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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. MAY 11, 1880.
VOL. XII., NO. 48
THE DE KALB nORROR.
JOLLY M»K2S A PINAL STATEMENT,
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Story aad Briart 1b W«br»r ud
BjUry Hcr*«—*r. Williaghin
G1t« U HU Tertiscay.
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of Mr. John T. Willingham before tbe coro-
n homes Jolly's statement
We prraent below the final statement of
Jamas Jolla concerning the murder of Vic
toria Norris. Wa gIre it verbatim, because
tbe doomed man Bays that he wished it to
be given to the public exactly as be made
it. Mr. John Jolly, the father of
the prisoner, was present during thU state
ment. and said: ''Jimmie, you are my eon,
and I want jou to tell the whole truth
•bout this tbinr, just aa if yon were on the
gallows and the baiter around your neck "
Jamea Jolly then made the fol lowing state
ment, and when be bad finished ft, said:
"This lt,the whole truth,snd I am willing to
bang by it."
Jolly realises fully that he roust die, and
has made this, bis last solemn statement,
with tbiastera troth m his eyes. It would
arena, therefore, that it Is entitled to more
weight than anything which bae yet come
from him. We present, also, tbe evidence
*“ ‘ T. Willing))
ner’s jury. It emf , .
made to him at Grand Junction, Tern
while Mr. Willingham was bringing him
back to Georgia. It contains the first
words spoken by Jolly in reference to tbe
rcime after his capture and la now pub
lished for the first time. Mr. Willingham
deserves the highest praise for
bis conduct throughout this
whole matter. He has performed
bis duty most nobly, and it it due to his
tireless efforts and prudent action that Jolly
was brought hack to Georgia and bus made
this final solemn statement, under oath
aed kj the prasei.ca oi his uita tahei*-n
statement by which he is willing to die:
J6I4.Y S STATES!KIT.
The first vtijcxcuUon f.»r the murder of Him Nor
th, wa* nude to m« by W. P. Weaver, st his
house on the Unit Sunday In July, 18.7. He said
to me that he did not want her to marry his
nephew. Seaborn Weaver. I aiJceJ him why. He
mid she was too food for him, and a ho that the
waa knowing to the far t that myaelf and hu
<Wi«vrr) too* a bale of cotton from Tom Brjnon'a
gln houie. Id the month of November. 1876. It ia
ante that Weaver and I did take tbe cotton. We
look It lo my houae in tbe nltfht
In iny waggon. and Weaver’a home, it ntayed
thereuntil the next February, and we carried it
lo Atlanta and wild it to Strong and divided tbe
money. Mina North waa knoeing to it and had
threatened to tell it. Shu had threatened Weaver
at my hoow*. cutting oat* the flr«t week In July,
1*77. hhe ha<1 bImi tbreatenerl me to my face.
He aald he tnongbt it well enough to get her out
<*f the way. I aaid that nut loo hart: that It
would not take our lives if nhe did tell It. He n -
plied that we would bn handled for it if aim did
the way. Arrangement* were made between t...
at that limt that we were ail to go to AtUnia on
Monday alter the «cond Sunday, ami were to
start before day light. Weaver came to rav house
on Monday morning, ‘.ah of July. 1ST.; he came
before day; be a*kcd me if f wa* ready to go; he
only came to the gate: I told him 1 wa* teady a*
•onu a* we had breakfast; Mb* Norris called me
twice to mme Uf breakfast while Weaver and I
were talking at the gate; I asked him to go and
have breakfa*t; he wdd no. he had cat; I then
went In; Mim Norris and 1 had our break-
1**1; I then went and caught my honw;
Weaver and 1 hitched to the wagon, we two and
Ml** Norrl* got in the wagon and »taru d in the
direction of Atlanta. We got to the branch about
a half ml c from my house and ray borne refused
to pull. Tbebraticli referred toi* on the road
l«wdtng f A nit my house to Clark.-tou. 1 turn-d
the horse and wagon around and carried them
bark to the house. I took out the horse and put
him up; I went in the hon*r; I told my wife that
Vick was going off; I had left her and Weaver at
the branch >iuing on a log; I did not tell my
wife that Weaver wa* with Vick: my wife iol ‘
Weaver had killed Vick: said he choked her„
death. She wa* lying on her lau-k in the road
dead. She wa* lying right near the log on which
1 left them sitting. The arrangement* were that
he wa* to kill her while I waa gone hack; it waa
an arranged at the gat- that m ruing. A* to me
matter of the hone (miking at the hmn« h, it wa*
all undemiood between myself and Weaver nt the
gate, 1 wa* to pretend that the home would not
jmiII and to go btek inme. and
Weaver wa* In do the killing while
1 waa i *” “ ' *
by the statute, are such aa da not __
enr to the traoMctlon of human affair*. as when
a anus has been o-uvicted of aaurder. and it after
wards turns out that dm man he was charged
with having killed Is attll alive, or where a man
relating to tbe obvakal
tie* of the defendant at the time of hi* trials**
well aa that relating to the main Issue* involved
In the case on that trial. is merely
cumulative in It* characterjujd would haidly be
Buf&cWmtof itsail to have authorised tbe court to
have set aside the verdict In an ordinary motion
for a new trial certainly not sufficient to author-
exawtnlinary motion fur a new trial to be
trader the l
dM. It la true tl
HOYLE’S FLIGHT
AMD THE FULL PARTICULARS OP IT.
Interview with Deputy Sheriff Collier ud Cap
tain Stars as—His Koveaeats ia Califor
nia—H* Chang* His ffaxe—'Why
He Went to Lot Acgtle*.
Weaver mid. I have killed her.
aciTNH tbe branch; *l»e wa* *;> heavy we laid her
down and drug her: we held her by the hand*;
we carried her about one hundred and fifty
.......... time on the hind wheel* _
_ adtftUnc 'of a quarter or a half mile; we
wracpcd her up In >nrae old Hack*, h uil *d her to
n fence; we then took a i* le and run Wilder the
hole and put her in, took out tbe fade sod
rrvd her up Weaver came lo my hou^e and we
t to the flint burying place and found the
DthGa. rep . -10; Kelly vs. Hall 50th
Ga. rep., c*. There is no precedent in the
court* of this state of which we have
aay knowledge, that requires a judge to aim and
certify a second bill of exception*
court* when rendered 1
fed tribunal* of the a
obeyed and enlovned.
Tbe 8tate % road train on Sunday night'
brought barg-to this city the agents of the
state, Captain W. A. Starnes and Deputy
Bhariff Henry la Collier, who had been de-
» facts in their affidavit*, that were not proven j snatched to California to secure and brine
to AtUntm ^our lateral-collector!
BaMusrjnBffa&Tk's: ™ th ,
toent. These gentlemen hgd a long trip to
accomplish, and alt know the fruitless and
fatal results of tbe pursniL They returned
greatly fatigued, and will make their report
to tbe proper authorities*) soon m all tbe
legal papers and records reach tbe city.
THE FLIGHT OF HOTLE.
with its causes and cireomstauces has 'al
ready been fully detailed in these columns,
and it would be mere idteratiom
to set out at length again
all those unfortunate circumstances. They
were of such character as to force him to a
deliberate and almost successful effort at
escape, both from the presence of his de
ceived fellow-men and from the immediate
consequences of his fault. He could not
summon the effrontery to brazen oat the
charges which he knew must soon be pub
lished against his name and character, and
he He-’from them. Ii was lev* nn ecLcf
cowardice than of deep feeling and compas
sion for the loved relations and trusted
friends, whom he knew would feel the
blow and tbe disgrace quite as keenly as
hiruself. Whatever his errors of conduct or
judgment, they are now buried with bis
body in that narrow grave in the cemetery
at Los Angeles. The swift critics and the
harsh judges of human actious are silenced
by the’ final act of expiation which the
brave, but erring roan, himself committed.
Interview with Captain Starnes.
A reporter of The Constitution encoun
ter. d Captain Starnes early yesterday morn-
The judgment* of tbe
r the properly oonadtu-
Ue must be respected,
the application for
A MATTER - OF SURPRISE.
It was the subject of comment upon the
streets that the above opinion was delivered
by Chief-Justice Warner. It will not tie
fotgotten that on the occasion when the
supreme court affirmed the judgment in tbe
case. Chief-Justice Warner delivered a
somewhat startling dissenting opinion.
He disagreed with tbe majority of
of the bench, and expreroed his dissent in
terms of no little warmth. It was on this
account that many persona thought there
waa a chance of a favorable decision in this
fiffcj' » iocuel. The cbto po
sition of the court having changed by the
retirement of Judge Bleckley and the suc
cession of Judge Crawford, some were in
duced to think there waa a chance for Cox
in an agreement bv Judge Crawford in the
views of Judge Warner’s dissenting opin
ion. This proved not to be the case, and
the court stands unanimous, it apjiears, in
denying the mandamus upon the grounds
assigned by counsel for Cox. The decision of
the supreme court will, in a few days, be
come the judgment of the court below.
THIS IS THE END
of all the legal resources left to Cox, except
the one frail chance of an executive pardon.
Of that there is said to be no hope or ex
pectation. There appears now no alterna
tive for liim; he must go to the oeniten-
tiary and begin that term of penal service
which the law has said shall end only with
his life. It cannot be but a few days until
he is called upon to meet that consequence
of his unfortunate act.
Tne idea of attempting to take his case to
the supreme court of the United States lia**,
we learn, been abandoned. It is said there
are no provisions of law under which a pro
cess could is-sue that would bring his case
before that high tribunal. Hence that
hope, too, has vanished with the others.
1IOW COX REA US IT.
It is reported that Cox is very much de
pressed in spirits over the result of ihis last
effort for a new hearing He had ho|>es
that he would again be allowed to test bis
cause before a jury of his country. He does
not believe that he ought lo suffer for his
act, and he still thinks be might justify it
in another trial. He gives no intimation
of wtakness, but rather feels’that he has
not had a fair chance for his liberty.
It is thought he will now endeavor, on
account of his beloved wife and children,
to so deport himself in his service as to win
the confidence and sympathy of the |>eople,
■and in time procure pardon for his violation
of the law. In that future clemency he has
now to center all his bojies.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
was taken back to Los Angeles to appear
next day in the superior court. Collier
went with him and I remained in San
FrancUco. Tbe hearing was postponed to
Tuesday, the 20th, when he was ordered
delivered into our custody. Then a
writ was . served from the supreme
court, in session at Los Angeles, to be heard
next day at 11 a. m. That night at ten
minutes past eleven o’clock Hoyle shot
himself and died in about half boar. Henry
Col liar telegraphed me tbe fact and then
came on to San Francuoo, as Sam Hoyle
had requested his lawyer, Mr. Eastman, to
take charge of hu remains and effects. Col
lier had given an order to have
his remains embalmed. but coun
termanded it when Hoyle’s letter
was found. We then came home, being de
layed. however, about three days by a snow
storm in the Sierra Nevadas. The remains
of tbe deceased were buried in Los An-
geles."
"How about the rumor that you were
going to iron him?"
*T never heard of it until Hoyle had
kOled himself. We thought of no
aosh thing, and X never suggested
We treated Hoyle the
very best we knew how. I was with him
over two weeks every day and talked and
played cards with him freely. He was
cheerful usually, but when I would suggest
that we should come home he would insist
we should wait, so that the court here could
adjourn and time be gained for him. He
did not want to come back while court was
in session. He never said a word to me
about killing hinueif before he would
articles were found, after his death!
by the con oner.
The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict in
accordance with the above facts and the re
mains were/prepared for and given proper
interment.
Below wa publish copies of
HOYLE’S LAST LETTERS.
Colonel Eastman—My Friend: I want
you to take charge of an[d] allow Col
lier under uo circumstances to handle my
remains or personal effects; have my trunk
with all my things shipped expressed to Mrs.
S. R. Hoyle, Shorter’s station, Alabama.
After taking out reasonable fees send re*
“I will tell you what he told me about T mairder of,money to my wire. I thank you
his Attempt tbe first erenlne when he was ^tdyotirqsociulea for zeal and energy in
put in jail. He said Be tAhn/JLJMp Jlfe I t
felt so utterly lost and deagnuch praise I ’ " 1
that all the world was againtaer of pre-
hog* rooting in the grave, the buxxtrri* were
clothing
there
puned lo view and
lorn l>y the hog*. We then decided It
t* her. which
Alter *he wa* killed it wasundermoo ..
letter* were to tie written. Weaver wa*
hav«i
letter*; Weaver received tao letter*; I h d thei
wrote; they were written l*y a man t»n Decatur
•treat. Atlanta, name not m; •llected. The letter*
J rtcclved Weaver had written, one by J meyaud
one by Jone*, in Atlanta; the other
two written by partie* name* not recollected.
J. T. Vealrweeived on-: Henry Join* wrote that.
When 1 weut to MUedarippI my wife gave the let
ter* I received to Mum Ktnma Weaver. Mi** Nor
ris’* trunk wa* taken toliarkaUm by raynelf; It
wo brought hack to my hoitne and put In the
crib; ulaytd there until the day before 1 tuned
t* MtMdedppi; it wa* taken out ami burnt;
■tone with my wile t.
and burnt d IL MKs
gold breaidpin; bail
nn when
I'srrytng her to
* killed; It W»t off a* we we
bury her; 1 found D afterward*; I kept it uutlt
went to Mb»b*ippt, and gave it to my wile. She
al*o had on e*r U>t«; they we e lout in the !ti>t
burying. Hhe al*o had on a gold ring; Weaver
took It off her huger at the lir>t grave before we
covered her t»p: 1 saw
aluo had utteen dollar* _ .
wa* killed. Weaver and I divided it be
tween ua there At the h'anch; Dv<
dollar* of the money wa* given her by mymclf
the other ten dollar* I don’t recollect, and an
not ptwltlve how »he got il
Jamew M. Jolly, *eul lor ut. ibe undersigned, to
come Into tbe jail and hear him m tke the aln.ve
•Utcraent. and requested that the *a»ue be pub
lished. .vpnl :%>th, LVsO.
John Jo
J T. V\t i.in<;iia'
J. R Ki*»ki.u
Georgia DeKalb county. In peraon came
Jolly, who on o.«th say* that tne within
ineut wa* made lively and voluntarily on hi* jmrt
and the same wa* read over to him atwr givi.ig it.
and that the aamv i* correct and true.
hi*
J. M. X Jolly.
fiw ot n to before me thl* April I two.
J. R KVssKU, Clerk 3. C.
Tbe altove Mtatetnent was made in the pre
ence of John Jolly. Ihomas tl. Kiuchcr. J. 1
Willingham and J. K. Unveil.
Mr. llwjrea Send** ft. Bark to the House
Without Ilia Nlgnatnre.
Washington, May 4.—The president
trxlay signed the army appropriation bill
and returned the deficiency bill to the house
with the following veto message:
To the house of representatives: After
mature consideration of the bill enti
tled, "An act making appropriations to
supply certain deficiencies in the appropri
ations for the service of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1880, and
for other purposes," I return it tafthe house
of representatives, in which it originated,
with my objections to its passage. The bill
appropriates about$8,000,000, of which over
$000,000 is for the payment of fees of United
States marshal* and of general and special
deputy-marshals earned during the cur
rent ’ fiscal • year and their inci
dental ex|»ens’>s. The appropriations
made in the bill are needed to carry on the
qierations of the government mid to fulfill
its obligations for the payment of money
long since due to its officer* for services and
ex (tenses essential to the execution of their
duties v ttnder the laws of ihe United States.
The necessity for these appropriations is so
urgent, and they have been already so long
delayed, that if the bill before me contained
no (termanent or general legislation uncon
nected with these appropriations, it would
receive my prompt approval. It c mtains,
however, provisions which materially
and by implication repeal imp<
ant parts of the laws for the regulat
of United States elections. The.-e laws
have, for several years past, been
subject of vehement political' controversy,
and have been denounced as unnecessary,
oppressive and unconstitutional. On the
other hand, it has been maintained with
iqual zeal and earnestness that election
laws are indispeuaible to fair and lawful
elections, and are clearly warranted by the
constitution. Under these c ; rcums»anees,
to attempt in appropriation hills modifica
tion or repeal of these laws is to annex a
cotulition to the passage of needed and
proper appropriations, which tends to de
prive the executive of that equal and in
dependent exercise of his dhcretion and
judgment which the c institution contem
plates. The objection to the bill, tlieref ire.
to which I respectfully ask your atten
tion, ia that it gives marked and deliberate
sanction, attended by no circumstances of
pushing necessity to the questionable and,
as 1 am dearly of opinion, dangerous pnic
lice of uckiiv.* upon appropriation bills
general and |*rui*nent legislation. The
practice opens wide the door to hasty, in
considerate and sinister legislation. It in
vites attacks u|ion independence and the
constitutional powerof the executive by pio
Tiding an easy and effective way of con
straining executive discretion. Although
of late this practice lias been resorted to by
THE CASE OF ED. COX.
i tbe ffa
There waa considerable interest mani-
S«steJ jeatt rday u(»on the stneta in the de-
ctaioo of the supreme court in the ca
Fid. CoS. It is re netub-red that his coun
Ml filed* motion for * new trial, upon ex
traorJmary croutids, which motion i
denied by Judge HUIver. Counsel p
touted a bill of exceptions to this ruling,
which Judge Hiilyer refused to cer.ifv, to
tbe supreme court. Theieupou counsel for
t\»x applied to the supreme court for a writ
of mandamus directing Judg* Hiilyer to
certify raid bill of exceptions. ' This
application wts argued some day
ago, as repined in these
column* and d„-ci?»on reserved by the
•court until the regular "opinion day,"
which was yesterday.
tuk :
Yesterday :
DAMU* REFUSED.
ornir.g when the court began
to deliver iu opinio is that with reference
to the i’ox case was anxiously awaiteJ. It
was finally reached and delivered a
lows:
WARNER, C J.
ThU U au application to this court for
rfhunu* to nquirv the j.iJke of the »upcri r court
ao*t«n ana »vrufy a > com! bill ».f exuepdonaJor
anew trial in the rase of tne State v*. Edward
Cox. who wa* tried and fotmd malty of the
lease of anuraer lu Fulton Miperior cou t. It ap-
pvsn from the record, that at the term of the
vourt at which the Uciendani wa* tried, he made
a motion for a new trial on the several grounds
.therein eel forth, wh eh was ovcinucdaad tne
rtk!t nd*nt excepted aud brvoight the nee to this
•court, which affirmed the judgment of the court
power, it did'not prevail until forty years
after the adoption of the constitution, and
it is confidently believed that it is con
demned by the enlightened judgment of the
country. The states which have adopted nc
constitutions during the last quarter of
century have generally previdtsl remedies
for this evil. Many of them have enacted that
a law shall contain more than one subject
hicb shall be plainly expressed in its title.
The constitutions of more than half of the
states contain substantially this provi?ionor
some other of like intent and meaning.
"The public wel'a e will be promoted in
many-ways by a return to the early practice
of the government and to the true rule of
legislation which is that every tneas
ure should stand upon its oxn mer
its. 1 aui firmly convinced that appro
pnation hills ought not to contain any leg
Ulation not relevant to the application oi
expenditure ot money thereby appropri
ated, and that by a strict adherence to this
principle important and much needed re
form will be accomplished. Flacing my
objection to the bill on this feature ot its
frame, 1 forbear any comment upon the
important general and permanent legisla
tion which it contains as matter (of specific
and independent consideration.
(Signed.) Rutherford B Hj
Executive Mansion
ing and secured from that officer a full &c
count of the affair, so far as be knew it and
was an actor in it.
»tain Stares stated as follows:
e left here juat six weeks ago yester
day, when we returned. When the tele
gram was received here by Chief Anderson
from the chief of police of San Francisco
stating that Sam Hoyle was there, I was.
sent to swear out the warrant charging him
with embfzzlement. This I did as au offi
cer, and upon this a requisition w£* issued by
the governor, aud Collier and myself were
appointed agents to goaf ter Hoyle. We left
here and went direct to California. We
stopped at. Sacramento to secure
the governor’s warrant. I left Col
lier there and went on to San Francisco,
expecting him to come on with the papers.
I wanted to reach Hoyle and tell hint of
our mission, believing that when he under
stood it he would make no resistance, bun
consent to return with us quietly andcom-
fortabl v. 1 went down to Los Angeles, and
found him there in jail."
MEETING WITH THE OFFICER.
"How did Mr. Hoyle greet you wheu you
went to see him?"
He met me very cordially. In fact, he
said be was glad to see me, because 1 had
been bis friend, and he wanted to know
how things were at home. He spoke very
freely, aud was anxious to know how alf
his people were, and what his friends and
the public generally thought of his act and
his H»ght."
"What did you reply to him?"
"I told hi in that his relations were dis
tressed, but not hopeless of bringing hint
out of his difficulties safely; that his per
sonal friends were defending him to the
utmost of their ability and would stand by
him, and that I thought the public believed
be was more unfortunate than otherwise;
that be had suffered at the hands of other*
and taken the burden all upon himself."
"Did that appear to cheer hitn any?"
"It seemed to please him and make him
more chcesful, but he did not at first get*
reconciled to the idea ot having to come
back to Georgia. He told me a great many
things about his private business which"i
do not think I have a right to divulge to
the public through the press."
** Did he tell you anything about liis
flight?*’
THE STORY or 1118 FI.IUI1T.
" He said that lie had been carrying this
load of trouble with his accounts for two
years, and that it was ruining his peace
of mind and his affairs generally. He
said Comptroller-General Wrigbt was press
ing and demanding a settlement from him,
and he saw that the day of discovery could
not be averted. He made every possible
endeavor to raise the money to
straighten his accounts, but could not
do so. He lost heavily at the Augusta,
Chicago and Nashville races, hoping to re
gain his money bj these ventures; he had
failed, and saw that his
course was that of flight,
he adopted, lie left his wife and children
at Shorter’* station, in Alabama, and went
to Nashville There he sold his hono-s, a
mare and two promising colts, to General
Harding, of Belle Mead brood-farm, for the
sura of $1,500. He went on to Cincinnati
add there sold out all his interest in a sport
ing establishment there. Thence he went
to Chicago, ami from that city began liis
flight across the continent."
‘Did he .-oake auy attempt to conceal his
identity?"
"Only a feeble one. I do not think he
looked for sudden and effectual pursuit. He
went to Omaha and there checked his bag
gage in his own name to San Fran
ebeo, to which point? he also
bought his tickets. There is a fashion
on the overland route of telegraphing ahead
“to tbe San Francisco papers the names of
tbe parties on h>ard the trains, en route for
San Francisco. In this way tlie name of
Samuel K. Hoyle. Atlanta, Ga , was tele
graphed with the list and published .in the
San Francisco papers a day or two before
his arrival there. About the same time
there appeared in the associated press dis
patches a telegram to the effect: ‘Samuel
K. Hoyle, defaulting tax-collector, abscond
ed; $30,000; cause, gambling.' Captain A.
W. Stone, of the San Francisco detective
force, bad seen both these publications and
was on the lookout for Hoyle to secure his
arrest.”
"he changed his name
upon arriving in San Francisco. He
went to the Occidental hotel
and registered as Samuel H. Irvine,
Alabama. Captain Stone traced him to
the hotel and by means of his baggage,
which was checked as that of ‘Samuel II.
Hoyle,’ identified and shadowed him. He
could not arrest him on the basis alone of a
h* would like i «a^fw!_ r ^_^.— ___
grace at once. In the room where he was
placed was a closet, with a double-barrel
shotgun inside it He learned this and
tried his best to force or pick the lock, so
that he might get tbe gun and kill himself.
He failed in this, but soon the jailor came
in to his desk and laid his pistol upon it
Hoyle said he secretly prayed that the jai
lor would go out and leave the weapon
where he could get it. Presently his prayer
seemed answered, for the jailor left the
room without his pistol. Hoyle
said he actually laughed at the man giving
him such a chance, aud he seized the pistol
to fire tbe fatal shot. As he lay down on
the bed and presented the cocked weapon
to his head be says he saw the image of his
darling hoy rise before his eyes as vividly
as though it was the child itself. The illu
sion so unnerved him that his hand refused
to do the work, and ho was forced to replace
the pistol and calm himself. He could not
summon the courage to take his life while
that image was impressed upon his wind.
"He spoke fr-tely and frequently of his
wife and. children, and liis great love for
them; and the anguish be endured seemed
more for their sufferings tlian for his own.
lie appeared to have * their condition con-
Uy in
HIS FIRST EFFORT.
"My God, man,-what have you doner*
snd hr.
Hoyle made no answer, but Heuber dis
covered that Hoyle’s shirt and coverlet
were on Ore. He smothered these out with
his hand and then ran to summon the doc
tor, who $ras not far distant, and who
promptly''appeared. Tbe terrible wound
was fatal. JThe ball had gone where the
poor man ^tended, and the skiU of the
physician vas set at defiance.
» THK WOUND
breast, just over the heart,
iting the arteries and ves-
he neart. The pistol used
"bull-dog” pistol, five bar-
calibre. How Hoyle got
noiaoithr pistol is not known. He may
havehad i. in his trunk concealed, or it
may have been given him by some one
while he wm in the court room during the
day. The grand jury of the county are
said to be investigating to ascertaini by
whom tbi pistol was given to Hoyle. He
also had a loaded derringer sewed into the
lining of 1 is vest and a small rat-tail file;
amusement and conversation with S. R.
Hoyle.
Signed—Branson & Wells, attorneys at
law; Thomas B. Brown, district attorney,
Los Angeles county, California; W. R
Rowland, sheriff Los Angeles county;
Henry King, chief of police, Los Angeles
conntv.
April 24, 1880.
We also present the following letter re
ceived yesterday by Chief Anderson:
Los Angeles, April 22, 1880.—To Chief
Police: Euclosed you will find the letters
of S R. Hoyle, which 1 cut from the Los
Angeles Daily Herald columns. It is in
regard to them that I address you on the
subject, that the people of Atlanta, Ga.,
will kuow all the facts in the case. I will
now state that Captain Starnes treated
S. ~ — ■ •
A Desperate Affray In Kenfaehy-Flre
HUd Low of Life. Lie.
Cincinnati, May 4.—A desperate affray
took plate in Wayne county, Ky..on Thurs
day last, A man named Powell, who was
a witne-s of the murder, last fall, of Hutch
inson bv Phillips, has been begg«d and
threatened by Phillips in order to keep him
from testifying Powell refused to leave
the country or accept a bribe. Oh Thursday
night a par.y of six or seven masked men
attacked Powell’s b mse and broke in a door
with a rail, when Powell struck three of
befo'e it hah bren mane the judgment o! * that them down with an axe. Mrs Powell was
court iu order, the defendant made a tevond shot iu the arm. The maskers retreated
Motion tor a sew uiat upou the gtouud but again returned, when Powell tired and
timt it waa “aa extraor -inary motion killed the leader, who proved to be John
WUlatnilh. The others ran off. Mrs. Powell
pulled a handkerchief off the face of one
Hand the prohhtM judge return^T'io'ktgn amt ; man and said it was Phillips. Powell
csrttir a »jc»n4 btU ot cxivptious for a n«w utal j obtained warrants for the arrest of three of
Iu that caw- for the reason outers mated the men who are now in jail,
by Lira lu hi* judjgmeui of refusal) that the mat- _ J
Una >W—i*» W»<? motion, did not make *u«l
a extraordinary ease within the mcantos of th.
i the clerk'* office ivf the cuurt below, but
press dispatch, and hence the telegram from
the chief of police to Chief Anderson. He
watched him, however, closely. Iloyle
only remained one day in San Francisco
and Stone followed him to the train and
saw him buy his ticket and check his bag
gage to Los Angeles. In the meantime the
telegram to arrest - him bad been sent from
here. It was repealed to Los Angeles, and
Hoyle was arrested there the next day,
upon s'epping from the train, and was
carried to pr:«on to await the comingof tbe
eflicers and the requisition from Georgia."
WHY HE WE::T TO LOS ANGELES.
"Did Hoyle give you any reason for tak
ing the direction be diii, or explain why he
went to Los Angeles?"
"Yes He said he was trying to to
Byron Water*, who lives about sixty-five
miles from 1^*1 AngHes, and who wav
raised with httu. Waters was his friend
and he was trying to get to him. Waters
was from Cherokee county. Georgia, and
Hoyle and he were raised with each other.
He said he had an ulea of probably going
to Tucson, New Mexico, or Toombstone,
Arizona, until he could get bis affairs all
arranged. He also had a letter of intro
duction to ex-Attorney-General Hamit fan
and bad
this side of Sacramento, to present it.
Hamilton was off at court, hut, although
Hoyle was pressed by Mrs. Hamilton
to remain. he refused to wait
and went on to San Francisco.
U1S MOVEMENTS THESE.
‘‘As soon as Hoyle was arrested and taken
to the jail be was made comfortable. Jailer
Thoni|K*on gave him his private room in
the building and got him a good bed. etc.
Hoy e sent for attorneys, employing
Messrs. Eastman, King, Hailey and Roberts,
and afterwards adding to them Messrs.
Chapman and White. He had on his per-
t his thoughts."
nterview Witt* Deputy StterifrCollier
Late in the evening The Constitution re
porter found Deputy Sheriff' Henry L. Col
lier and asked him for a statement of his
connection with the affair. Mr. Collier said
he did not deem it proper to submit to a
formal interview, as he was preparing a full
and detailed official report of the whole
matter, which would be presented by him
self and Captain Starnes to the gov
ernor. He consented to answer some ques
tions about the details of the tragedy wnich
ended his missiou to California.
•You remained in San Francisco, I be
lieve, until Hoyle.was brought there before
tbe United States court?’’
Yes, sir. The first time 1 saw Hole after
my arrival was in the United States court
room at San Francisco, at 2 o'clock, on the
evening of the lGth of April.
"What con^vernation passed between you
at that time?"
"As he entered the door I rose to speak to
him and stepped forward to do so, but to
my surprise he turned on his heels aud be
gan Calking to the sheriff. I sat down, sup-
uoeibg he was mad with me for coming after
him. Afterwards he remarked to Starnes:
’Collier did not speak’ to me; did you no
tice it?* Starnes replied: *No. 8am, but I
noticed that you turned away from him
when he went to speak to you.’ When tbe
judge decided that he should go back to Los
Angeles Hoyle went to tbe depot in a car
riage and I on foot. When 1 git there we
shook hands and l said l was glad to see
him so well. We were together all the way
down to Los Angeles. He slept in
the lower and I in the upper berth of
the sletper that night. I bought his
ticket, and gave him money to buy his
cigars, etc. He was very friendly all the
way, was cracking jc-kes on the road, and I
know he had no hare feelings toward me."
Ills IKqUIRIES ABOUT HOME.
"Did he give you any idea of his inten
tion to commit suicide?"
"Not in the least. He never intimated to
me that'he contemplate* 1 such an act. He
asked me particularly what his bondsmen
thought about him? L said they did not,
with one exception, seem to be worried
about it. He laughed and said that not a
single one of them were hart at all! I made
no inquiries of him to know what he meant
by the remark. Tne only person beseemed
• i to have any ill-will against was the de-
, tective. Stone, who had him arrested. He
<>lcn said if Stone would ditf he would be his
chief mourner at the fureraL**
"Where you at the time he shot him
self?"
"I was at the hotel, about a block and a
half off from the jail. 1 heard of it about
fifteen minutes after he shot himself, and
•as soon as I could dress 1 made haste to his
bedside. I was there wit'ain twenty min
utes from the time he fired the shot.”
THE DYING MAN’S MESSAGE!.
"How did you find him when - you
ratebed there? *
"He was unconscious at the time I en
tered. The doctor, who was there, «. td he
won dead, or dying. I at on oe turned and
oegau to complain of the oflic-urs for letting
Hoyle have the pistol, and asked if tiiey
could account for it While I was talking
be recognized my voice, and called me to
him. He had his right hand o ?er his wound,
and it was very bloody, bur he reached
out and took my right hand, in his. He
paid, speaking with great ditfic llty: ‘Hen
ry Collier, you are my only l.riend, and I
want you' to stay by me.’’ 1 ihen asked
him: 'What in the world did .nm do this
for?* He said: 'I did it for the good of niy
wife and children. I could nou bear the
idea of my children being pointed Lo as the
children of a convict and my w'lfc as the
wife of a convict’ I told him; 'You have
made a great mistake. If it was Jfor the
good of your wife and children, you: ought
not to have done this.’ He said: *1 t.tought
it was for the best.’ I then said to him:
Sam, you have but a few moments to live:
have you any messages to send home?* He
said: ‘Yes; tell my v'.fe that my last
thoughts were of her; that I loved her U?itiJ
the last; to kiss my children for me
and to raise them as she and I would 1 ave
raised inem if 1 bad lived, and this mis. or
tune had not befallen me. Tell my motL-er
to forgive me; that I loved her to the las*.
Tell my sisters that I fcoved them too. Tell
Mr. Rhode Hill that I remember him to
the last, and love him too. Tell Mr. Jiiu
English that I remember his acts of kind
ness, and love him too.’ I then said to him:
‘Sam, rest a minute; I want to ask you a
question.’ I asked the doctor to give him
some brandy to stimulate him. The doctor
asked him if he was in any pain, and he
replied by puttiug his hand on the pit of
his stomach. I turned to answer the ques
tion of a reporter, and had my eyes off irom
—The courts have decided
iuii Collier and Starnes have acted
■f£nf towards me.. Collier has
;oIu severatVersons that he intended to iron
me so heavily that I couldn’t get up when
down. Of course yon all know me too well
to think that I could submit to this humil
iation when I have it in my power to pre
vent it. I had rather go under with the
shoes than die piecemeal on the rack.
0! my wife, blame me not. It is for the
best for all of us. My God, my God, my
soul stands still. The very pulsations of
my heart cease as I approach this subject
For God’s sake don’t call it cowardice, for
it is not If I did not know that my death,
under all circumstances, would be to the
interest of ray wife and children, I could
live and undergo all the tortures of man
and devil. But Lida, think of my precious
little on’s growing up and the finger of
scorn to point them out as the son and
daughter of a convict! Never, never! 1
“jr calm and determined. I have
eath. May the Great Eternal
Ruler protect tuy precious wife
and little ones. Oh, heavens,
what would I not give to [have] you with
this awful hour, but I must not al
low my thoughts to dwell; it makes a cow
ard of me. My last words on this earth
shall be, “My wife." Oh, my noble, brave,
loving wife. God, God! how can I leave
you? My heart almost fails me. But
hush, oh breaking heart, keep still. Jodie,
Alverine and my poor old mother, what
shall 1 say? Tell raa her other sons must
comfort her old age, anti Imogeue, Frank,
Mr. Howell and all, good-bye.
In a few minutes I go to the land where
all is peace and rest. God have mercy on
ray soul.
5Cr. Thompson and sons and Rowland, I
thauk you for your kindness. Adieu.
S. R. Hoyle.
One of Mr. Hoyle's near relatives yester
day received a letter from Jailer Thorn
enclosing some of Mr. Hoyle’s hair w
the jailer's daughter had had taken from
his head to be sent to his bereaved kins-
people. The thoughtful act was much ap
preciated .
THE IRONING OF II0YLE.
Both Messrs Collier and Starnes deny
positively any threats upon their part to
iron Mr. Hoyle upon their return with him
to Georgia. They will probably include a
reference to this subject in their report to
the governor. In the meantime we present
the following cards, which were published
in the San Francisco Bulletin aud referred
to in tha special to The Constitution a few
days since:
We were commissioned by the state of
Georgia to receive the custody of Mr. Hoyle
from the authorities in the state, and to re
turn him to the authorities having jurisdic
tion of his case. The laws concerning ex
tradition have been d-rably complied with,
and our leg.il right to his custody was clear
from the oeginniug. The uses that were
made of habeas corpus on the other side did
aud could aubttrrre only the single purpose
of delays. After Mr. Hoyle was remaude-1
to us by order of the superior court we re
ceived intimations that some attempt at
rescue would be made. The intimations
made no serious impression, Lut we sug
gested that if such was the case it would be
the worse for Mr. Iloyle in necessitating
more stringent means to secure his safe
transportation. Through the advice of his
counsel, Mr. Hoyle was making desperate
efforts to esca|>e in the courts, and it was
quite natural to suppose that he might
,e efforts to escape after being
remanded to us. We had determined to
guard against this. At Los Angeles,from the
1st to tbe 16th of April, the tint subscriber
hereto was with Mr.Hoyle almost constantly
day and night, and our relations were
oi the most inendly character, and neither
by word or act was it intimated that Mr.
Hoyle was" to be put in irons, or iu any wuy
humiliated or harshly treated. The supe
rior court of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the
20th instant, remanded Mr. Hoyle to our
custody as agents of Georgia. Within ten
minutes a writ of habeas corpus was served
on tbe second subscriber hereto out of the
supreme court, and he was again ordered
into the custody of the sheriff. About 11
i. that night Mr. Hoyle shot himself,
Tbe t'mur»e Contented.
Uvr'a* woukl ahtboilwa mvod4 motion'for a ! New York, May 3—A San Franci«co
Uial aficr (tiei.ru motion Imd bwn made special sav- since a recent decision of Judex
ami HolTm.n in tie Ttborcio-1**!
!lLut>u,'ly lv mat wheu a motion for anew trial ; rolt cais *’ that the fourteenth an e idment | which he turned over to his Attorney—
in a criiatnsl ca*e ka* twea overruled ia the court ' covered the Chinese with protection of this i They at once began legal proceeding to keep
below and brought to thi* court on a bill«>i ex- f government, even if no treaty existed with • him out of our Lands. They secured a
yyqop;* and *? tneChintee governmental all. tbe tneui- ! writ of habeas corpus, and the nearing of
52?!l2'he N *dtoSid or cnnLS^"Sfiy^xlirS bejsofthe Cninese consulate there are per- it was delayed for some days. When we
uoo to that tenenu rule t* Uut •pccihcd la tbe . indifferent to anything the newly . »nixed there we demanded Hoyle upon the
S7)S« mk-uou of the code when u 1» * an extra i pointed minister snd commissioners may . warrant of the governor, but wens refused
ordinary motion or o**e." and tiie ] s*ek to effect in modifying aay portion of ! Collier in the meantime got a writ
<ine**von f ‘ Burlingame treaty. They rest perfectly : of habeas corpus ftom United States
ever b* defendant • ' contented with the nrovid f..r tfcir .»
It makes *uch -an extraordm
Iraary rao’tou ortW » tection in the fourteenth amendment, and j and Hoyle wj
as will take u out of the giumd rule herelnbe- regard the miwtion to the celestial empire; inst. There
XK-e »ia ted. Alter tbe mui: a&xhnu and careful now as a "Idol’s errand.”
as taken there on the 16th
Hoyle about half a minute. When 1 turn
ed back he gave two paroxysms and died,
without any apparent great suffering.”
JUST BEFORE IHE DEED
There were apprehensions upon the part
of tbe sheriff and chief of police that a res
cue of Hoyle might be attempted on the
night iu question, through the aid of hi*
attorneys and their friends. A guard was
laced about the j " ~ —
feu her was placed
The latter talked freely with Heuber ab.<ut
his affairs and about his wife and children.
He went and opened his trunk and show ed
the depurir sheriff the photographs of his
THE REVENUE MEN.
SLANDERS AGAINST NORTH GEORGIA
A Court of Inquiry to bo Instituted to In
vestigate Charges of Lawlessness in
Several Counties of This State-
Congressional Inquiry. Etc.
family. Heuber was inside the cell sesied
in a chair and leaning against tbe doc r.
The door was locked on tbe outside an d
the jailei’s son v.as sleeping just outside on
a pallet. About 10 p. m. Hoyle askec'
Heuber if he intended to stay up all night!
Heuber said: "Yes, those are my orders.’*
Hoyle said tb :re was no use iu that, and
asked H«uber to go out ami get a pair
of handcuffs and "handcuff yourself to me«i
and we will go to sleep." Heaber said “boj,
I must stay up. I will not disturb you.’
Hoyle, tailing to get Heuber out of th<(c.*li
(or a moment, undressed and lay down In
ted. He placed three pillows under his
head and half >it up as he smoked a cigar.
He asked Heuber. "Do they expect any
thing to happen to-night?*’ Heuber said,
"No.” Hoyle said, .
"I WILL BE OUT OF THIS JAIL
before three o’clock. I ara going oat, and
you nor anybody else can prevent it’.”
Heuber thought this confirmatory of
the report of a ja il delivery, but
said nothing. Jos: then Hoyle pulled tbe
coverlet up to his neck, and xn an instant,
as be turned his faoe to the wall, the
smothered report of the pistol rang on the
i ir of the celL Heuber leapt to his feet
and his letter to his wife mu9t have been
written sometime during tbe afternoon
After the shooting, and for about ten min
utes before his death (he lived thirty min
utes), I (Collier) was with him, and grasp
ing my hand, he said: “Henry Collier, you
are my friend, and l want you to s r a»y with
me till the last ” lie delivered to me mes
sages to bis wife, his children, his mother
and sisters, and to' two gentlemen* friends
in Atlanta—all of which wusfi6ard by sev
eral present. Captain Starns was :*t this
time in San Francisco.
We are satisfied that the statement that
Mr. Hoyle made in his letter to his wife
"to humiliate liim and load him with
irons” is the result of false and sinister
represenations made to him in order to
prevent him surrendering himself to our
custody and to stop further contests in the
courts, which several times he bad ex
pressed a willingness to do.
We never conceived any purp'jae to hu
miliate Mr. Hoyle, nor to treat hiui other
wise than with perfect kindness. His mis
fortune excited ou»* strongest oommissira-
tion, and we cherished no ill feeling toward
him. During the war he was known as
The Boy Soldier,” was crippled by a
wound received on the battlefield, was a
brave and generous man—bad been greatly
honored both in private and public by the
people of his native state. His history
rendered our duty all the more delicate.
We make this statement to correct any iux-
preSi’iou that our conduct contributed in
S way to his sad 4ixd unfortunate death,
r. jloyle might have thought so, but
other* at.** to blame for it, and not we.
The certificate that follows explores it
self. W. A. Starnes,
Henry L. Collier,
Agents of the State of Georgia.
San Francisco, April 24, 1880.
Having observed in one of the morning
papers a statement regarding Henry L Col
lier, the agent of the state of Georgia ap
pointed to receive S R. Hoyle ard return
Uax to said state, which might nralead
thoee unacquainted with the facts in regard
to Mr. Collier’s conduct, we therefore certi
fy that since his arrival here his conduct
has keen that of a high-toned gentleman
and a faithfnl officer. Towards Mr. Hoyle
be has been uniformly kind and generous;
and while faithfully discharging his duty
as an ofteer. be seemed always considerate
of Hoyle's leeliugs, and to us has expressed
himself that Hoyle was a brave and gener
ous man..and until the unfortunate occur
rence for which he was arrested, wa
the moat popular men and officers
lanta, the niiefigud of a most excellent wife
and the fond .fetter of two beautiful chil
dren.
Mr. Cpllier.new received actual posses
sion of Hoyle, he -h«ring remained in tbe
actual custody of the sheriff of this county,
Mr. Rowland, who placed him in custody
c#f the jailor, Mr. fbtmpson. who gave
Hoyle, while confined in jail, the use and
occupation of one of his own rooms
jail buildings.
No person in tbe position occupied by
Japt
spiteful or harsh word about Hoyle, but
treated him(Hoyle)ill the time with kind
ness and respect. L consider Captain
Starnes a gentleman of the highest order,
and as an officer, Atlanta ought to be well
proud of. He is cool, determined and
kind.
Mr. Collier was only here foe a few days
and what I saw of him I know he never
mad? such remarks about Hoyle or any body
else. I asked Mr. Collar myself if he
thought that Hoyle would require hand
cuffs on him going hack. He (Collier) said
that he would not iron him. for there was
need of it. Now, chief, how Mr. Hovle
could write such stuff about those two gen
tlemen in his last hour, is something I can
not account for. Mr. Hoyle says in his let
ter that he only heard soaud-so. I think
he must have had some bad advisers to tell
Hoyle anything of tbe kind. I will tell you
happened at the bedside of
Mr. Hoyle in his last momenta. Mr. Col
lier was standing over him and asked what
he could do for him. Mr. Hoyle told
him to stay by him and not
leave him, which Collier did.
So his last words to Collier do not tally with
his letters at all. Your officers from Geor
gia did their duty. They did all that
could be done by man. They did it with
coolness, firmness and kindness. I send you
this letter to warn you against false reports
in papers concerning Collier and Starnes.
Yours respectfully,
H. Kino,
Chief of Police, Los Angeles.
It appears that the officers have endeav
ored to do their duty as be*t they knew*
how. It was a painful mission at best, but
one that had to be performed in the name
of the law. Their report will be so com
plete and well supported as doubtless will
satisfy all parties that they acted firmly,
kindly, and with the utmost delicacy.
'Mr. Collier, besides being assisted by Dis
trict-Attorney Brown, of Los Angeles, who
is an accomplished gentleman and lawyer,
also employed Brunson &, Wells to assist
for the state. All these gentlemen gave
every attention to the case, and succeeded
in sustaining the requisition and the war
rant of Governor Perkins.
As yet no figures can be given of the en
tire cost to the county and state of this at
tempt to return Hoyle to the state. It
amounts to several thousand dollars, how
ever.
AFTER ALL IS OVER
it can be said that no truer or braver man
weut down so generally regretted. His
offenses that grew from good nature
to transform themselves into devouring de
mons. He lost his balance and fell as many
a tuan has fallen—from a sudden raomern-
tum that all his great powers could not
sist. Of the dead we would speak nothing
but good thiugs. and of Samuel R. Hoyle
there are good things that are legion to be
said. His self inflicted penalty was more
than human justice demanded and may the
Great Judge be as merciful to him as he too
often was to those who wronged him '
daily life.
General Alexander Make* a State
ment About tbe Georgia Railroad,
Etc.
Geueral Alexander says that the earnings
of the Georgia road for the month of April
were $81,060, an increase of $11,000 as com
pared with the same month last year. In
response to a question from a director as to
whether the Louisville and Nashville rail
road would be willing to lease the Georgia
railroad, General Alexander said that he
had-no doubt that road would guarantee
'the Georgia 8 percent, dividends on a lease;
that he would be willing to lease the road
and guarantee 8 per cent, himself if he bad
the capital. He would not, however, as the
friend of tbe Georgia, advise the leasing of
the road, because he felt mtbfied it could
do better in the hands of thq stockholders.
American: The constructing offices of
the Louisville and Nashville and the Nash
ville and CuattanooTa railroad, on Market
street, were consolidated yesterday. The
Chattanooga railroad office will be closed,
and all the business done at the Merchants’
exchange building. Mr. B F. Champ has
charge of the oflice. The Third national
bai k of this city recovered a judgment
against the county of Wilsoa in tneiUnited
States circuit court, yesterday, for $15,550
The suit was brought to compel tbe pay
ment of bjnds issued in aid of the Tennes
see and Pacific railroad company.
Respectiug the claim of tbe United States
government against the Nashville and
Caattanooga road for $135,000 unpaid
coupons on bonds held by the Indian bu
reau of the department of the interior, it is
stated that these coupons matured from the
year 186) to 1865 The legal counsel of the
cjmpsny, Messrs. Fist ar.d Fogg and the
former president and fiscal agent, Air. V.
K. Stevenson, say that by act of congers the
United States government, in the year 1871,
compromised and settled all outstanding
claims and accounts, including this one.
The government seized and operated the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad during
the war, and there were accordingly many
account* between them.
Gen. Alexander will remain vice-presi
dent of the Georgia railroad, and will be in
virtual control of the longest line id rail
road in the world. lie was a-k-d by the
Louisville and Nashville to name his salary,
and it is understood that it will be $14.00 >
annually. He 1 **ves the Georgia railrord
in splendid condition. It is understood
For a number of months the public
prints of the country have been furnished,
from the internal revenue department at
Washington, accounts of a terrible state of
affairs in the mountains of north Georgia.
These reports represented that the revenue
officers of the government were systemat
ically resisted by the lawless mountaineers,
and that bands of desperate moonshiners
were in open war with the representatives
of tbe federal law. Reports of midnight
assassinations and areou; of ambuscades
and open murder, have been forwarded to
Commissioner Raum by Collector Clarke,
of this district,until the officials and the far-"
off public have grown to believe believe that
the mountains of north Georgia are filled
with a lawless, rebellious, cut-throat popu
lation, defiant of the law and requiring the
army of the country to keap them in sub
jection.
THESE EXAGGERATED SLANDERS
upon a large class of the people of the
state have gone abroad with the sanction of
the high authoritiies at Washington, and it
was only a few days ago that, upon the floor
of the house of representatives and in the
absence from Washington of Congressman
Speer, gallant Phil Cook was forced to repel
these charges and defend thb hardy moun
taineers of the ninth district from a torrent
of vituperation that was being poured upon
them from the republican side.
The copies of telegrams and reports sent
by Collector Clarke to Commissioner Raum
and forwarded by tho latter to the houre
of representatives in- response to its
resolution of inquiry, disclose a series of
representations that would read like ro
munces if published in these columns. The
passing altercations between moonshiners
and reveauespiesare magnified into pitched
battles, and the exploits of the undaunted
officials are so tnagnifi’-d in their reports as
to read like desperate.battles on behalf of
high and patriotic duty. The revenue offi
cials have a duty to perform, and every
good citizen should aid them in the prompt
and safe discharge of that duty. That they
encounter resistance is no new thing in the
history of the revenue service of this or
other nations. But because of this resist
ance in special cases they are not author
ised to use their official character and gov
ernment funds to give weight and currency
to wholesale slanders again.*-1 a people.
There is reason to believe that even Com
missioner Raum has become
POUTING THOMAS.
and lost confidence in the wild and over
wrought reports of revenue troubles in
north Georgia. He has sent out special
agents to inquire into the affiurs of the
distric*, ami make true reports of the con
dition of the service in the mountains
These agents came to Atlanta and prepared
to go to tne mountains and investigate the
situa iot*. Hearing of the project, District
Attorney Farrow and Marshal Fitzsimons
suggested to the attorney general that a
commissioner be appointed to go with the
special agents, and asked leave for them
selves to be of the expedition.
Both these suggestions, were favorab’y
considered by the attorney-general, and it
was so ordered.
On Monday morning, in court, Judge
Woods, of the circuit court, appo’ntcd
Henry L. Carrow, of Union county, to be
the commissioner in question. Tlie special
agents sent out by Raum are Jacob Wagner,
Horace Kellogg, S. A. Whitfield and \V. U.
Chapman.
These parties, with District Attorney
Farrow and Marshal Fitzsimons, are to
organize at Blairsville, Union couuty,
A COURT OF INQUIRY.
They are to thoroughly and fully investi
gate the causes and extent of the troubles
iu tbe counties of Fannin, Union, Towns
and Rabun, and report their findings.
These are the four counties which Collector
Clarke and his deputies have dt dared to
be in "open rebellion" against the govern
ment.
Farrow and Fitzsimons left on Monday
aftenioon for Blairsville. where two .of the
special agents have already arrived. The
others were to go yesterday. The expedi
tion is accompanied by a staff repot ter of
The Constitution, specially detailed to
watch the investigation and faithfully re
port all its details. The investigation is one
of grave importance to the people of tbe
counties interested and will either vindi
cate them from the slanders heaped upon
them by interested spies and officials, or
prove them lawless and deserving of the
rigorous policy advocated by the revenue
men. Those who know the people of the
mountains have little doubt o*f the issue of
a full and honest investigation of their con
could nat interfere ia the case, and Hoyle i &d rushed to the bed.
Collier eouid have &bo*n more couaidera
tiou and friendly feelings toward another
than has been exhibited by him towards
Hoyle; and we congratulate tbe governor
upon tbe fortunate selection of so urbane
aud polite an officer for his agent to dis
charge the important and delicate duties
imposed by the trast as Mr. Collier.
(Signed), Brunson «fc Wells, attorneys at
law; W. IL Rowland, sheriff of Lo? Angeles
•county; James Thompson, jailer; J. C.
Kays, under sheriff, I^s Angeles county,
California^ flUenrr King, chief of police,
L's Angeles; Thomas B. Brown, district
.attorney, Los Angeles county. California.
Los Angeles, California, April 21,188).
We gladly authorize the above to apply
a.’so to Captain W. A. Starns, who, during
ht is stay iu Los Angeles, from April 1st to
i} e 16th, spent most of his time in social
and otLe<* railroad iiiagnatts to take the po
sition. II© will clrry out the agreement re
cently made between the Louisville tnd
Nashville, Georgia, Western and Atlanii*,
Central, and South Carolina railroads, wotk-
ing for the benefit of all.
MR JAMES AND GEORGIA STOCK.
Augusta Chronicle.
As mentioned in the Chronicle yesterday,
Mr. John H. James sold on Thursday and
Friday, through Mr John Jay Cohen,
about 1,600 shares of Georgia railroad stock,
at prices from 105 down to par. After the
action of the board of directors yesterday,
Mr. James felt so confident of the future
prosperity of the road, with two such men as
Mr. Phimzy and General Alexander at the
helm, with the latter holding a prominent
position on the Louisville and Nashville,
that he bought back a large lot of stock at a
higher figure than he sold some of it fur on
Friday. The ruaiket closed very firm at
102 bid. and no ofleriugs.
Mr. James cleared between $20,000 and
$32,000 by his two days sale of steck.
IHE GEORGIA STOCKHOLDERS.
Augusta Evening News.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the board for tbe issuing of stockholders*
tickets for the approaching convention of
the Georgia railroad stockholders the 12th
of May:
Resolved, In accordance with resolution
of the stockholders at the annual conven
tion in 1876, the following regulations shall
govern the issuance of free passes to attend
tbe annual convention:
First—Individual stockholders who have
held four (4) shares of stock or less, for one
year preceding the convention, shall he en
titled to two pastes as hereinafter limited.
Second—Individual stockholders who
have held more than four (4) shares for one
vear preceding the convention, shall be en
titled to five passes, and no more; one for
themselves and four for their immediate
families, onlv including one servant ass
nurse for children of tender years.
Third— trustees for corporations or insti
tutions shall be entitled to only one pass for
self and no family pass.
Fourth—Proxies shall not be entitled to
passes.
Fifth—The holding by a testator or in
testate and bis heirs or hgtiees maybe
counted together s j as to make the twelve
months required by th«se resolutions
Sixth—Ine passes -shall be inoividuil.
and uot transferable, and given only on
condition that tbe holders shall assume ail
risk of person or property while on the
company’s trains. They shall be given
under nguiatious to be prescrided by tbe
president, and only from the station near
est the residence of each person entitled
thereto, to Augusta and return, and shall
be good only for four days before the con
vention—to come, and four days after—to
return.
be detected and exposed.
A CAT IN THE MEAL TUB.
It is reported that the appointment of
these special agents was suggested by the
revenue officials here as a part oi their con
spiracy against Farrow and Fitzsimons.
Two or more of the agents are said to be in
imical to those gentlemen and warm adhe
rents of Collector Clarke. If such was the
game it has been nicely blocked by the de
termination of Farrow and Fitzsimons to
accompany the agents and have the freest
and fullest inquiry into the whole affair.
They have been charged with refusing to
support the revenue officers. They now
propose to nail the lie to the counter and
show up the true inwardness of tbe conspir
acy against them. They claim to h?.ve no
dread of the results and are anxious for a
full expose of the operations of the revenue
service in north Georgia.
A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY.
It is probable that this matter will take
such a shape as to call for action upon the
|»art of congress. In that erent it is be
lieved a committee will be appointed to
visit north Georgia daring thesummer and
make a thorough and searching investiga
tion, there and in North Carolina, of this
great "moonshine" bugbear. It is thought
that by such means the truth, and the
whole truth, may be ascertained, and such
legislation recommenced as will put a stop
to outrages upon the part of officials as well
as secure the peaceable and efficient collec
lion of the revenues.
seat at a window directly opposite him, and
was deeply interested in his remarks.
When the demonstration had subsided,
Senator Gordon began his address by
thanking his audience for their very
kind reception, and reminding them
that the voices which had rung in his ears
were not .unfamiliar to him. After refer
ring eloquently to the scenes of the war, he
said that he had come to speak in behalf of
democratic unity, which was the only road
to success. He then stated three proposi
tions, to which he invited their attention:
First—That there are in this government
now and will be probably for all time to
come, but two great political national
parties. Second—That one of these parties
in its practices and principles ia unfriendly
and hostile to your interests, your rights
and your liberties. Third—That the pur
pose, as I understand, of the democratic
party of Virginia, to put in nomination an
independent, uncommitted, electoral ticket,
can do no good to Virginia, and may, and
probably, if successful will, defeat the
national democratic party and bring disaster
to Vii^inia and the whole sisterhood of
American states. He then proceeded to
elaborate these points, in the course of
which he wittily likened the democratic
party to Job, the devil in
the former case being personated by
the radical party. Job lost his property,
said the senator to his interested hearers, so
did you; he lost his servants, you losiyouts.
There is on© difference, however. Job
never had his servants put over him. The
devil never thought of that [Laughter.]
That was a refinement of cruelty reserved
for the republicans. [Applause ] The sena
tor then proceeded to plead eloquently for
harmony in the ranks, claiming that un
less this was done Grant would be re-elected,
and the south he again overrun with carpet
baggers and seal la wags. He was the re
cipient of a perfect ovation at the conclu
sion of lib speech, many of thoie who
E ressed to shake his hand' being men who
ad fought under him. Senator l’endleton
spoke to-night at length upon democratic
issues, and made a splendid speech. The
court house square wav lighted by torches
and^ transparencies, and the crowd did not
begin to disperse until late.
Tom Scot! Resigns,
Philadelphia, May 1.—At the meeting of
the directors of the Pennsylvania railroad
company, to-day, the resignation of Colonel
Thomas A. Scott was received as president
of that corporation. The board did not
proceed to the election of a successor to Mr.
Scott, but referred the matter of filling the
vacancy to a special committee, of which
Mr. Wistar Morris is chairman. Colonel
Scott, when a lad, was appointed to a
clerkship in the office of the collector of
tolls on the state railroads atColutubia, and
after some, years’ service in this clerkship he
came to Philadelphia, where, iu 1817, he be
came chief clerk under A. Boyd
Cummings, collector of tolls at the
eastern end of the Pennsylvania public
works. In 1850 he entered the service of
the Pennsylvania railroad as general agent
of the eastern or mountain division of that
road, aud when the western division was
opened he was made its superintendent,
and continued in this capacity until the
retirement of General Lambert, when the
entire control of the road was placed in his
hands. In 185!) Colonel Scntt was elected
to succeed Hon. William B. Foster, vice-
president, aud held this position till 1874,
when he was, on tbe death of J. Kdgar
Thomson, exalted to the pre. idency, an
office which he has filled with rare ability
and distinction up to the present time.
Colonel Scott’s resignation includes both
the presidency and' his membership in
the board of directors, and will take
effect «on the 1st of June next.
As is well known, Mr. Scott has been
in feeble health for some time past. It was
this which caused him to relinquish his
railroad duties in the latter part ot 1878 and
1 -av** this country for Europe. He remained
abroad over a year, during which time he
made an extended tour of the continent.
Returning norne just prior to the local an
nual meeting of the company, although he
returned greatly improved, his health was
uot altogether restored, aud since the re
sumption of his duties, Mr. Scott has found
the work destroying the good effect of his
recent tour, lu hts letter of resignation
Mr. Scott in warm terms refers to his long
official connection with the company, and
then informs the board that his physicians
baye declared that he cannot expect a com
plete restoration to good health while be
continues in the performance of his ra-lroad
duties, and they nave ordered it as an
imperative necessity that he relinuuish
his connection with the railroad
company. Follow!r gout the advice of his
physician, Co<onel Scott, on the 1-rtof June,
will withdraw from the railroad duties en
tirely, not only relinquishing his connec
tion with the Pennsylvania raiiroad com
pany proper, but also' from its lateral con
nections and the iiadependent corporations
in which he ected as executive officer.
These latter include the Texas Pacific and
Nothern Cent al railroad companies, of
which he has been the president fora num
ber of years. The stock of the Pennsylva
nia railroad prior to the announcement of
the dividend was selling at 54^ to %. The
effect of the declaration was discounted,
and when the announcement was made the
the stock sold at 53V« to 53-%, ex-dividend,
which indicated that the shares were
holding their own. When the news of
Colonel Scjtt’s resignation reached tbe
street, however, the stock was depressed to
52% and quickly ran to 52%. where it
wavered and slowly commenced to rally.
The feeling on the part of the broEers and
bankers is that Colonel Scott has earned his
retirement, and that if he contemplated
such an action at all, no time for it was
more to the purpose than the present, as he
had brought the affairs of the company ud
to a very high s:andard, and the work of
carrying it on could now be placed on other
shoulders.
m THE CAPITAL
Washington, May 5.—After more than
two years of constant labor by two experts,
in examining the books of the treasury,
under the resolution Qf Mr. Davis, of West
Virginia, a condition of facts is found which
claims the most serious attention.
Tbe register of the treasury is the book
keeper for the government. All the public
accounts finally go into his office. Until
the advent of Grautism, the official state
ments of the national debt were made ex
clusively by the register, for the good rea
son that he alone had the evidence by which
they could be verified. In 1870 Mr. Bout-
well radically changed this established sys
tem, and took upon himself the function of
issuing the debt statements monthly.
When the report of the secretary and that
of the register for that fiscal year (18G0-70)
were published, the former showed an in
crease in the debt of $240,000,000 over the
latter for the ten years from 1861 to 1870
inclusive; It was alleged by Mr. Boutwell,
Mr. Sherman, and others, in the debate on
this subject, that this immense discrepancy
resulted from the new mode of stating tho
debt
To make the two official statements agree,
Mr. Boutwell issued an order in 1870 re
quiring the register to adopt his figures,
though the public books did uot justify the
change. He had gone back to 1833, and re
constructed the debt upon a new basis of
his own, which covered the huge discrepan
cy, and many other shortcomings of which
little is yet known. To do this effectively.he
was obliged to force a balance by adding
$6,293,827.76 to the public debt, authority
for which cannot be found on the books of
the treasury! The items were absolutely
invented.
Any proper examination of the public
debt and the receipts and expenditures be
tween 1860 and 1870 would require, accord
ing to the testimony of the experts, four or
more clerks for five years to do their work
thoroughly. Yet it appears from the re
port of the committee that Mr. Boutwell
employed a raw clerk for that service
during five months, and his figures consti
tuted the whole foundation of the change
which uprooted the well-regulated practice
begun under Hamilton and followed by all
the secretaries of the treasury down to
Boutwell.
When it is known that bonds, bank notes,
legal tender notes, internal revenue stamps,
and other issues are delivered, by the bu
reau of engraving and printing to the loan
THB FIRST GUN OF THE CAMPAIGN.
8 ifu
Tbe Death Roll.
New Orleans, May 3.—Dr. Samuel Chop-
pin, the distinguished surgeon, died at 8
oi., of pneumonia, after three days’
mss.
Boston, May 3.—Ex-Congressman Wm.
Wirt Warren died last night.
—The prince of Wales was prompt !o call
upon Mr. Gladstone. He goes in for the
gartj^in power, and an appropriation to pay
Rally of the Virginia Democracy.
Winchester, Va , May 3.—When the et.-
tbusia-m of a Virginia democrat once gets
aroused it never stops until it is wrought up
to the highest pitch. This was certainly
the case to-day in Winchester, when the
first gun of the campaign, figuratively
speaking, was fired off. AU day long the
place has been crowded with people, who
began to arrive early this morning from
the neighboring towns and country. Ex
cursion trains were run in from Harrisburg
and other places on the line of the railroad,
while special trains were arranged for both
the day aud night meetings. All this demon
stration was in response to a notice indus
triously circulated calling a grand demo
cratic rally and mass meeting iu this place
to-day. The exercises were held in tba
court-house yard, where a wooden
plat.orm had been extemporized, and
commenced shcrtly after 12 o’clock.
There was an unusually large
gathering, the re-adjuster and debt-paying
parties being well represented. Aruoni
those on the platform*and in the crowd,
besides Senators Voorhees and Gordon, the
speakers were Hon. John T. Lovell, chair
man of the state democratic committee;
Mayor Clark, of Winchester, who presided;
Hon. Andrew Hunter, of Jefferson county;
William H. Travers,of Charlestown; Colo
nel H. H. Riddleberger, a prominent re
adjuster; E P. Dandridge, of this county;
Captain John Glaz**, a wealthy farmer, and
Jonah favenner, chairman of tbe county
executive committee. Berkeley and Jeffer
son counties were largely represented, end
the "Tenth Legion Democrat*," of Shenan
doah and Buckingham counties, Lada large
delegation on the grounds. The Win
chester Light Infantry paraded iu uniform
duriug the day. The programme was
opened by Mayor Clark, who, in a
short introductory address, presented
Senator Voorhees, who made an elo
quent speech, lasting about forty-five min
utes. His remarks were in behalf of har
mony, and tet forth the necessity of earnest
work on the part of tbe Virginia democrats
if they wanted their party to succeed in the
state and the republican party to be over
thrown. He dwett at length also upon the
various measures which tbe democratic
perty have introduced, especially that of
free elections, and concluded by warning
his hearers that eternal vigilance was the
price of liberty. Mayor Clark then intro-
cnced Senator Gordon to the crowd as one
who had won their hearts fifteen y<
The senator's appearance was tbe si]
Georgia.
Montgomery Advertiser.
Our sister state across the Chattahoochee
is, we are glad to say, in a prosperous con
dition. With a quarter of a million dollars
in her treasury above all demands, with
which she is buying up and retiring some
of her four per cent, bonds, and with an
intelligent and industrious population, she
is in a fair way to "wax fat and kick,” so to
speak. We are proud of her prosperity.
We have a love for the good old state, and
take genuine pleasure in noting any evi
dence of her rising fortunes. L ; ke all the
other southern states, Georgia had her pe
riod of trial and tribulation, when a Bullock
and his herd roamed over her pastures and
throve on her substance. But she was o-e
of the first states to throw off the foul brood
and aisert her right to he governed by the
honesty and intelligence of her own people.
Now, thanks to good government, she has
her head abave water, and evidently means
keen it there.
Ana yet Georgia paysabaut three times
as much interest every year as Alabama
do*s. Notonly is her debt greater than ours,
but she pays a higher rate of interest than
we do, on the greater part of that debt. But
she derives a very considerable revenue
from railroads, and' hence, though her debt
is larger and her rate of interest higher,
her greater sources of revenue enables
to get along with a lower rate of taxation
than is collected in this state. Nevertheless
we do not envy her goad fortune. On the
contrary, we heartily wish her a continu
anceandan increase of it.
division, the treasurer and comptroller,
and so on. without and sufficient checks to
protect the government against fraud,
counterfeiting, and robbery, there well may
be misgiving as to tho operations of the
treasury. All bonds that pass through the
register’s office, originally or by transfer,
ary recorded. But they might easily he is
sued under the present method by collu
sion and go out without record, because
there is no sefeguanl worthy of the name.
The integrity of a single clerk is the only
protection to the public. That is to say, in
the absence of an effective check he lias
it in his power to issue a bond
for $10,000 for only $1,000 paid in.
No return can be found for the accrued
interest on the bonds sold, which is believed
to cover many millions And the running
account of interest on the public debt dif
fers by tens of millions between the differ
ent offices, as the statements of the cash
balances do, when respectively made by the
secretary, the treasurer, the register arid
the comptroller, who are commonly ac
cepted by checks upon each other. This is
also the case in the accounts of receipts and
nditures.
c journals, ledgers and other books of
the treasury abound in erasures and altera
tions of material figures, affecting hundreds
of millions of dollars. Whole pages are cut
out of several of them. Mr. Stoughton called
the returning board rascalities "clerical
errors.” The champions of Boutwell, Rich
ardson and Sherman have found that phrase
convenient to cover transactions which
ought to send somebody to the peniten
tiary.
All these contradictory statements, forced
balances, mutilations of records, false ex-
* man-
account,
period between 186 L
. jibing was at loose
ends, were not the result of accident, nor
the work of careless clerks. There was an
other and a larger motive behind, touching
the republican party, its management of the
treasury, and the integrity of leaders stand
ing well before the country. This commit
tee has only scratched the surface.
Washington, May 5.—A stone from the
tomb of Napoleon 1., at St. Helena, intend
ed for the Washington monument, will be
. to the society, with the appropri
ate documents, at the regular meeting next
Thursday. It was only recently found af
ter being lost sight of hr nineteen years.
When our naval vessela were ordered home
from foreign waters wnen the war broke
out in 1861, the Mystic, in sailing from the
East Indies, stopped at St. Helena, and
some one proposed bringing home a stone
for the Washington monument from Napo
leon’s tomb, which was done. It was land
ed at the Brooklyn navy yard, and then
forgotten. Quite recently Admiral Rowell
began making inquiries, and it was found
stowed away at the Washington navy yard,
and is reported by Commodore Febiger in
good condition.
The various senate investigating commit
tees have thus far expended the following
amounts: Senate exodus, $16,525; Freed
man’s bank investigation, $9,079; Kellogg
investigation, $7,297; Ingalls investigation,
$6,408; select committee on tbe removal of
the Northern Cheyennes rnd Ponca Indi
ans, $5,287; select committee to investigate
the reports, books and accounts of the
treasury " "
on civil
Island, $3,475.
uaiances, mutilations oi records, iaiae
hibits, and this singular change in the r
ner of making up the public debt acco
to include the eventful period between
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
River and Harbor Appropriations.
The committee on commerce rej»orted tlie
river and harbor bill to tlie house to-day.
It contains about 500 items and aggregates
about $8,000,000. The following are the
amounts recommended for rivers and har
bors in the south:
North Carolina—Cape Fear river, $40,000;
Cuifc tuck sound and North river bar, $10,000;
French Broad river, $3,000; Neuces river,
$45,000; Pamlico river, $3,000; Itoanoke
river, $2,000; Scuppemong river, $1,000; Tar
river, $3,000; Trent river, $5,000.
Tennessee—Cumberland river above Nash
ville, $45,000; Cumberland below Nashville,
$20,000; Hywassee river, $3,000; Tennessee
river above Chattanooga, $10,000; Tennessee
river below Chattanooga, $300,000; Bilbat-
chie river, $10,000; French Broad river,
$10,000; Duck river, $7,000; Clinch river,
$10,000, of which sum $6 000 shall be ex
pended above Haynes; $4,000 below that
point; Carey Fork river, $6,000; Obeys
river, $1,000.
South Carolina—Ashley river, $1,000;
Great Pedee river, $7,000; Waceruay river,
up to Con way boro, $9,000; Sullivan’s island,
$5,000; Charleston, $125,000.
Alabama—Alabama river, $25,000; War
rior and Tombigbee rivers, $47,000; Escam
bia river, $8,000; Mobile, $125,000.
Special dispatch to Tbe Constitution.
Chicago, May 5 —Thomas Heermans, o'
of the proprietors of the Star and Crescent
mills, on Randolph street, and a director of
the board of trade, was instantly killed to
day by falling down the elevator shaft from
the sixth story.
Curistiansburg, Va., May 5.—A fire oc
curred here this morning in which Mrs.
Martha Jones and her five children were
burned to death. From all the tacts ob
tained, rt is believed that the mother set
fire to the dwelling f «r the purpose of de
stroying herself ai d cbjidren. She had
been suffering with severe nervous disease,
and had taken up an idea that she was
being pursued by evil spirits. This hallu
cination seems to have taken such complete
possession of her that the determined to
avert the imagined danger by taking her
own and the lives of her interesting little
girls in the horrible manner referred to
The fire was discovered in time to put it
our, but the woman refused to (*ermit any
one to enter, declaring that she would
rather die than be savtd.
nver, $20,000; Pearl river, from Jackson to
Carthage, $7,600; Yazoo river, $12,000; Tal
lahatchie river, $9,000; Pearl river, below
Jackson, $30,000.
Georgia—Chattahoochee river, $20,000;
' Coosa river, $75,000; Flint river, $20,000;
$10,000 to be expended below t. Ibany, and
$1,500; Oostenaula and Coosawatee rivers,
$2,000; Savannah river, above Augusta, Ga.,
$1,200; Savannah, $65,000; Brunswick, $10.-
000.
Florida?—Apalachicola river, $2,000, Apa
lachicola Bay, $10,000; Choctawhatcbee
river. $7,000; inside passage between 8L
Johns and Fernandina, $7,000; Suwanee
river, $5,000; Tampa Bay, $10,000; St.
Johns river at the mouth, J$125,000; Pensa
cola, $10,000; Cedar Keys, $15,000.
Tbe Death Roll.
Ihe Ilealtb or New Orleans.
New Orleans, May 5—In view of publi
cations in distant places of private, unau
thorized and false dispatches regarding the
health of New Orleans, tbe undersigned
consider it due to our citizens and the com
mercial interest of this city to state that no
case of yellow fever has occurred here this
season, nor any fever even of a suspi
cious character. To disarm these false and
wicked private dispatches, and prevent
if possible, a recurrence of such unpatriot
ic acts, we state that the board of health,
the national board of health, and the New
Orleans auxiliary sanitary associations con
jointly are pledged to give prompt informa
tion in the event of the appearance of the
fever in this city. (Signed.) Louis A.
Wiltz, governor; J. W. Patton, mayor;
Joseph Jones, M. D., president of board of
health; S. M. Bernes, M.D., president of
national board of health. ^
Richmond, May 5.—Colonel Thomas B.
Bigger, died here to-day in the 86th year of
his age. He served under General William
Henry Harrison, In the war of 1812 He
was for many years engaged in business in
this city. He held the office *of city post
master more than twenty years and waa for
several years one of Richmond’s representa
tives in the state legislature. He was the
oldest Mason in the city, if not in Virginia,
and was highly esteemed by all classes.
San Francisco, May 5 —Wm. H. Dainger-
fiel.l. presidiug justice of the superior court,
dropped dead on the bench today. He had
been in infirm health for several months
past. His death is attributed to heart dis
ease. The deceased was a native of Virginia,
and was 56 years of age.
Washington, May 5.—Eleanor Mary
Sherman, daughter of General Sherman,
was married to-night to Lieutenant Alex
ander Montgomery Thackara, of the United
Stales navy.
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