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VOL. 2.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1893.
NO. 18.
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HIM KEARCE GUILTY.
THE VERDICT WAN MURDER
WITH RECOMMENDATION.
•Muse & Cox.
Oue of the Kearce Nrgror. Vcl to bo
Tried—Eloquent Npecche.—
The i'me Will go to
the Supreme
Conn.
From SnturdnvV Evening Until II.
Worth Superior Court has been in
session at Isabella all this week, Judge
B. B. Bower presiding and Solicitor
Spence looking after the State’s side
of all oases.
There was only one case on the
docket in which very considerable in
terest was centered, and that was the
State vs, Nim and Cliff Kearce, col
ored, charged with murder.
The case wns one of long standing,
the crime having been committed
about nine years ago in that county
in the Kearce settlement near War-
wiok.
At the time of the murder there was
a slight suspicion pointing to the
Kearce brothers j»s the guilty parties,
but they were not arrested until about
three years ago, when it was learned
that certain evidence could he secured
to insure their conviction. For some
cause, however, the case hung Are, and
has been on the docket of the court
ever since.
During all these nine years the mills
of justice were grinding slowly, and
last fall the long lost important wit
ness to the murder was captured at
Hardaway on the 8., F. & W., and car
ried to Thomaaville, where he has
been in jail awaiting the trial of the
Kearce Negroes, who have spent most
of their time in Dougherty and Bibb
oounty jails.
Last Thursday the case was called,
Col. J. W. Walters, of this oity, repre
senting the defendants. It was deci
ded to try the Negroes one at a time,
and so Nim took the prisoner’s seat.
There was not any great amount of
evidence introduced, Rioh Singleton,
the recently oaptured witness, being;
about the only one tq testify.
His Btory was straight-forward, and
the oross examination failed to bring
out any new features in the 'evidence.
He stated how, in 1884, Nim and
Cliff Kearce oame to his house and in
duced him to accompany them to
where they said they were going to
whip a Negro. He went, and he saw
them go to a gin house where an old
Negro was sleeping. Tiny placed a
rope around bis neck and dragged him
into the woods. Here they crushed
bis bead with a huge stick, and then
hid the body in a log-heap.
A day or two after the body of the
old Negro was found, and, from some
remarks subsequently made by the
Kearce Negroes, they wereauapioioned
as the perpetrators’ of the horrible
orime.
When the Kearce boys saw that they
were likely to be arrested one of them
took Rich Singleton, then a boy only
about fourteen years old, and carried
him to Atlanta, and by an intentional
mistake in buying a railroad ticket,
had him put off in the woods, hoping
to effectually lose him. How this
scheme terminated has already been
Bhown.
The evidence of Singleton was al
most oonoluslve, and when the jury re
tired to make up their verdict it looked
like murder. They were out from 1
o’clock yesterday until late laBt night,
returning a verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to the mercy of the
court, which means life sentence. This
was very generally expected and no
surprise wa'h occasioned by it. The
guilt of Nim will very likely establish
that of his brother Cliff, who will be
tried at the next term of court.
But the convioted Negro will not
have sentence passed upon him this
time. His attorney, Co). Walters, will
carry the qase to the Supreme Court.
From parties who were at Isabella
this week, the Herald learns that
both Col. Walters and Solictor Spence
made grand and eloquent speeches—
the ablest efforts of their lives, it is
said.
When you want beer call for Chat
tahoochee. 14-dtf
MSI ALUM EXPLANATION.
It in Mniiafnctorr lo the Member* of the
German Club.
THAT’S WHAT JUDGE NPEER
SAl'S AND IT GOES.
An Important Decinlon in Fnvor of the
Engiueera—Superintendent
Wnriley Out*
done.
Griffin,’Ga., April 80.—Rev. Sam
Small publicly made a statement in
the pulpit of the Methodist church to
day concerning the assertions he had
made Thursday last about certain
young ladies who attended the ger
mane, giving the basis on
which be made his remarks. The
young men of the club say they are
fully satisfied with Mr. Small’s state
ment andexonerate himof all intention
al wrong. Hr. Small has gained friends
by his manly retraction, and it is gen
erally believed that the matter will
rest now. It has stirred Griffin to its
very center to the regret of every one.
Chatta-
14dtf
Everybody pronounces
hoochee beer excellent.
Judge Emory Speer, of the United
States Court, at Macon, says a special
from that city dated April 2fith, passed
an order to-day reinstating Engineer
Dan Arden, of the Central railroad,
who was removed on February 20th
for refusing to linul Sam oars when
there was a strike on that road. The
public is thoroughly informed of all
tile particulars, so it is not neoessnry
to recite them here. It lias always
been understood that General Super
intendent George Dole Wadloy was
opposed to the reinstatement of Engi
neer Arden, and street rumor is that
after Judge Speer rendered his recent
decision ill the case of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers he
wrote to Superintendent Wadley sug
gesting that Mr. Wadley would rein
state Arden, and, so the report goes.
Judge Speer expressed in his letter
that it was his wish that Engineer
Arden be reinstated. To this letter
Superintendent Wadley is reported as
replying to Judge Speer that he could
not agree to the reinstatement of Em
gineer Arden. Yesterday Chairman
Waterhouse, of the committee from the
Brotherhood of LocomotlveEngineers,
presented a formal petition to Judge
Speer, througli Hon. R. W. Patterson,
asking for the reinstatement of Engi
neer Arden. To-day Judge Speer
granted the petition, and orders Engi'
neer Arden to be reinstated, and that
pay be allowed him from April 20tli.
The order of Judge Speer will be
read with interest by all‘engineers,
and the public generally. Here is the
order in full:
“The foregoing petition baa been
read and considered, in oonneotion
with the record and proofs submitted
on the application of Waterhouse and
others, engineers, againBt receiver, to
adjust a controversy then pending be
tween the engineers and the receiver.
The following faots are from the rec
ord, evidence and finding known to be
true: There was a controversy pend
ing between the engineers and the re
ceiver, relating to a proposed new
oontraot or sohedule of labor and
wages. Pending this controversy
Engineer Arden was discharged for
his refusal to haul a oar of the Savan
nab, Amerious aud Montgomery road.
This he did in obedienoe to what he
understood to be his duty to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
as defined in rule 12 of that order. The
entire controversy having been sub
mitted to the court, it was held that
rule 12, under which Engineer Arden
had acted, was violative of the law,
and the court is advised that
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers accepts this decision as settling
the controversy. The deolBion was
intended to adjust the friotion whioh
had been existing between the officers
of the receiver and the engineers in a
manner beneficial to the properties
and to the employes engaged thereon,
and it provided in express terms that
‘No engineer or other person in the
employ of the Central railroad should
be discharged or in any way injured
in his station on account of this pro
ceeding, or any step taken in regard
to its inception or advocacy."’ After
rendering the decision it appeared
that every engineer in the employ of
the receiver, save and except Engi
neer Arden, was engaged in his reg
ular duty; and it appearing to
the court that the restoration to
duty of Engineer Arden will be
in obedience to the spirit, if
not to the express terms, of the clause
of the decision above quoted, and will
do no injustice to the service of the
receiver, but will tend to abate any
friction which may have resulted from
the litigation, it is, therefore, ordered
by the court that Engineer Daniel D.
Arden, Jr., be forthwith restored to
the service of the receiver with the
same title to consideration as an engi
neer, which he enjoyed by virtue of
his service at the same time of his said
discharge. And, for reasons satisfac
tory to the court, it is further ordered
that his pay as such engineer be al
lowed him from the 20tli day of April,
1898, In open court this April 29,
1893.
“Emory Speer, U. 8. Judge.”
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WUBBB IN PICKETT?
Worlli County’. Nchool Commit
Boo Skipped.
CARRIED TO BACON AGAIN.
Tho Kearce Nrgroe. Remaaded
Await a New Trial.
From Monday's Evening Itereld.
Sheriff Green Nelson, of Worth
oounty, passed through the oity last
night en route to Maoon, having in
obarge Cliff and Nim Kearoe, the
Worth oounty Negro murderers.
It will be remembered by the read
ers of the Herald that Nim Kearce
was convicted in Worth Superior
Court, last week, of murder with re
commendation to the meroy of the
Court. But bis attorney Col. J. W.
Walters, of this oity, will appeal the
case to the Supreme Court. The other
Negro, Cliff, will have hia trial at the
next term of Worth Court.
Thus it will be seen that the Kearce
Negroes’ days as jail birds have not
ended. The Negro witness, Rioh Sin
gleton, was also carried baok to Thom-
asvllle yesterday where he will be in
carcerated awaiting a final disposition
of the two oases.
Spccinl Telegram to the Herald.
Atlanta, May 1.—A special from
Walter Howard dated Manchester,
Tenn., says that he will be in Nash
ville-by to-night. Says.be has not
seen Durant. Thinks he left him far
behind. Reports himself in good con
dition.
Wealon'a VFe.lontn Rill Darned.
From Monday’. Evening Herald.
News reached the oity yesterday
that Capt. S. R. Weston's saw mill,
looated at Westonia, on the B. & W,
road, had been destroyed by fire,
It broke out about 1 o’clock Sunday
morning, and had getten beyond con
trol when discovered, the entire saw
mill being destroyed, only the planing
plant and kiln house escaping. It is
also thought that considerable lumber
was burned. The origin of the file is
not known, but it was probably the
work of an incendiary. The mill was
built only about four months ago, and
had no insurance, the entire Joss fall
ing on Capt. Weston.
MIIERIPP IILACK A EERO.
ROW THE THING WAN DONE IN
WICKED NEW 1'ORK.
lie Whip, a Yankee Who Gamed Out a
Nouthern Glljr.
A Mlary Without a Moral, n. There are
Plenty at Peol. Left ta be
Worked by the Green
Good. Men.
The green goods man is to the fdre.
He plays the leading role in his little
drama with skill and precision. Of
course, he prefers a small and very
select audience—one poor fool Is gen
erally enough.
Several thousand dollars lately
changed hands this way, and the story
Is told by the Westchester News as
follows: “The gentlemanly anil sunve
operatoi promised to make the farmer
rich beyond the dream of averlce In
the twinkling of an eye. No more
milking, no more drawing wood with
the mud knee deep, hut in their stead
a ne* house nnd barn, a piano for the
girls; a couple of ponies for the boys
nnd a brand new narry-nll for the uid
lady. How his eyes stood out like two
light' houses.
The honest dollars were transferred
to the ample pockets of the knave, and
the fool grasped a paokage said to
oontaln a fortune. It wns as big as n
valise, but was carefully concealed
from observation, beeause in a wioked
oity like this it Is dangerous to have
too much money in sight.
Then came the diaoovery. The for
tune consisted of a few brlckB, a lot of
brown paper, and, as the poet sings,
“only that and nothing more.” The
farmer swore until the Heavens were
lurid, but there was no remedy. Tho
operator Bkipped and the fool went
home a sadder and a wiser man.
There ie no moral to this inoldent,
because there are plenty of fools left,
and they will part with their earnings
in the same old way."
From Monday’. Evsnlnf Herald.
It was rumored in the oity this
morning that Dr. Jack Plokett, Worth
county's aohool commissioner had
skipped tlie “tre-la”
This jnay or may not be true. He
may come baok and explain why he
has been absent ainoe the Grand Jury
in that oounty returned two indlot-
ments against him last week for em
bezzlement, but, as yet, bis wherea
bouts are a profound mystery.
The indiotments in question are that
Dr. Plokett disregarded the law in
trading and disposing of oounty funds
and papers. The affair haa oooaaloned
considerable exoitement in Worth aa
It was totally unexpected, and interest
runs high as to what the final outcome
will be.
Dr. Jaok Plokett Is a nephew of Dr.
J. H. Plokett, who out such a swash In
Third Party politios in Worth oounty
last year, and is a resident of Snmner.
From Saturday’.Evening IIkkai.p.
Sheriff L. E. Black, of Early oounty,
who Is known all over tho Stnte nB one
of the bravest nnd cleverest men in the
world, was in Albany yesterday on
official business, but while here he at
tended to some very important matters
that were not official.
Yesterday afternoon, nbout2o’olook,
there arrived in the oity, from some
where, n man who is the advance
agent of a “flying Jenny.” Ho went
to Mayor Gilbert to seo about the
license, nnd ho discovered Mint,accord
ing to Ills ideas of municipal oontroi,
the “Hying jenny” lioenso was too
high, and walked out.
From the Mayor’s offico ho wandered
into tho Snns Souci saloon, where he
proceeded, in no unmistakable terms,
to “cuss” out the whole town, nnd dur
ing his vituperative splendor he said
that he “wished Sherman's array
could come along and burn down the
whole town and learn the people
some sense.”
At the time there were several gen
tlcinen in the saloon and among them
was Sheriff Black, who told the ribald
gent that his remarks were unbeoom
ing and that a repetition of them
would entail serious eonsequenoes,
He never repented tho curse, but he
scented determined to have n “fuss”
with the Sheriff anyhow. It waa
averted just then and the parties sep
arated, the “flying jenny” man going
out.
It wns not long, however, before he
oame baok and ordered drinks, asking
Sheriff Blaak to join him, to whioh the
Sheriff replied thnt he “did not drink
with his sort."
This brought things to a climax, and
when the fellow oursed the Sheriff in
a very vile epithet, the ourtaln went
up and the matinee began.
The Sheriff knooked the fellow
down, jumped on him and gave him a
regular old-time Southwest Georgia
drubbing, during which the blood
flowed freely.
Parties interfered finally and the
Sheriff was pulled off.
As soon as this was done the Sheriff
saw the fellow pull an open knife from
bis pocket. Qulok as a flash the brave
officer oaught the man’s arm and*«4ter
a slight souffle sucoeeded in disarming
him, handing the fierce weapon *o a
bystander. The Sheriff then pioked
up his hat and walked out on the
street.
The “flying jenny" man went to bis
boarding house on Broad street and
never showed himself until this morn
ing.
The Hehald reporter endeavored to
learn his name and sent a note to his
boarding house asking for It, but a
reply waa reoeived that “Mr. Man”
was “not looking for any newspaper
notoriety,” and deolined to give his
name.
In the meantime Sheriff Black la a
hero in the eyes of Albanians, and will
always receive a cordial welcome
when he visits the Artesian City.
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From Friday'. Evenino Hekalu.
A feat in gormandlsm attraoted a
qrowd and created considerable amuse
ment on Broad street, to-day.
Bob Palmer made a trade with one
of the Dagos who keep the fruit booth
next to Camp’s fish market to let him
eat all the bananas he wanted for fifty
cents.
Bob paid down tho money and com
menced to eat. One banana after an
other was devoured until n .dozen or
more had disappeared, when Bob
thrust hia finger down bis throat, dis
gorged something like a half a peck of
the mastloated fruit,and then renewed
the attack on tho Dago’a stock. Here
the Dago commenood to scowl and
talk hlB native tongue to the two or
three of hia fellow-countrymen who
were preepnt.
The Dago talked rapidly and gestic
ulated wildly while the crowd laughed
and geered, hut Bob continued to eat
bananas until nineteen had been put
away- and the twentieth had been
peeled and one bite taken from it.
The Dago, who had evidently kept
counton the first round, probably con
cluded that Boh would soon be ready
to disgorge again and bo prepared for
another fresh start, so hecommenced to
sue for a compromise. A Bhort parley
ended in the Dago’s giving Bob back
his fifty cents, with twenty-five cents
added, to rue the trade and stop the
feast.
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McAdore Resigns.
. Tender and Teaching.
From the Ocala, Fla, Capitol.
The most tender and touching
article we have read on Memorial Day
appeared in a recent issue of the Al
bany Herald. Jlay the hand that
penned it never have writers’ cramp.
Special Telegram to tlio Herald.
Atlanta, May 1.—Mr. W. M. Mc
Adore, Superintendent of the Consoli
dated Street Railway Company of this
oity has resigned to accept a position
in Pennsylvania. His successor not
known.
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