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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XVI. TUESDAY MOBEHTO, AUGUST 28, 1883. PEIOE 5 CENTS DURING THE WEEK. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND COUNTRY ARE, DOING. Slatk Smallpox la Mexico. Tallow Tovar la Florida •ad Cholera In Ecypt—Denth of Conoid* Ob un- bard-Wheat Bowed-A Cyclon * In Hln* setota—Bnalaeaa Fallnrca-Crcpa. . . Tneaday* AisaUll. Judge Jeremiah Black, who was attorney-general under President Bnchanan, died at bis homo at York, Pa. William Wirt Sykes, United States con sul at Cardiff, died nt that place. Web Lee, a Chi naman, killed Ah Sam, another Chinaman, with knife at 8ioux City, Iowa. Thcie were eight cares of yellow fever at the navy yard, near Pensacola, Florida. There was serious rioting iu the town of Coal Bridge, Lanark county, Scotland, between parties of Orangemen and Catholics. Three men In Dublin were put under heavy bail for threaten ing Francis Carey, brother of the late James Carey. There were three hundred and ten deaths from cholera in Egypt. IN THE CITY, The Young Men's Library association celebrated its sixteenth anniversary, lion. Emory Speer deliv ering the oration. A great deal of cotton Is coming Into the city on wagors. A large crowd left for the Louhville exposition. Another mad dog was kill ed. Bob Heeler, a small white boy, was kicked by a mule and his collar bone was broken. Mr. James Goodson, ono of the hauds employed at'Lewis's cracker factory on Alabama street, had bis right hand so badly crushed that three of his Augers had to be amputated. WtdiHiir* AifutUi One hundred and forty-three deaths from cholera have occurred among the British troops since the outbreak of that disease to date. The Afth congress of the American students of early American his tory was opened in Copenhagen. A landlord In Breslau, Germany, murdered his Ave children by hanging them, and then committed suicide, gands captured the governor and several counsel ors of FJorian, Turkey, and demand £20,000 ran som for the captives. Forty-four bouses were de stroyed by Are at Berocczl, la the province of Como. Kirkland M. Fitch, defaulting cashier of the Sec ond National bank of Warren, Ohio, was arrested in Boston. The crops of Texas and South Carolina have been considerably damaged by the drouth. Thomas Whelan died iu Philadelphia at tho age of one hundred and four years and four mouths. One hundred and three deaths from cholera iu Egypt. Schott & Knight, bankers and brokers of New York failed. Charles Yf. Drew left his wife and children In Lowell, Mass., and went to Colorado with tho hired girl. IN TUX CITY. The Third Baptist congregation gave a moonlight entertainment for the beneAt of the church. The resldcuco of Mr. George Egbert was entered by bur glars, and wearing apparel valued at twenty-Ave dollars was stoleu. Tho telephone company Is put ting up tall polls in place of tho low ones now In Tharxlar, AmutSS Tho grand encampment of Knights Templar con veiled in conclave in San Franciioo., The sixth an nual session of tho American bar association began in .Saratoga, and General Lawton, of Savannah, de livered the address, Mount Vesuvius Is In a stato of remarkable activity, and continuous trembling of thefloikhoM resubod in considerable injury to iu nio-ftrim/r irffultfg'np the moan-* tain. One hundred and thirty ono deaths from cholera In Egypt. Several mills were destroyed by Aro on Long Island—the loss amounting to about 1500,000. A cyclone passed th.ough Minnesota, killing several persona and doing great Injury to property. Two more cases of yellow fever were re ported at the navy yard near Pensacola, Fla. The condition of Count do Chambord waa very critical and ho has received tho last sacrament of the church. Tho report that Spain will join tho Austro- German alliance was denied by tho Spanish au thority. The second annual fair of the North Caro lina fruit growers’ association was opened In Wil mington, N. C. The schooner Water Line, from Charleston to Richmond tprucg a leak and sank off Body's Island; the crow were all saved. in Tnx CITV. Atlanta waa visited by a windstorm which amounted to almost a cyclone. Bill Marcy. negro, was badly knifed by another negro naror d Bid well Governor McDauiel respited George Wal lace, colored, the Savannah murderer, until Sep tember 28th. Friday, August 21. The Irish tram ways bill passed in tho house of lords. It'ols between Catholics and Orangemen wore renowc* near Coatbridge, London. It was reported that a battalion of British troops have been ordered to proceed to Zululard. Four thousand bales of cotton wero burned In Liverpool. Black smallpox has appeared in Mexico. Dr. Lewis D. Ford, a distinguished physician of Augusta, Gs., died. The large paper mill of J. Howard Lewis In SpringAeld, Pa., valued at 180,000, was destroyed by Are. The state democratic convention of New York will bo held In Saratoga on September 27th. A com pany was organized In Albany, New York, for the construction of underground telegraphs aud tele phones. During a Aaht at Punxsutawney, Penn sylvania,between some railroad bands one man was killed, two wounded and one teverely beaten. Iu New York George Beattie shot and killed Elizabeth Cameron. The eastern tribe of the Cherokee In dians, embracing all Cherokees east of tho Missis sippi river, met in S wayne county, N. C„ for the purpose of ascertaining who are entitled to the eight million claim allowed the tribe by the last congress. IN THE CITY. Several Atlantians left for the Lexington, Ken tucky, fair. The tax digests of the state have nearly all come in, and Comptroller-General Wright states that tho returns will be much greater than be at Arst thought they would be. Work on the Metro politan street car track progresses rapidly. The residence of Mr. William Howard, on Simpson street, was entered by burglars and a small amount of money and some jewelry were stolen. Iitirdir, Auguftt 25. The trial of Frank Jsmes for the murder of Con ductor Westfall and the Winston train robbery was commenced at Gallatin, Mo. There were 103 busi ness failures throughout the United States and Canada during the past week. The wheat elevator of Trow & Co., in Madison, Indiana, containing 100,000 bushels of wheat, and valued at 1125,000, waa destroyed by Are. Sawney Younger, Reuben King and Isaac Haul, on trial in Piuaylvanla county, Virginia, fer the murder of Shepherd, were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on September 28th. William Jenkins & Co., grocers and commie lion merchants, of Bichmond, Va.. failed. Twelve decomposed bodies of children were discovered In an undertakers’ establishment at Bermodesy, a suburb of London. In the Knights Templar pro cession in San Francbco, California, three men feinted from exhaustion, and Sir Alexander Weed, aid to the grand commander, was thrown from bis horse and had both legs broken. Count deCbtm- bord. the uncrowned king of France, died. The Arrant* are murdering the Christians in the valley of Kasmo, Albania. IN THE CITY. The Markham bouse is being painted inside and outside. The Ninth Georgia battalion of artillery have postponed their reunion srom the SOth of this month to tbt 15th of November, when they will meet at Ponce de Leon springs in this city. Work on the Gate City bank building is being pushed rapidly. Tcmmie Adams, a imall white boy, chop ped off the toes of his left foot ^hile cutting stove wood. SH4»y, Aum«t 26. In a duel near Leesburg, Virginia, between Dr. N. G. West and Dr. Sam McGill, the latter received a slight wound in his left side. The United States senatorial committee met the Sioux Indians of the Standing Rock agency at Fort Hates, D. T., regard ing the proposed regulation of the great reserva tion. The state convention of tho constitution prohibition party of Tennessee closed its session in Nashville. IN TH* CITY. Postmaster Conley and flvo of bis employes were removed from the AtlantaoAlee; as to the cause, no one, exrept the Washington authorities, s;era to know. The Gato City national bank moved into their new building, corner Alabama aud Pryor street#. A negro woman named Hildcrbrand was severely bitten by abgt. Mr. H. I. Kimball left for Chicago, where he goes to get the plans aud sped A- cations for the new Kimball housa. ARIZONA RUSTLERS. A Genuine fraaatUa ItrLlti Ike Nlkaafa Wotera Editor. Ogden,Utah, August 25.—Considerable ex citemeDt exists in this city over the report which appeared in the Wood River Times last evening, that n party of cowboys had menf* ' ~ started for Yellow Stone Paik to kldnnp Pres ident Arthur. Sheriff Farry lias detailed two trustworthy deputies to look matters up, with Instructions to summon a strong pom to ar rest the kidnappers if the facts are as stated. The Times says that during the past two weeks, a number of strangers, all well pro vided with good riding animals and fine arms, and resembling a party of regulators or Texas cowboys, have been camped on Willow creek, and considerable curiosity has been ex- g reased as to the intentions of tbe party. ame accounted for their outfit by describing them as a party organized to go up into the Indian country on a prospecting trip, while others believed them to be a party of Arizona rustlers. During several days past some of the party have ridden through town in A de fiant manner and mysteriously disappeared. From a man who came in to-day it is learned that the party who induced him to join and make certain pledges of secrecy, were organ ized to proceed to Yellowstone park. They left last night, going on the stage road, and the informant escaped during tbe night. The object of the gzpeaition is to corral and CAPTURE PflE'IDENT ARTHUR ed. The captain or leader of the party idea that a heavy ranzom will bo offered by the personal friends of the presi dent after the search for tho presidential party shall have been given up. and that ' HALF MILLION DOLLARS or more can thus be extorted from the rccrot service adopted by the Italian bandit! _ her of the party says that there arc slxty-0ve men in tho outAt.someof whom were guerillas in tho late war, and that FIVE WILD SHOSHONES AND BANNOCES go along as guides and scouts who are armed with repeating rifles and scalping knives. The leader is a Texas desperado, on who*) head a price has been set, and with tho exception of two Italians, who left the railroad grade and flew, tho others af the party are cowboys. A grand council was bold the ulght before last on tbe prairies, when every man BUPHRAZIA NOLE3. >r the Father Mini the Brother nt (lie Vur- dtred UIrL TU17 PROTUCTR IN PI A CV I lost day of the year 1801, and bis long life has intj dKU 1 nc,[\ Ur DLifU/IY. been spent in deeds of love and charily, mid . | in eunobliug one of the brightest .ml highest OF I professions. He is ono of the oldest residents ' of Augusta, coming here a young man, and he was one of the founders and first profes- BATTLING FOB THU SMILBS WOMEN IN WHIIB. Tt* Oiarlon* Obi.rr.r Brlmmlcz Orar wits Putsl.i la lb. N.gr. P/eb’.Mn-T.lr Girl, or Hixt..a Bo.raortd r f Ori.ar HI..R*—Shook- JLB Stool.* of Uspr.Ttly, Hi*. The Charlotto Observer of yesterday bring several stories of life in North Carolina, which bring into prominence eorne of the worst phases of the raco problem in the eouth. The people of Matthews elation were considerably exercised yesterday over the arrival in that town of a well-dressed, coal black negro man, accompanied by ayonngand handsome white girl. The two got off the train on Us arrival at Matthews’s from Hamlet', and made their way to u negro cabin near by. Such an ix; currence as this naturally excited the suspi cions of the citizens of tlm town, and when, a short while afterwards, the negro appeared In the stores making purchases mid exhibiting an unusual amount of money, they decided lo investigate the case, os they felt satisfied tho Tglrl had run away from her home, wherever that might be, With tbe no sers and for a long lime dean of tbe medical college oi Georgia. He carried on the active duties of liis ciiair at the college until n year or so ago, when he retired from the professor ship of the practice of medicine for the rest, which lie oo much needed, hut which his active brain and energetic spirit would not -allow until compelled to give up his great life -work. From that time till his deutli he was an invalid, and hla life literaly faded away. The following brief historical sketch of Dr. •Ford is found iu Johnson’s New- Universal Conferred on hint by’the university of Geor gia, nt Athens, in 181)8. Removed to south gro. While they were diseasing the ndvisa- „ ufarresting the parties, the negro went to the house where be had left the girl and packing up two valises started out on tlm dirt road in the direction of Charlotte. The girl was seen to go out on the railroad. A party of citizens at once followed tbe girl,and taw the negro join her on tlm railroad some a. " " 1 distance aimad'. Seeing tho citizens coming, the negro picked up his valises end lied, leav ing the girl on the track. Sho was soon over taken and given into tbe charge of Mr. Joe Doncan, the town marshal. Tho girl was weeping bitterly, nnd for somo time would not answer a question,bn t finally she told then) that sho had been over-persuaded, and bad run away from her father's houso in Moore county the night previous with the ne gro. Her father's name,she ssld. wns Eli Mc- A telegram was sent to hint, and an answer was shortly received requesting them to hold the girl, who was really bis daughter, and who had run away with tha negro. Mr. McLeod had been hunting for Iter, and tele- mid reaclt Matthews's on graphed that he wonld the find train. Captain D. K. F. Everett, con • ductorof the Carolina Central train, says that the couple boarded bla train at Hamlet, and he noticed their queer actions nnd surmised that something wss wrong. Tbe girl is only sixteen years old, aad is said to ho Bno looking. When sho arrived nt Hamlet she wore a shabby dress, but shortly afterwards came out in flue Sunday clothes, wearing among other jewolry, a gold neck .Cyclopa-iiia, and was contributed by Ida dis tinguished confre ‘ confrere. Dr. Banl F. Eve, in 1870 Ford (Lewis DtSaussure), M. D. L L. D S rofessor forty years in tho medical college o eorgin, born at Washington's headquarters in Morristown, N. J , December, 18Ui; took bis degree in medicine from the college of physiciaus and surgeons of Now York city, 1-822, uml the honorary degree of L.L. 11. was ■Jctrgia in 1822, amt to Angusta. Ga„ in 1827, o-ltero lie assisted ill organizing tlm medical college of Georgia in 1832, an institution in Which he lias held oversincetho profe sorship either of chemistry or practice of medicine. Professor Ford cc contributed essays on par oxysmal levers, intermittent, simple, cornpli C ted or malignant, jrom 1830 to 1845,tbrotigl e Southern Medical und Surgical Journal. CRUSHED SKULL, wturiug uiuuiig uuici jcnvii/) *» j,uiu uvt lace, and was otherwise stylishly dressed. Though every means of persuasion were used, she stubbornly refused to relate any of the details of her abduction, only repenting that she had been “over-persuaded," and had run away the previous night with the negro. From an envelope found in the girl’s posses sion it was ascertained that the negro’s name is Frank Hallman. He Is very black,low,thick set, wears a fine suit of clothes, Derby hat and ;old watch chain. In displaying his money n the stores It was noticed that he find two $20 and several $10 gold pieces, besides two thick rolls of greenbacks, and it is evi dent that either the 1 negro or the girl got tl ? money from Mr. McLeod, though that gentlj From the Carroll County News. W. C. Gruvett was indicted at the April term of Carroll superior court for tho abduction of tho daughter of E. M. Notes. He has not been tried yet. lie was convicted at the same term of the court for earning a pistol, which he drew on tho girl the abduction cose. Wednesday of la«t week E. M, Notes, Sr., and his three sons, K. M. Nolen, Jr., John Nolesand Z*ck Notes, wero arrested on a warrant murder, issued upon tho afllduvlt /.A. Uuckaba. Tho trial before tho preliminary court consumed threodnys, and ro- nuIimI in iho discharge of John. Zsck and K, M. Notes, Hr., and the commitment of K. M, Notes, Jr. As the flrst meutloncd are discharged, it is unnec essary 10 mention them further. If we had space wo would publish the parts of tho testimony which related to E. M. Notes, Jr. Tho substanno of tho testimony wna that sovcral weeks ago a body was found in the Tallapoosa river, which a coroner's jury Judged to bo tho boay of tho lost girl. That threw days afte r she left her father's houso, she whs •eon at h» r brother’s house, K. bL Notes, Jr. That W C. Gravett was a married man. and sueing f< >r a dl • von-w in this county. That K M Notes, Jr., bad said to wltucn that he would rather know that Eupbroxia was dead and in h—11, than married to Gravett; aud that he had not aceu her since she left his home on Thursday, but had heard from her that night at the house of Francis Gravett. Upon objection of stale’s counsel, tho court refused to allow witnettes to swear that Francis Gravett and bis wife had told them that Kuphrszla came to their home about 11 o’clock that night hunting W. C. Gravett Mrs. Gravett bad failed to obey a subpoma of tho defendsnts, nnd tbe ofllcer who wont with an attachment found her lu a dollcatu condition and did not bring bcr. It li thought by counsel, that if they object, neither Francis Gravett nor bis wlfo could be compelled to testify about the matter. Two of the defcudsiita in their statements said that Francis Gravett aud his wlfo told them that Euphrazia came to their the house of E. M. were ready to testify to tho samo thing. Ail tho defendants denied any knowledge of or connection wltb the death of the lost girl. Gravett was a mar* ried man. Tbcie is no evidence that Notes did not ohjecttoGravett’ssuit. Heandallhla fumtiystated that he did his beat to prevent Gravett from asso ciating with bis daughter, aud pursued him when he carried her away, and no one expected any lie riiutu jilt ■"■y. ins uijej nuptial*—neither did the affair quiet down. On tho contrary, a requisition was made on the governor ol Alabama, ana Sheriff Hewitt arresred \V. C. Grav -It In Clay county. Ala., and broushthlmherc, whore be wa. Indicted a. before stated. It Is said that K. M. Nolei, Jr., will sue out a writ ol babeaua corpus aaaoonaa he can communicate with the ludse. end tho community hu been benefited by tho examination ip an snidnotjlir.g iu UV soon iisihe fitcFinirihr The Unravel).! af aa Old dwlaartt O.antr Sca.ai 111... A little more titan two years ago, just be fore tbe murder of old man Hicks In Gwln nett county, a miller in tbe Den Smith dis trict, in that county, was surprised one dsy to find that a severe freshet had washed upon his dam, and left there, tbe body of h mur- ured negro. The man’s skull wss crushed in rs if by a blow from a heavy instrument. The body wss wrapped about by a heavy log chain and an inunenso rock was fastened to the man’s back as a sinker. The body had ridently remained in the pond for about a month, and would never huvo sought tho sur face if it bnd not been for tho sere freshet which washed away '.verything that stooii before it, Atthc time of the finding of the bodyltwss t greed that it was tho mortal remains of a negro named Tom Martin, from Athens, who luid been in the neighborhood for a short time, and was suspected olboing a spy on the !Mokout for Illicit distilleries. He had evi dently been murdered by a crowd, and as the matter was surrounded witli mystery too deep for the local detectives, it was allowed to go by, aod the grand jury of the county --ould not secure evidence on which to find a rue bill against any one. Tho locality in .which the crime was committed was one of he most desperate in the county, if not in ‘.he state, and the namo of lien Smith's dis trict was enough to iiiuke folks stand around when they were in that locality, goon after the occurrence, the Hicka murder, about which so much has been written, took place, uml drew public attention away from the murder of the negro any. Tho affair grauuully justed out of thepublio mind and tho secret ns supposed to be ono of the things that tottld never come to light. It secms.however, k. “ Lt. iIiia. ilma nf ttiA flmtincf (if thn luulv Infnw robbed. As negro had escaped became known iho citizens formed small searching parties und put out on tlie bunt for him. One party arrived iu Charlotte about threeo’clock in the afternoon, aud at about four o'clock a messenger arrived in town and informed them that the negro had been captured at Mr. O. H. Wolfe's about fire miles from the city, where he had been caught takinga nap. The party immediately, on learning this^ieft Charlotte for Mr. Wolfe’s house to join the captors and the captive, when u party of citizens from Mooro cuunty look tlie negro and the girl hack to Mr, Mc Leod's home, at Kciser. It wits feared Hint tlie negro, on belngcapturod would be lynched, but wiser counsels prevailed and it was de cided to turn him over to tlie authorities oi Mooro county. About sixty people from Moote county came up towards Matthews station, but most of them stopped at stutions along the road und rejoined the party on (heir return from Matthews with the prisoner. Her fullicr, Mr. Eli McLeod, wus with the party that came up from Hamlet. The negro, Frank Hallinan, had been in the employ of Mr. McLeod and had been paid up on the very day that he left witli the girl. KUNNINO OF WITH A KUiRO. The arrival in tlie city yesterday. morning of u young white girl, accompauied by a ne gro man who carried her bundles, put our pcuple in utind of tlie Mutthewa’ station case, und as soon as the girl wus arrested and au investigation was held, it was found to be in truth a parallel case. The two wulked into tlie city at an early hour, but were nut seen ugsin until ahoiit noon, when the girl wus found to have taken temporary refuge in house of ill reputo, the owners of which, having t-een her passing by in company with tbe negro, and witf POISONED PIES. rtfltld Tragedy Attempted at * .North tic.rgt. C'aMpMrclI.g* From the Cherokee,Advance. On last Saturday night]Mr. William De Veril, of Milton, came to the}.cam P meetlng In Cherokee at Macedonia church. Before leaving home Saturday morning the family had prepared provMona for aereral days. Different LaorU of plea were among the provialonajput up. Tho family eat from the box of provisions with no evil mult during Satur day. The box waa left In the wagon during Satur day night, Sunday morning lt::wu noticed that the lid waa miaed aud Iht victim’.! had been tam pered with. etUI b* iittle thought wae given the matter. Sunday all the family partook ofbreakfait from the provi.ion box. Mr. DeVaril aud bU older roo ate no pie-, the real of th* family partaking freely of these, together with two boy. young Mr. Hood and Mr. Wigley. About one hour after breaktaat, Mrs. DeVeril and the amnlt son, Mr. Hood aud Mr. Wlgl-y were all taken atek with cramp aud vomiting with prostration, showing evi dent .ymptoma of polnonlng. Dr. Bell was tint catted he turnteToverthe patients to Dr. M. V. ' ' •“ iton.whohad beenthetrfamilyphyklcUn Pool.of Canton,i crained with them administering inch remedies pulam had been pul In lire and aon who did not eat these were aet tick. Tbta myiteriouspuid davltuh crime can’t ba accounted for, aa Dr. DeVeril told Dr. Pool that he waa confi dent he bad no enemies. So there canbanoshadownfasusptctooon any particular one. All that Is known, u tbat tha terrible cow- UL1C. All llwl la AuwWU| M S— a a Wiw awnaavao sew — atdiy deed waa done and cam# near murdering lour tha doctor, and the fact that bti aarrlce* were rendered In time A11 the partlee are now doing well, retting quietly at bom* where they ware taken so soon aatney were wall enough to he removed. __ me urHiu, euu n.ttl the MutlieWS SlUliutt CUSC freslt iu their minds, called tier lit und sent for the police. The negro taking alarm, fled and 1ms not since been seen. The police ar rested the girl and carried her to E. K. 1*. Osborne’s office, where an investigation into the cave was made. Tbe girl was under the influence of liquor, and it was impossible to get an intelligible account from Iter. Site stated, however, that her name was Lizzie Henderson, nnd she came from Union county. Her father, Thomas Hender son, was dead, and since his death her mother married a man named Cal. Kendall, nnd is now living near Davis' mine, in Union. She had been unable to live peaceably with her step-father, and her mother finally told her she bad better go seek a home elsewhere, and yesterday moruingturned beradrift, with a gilt before leaving her home. Tbe negro who was with her, she stales, is named Dill Gregory and she has known him nil her life. She and the negro got together and cane on to Charlotte, but with what object in view she would not state. It is the opinion of tboae who conducted the examination that the girl ran off with tbe negro with tbe purpose of living with him, and tbat to shield him she was guarded in her answers, and refused to tell anything about him. Tbe girl was sent to a responsible family in the city to be taken care of for several days, or until some thing more is learned of her cose. Site ia ap parently about eighteen yean old, and has an uncultivated and rather coarse look. , fhborbood a man by Dm- name of Liliey, who expressed himself in strong terms oguiust the unknown slayers of tbe negro. So offensive did lie become to somo of tbe citizens of that locality that they decided to get him lo migrate, and he was advised to "get up and sift,” which ho did, taking tin his abode in the clastic Athens. After holding bis peace for two years now, lie has decided to give tlie government tho bene fit of certain information that lie had in his posseasaon which he says will lead to tbe conviction uf nt least a part of tho crowd that killed the negro. It is.-aid that this information was secured through confessions made to Liliey by ceituhi members of the crowd that made way witli the negro. There Is another theory however, which is stated as a fact, aud which Tint Co.htitutioh is in possession of, but which it is not til liberty to mentlou. It puts another face on the matter. It will be re ferred to os soon as it would not conflict with the ends of justice to mention it. Matters hove passed on in this quiet way until on night before last on Information secured from Liliey, Special Deputy Marshal Gump pro ceeded to Gwmnestcounty with a posse and there arreetted two men, Willis anil Nathan Drown, who are said to ltavo been tieeply con nected with the killing. They were brought to the city yeaterday, and their trial waa bo gun before Commissioner W. D. Smith ...,i ‘' - w n c... I, 'i’l and Commissioner W. C. Smith. Tlie charge upon which they were arrested was not mur der, as might be supposed. That is a crime of which the United DtuU-s will take no cognl- 'z-ince, hut the warrant charges Ilium with conspiracy to prevent the execution ol tho revenue laws of tho country. If they uro tried on a warrant for murder it will be in the elate court. The penalty for tbe violation uf the law referred to i • from two to ten years in tlie penitentiary at hard labor. Only one or two witnesses were examined yesterday before tbe commissioners, but the evidence wus such as to causs the men to be held in bonds uf 1800 each for a further preliminary examination on Friday next. The bonds were given and the men were aet at liberty for the preaenL Ai the preliminary trial the story of the killing will be told in o way that will remind tbe public of the old kuklux stories that were told st the close of the war. Tlie prosecution will undertake to show that about a month before tlie body of the negro was found he THE LATE DR. FORD. Tka tlfc, Death aaS Hartal .rUearsta'a DhtlasanSeS PfejrilalMi Special to Tbe Coniiitutlon, Auoi-sta, Ga., August 23.—Tbe funeral of Dr. Lewis D. Ford took place to-day from St. i’aul’a(Episcopal) church and was very largely attended. Ths city council and the medical urofetsion were pretem In a body. His Lire and izavicza. From tbe Augusta Evening Neat Augusta lost ths neatur of the medical pro fession in Georgian lieu laatnighiatlOo'ciuck the spirit of Dr. L D. Ford puaed peacefully away, and the good man rested after long and weary yean of labor on earth. Dr. Ford waa indeed the oldest physician and one of tbe oldest citizens of Augusta, being at tba time of his death in his eighty-second year. His death was quiet and peaceful, and was tbe ending of a long and painful illness and con finement at bis borne. Dr. Ford was born in New Jersey on the applied at tlie distillery ot, two _ men named Drown * ‘ * “ and Freston and asked for wotk. ft was suspected that he wss on the lookout for illicit distilleries ami work waa refused him. He then proceeded to the home of a man named Dillard, about a mile distant, where he applied for and secured employment for a ■uontu. Tbat night Um masked men rode up to the door and demanded tne negro, autiug that they wanted him for horse stealing and saying mat they had a warrant for his ar rest Mr. Dillard is very old and made such a protest ss he could, but the men insisted, broke the door in nnd tlie negro was taken out by them and carried away. Liliey stales that two of tbe inert were the Browns, who are arrested, and that one of them waa the man Preston who is now in Texas. At they passed away from the house they se cured a huge log chain, which they carried along with them. They also got a sledge hsmmcr with which may smashed-in tlie head of the negro. They then put the chain about his body, tied tlie rock to him and threw him Into the pond. It is sticl that be was to securely weighted down that bis body would never have come up If it had not „ been for the unusual freshet. This is tbe story that will he told for the prosecution. The two defend ants deny that they had anything to do with tlie killing and state that tney knew nothing uf tbe affair until it was brought to light by tbe finding of the body. Tbe final trial of the case will come olf at tbe September term of the court and will aruuae much internal. The CoxniTCTio* knows nothing of the true details of the killing. Tbe story Is merely given as what the government will aeek to pi ove. Tbe only thing that is known to be a fact ia tbat tlie body ot the negro wss found in the manner and condition which hu beta described. MEWS OF GEORGIA. WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYINO AND DOING. All Lfodlna Crimp*, CaautUlrt and O her Errcta —Haw the Crepe Throagbout tbe Country Brand -Trtlk About Politics and Buaineea— Marttra af General Iniereat. Bie. CIIESTATIK, August 20.—Mr. Erb Boyd and J. F. Boll were arrested and carried before Uommiastotier Dunlap on cltaVge of re use cancelled postage stamps. Upon examina tion by Inspector Lanier Bell was released and Boyd was hound over In tho sunt of $300 for his appearance at tho United States dis trict court In September. Jesof, August 20.—About 11 o'clock Friday night ns the mall nnd passenger train from Brunswick, Georgia, was nearing Jesttp, Geor gia, nt the trestle over I’inhollowtiy creek tlie engine ran over nnd killed a man unknown to tlie railroad men or citizens of this place. He is supposed to hare been a sailor, as his arms were tattooed und ho had on a blue woollen shirt mid blue pants. He was knocked into tbe creek anti taken out by the train bands and brought to Jesup for interment. Cumhino, August 18.—Yesterday Pustolfice Inspeotor B. H. Laniernrrivetl here to inves tigate some crookedness in the postolllce nt this place. On tho ]Ath of February, 1882, Mr. A. J. Kemp, who lives in this county, came to town and went to tlie nlfice of W. A. Porter, then sheriff, nnd asked him to writo i letter toJ.D.Kcmp.of Dallas,Polk county, Ark., anti incloecd in it for him thirty-live dollars,to be registered at Gumming. His request was grunted, the letter was written on a sheet of K , and inclosed In an envelope, each hav- inted on them the sheriil'a card. The money ($33) was placed in the letter in the presence of W. A. Porter, A. J. Kemp and Krcretl Kemp, and the three went Imtuedl ately to the postofllco together, Mr. A. J. Kemp carrying the letter, which was deliv ered to Dr. F. H. Nichols, p-atmosier. It waa afterwards forwarded to its destination, but reached there containing no money.. A search was at once began for tho lost money but did not resell a result until November 1. The envelope in which the letter was placed when first written was a blue ono, but it reached its destination in a pale yellow (almost white) one.and was not backed n tho handwriting of W. A. Porter, as was the one first sealed. It also bore tho post mark, Cumming, Ga., February 1-1,1882, writ ten in red ink. Mr. Porter backed his With black Ink. The post mark on tbe letter corresponds to tho entry on the register book, ink anil all,except the register book is marked February loth and tho post mark February 14. Tlie letter was dntod February 15. When the inspector produced tile letter to W. A. Porter, lie at once recognized it aa tho nno he wrote,but stated that the envelope containing it wus not the one he put the letter in, nor was it bucked in his handwriting. Dr. Nichols was carried toGainesville to-day for a hearing. Tim cose seems to be a slrongonr against him. . Seboia, August 21.—At lialf-afier 12 last night the residence of F. P. Urassoll, of this place, was discovered to be on lire. His fur niture, in the front part of thn building, was nil suved, but everything In the rear part of thu bouse wus lost. Origin of the . lire not known, but Is supposed to be accidental. He was insured for *800 In a good company. He speaks of rebuilding at once. Chattanooa, August 20.—Tho provnlonco oi llux in n vlnftent form has lor somo time caused alarm at Dunlup, Tenn., mid now in- jfifflm lias been received hero Th.tr■Inea sels in its worst form lias broken out there, and has almost become epidemic. The deep est concern prevails In the wholocoiuniunlty. No Intelligent explanation ot these persistent attacks ot disease has yet been furnished, but it is generally believed the wells anil springs have iiecn poisoned by some internal disturb ances of the surrounding country. Acwortii. August 21.—Alva, the two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Duncan, died night before last and was buried at Liberty Hill cemetery yeaterday at 4 o'clock p. m., Hev. W. A. Hintons officiating. Mr. Duncan himself lias been quite sick for two months. Tlie bereaved have the condolence of tho en< tiro community. McNutt, August 20.—Bov. Overton cen sured tlie young men, during Ills discourse Sunday, for matrimonially addressing a young lady on the Sabbath day. Home, August 21.—Burglars are still infest ing cur city. Last night ut tweivo o’clock one wus discovered in tlie residence of Mrs. Langtlnn Bowie. An alarm being raised lie best a hasty retreat, without taking anything off. In East Dome one entered the office of the president of thn East Ilomo Town com- isny by means of a ladder, which he climbed in Ini ' ‘ * ' “ second story. A few valuable papers ore all that were missed. Home, Ga.', August 23.—A eass of wholesale ooisotiing among tunic negroes living in die suburban town of Forestvllie, which occurred yesterday morning. Three famlliea living bus just come to light, very near Walter Price's house hod a falling out witli Price’s wife a few days ago, and she told Litem they would be sorry for it before Saturday night. So yesterday morning Walter Price curried home a veaael filled witli lager beer anil some Hour. Tho neighboring negroes wero invited to drink, unu tbe flour waa dis tributed among them to make bread. Nine partook of the Deer and bread, aud everyone was soon after tirade very sick. One woman named Ella Jenkins started a little aix year old child to the city for the doctor and died before the child returned. The same child was taken sick and died before dinner. Tnree of the remaining seven are in a critical con dition. Doctors Hammond and Thomas Holmes administered thenntldotes for arsenic poisoning, as event symptom wss that of ar senic poisoning. The wife of Price was also poisoned, and she says her husband did the work, as he wanted to get rid of her. A post mortem examination of tbe dead woman was held to-night and her stomach Is to be ana lyzed by Professor Lyne td-morrow. Price pretended that lie was poisoned, but the phy sicians decided otherwise, and he waa jailed ■lay on the charge of murder. L'vaii.v A nuttaf 91 —'‘fianpt Em.ijav, August 21—“Georgia by Wire,” which you devote considerable apace,ia read by our people with interest, and tbe geogra phy of the outlying Piwns, with their progress Is noted. No paper reaches us that ia so wel come a visitor as Tux Coestitutioh. Kill jay will HOOD be tied to Atlanta by rail, even if it Is a narrow gauge, and an event tbat will be, by our people hailed with pleasure, only to be augmented when tbe Marietta and North Georgia ahakea hands with the western exten sion of the North Carolina line beyond our state limits. The work on the Marietta and North Georgia railroad ia progressing rapidly. Croisties in abundance are being gotten out from Marble Uliff to Ellijay, and tbe steel is expected it an early day. THE QLOEY Or SEIKO A COKVICr DESCSIBKD. Thu convicts hare been moved to camp No. ,u, two miles north of our village, where they are faring sumptuously and are well pleased. To please these unfortunate men, a testify to their good work, and to show our gratitude to the present managers of the road, on last Saturday our citizens joined in givittg a huge basket dinner. Tne tables were spread at noon, and were varied and abundant and finely enjoyed by the convicts. A number of abort talks were made by our citizina, also Superintendent Hammett and Captain Bruce addressed tlie convicts. We lure never seen so msny men together, who were so well pleased with their superiors. Tney are well fed and clothed, and perfectly satisfied with tbeirtreatment. They couldnot be induced to voluntarily leave here, and risk chances. Ail the natural surroundings are conducive to good health, and with tlie excellent treatment received by the men makes them strong, active and valuable. Augusta, August 23.—A little negro child fell in the fountain in front of a private resi dence on Green street to-day and was drowned. It was not seen until it had been dead some time. Rome, August 24. —Skaggs & Co. of Talla dega, shipped the first bate of new cotton to Itounaavllle A Bro.’s warehouse, this city. The bate weighed 550 pounds, clasped mid dling. and was bought by Mr. T. F. Howell ns tlie highest bidder at 1(1 cents. Augusta, August 24.—Tho action of the legislature in regard to the police commission is awaited with considerable anxiety. It is generally believed that tho bill giving the election of the commissioners to the city council will he adopted. The passage of the redlstrlcting hill created very little comment. This district is regarded as safely democratic. Savannah, August 21.—An attempt was made early this morning to bum a two-story frame dwelling on Tatum street, owned by Jones Duggan. The early discovery of tlie lire by a policeman prevented a destructive conflagration. GinsoN, August 23.—Very much surprise was occasioned yesterday when the jury of tlie superior court of Glascock county return ed a truo bill against Dr. E. G. Scruggs for the murder of Mr. Adrian Underwood, the coro ner's jury having, on the day after the killing end ut tbe inquest, rendered a verdict of “justifiable homicide.” A HISTORY or THE MURDER. Scruggs and Underwood lived at Scruggs- villo, In Glaascock county, their residences being not more titan three hundred yards apart. They married sisters, daughters of Mr. William Hunter, whose residence is about three miles from Scruggsville. It is generally understood that Dr. Scruggs and his wifohave not been on tho best of terms. He drinks and accuses her of infideli ty. On tlie 20th ot July there was a domes tic disturbance, and Mrs. Scruggs went to ' Underwood’s. Liter she went to her father’s. Dr. Scruggs followed. During the afternoon Underwood came, and be and tbe doctor were not long in getting at "daggers poiDt.” In response to some damning words, Underwood struck Scruggs. Tbat seemed to be an end of the matter; for the doctor then found time to go about tho farm and raise a rumpus with tho negro laborers. This wns a largo affair in itself. Ho ran the negroes away; and they in turn promised to mob him that night. The doctor returned home, nnd with some friends sat up waiting for tlie promised mob of negroes. It was past midnight, nnd tbe ■arty were In front of tlm doctor’s office. Two loracmen rodo by, and Underwood called*. “Scruggs, is that you?” “Yes,” was tho answer. "t am going to kill you,” raid Underwood. The doctor immediately raised his shotgun, fired, nnd Underwood fell from his hone dead, rzs CONTRA. A young Mr. Johnson, who was accompa nying Mr. Underwood, tells a different story of the llriDg. He denies that Underwood eaid, "I mu geing to kill you,” or that ho mailo any threats at ail. It is also denied by other parties that'tho negroes intended to mob or even promised to mob Dr. Scruggs. When Underwood rode by bo was returning from Mr. Hunter’s. A cocked pistol was found in his breeches pocket. AT OIIIION. No sentences of mine can describe the ex citement that prevails. It it not simply that vulgar exeltemenr which always lollaars •’ ■ -s\ •' » murder, but It is tho Intense excitement of men who nre related to the dramatis pcrsonie. A distinguished gentleman and official told me, “It is feeling that you see manifested. These people nru dreadfully in earnest—they are Intensely wrought up. DRAMATIS I’KatONAE. Dr. E. 0. Scruggs is u middle aged man. Hu bos commanded considerable attention in Qlaseoek county. Four or fire times he mi returned to the legislature. He ia a farmer us well as a physician and has niado money in the past several years. Mr. Adrian Underwood was n member of otic of tho most highly respected families in tills section. He too was a farmer and was increasing in wordly possessions. Mr. William Huntc * “ ' Hunter, father-in-law to tho two men, ia a planter of means. His lifo is as free from harm os the life of any human being ever eras. He is quiet, peaceable, friendly, not given to excesses, and highlycommended by ills neighbors. Be is a brother of tbe pop ular Dr. Hunter, of Louisville. IN Till COURTROOM. Judge E. If. Bottle will preside. The de fense will be rciircsented by Judge William Gibson nnd Mr. James Whitehead, of Warren- ton, and probably by Mersre. Lane and Uogen, of Gibson. Thu Hun. George F. Bierce, solic itor-general of 4he circuit, will be assisted by tho Hon. Thomas E. Watson, member from McDuffie. Niue jurymen have been selected. The othor tbreo will be added—perhape, to-day. A great number of witnesses have been sum moned. Tlie courtroom is packed and the corporation lines of sylvan Gibson cannot contain tbe crowd that swells and sways and moves like a sea. Surrounding counties are represented, and the case is tlie sole subject of conversation. Judge Gibson was not dropped into tbe defense like a man from a balloon. He was at the coroner’s Inquest. He has interviewed every mtn in and around Scruggsville. He is thoroughly posted; and DCruggSTIIIB* $10 muiuuguij |»iA3fcLw, uisu will make the strongest effort of his life. I do not know every detail of the defense. It is proposed to show that Mrs. Scruggs was not a faithful wife, ’though tbe high character of her family will throw a damporon that point. Dr. Scruggs lias children, and it is urgued tbat hs would gain little by proving their mother recalcitrant. Boon after the murder, Dr. Scruggs spent a number of days In Wnrren'on witli his fath er, Judge W. O. Scruggs. If lie is acquitted, he will find much difficulty in regaining his lost influence. The general Impression is that no verdict will be rendered—that there will he a mistrial. Gibson, August 25.—The argument in the trial of Dr. E. O. Scruggs for the murder of Mr. Adrian Underwood was concluded at a late hour yesterday, and the case went to tbe jury. In a very few minutes they made upa verdict of “not guilty.” Tus Cosstitotiun’h pre fictions ami the predictions of many dis tinguished men thus came to pass. The prosecution only bad ono witness, and his testimony carried very little weight, owing to self-contradictions and some absurd state ments. Auousta. August 25.—Arthur Wooton, bookkeeper for May AGoodyear, accidentally shot himself in the office of the firm this af ternoon, inflicting a very painful wound. Mr. Wooton was very highly esteemed and much sympathy is expressed. The pistol went offin a paper box iu a drawer that Mr. Wooton was opening. McDuffie Journal: Dick Hall, colored, commonly called ‘•Dinah’s Dick.” was ar rested by Sheriff Speir and placed in jail in Thomson on Monday last, charged, as wo learn,with baring stolen a cow near Augusta, Dick must be a hardened sinner. He waa sent to tbe chaingang from Thomson a few years ago, end after serving out his term, re luming to Augusta, where lie was soon again convicted of burglary and sent to the peni tentiary. He served out tbe term and again located lu Augusta. He came to Thomson several weeks ago, and soon after a number of burglaries occurred. Suspicion points strong ly towards Dick os the guilty- party. Dick is a striking specimen of Dr. Haygood’s Brother in Black.

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, August 28, 1883, Image 1