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PRIZE FIGHT WAS A FIZZLE.
PEARCE LAID Ot'T BY CORCOHA.Y
IN THE FIFTH HOUND.
The Audience Disgusted at the
IncKM With Which Peorce Went
Don n Before Corcoran Peu rce
Evidently Had no Stomach for the
Flight and Corcoran Finished Him
With Fane After Four Hound*—The
Spectators Generally Declared
They Hud Been ••Sold” and Many
Asserted the Flight AVa* a Fake.
The worst f.ince in the nature of a prize
fight, probably, ever perpetrated in Sa
vannah, took place at the Theater last
night.
The worst of it wns that
the farce was put upon one of the best
audiences that ever gathered to witness
an event- of the kind in Savannah. It
was nn audience oomposed largely of the
better element, which had been led to be
lieve that a really first-class exhibition in
the fistic line would be given, a really
scientific contest between two good men,
in which the public would see the fine
points of the art properly displayed by
men up In the business. There were
many professional and business men in
the audience who were disposed to lend
encouragement to the sport, if properly
conducted, but the exhibition to
<i*ey were treated was sufficient to dis
gust them for all time with anything fur
ther.
Many declared freely that the fight was
, fake; that it was simply another one
of many games of the kind upon a long
suffering public, and that the result would
be to kill ail interest in pugilism in Sa
vannah among the better element.
The audience had reason to expect a
first-class fistic contest and it was woe
fully disappointed. Tom Corcoran won
the poorest fight of his life. There is no
discredit attaching to him for that. His
fighting was hard and honest from the
beginning and the determination to do his
man was evident from the start. It was
the other fellow's palpable willingness to
be done- that disgusted the crowd. When
he lay down in the middle of the fifth
round and stretched himself on the floor
the only thing lacking was a feather pil
low and this might have been mi over
sight on the part of the management.
The crowd which gathered at the The
ater was a large ewie. There is a consid
erable element of sporting blood among
all classes in Savannah and this was evi
denced by the fact that business and pro
fessional men were present in large num
bers, the so-called sporting element being
In A decided minority. The high price
for tickets caused the parquet to he only
about half full, but the balcony was al
most filled and the gallery was crowded.
Jt was eminently a shirtwaist crowd, the
character of th<* ©vent and the oppressive
ness of the night justifying even the
most respectable in doffing their coats.
While the people* who paid for the fun,
which they expected but did not get,
were filing in at the front, there was a
busy scene hack on the stage. The fight
ers and their numerous backers ayd as
sistants were busy getting ready for the
fray and apparently preparing for the
battle of their lives. It had been an
nounced that there would be no prelimi
naries, and with the expectation of a 25-
round contest between two crack- fight
ers, the crowd did not clamor for any.
Many regretted afterwards that they had
been so considerate.
Tt was a few minutes after 10 o’clock
when the ball was put in motion. Pearce
■won the toss for corners and took the
northeast corner. Referee ’‘.Shorty" Jen
kins announced the conditions of the figin
and informed the crowd that, under the
terms of the agreement, infighting would
be permitted. This meant that the men
were to be permitted to strike in clinches
•with one hand free and to strike in break
ing away. Under such conditions it is
almost impossible to foul and considerable
nasty fighting can be done at c lose quar
ters. though the work is hardly as pleas
ing to the spectators.
The two men were greeted with slight
applause as they entered the ring. Aftet
being introduced by the referee they took
their corners. The report that Pearce was
not in the best of condition was borne out
by his appearance-. He had* the appear
ance of having trained down too much,
and his skin was sallow in contrast with
the ruddy and robust appearance of his
antagonist. When the two men weighed
in at noon, however, he was one pound
heavier, his weight being 148 to Corcoran's
147.
In Pearce’s corner were Pete Manzie,
Raymond Pedro. Sum McGowan and \V.
B. Goodenough. With Corcoran were
George Dyer, Jack Frew. Charles Harri
son, Charlie Neve and John Tobin. Both
fighters were stripped down, only wearing
abbreviated trunks. It was announced
that the rounds would be three minutes
with one minute’s rest between, the fight
ing to be by Marquis of Queensberry
rule 6.
Corcoran went for his man promptly at
the sound of the hell and proceeded to get
in fcome good body blows. He went for
Pearce so fiercely that it looked as if he
would finish the fight in the first round.
Pearco dropped during the latter part of
the round, apparently to avoid punish
ment. The honors %vere clearly Corco
ran’s. During the second round there
was a clinch, and some lively infighting,
in which Corcoran appeared to be perfect
ly at home. He knocked Pearce down
again or the man got down. In fact, the
readiness with which Pearce went to the
floor on every pretext soon excited the
displeai-urc of the crowd.
Pearce must have forgotten himself in
the third round as he urned loose and did
some very neat fighting for a while. He
Int two good body blows* into Corcoran,
and ducked n atly each time, avoiding
Corcoran’s vicious left swings. Then he
promptly dropped back to his slouehy
style of fighting and did nothing really
serious thereafter.
In the fourth round Corcoran began
rushing his man hard, getting him up
again©/ the ropes and slugging him in
the face and rib's. Pearce was knocked
down, but p< t up again after the referee
had counted three or four seconds. Never
theless. when tie round ended, both Hien
appeared to be fresh and in pool condi
tion. and thfre seemed to he no reason to
anticipate a speedy ending of the fight.
Jn fact, the crowd, while it did not un
derstand Pea re’s style, gave him civ ii
for being a smooth article and took it for
granted that he was merely Having him
s If with tHe view of tlrir.g Corcoran and
getting in his work in the later rounds.
The crowd was : oon relieved of this im
pr aion, however.
In the fifth round Corcoran went for
bis opponent like a man fighting fire, and
knocckd Pearce about the ring like a foot
ball. Pearce was knocked half way down
under the ropes in front and then a mo
ment later was knock* and clean under the
rope* on the south side and lay there a
few seconds. The referee began counting
and Corcoran watched his inan lik* a
hawk watching a chicken as Peu rce slow
ly climbed into the ring. He had barely
got on to his feet when Corcoran went
for him with both bands, hitting him on
the head and body ;md then giving him
a hard hit on the jaw, which sent him
to the ground. He straightened out and
lay there while the referee counted him
out and wat then carried to his corner
in on apparently helpless condition.
Referee Jenkins a announced the deci
sion amid great enthusiasm on the i>art
of Corcoran’s friends, a knot of whom
gathert and him up on their shoulders and
cfcrrkd him to Iht front of the stage. The
crow <i gave some lousing cheers for the
winter, and then almost immediately be-
CComlnu,d on Third
WATCH IAG LIBERTY CITY.
Military Men Half Expecting a Call
to the Scene of Trouble.
Mil tary men in Savannah watched the
situation at Liberty City closely all of
yesterday, hourly expecting that someone
or more of the commands located in this
city would be placed under orders from
the Governor to proceed to the scene of
the trouble.
The orders <lid not come, the Governor
being’ evidently of the opinion that the
Liberty Troop, already under arms and
cn duty, would be ample to quell all
disturbances and r store the peace. Re
ports from the scene of the trouble indi
cate that ihie is tie case and that at a
late hour last night there was nothing
in the- situation to <xcite fear or anxiety
of any immediate outbreak, at any rate.
However, there was an incident, con
nected with the local situation, that
caused the rumor to be circulated and to
find credence with some that u section
of the military had been ordered under
a*ms. and that a company was
in readiness to proceed to Lib
erty City. An old gentleman, whose
son Is at the scene of the trouble, and
who was greatly worried because of the
danger by which he believed the boy sur
rounded, ordered a special train from the
Plant System, for the purpose of going
to Liberty City. Whether he thought the
danger not sufficiently urgent to warrant
him in taking the course he had contem
plated or for some other reason, he coun
termanded the order for the train, and
the engine and cars, which had been
placed in readiness, were returned to the
shads.
The fact that the special had been placed
in. readiness, however, served to give an
appearanco of truth to the rumor in re
gard to the military and for a time it
found belief.
A dispatch from Liberty City, to the
Morning News, states that two negroes
have been sent to Chatham county jail
for alleged complicity In the effort to
wreck train 38. of the* Plant System, on
Thursday night. Inquiries at the jail,
howt'ver. brought the response that no
such men were held there and were not
expected. It may be, of course, that the
circumstances surrounding the arrest of
these men demand secrecy s to their
place of detention, hut it is equally possi
ble that the story of their arreßt Is but
another of the Key West-Shanghai novel
ettes that have been in free circulation
since the inception of the trouble at Lib
erty City.
Rumor also has it that n number of resi
dents of Liberty City and the surrounding
country were in Savannah last night, for
the purpose of providing themselves with
arms for an expected affray with the ne
groes. This rumor abounds in circum
stantial details and continue© to the ef
fect that these men. arriving too late to
make their purchases at the hardware
stores and gun shops, bought the weapons
they desired from the pawnbrokers of the
city. It could not be certainly verified.
STARTED HANK ROBBING EARLY.
Frank IlicLn. OHlce Boy nt < hathnm
Hxtnk, Arrested.
Frank Hicks, white, the 16-year-old of
fice boy of the Chatham Bank, is held
at the barracks, charged with stealing
from the bank.
The arrest was made last Monday, and
was the result of the missing, by the
bank officials, of several small amounts
i hat coukl be accounted for in no way
other than thm they had been stolen.
Neither the bank officials nor the super
intendent of i*olieo could be seen last
night, hut from other sources it is learn
ed that suspicion first pointed to Hicks
on account of the way in which he “blew"
not only himself, but his numerous com
panions, to trips, dinners and suppers at
the resorts.
His salary was too small to allow such
extravagance-* on his part without excit
ing attention and comment, which finally
reached the ears of his employers, and,
taken in connection with the shortages,
led to his arrest-
The matter has been kept quiet and
Hicks’ companions would still be without
the knowledge of his whereabouts had not
one of them seen the boy in the charge of
on officer. TCven this would have been
taken by his friends to be of no particular
moment had not a detective afterward
spoken ton number of them regarding the
habits of Hicks, particularly as to how
and where he spent his money, and where
he got It.
They readily told what they knew,
which bears out the suspicion that the
funds came from the bank and were stolen
from the counters.
Hicks has been employed at the bank for
about a year. He liveii with his mothe**
on Jones street, and so far as is known
has previously borne a good reputation.
DR. QEO'RtiG N. HEIDT DEAD.
His Fnnernl NVIII Take I’lnee nt bli
re! Grove Thin Afternoon.
The friends of Dr. George M. Heidt will
regret to barn of his death, which occurr
red v s erday evening at the residence of
his son-in-law. Mr. C. B. Oresrar, at
Bloomingdale, Ga. Dr. Heidt had been
failing in health for some dire, having
received a stroke of paralysis several
months ago, and his death was expected
at any moment. He was a native of Sa
vannah, was about 69 years of age, and
f r many years was a hading drug mer
chant. and conducted a thriving business
on the corn r of Whitaker and Congress
streets. Dr Heidt was nt one time a res
ident of Mart* tta 4 Ha He leaves a son.
Mr Thomas M. H idt and a daughter.
Mrs. (\ H. Cregar. besides a number of
grandchildren, fils funeral will be held at
Bail el Grove Cemetery at 5:50 o'clock thU
afternoon, and will be attended by Solo
mon’s Lodge. No. 1, F. & A. M., of which
the deceased was a member.
HR IS OFF FOH C HINN.
Ilont. Prltelinrd In Command of
Troop II of the Ninth Cavalry.
Capt. G. B. Pritchard received a tel
egram yesterday from his son, IJeut.
G. B. Pritchard, Jr., at San Francisco,
announcing that he is off with his reg
iment, the Ninth Cavalry, for China on
(he transport Warren. Lieut. Pritchard
is in command of his troop. Troop B. of
the regiment, Capt. Frank West, the com
mander of the* troop, being the ranking
cavalry captain of the service, and having
the prospect of art immediate promotion
to major, oti which account he did not
accompany the troop.
Lieut. Pritchard was recently trans
fer! * and from the home squadron to Troop
K, in order that lie might accompany the
regiment to China. The heartfelt good
wishes and prayers of many friends In
Savannah will accompany Lieut. Pritch
ard for a successful career, and a safe
return from this expedition to a distant
shore.
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To l)runn'i lek and Itetiirn 91,00 via
tlie Plant System, Monday.
In addition to tlw* Charleston Sunday
excursions, the Plant System are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Sundays only, at rate of 91.00 for the
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and
5.20 a. ra,— ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1900.
LEAPED TO HIS DEATH AT SEA.
B. MORRIS DROWNED FROM THE
KANSAS CITY OFF CAFE RO
MA IN E.
No One Sow Him Go But n Second
( Ihkk Passenger Saw Him n* He
Struck the Water and Gave tlie
Alarm—The Vessel Put About and
(ruined for flic Body lint It Wan
Not Found—The Dead Man a lilack
*mi tli in Savannah.
B. Morris, a passenger on the Kansas
City, bound from New York to Savannah,
was drowned from the ship yesterday
morning about 11 o'clock off Cape Ro
maine.
No one saw' the man go overboard,
though a second class passenger stated
after the occurrence, that he saw him
Just as he struck the water, and that he
went down feet first and with his hands
over his head. As soon as possible after
the accident, he gave the cry of "man
overboard.” Everything possible thar
could he done to save the man was done;
life preservers, and life rafts were thrown
overboard, and two of lh** ship’s officers,
mounting the bridge with marine glasses,
kept watch for the man when he should
come to the surface. The ship was going
at a good rate of speed, but as soon as
was possible she was stopped an*, headed
back to the spot where the man was ex
pected to appear. After the first splash,
however, he was seen no more.
Capt. Fisher cruised in the vicinity of
the accident for probably three hours. an*l
then continued her course to Savannah.
She arrived shortly after 11 o’clock fast
night.
The story of the accident as told by the
man w’ho saw him go overboard and other
passenger? who had seen him during the
trip, is that for some time previous to
his disappearance, he had been standing
on the starboard side of the main deck
about amidships, staring into the water.
No one of them would say he was drunk,
hut that seemed to be the general im
pression. It is supposed that after he
went over he was struck by the propeller
of the ship. Had this not been the case,
and had the man been anything of a swim
mer. he would, in the opinion of the pas
sengers, have been able to keep himself
afloat until the ship returned, even if he
had not been able to secure a life pre
server before that time.
Copt. Fisher was asked about the affair
last night. He would not venture to say
that the man was either drunk or had
been actuated by the desire o? ending his
life, but he did say that from the arrange
ment of the deck and the position of the
man it could not have been an accident.
To one of his fellow passengers the man
gave his name as B. Morris, and said that
he was a citizen of Savannah and a black
smith, but his name does not appear in
the city directory.
AIR. FRI Pl* GIVEN A PERMIT.
City Connell Override* nn Old aiul
Obsolete Ordinance.
A special meeting of the City Council
was held yesterday at 12:30 o’clock. There
were just four aldermen present besides
Acting Mayor Dixon, the others present
being Messrs. Bacon, Doyle. Ilorrigan and
Jarrell.
A special ordinance was passed permit
ting Mr. W. C. Fripp to proceed with tne
construction of three frame houses at
Abercorn and Huntingdon streets. Mr.
Fripp had been given a permit for this
work, but an old building ordinance hid
been overlooked in issuing the permit, and
the work was held up by Supt. Maguire
of the fire department.
A brief investigation by Council showed
that the ordinance is more honored in
the breach than the observance. The last
few linos of the section of the city code,
fixing the fire limits for the construction
of brick buildings, provides that not more
than one frame building shall be erected
on a single lot In the district included
between Habersham. Huntingdon, Mont
gomery and Gwinnett, and that no frame
building shall be erected in this district
on any* lot with a frontage of less than
43 feet 9 inches. As majority of the
frame buildings within this district have
been erected upon lots having a less front
age than that specified, the aldermen
failed to see any reason for withholding
the desired permission from Mr. Frii>p.
MARTY.\ NOW l\ JACKSONVILLE.
The Fake Minister Wlin Was Here,
Again limit: From.
Ferrer Martin, the pseudo minister
;in account of wlio-e stay and exp ri nces
in this city, or rather the experiences of
others with him, was given in th Morn
ing News last Monday and Tuesday, has
been heard from again, this time in Ja k
synville. where he went af er leaving Sa
vannah
The Times Union and Ci izen of that
cl y in its issue <f Aug. 16. after quoting
the Morning N< ws* account of him. gives
the following story:
“Several days go a man wi h his wife
ar.d child arrived a the Duval Hotel
f om Sav’nnah. Aft r he had been a
guest at the hotel for a day or two. the
faci that all w re without luggage of any
kind became apparent. The m th r cut
holes in a pillowcase fer the chl d’s arms
and neck, and thus provid'd baby with
a charge of linen. Manager Sperry began
to make Inqui’i a. and the man at once
move 1 with his family, anil went to the
Oxford Hotel, where they’ are now
located.”
ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Charge on W hlch a ( olorcil Roy Will
lie Heard Till* Morning.
Mack Wiggins, a colored boy about 17
years old, was taken to the police bar
racks yesterday on a charge of criminal
assault, preferred by Ida Sails, also col
ored, and which it is alleged occurred
Thursday night in the vicinity of the Ca
thedral Cemetery. The boy denies the
charge. He will be given a hearing by the
Recorder this morning. 1
Willie Green, colored, another prisoner
:tt the barracks, was carried in by Rich
ard Washington, colored, who states that
the boy broke Into his home on Lincoln
street, near Harris street, with the inten
tion of commitGng burglary.
There were only a few other arrests,
none of them of Importance.
■"lniples nnd Freckles on Knee
Your druggist will refund your money
Pazo Ointment falle to euro you.—ad.
THEATER'S NEW MANAGER.
Mr. Fred A. Wei* in Charge of Sa
vannah'* Theatrical Amuseraeuts.
Mr. Fred A. Weis, manager of the Sa
vannah Theater, arrived in the city yes
terday from Galveston, where he has been
connected with the Greenwnld Company’s
leading Texas theater for eight years,
four years a* treasurer and the last four
years as manager. He is the youngest
of the three Weis brothers, who have been
in charge of the Theater here sinec it
has been under the Greenwald control.
Mr. Sidney A. Weis, who managed the
Theater last season, is here, on his way
from Sen Antonio "to New York, to take
charge of the American Theater, on For
ty-second street. Savannah theater-goers
had hoped that he would remain here.
During his management the theatrical
amusements of Savannah have been in
good hands and his management ha*
b*en in every way satisfactory. Mr. Fred
Weis comes with excellent indorsements,
and is likely to prove a satisfactory suc
cessor to his brother. His experience and
popularity in Galvtaton are a prediction
that he will be a successful caterer to
amusement goers here.
"The coming stason will be a brilliant
one,” Mr. Weiss said last night. "The
class of attractions booked is an assur
ance of this, and Savannah theater-goers
may r*si a sured that I shall do all that
I can to give them gov.d entertainment.”
The theater has be n put in order for
t v, e opening of the season Monday night.
The scenery has been retouched, the boxes
have been draped new and many little
additi ns have been made to the interior
lor the comfort of its patrons.
Monday night the season will be opened
by tiie Una Clayton Company. Every in
dication i*>ints to a large audience ar.d
everything will be done to make the au
dience comfortable. Manager Weis has
had a cooling apparatus put in. The open
ing night will be ladies’ night.
The play will be a four-act comedy
drama. "Mias Rooner." o play that has
been thoroughly successful in the largest
cities. Miss Clayton will introduce a num
ber of her original specialties os will
other members of the company.
Following Miss Clayton, will come "Kel
ly’s Kids," Friday night. Leon Hermann.
Aug. 28, the remainder of the week, be
ginning Aug. 27. being taken by the Guy
Woodward Company, on a repertoire of
play®.
FIFTH DAY OF TIIE TRIAL.
Evidence in Damnge Snlt In City
Court Not Yet Conelnded.
The fifth day of the trial of the damage
suit of Mrs. Elizabeth Evans against the
Savannah. Florida and Western Railway
Company did not suffice to conclude the
introduction of evidence. When the recess
was taken yesterday afternoon, it was
announced that the trial would be re
sumed Monday morning.
The delay is to permit the defendant to
bring witnesses from Lakeland, for the
purpose of testifying to seme of the dis
puted points in the case. Mr. Chisholm
announced that he would have these wit
nesses on hand by the time des gnated.
The time of the court yesterday was tak
* n up by the introduction of witnesses
for the plai tiff, in rebuttal of some of the
evidence thar had been given by those for
the (defendant. Judge Tucker and Mrs.
Evans w> re both placed on the stand for
this purpose.
FOR MOST GRACEFUL COUPLE.
Mis* Turner and Air. Rountree Were
Prlie Winners nt Isle of Hope.
The prizes for the most gradeful couple
on the floor of Barbee & Bandy’s Isle of
Hope pavilion last night were W’on by
Miss Bessie Turner and Mr. Julian Roun
tree. who. the judges determined
were fairly entitled to receive them.
The prizes were a powder box, of cut
glass and silver, for the young woman,
and a silver match box for the man. The
Judges were Mrs. E. Y. Postell and Mrs.
R. T. Fetzer.
The guessing contest was w’on by Miss
Ecie Reynolds, who estimated the num
ber of persons on the pavilion at 889,
which was nearer the correct number
than any other guess that was made. The
weather at Isle of Hope last night was
cool and delightful and the occasion one
of the most enjoyable of the summer sea
son's entertainments.
IN THE RECORDER'S COURT.
Thirteen Prisoner* Disposed of In.
Many Way*.
Thirteen prisoners appeared before the
Recorder yesterday on varying charges.
The only cases of interest, however, were
those of James Rollinson. and John Jack
son. the men who by their own confess
ion to Detective Garrity had robbed the
Globe shoe store and who were turned over
to the City Court on a charge of sim
ple larceny.
And that of John Berrien, colored, ar
r st* and the day before for scorching on
Liberty street, and knocking down a child
was given a sentence of sl9 or fifteen
days.
John Brown and John Warren, the ne
groes arrested as being implicated in the
robbery of a tailor s ore cn Drayton street
were discharged, as the evidence was not
sufficient to convict.
VALDOSTA FIRAi BANKRUPT.
They Owe Their Creditor* Alorc
Titan *27.fM)O Worth of Debt*.
John T. Boyd & Bro., until recently en
gaged in the hardware business at Val
dosta under that firm name and in the
same business at Fitzgerald under the
firm name of the Boyd Hardware Com
pany, filed a petition for a discharge in
bankruptcy in the office of the clerk of the
United States District Court yesterday.
The total liabilities amount to some-,
thing more than $27,000. but there are as
sets of considerable value. Their petition
will be referred to the referee for that
division of the district in which they live
md have done business.
Eighth Annual Mountain Excursion
to Nortli and South Carolina
Point*.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
sell cheap excursion tickets to the moun
tain resorts in North and South Carolina
Aug. 22. good to return until Sept. 3. For
full particulars apply at city ticket office,
corner Bull and Bryan streets, or ’phone
28.—ad.
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••II Cured >le. M
“Graybeard broke up rheumatism on
me.” say* Mr. Chas. Thomas, the Jew
eler on Whitaker street. “And put me in
better health than I have enjoyed In a
long time.”
Take Graybeard Pills for that dizzy
feeling—Lost appetite, and follow it up
with a bottle of Graybeard. It la all you
need. Respess Drug Cos., sole prop*.,
Savannah, Go.—ad*
HAYES’ LIFE FORFEITED.
FOUND fit ILTY OF MURDER OF
MOTOR Al A N \ IRNADOK,
In Les* Than n quarter of an Hour
After It Left the Court Boom the
Jury Hod Reached a Verdict ot
Gnllty— Have* *ntmeed by Judge
Falllgnnt to Re Hanged Nept. Sfcd,
He Ha* .lust Mm NN roW* to l.be.
Arguments of Counsel, Chnrjtc of
Court it ltd the Sentence All De
livered In Leas Thau Three Hour*,
liny e* Lost 111* Nerve Toward* the
End.
To be hanged by the neck until he it
dead, in the Chatham county jail, Sept.
28, is the fate to which Seaborn Hayes,
the murderer of Motorman Lucius H.
Varnadoe, has been condemned by the
verdict of the Jury, and the sentence of
Judge Falligant.
When the Superior Court convened at
10 o’clock yesterday morning, the room
was crowded with interested spectators.
Every available seat on the floor, as well
within the bar as without, the steps lead
ing to the judge’s bench, and even the
railing were occupied by men who had
come to witness the dosing scenes in this
tragic drama of life ami death. The gal
lery was a sea of negro facets, peering
over the rail, and with fear and anxiety,
combined with a morbid curiosity, writ
ten plain on every dusky countenance.
The arguments were at once begun.
Solicitor General Osborne spoke but a
few- words in his opening argument to
the jury, declaring he would contend that
the evidence that had been adduced show
ed that the killing had been wanton and
unjustifiable, cowardly, brutal, and com
mitted with malice aforethought, under
every reasonable hypothesis.
For the prisoner Mr. Raiford Falligant
made a clear and lucid exposi.ion of the
contentions and theories of the defense
as to the manner in which the shooting
of the motorman occurred. Under his thc
o:y there had been a previous difficulty
betw'atn the motorman and the brother of
the defendant and it was this brother,
Jasper Hay<s, with whom the motorman
thought the first difficulty, in which Mr.
T. J. Davis and Conductor Whaley had
participated, had occurred. To support
this contention Jasper Hayes had been
placed on the stand on the p.eceding day
and had testified to a previous d.{Acuity
he had had with Mr. Varnadoe, in which
the latter had threatened to kill him in
case he did not cease certain conduct that
the motorman deemed obnoxious.
The dying declaration of the motorman
had shown that up to the time of his
death he had lab red under the impress
ion that Jasper Hayes had fired the fa al
shots. With these facts as a working hy
pothesis, Mr. Falligant argued the cor
rectness of the theory, supported by the
evidence of some of the witnesses, that
the victim of the h micide had fired first
and that the defendant had not returned
the fire until he was thus placed in dan
ger of his life. Warned that tin re would
be trouble, it was hut natural, counsel
contend* and. that the motorman should not
wait to he fired on.
The solicitor general, however, disposed
of this theory of the homicide with a
breath. The evidence of witnesses whose
character and reputation placed them
above the possibility of suspicion showed
a very simple state o*f fact, contended Mr.
Osborne. H&yee and his companions, ag
grieved and incensed at bedng put off the
car, had determined to exact vengeance
for this fancied indignity. They returned
to the station, announcing their intention
in voices so loud and with a wealth of
profanity so vile that they had attracted
the attention of Mr. Love, who had thus
become aware of what they meant to do.
He had warned the conductor and mo
torman of the car. As it rolled into the
station Hayes had stepped out to the
from nnd right of it, and. calling upon
the motorman to stop, had fired before
his unfortunate victim had an opportun
ity to complete his reply to the com
mand.
But, argued the solicitor general, even
conceding the correctness of the defend
ant’s contention that the motorman had
fired first, he was, nevertheless, under
every other statement of facts than his
own. guilty of deliberate murder. There
was no evidence to show that when he
stepped out in front of the car he had
not both held the weapon in his hand and
pointed it at the motorman, as he com
manded him to stop. On the contrary,
every witness who had testified to Hayes’
first appearance on the scene of the hom
icide had sworn to these facts. They
were not disputed. Therefore, said the
solicitor, i made no difference whether
the first shot had actually been fired by
the accused or his victim. The former’s
murderous purpose had been manifested
by his actions, and if the motorman had
fired and killed him the homicide would
have been justifiable, in fact as well as
in law'.
Judge Falllgant’s charge to the Jury did
not differ materially from that usually
delivered by him in murder cases. The
law governing the case on trial was sim
ple, the facts making the real issue. Un
der the contention of the solicitor gen
eral. there was not even a real issue of
fact. However, every principle of law
that could properly be applied to the case
for the benefit of the accused was given
to the Jury in the eloquent and impres
sive charge delivered by Judge Falligant.
It was about 12:15 o’clock when the
charge was concluded and the jury retire!
to make up its verdict. In less than n
quarter of an hour it was announced that
the verdict had been reached, and the
Jurymen filed back into the room Every
one in the court room. Judge, counsel, the
accused, witnesses, lawyers ami specta
tors, lent an attentive ear when the ver
dict was handed by Foreman O’Gorman
to Deputy Clerk Murphy.
■•We, the jury, find the defendant. Sea
born Hayes, guilty of murder. John
O’Gorman, foreman.’* read the clerk in
the legal monotone. A suppressed wall
went up from the negroes in the gallery,
many of whom were relations or (lose
friends of the accused. It was quieted by
the efforts of the bailiffs, and then Judge
Falligant pronouheed sentence.
Dives ed of the legal terminology it was
to the effect t ha’ Hayes be conveyed by
the sheriff to the common jail of the coun
ty, and there confined until Sept. 2%,
when, between the legal hours of 10
o’clock in the morring and 4 in the after
noon, he be bunged by the neck until he
Is and ad Unless a m lion for anew trial
is fil and, he has just six weeks to live.
Then the wailing from the gallery hr ke
out again. this time with redoubled vio
lence. A sister of Hayes almost had an
atta k of hysterics and had to le carri and
ou cf the court ro in and the building.
The prisoner was notlcmby agitated,
though he trade a strong effort to retain
his composure When h< was carried back
into the #h riff's office he lighted a cigar
ette. hut the fingers in .which lie rolled
I shook like aspen leaves. HU nerve was
gone.
America makes the finest brand of
champagne. Cook's Imperial Extra Dry.
It is delicious, fruity and pure,—ad.
Nii iiual Mountain Kii'umiuu via
Southern lluilmi}.
Very low rat s to principal North Cai -
vlina resort*. Spcc.al train, luxurious dry
coaches will leave Plant By stem statlo.i
7 CO a in. railroad time, Aug. 2.nd tug
cia limited Slept. 3rd. good returning on
regular traits Ja* Knuiidi), city puj*.
ciiger and ti* kG *k*nt, Hi Bull # rout
A bout 6Uo.—ad.
FAVORS MORE t ITN t UUt KS
Acting Mw>r lAtxnn >\ walil 14k* to
xrr One on ElaAtlt Mretd.
Acting Mayor Dixon regard* with bvor
the move of the people in tht southwest
ern section of the city to secure a ekwU
for the cupola of the Eighth Street
School.
”1 think the people in that section are
entitled to n clock,” Mhi Mayor Dixon
"and I am willing to help the movement
along when i is brought to the attention
of Council. As It is at a tad (bat the Board
of Education Is willing to put the cupola
on the sc bool h dhyng and make other ar
rangement* m\cs*ary for the inatallatton
of the clock. I think It would he welt for
the board to adopt a resolution on the sub- j
Ject and to bring its action to the atten
tion of Council at the same time with the
petition from the citizens. Should this
he done 1 have no doubt but that Council
would take favorable action In the mat
ter."
It will be recalled In this connection that
the late William G. Cum, while a mem
ber of Council, introduced ami had passed
an ordinance or a resolution appropriating
a sum for the installation of a clock *.n
the steeple of the First Presbyterian
Church, the consent of the congregation
having already been obtained for the nee
of the steeple for this purpose Why this
Intention was not carried out is now un
known, but the members of the First
Presbyterian congregation and the many
residents of the central section of the
city would doubtless not object to seeing
it put Into effect now.
Acting Mayor Dixon, when asked about
this matter, said that he remembered the
action of Council at the Instance of Mr.
Cann. but could not recall why it was not
carried into effect. He thought possibly
that the presentation of the oM Exchange
clock to Mr. John Rourke and Its installa
tion by him in his foundry tower at Bay
and East Broad streets had something to
do with the inaction of Council in the oth
er matter. It may have been the inten
tion of Mr. Cann to have the old works
placed in the First Presbyterian steeple,
he said.
"Anyway.” he said. "T consider the
steeple of the First Presbyterian Church
a good location for a city clock. At
present there is no city clock south of the
Independent Presbyterian Church nt Hull
street and Oglethorpe avenue and the peo
ple further south would doubtless appre
ciate something of the kind.”
SERIES OF BILL € AMES OFF.
Jacksonville and Fernnnilinn Teams
Will Not Play .
Telegrams were received in Savannah
yesterday from the managers of the Fer
nandina and Jacksonville ball teams, stat
ing that if the ball grounds could be ee
cured they would play a series of three
games here Monday. Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week. The gentleman to
whom the messages were sent immediate
ly arranged for the grounds, but later in
the day received another wire saying that
the arrangements could not be made be
tween the teams, and the games, in con
sequence. had been declared off.
1 ♦ * —* *
UK EN Al COLLEGE.
This Is the Nome of the Ynnug Lo
llies' College at Gainesville.
Girls and young ladies attending Bre
nau College, formerly Georgia Female
Seminary, at Gainesville. Ga., have many
advantages they cannot receive in any
other school in the South. In the first
place, the. location is ideal, being in a
cultured, refined and healthy town about
fifty miles from Atlanta. It is the easy
access to the gold fields of North Georgia
and the study of geology and biology re
ceives special attention from that class
of students who wish to pursue that line
of work. Brenau’s musical conservatory
is especially well equipped. For hand
some catalogue address Brenau. Gaines
ville, Ga.—ad.
Mountain Excursion via Plant Sys
tem.
For trains leaving Savannah Aug. 22.
the Plant System will sell round trip
tickets to Lookout mountain. Tmn.. $1160;
Monteagle, Tenn., $12.50; Srwanee, Tenn.,
$12.40. All tickets limitea to return to
Sept. 3. This line offers double daily ser
vice to the above points, and schedules
are shorter and more convenient than
any other line. If you are thinking of
making this trip, ca 1 at city ticket of
fice, De Soto Hotel, ’phenes 73.—ad.
Ar.nnnl Mountain Excursion via
Southern Itnihvay.
Very low rates to principal North Car
olina res rts. Special train, luxrrious day
coaches will leave riant System station
7:00 a m. railroad time, Aug -2nd. tu k
ets limited S pt. 3rd. gcoi returning on
regular trains. Jar. Fiecman. <i v pas
senger and ticket agent, 141 Bull street
Phone 850.—ad.
A Fever-Stricken Comp.
Everett City, Ga.. July 21. 1900—1 am a
strong believer in and advocate of the use
of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I
know* what it will do. I have tried it in
Cuba and the low lands of Mexico. I
have been a soldier in my time and have
found the Tonic invaluable in cases of
camp fever. Only those who have been
in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend
the horrois of a fever-stricken camp
miles and mi.es away from its base of
supplies. It was in such place# tha’
Johnson’s Tonic came in You did not
need any Calomel or quinine or
any other drug Stick to the Tonic and
you will be able to eat embalmed beef
again. Yours very truly.
Chas. F. Roden.
—ad.
Annnnl Mountain Excursion via
Southern Hull way.
Very low rate* to principal North Car*
ti-.na res rts. Spic.al :p.iin, luxurious day
coaches will leave Plant System station
7:<o a m. railroad tim*-. Aug 22nd, t.< k
ets limited 8 pt. 3rd. good returt ing n
regular ttains. Ja . Freraar, . lty i
stigr and ti k t agent, 141 Bull street
Phone 850 —ad.
The summer is passing, have you taken
in the Plant System Sunday excursions to
Chat lesion ? One dollar for the round trip
—ad.
Chair care on Plant System excursions
to Charleston every Sunday; engage your
seats on Saturdays at llv Le Solo Houd
ticket Office, wd
Sunday 'Trips to liruism—U'L • in f'itui
kli iu 91.
The Plant System will sell round-nip
tickets to Brunswick on kundays, linni*j
to date of sale, at rat* of s}aaj jm
leave at 210a. m .Jid oju * rn *d
The Plant System excuraktf} train i..
Charier ton leaves kavannah at 4 a m
Sundays, tickets are sold at o<* dollai tot
the round trip —ad
—That Hummer Fcem* ~H* Ai* you
sure you will issvar love gny one elsef
khe; You wouidn t want ms tv U> ua
that!
“Why not
Why. its i b* fcatong \ uugnt # b
in love wuh *014*4 man ** any imp
*b.*i make* m* ivn yvv ai* u* y.vi* m
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Teething Powders
Ttic Fmuhiu* Aid to Haft:
Tcclhiuu.
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PH. SIKPMAN having ©l***) *bfwwcb*C t .
Anterkw. ovnuAuWrwUv reduce* tbeevatof ttur* :
cotefciwHd powder*. They rut up lu v*u"
|* r* i'ke tmdr uturk, a£uox Utt<eC
TRADE MARK
P o*\ every veeXei end on evrrr powder. *?•* .
whtch uone iw ex'MUtnv A |Nfe Art *
powder*, a* cent* At your vUux&m . *>• u
pel lend on receipt and rrW'W. >*;>d for U> . _
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4 i AUvVI AI ITK.
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Sold by LirVMAX BROS Savannah
l. 1. SI. 01 HOPr R Y INK SB. '
M IICU* .*.
For Isle ot lK'i’r', Mwnsomrr)', Thu: r.
boU, Cattlo I'ark. alu; West Kn.‘
Dat'.y rxor|i Sunday*. io . f ,
without notice.
ISI.K OF MOt'K ~
L\. Ottv tor 1. ot H l.\ TIT* of Ho..
< .tin from Truth *to .tm for It.
TSO >in from Truth , ti <.' ora for i
San ant from Toni it 7tv ~m for T. t
Sls airt from Hollon stv tm for TANARUS, 1
10 SO ant 'tom Torn it to n> tnt for TANARUS,
13 (U nrt flora Tout it tl T ant for li a
1 15 pm front Boh on u .3 am fot T.
SSO |>m from Truth :O) |>m for T. >
3 M t'ttt front Truth M ,'m lor ! a
4 S.' pm from Trttllt . *■ rut ft T
ISO pm from Tots>h tt' pm for Tr
s' pin from Truth ’ tt> pm for Tv
7SO pm from Truth 7th pnt for T. t
8 pm front Truth < 5W pm t'r T
SSO pm from Tenth 5o pm for Te
10 SO pm from Truth 10 O' pm for T. • ,
fU •pm r.v T-r r
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for MontcTy Lv Mantcomrrv'
S' urn from Truth Tl sam for Tr-th‘
SM pm front Tenth > ! 15 pm for Tr- t,
pm from Tenth C 0 pm for T> mt
RATTLE PARK.
Lv city for Cat Path Lv Oai:> p*rh"~
*SO am from Holton 7og ant for Bolton
7*i am from Holton SiV am for l\lt. i
1 pm from Holton 1 Stt pm for H - ton
SSO pm from Holton 3m pm f. r H ton
*OO pm from Bolton 7pm for Ho ton
SOO pm from Holton >*> pm Tor !>. ~a
TH l ".VDKRBOLT
C*r leaves Rollon Vtrrrt Jun -tion 538
a. nt. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11 S> p m.
CtUr k avett Thunderbolt at *:00 a m. and
every thirty minute* thereafter t|
15 ot> midnight, for Bolton street
tion.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR ~
This car carries trailer for pa.-.r, , re
or all trips and leaves west side of iy
market for Isle of Hope. Thunder ~ij
and all Intermedin.e points ala :a.
1 .<Bl p. m . 50 p m
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thundcrhv t,
City Mark,* anl >ll Interrr-.lists jv t,
al 6:00 a m 11 00 a m.. 5:40 p m
WEST KND FAR
Car leaves w, si s.d- of city market for
West End 600 a. m and ev. ry ,
thereafter dura:lt the d.-tv null IT- _
Leaves West End nt 630 a m. >■! -V -
ery 10 minutes thereafter during the - J
until 12:00 o’clock mM* teht
IT M T.OFWN. <7en M-r
JUST RECEIVED
A CAR LOAD OF
GARDEN
TILE,
M> MI S SR
113 Ilroagton Mrcrt AN r*t.
SEED RYE.
TEXAS HLD R. F.
SEED CATS.
HAY, GRAIN. FEED, KLOI R. ETC.
LEMONS.
NVgrlalilft find l*rMlur*.
New Crop R. i:. and ( avi Fraa.
NV. D. SIM KINS .v CO.
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