv Bank,is short
in his account to the amount of
123,000.
President Hill, of the bank,had
an intimation that all wasn’t
right with Uedwiue’s accounts
Watching 1 him, lie became satis
fied of something crooked, and
just before closing ou the 21st, he
asked Redwine to come in his
office. Excusing himself to make
an entry ou his books, the assist
ant cashier stepped back to his
dess.
Mr. Hill went into his private
office, closing the door after him.
As the door closed ou the Presi
dent, Redwine, hatless, stepped
past the door and down the back
steps of the bank-building. Go
ing into a saloon he called for a
whisky straight, and borrowing
the barkeeper’s hat, stepped out
on the s'feet.
Here all trace of the man was
lost, and not until Friday evening
was the search successful. Pa
trollman Wimbish, with the as
sistance of a woman, Mrs. Oaks,
was the capturer. Redwine had
been assisted to escape by his
friends, but they had not been
able able to get him out of the
city. Mrs. Oaks keeps a small
boarding house near the E. T. &
Y. Shops. Thursday night H.H.
Black, in company with a young
fellow whom he introduced as
Mr. Lester, came to the house
and asked for board for his com
panion. It was secured, but the
new boarder did not enjoy the
privacy he wished. Mrs. Oaks
became suspicious and watched
her boarder closely. She had
known Dr. Redwine, the father
of the miosing cashier and became
satisfied that Lester was the man
the officers of the law wanted.
No sooner had she come to this
conclusion than she sent out af
ter a policeman, and Wimbish
who was off duty at the time re
sponded to the call. He had no
trouble in arresting his man, aud
before the police station was
reached, Redwine made his iden
tity known. Ho was the man
wanted.
After an examiuatieu by the
officials of the bank, in which
they get nothing out of the cash
ier, he was turned over to Col. J.
J. Spalding. To him Redwine
admitted being short $23,000, but
said he had not used the money
himself, but had let a few of his
intimate friends have it, they giv
ing him due bills for the same.
The officers of the bank claim
that the shortage will be at least
$70,000.
Before Redwine’s arrest, a re
ward of $l,OOO was offered for his
apprehension. This Mrs. Oaks
and Patrolman Wimbish will
share.
Saturday morning the boDd
for the prisoner was fixed at $25,-
000, but this he was not able to
give, and was locked up. A war
rant had been sworn out before
U. S. Commissioner J. B. Gaßton
for Redwine, Horace Owens and
H. H. Black. The two last are
charged with abetting Redwine
in robbing the bank.
A Bullet Through His Brain.
Thomas Cobb Jackson, the
son of Capt. Harry Jackson and
grandson of Gen. Henry R. Jack
son, shot and killed him
self Thursday in front of his
father’s house in Atlanta.
Tho young man has had a py
rotechnic career, having been en
gaged in several duels before he
wns of age. Something over a
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DIRECTORS.
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Willard Warner, S. It. Head, N. E. Barker Ij. Lombard, Jr., W. A. Sadd
year ago lie married Mies Sallie
Fannie Grant, one of the richest
heiresses in the state. They took
a European trip and were pre
sented at the court of Queen Vic
toria. The tragedy has caused
the greatest sensation in the
city.
At 7 o’clock lie got into
a hack to ride home with his
father. Reaching the house Capt.
Jackson jumped out of the hack,
and as lie did so he hoard the
muffled report of a pistol. Turn
ing suddenly around he saw that
his son had shot himself through,
the temple and was dead.
No cause can be assigned for
the deed, except that the young
man was greatly wrought up over
the defalration of Cashier Red
wine, wha was a close friend of
his. He could not get oyer the
thought that his - friend was in
trouble and that it was out of his
power to help him.
No young man was better
known in the state than Thomas
Cobb Jackson. 27 years of age,he
had made an enviable record at
the Atlanta bar, and was a leader
in theGato City’s social life. The
body was interred at Athens,
where he had many relatives and
a host of friends. It was at the
State University whore he re
ceived his education.
Another Suicide,
W, I). Crowley, a well-known
traveling salesman in the employ
of Marsh, Smith and Marsh, sui
cided Friday afternoon, and his
only reasons, as given by himself
were an absolute disgust with
himself and that he was tired of
life.
The deed was committed about
3 o’clock in a room of N0.135,1vy
street, the homo of Mrs. S. V.
Blount. Crowley came to the
house, where he rents his room,
about half past 2 o’clock in a
very intoxicated condition. Be
fore entering his room lie spoke
tot ho gentleman of the house
and in the course of a very brief
conversation said to him: ‘T
don’t think you will ever see me
alive again.”
A few minutes later Crowley
went into his room,slamming the
door behind him, and in perhaps
less than thirty seconds the occu
pants of the house were startled
by the loud report of a pistol
shot. When the door was opened
the room was filled with smoke,
but the form of Crowley was
easily described as he lay upon
the bed, divested of his coat and
vest, the murderous gun still in
his hand.
The shot was not immediately
fatal,the man living until 7 o’clock
that night.
It seems that the cause of the
shooting was an unfortunate love
affair. Crowley was in love with
a young lady in Marietta, who,
upon learning that he drank,
wrote him Thursday morning, de
claring their engagement off.
From that until the fatal shot was
fired, Crowley was yery despon
dent.
A Frightful Deed.
Miss Julia Force, laboring un
der a fatal delusion,killed her two
sisters Saturday.
The young lady who did the
$1 00 PER YEAR.
killing is the eldest Bister of G.U.
and A. W. Force, the proprie
tors of the shoe store on White
hall street. She is about thirty
four years old, atd.is a fiue spec
imen of physical womanhood.
She is uot beautiful, but has a
magnificent physique.
Since they camo here some
years ago, Miss Julia Force has
made her home with her two
brothers. She leceived every
attention that brotherly love
could prompt. Sho has always
beou regarded as peculiar. She
was willful, aud would become
melancholy, aud wretched for
days over some fancied slight.
She was of an extreme jealous
nature, and it was a favorite de
lusion of hors that her mother
and two younger sisters, Misses
Minnie and Florence were her
enemies, aud were continually
plotting to make her unhappy.
Her family is one of the oUlest
and best of Charleston, S. C.,
families. Bofore tne war they
were prominent in the social life
of the Carolina city, and wore
types of the old-time sou them
aristocrats.
After the war George H. Force
and his brother Albert W., camft
to this oitv and have lived her<e
since. They are enthusiastic
membors of the South Carolina
Club, and are excellent bmiio'a#
men. After the death of their
father they brought their mother
aud three sisters, the two who
ware killed Friday, and the one
who killed them, to live with
them in this city.
Os recant years they have lived
at 44 Crew street, on the corner
of Woodward ave. The eldest of
the two brothers, Mr.A.W.Force,
has been married for 22 years,but
lost his wife two months ago. He
has two sons about grown. Mr.
George Force has never married
although he is past middle age.
lie has devoted his timo to the
care of his widowed mother, and
his fatherless sisters,aud the ten
derness and brotherly devotion
which he has shown is character
istic of a model brother,
The only shadow that hovered
over the largo homo was that
thrown by the peculiar delusion
of the eldest sister, which was as
unfounded as it was unreasonable.
Nothing would convince her that
she was wrong. On all other
subjects she was perfectly reas
onable. But her mad idea that
her own mother and sisters were
against her poisoned all her life,
and made her morose, discon
tented and sour. It grew upon
her to such an extent that she
became insulting in her manner
towards them,
Miss Julia was alone in the
house at the time of the killing,
and it is believed that she crept
behind her sisters and phot them
while they were not looking.
Miss Minnie Force, aged 28,
died instantly it is thought. Miss
Florence, aged 32, lingered in
great agony for two hours.
Locking her victims in the
rooms in which they had been
shot, Miss Julia quietly donned
her street costume, and walking
hurriedly to police headquarters,
surrendered herself into the
hands of the officers.
She had lost none of her steady
nerve. The officers did not notice
a maniacal gleam in her calm
eyes. She told the officers of her
deed without a quiver of muscle.
She was detained under guard.
At au inquest held Friday after
noon it was found simply that
the two young women had met
their death at the haud of their
sister.