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TEE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. OA., TUESDAY AUGUST 10 1886
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Ali.vHA, (it., August 1— [Special.]—Some
four or five (lay. ego a aagro, named Henry
Davis, outraged the person of the daughter of
a prottin- at and esteemed citizen of Richmond
county. By threats against the lifaofhia
night year-old victim of his lust, the villain
sec uitd her sitenco and managed to effect hie
escape before hit c rime became known. When
the child tearfully told her downhearted aad
grief stricken parent! of the crying and
riru isH nr.r.n ok this bkctk,
Ibe facta concerning tha crime became
known in the neighborhood. Tha scene of
the crime was near Double It ranches, about
eight miles from Augusta. Tha father of the
child, whole doing busings* in A ago tta, swore
out a warrant in Augusta for the arrest of tha
negro, aad the authorities here having koowl*
edge that Davit was in the employ of a Mr.
Thompson, at Perklne, la Screven county, a.
rtr.tlon err the Central railroad line, dlspstcBed
officer ( Alvin Seago to arrest the mucraau:
and bring him hick to this city,
Monday the officer proceeded to Srrevea
county, aad plsdag Davit under arrest, start,
id on rbe return tup to Augntta. At four
o -lock this irornlngta (he train, having on
board rhe officer and criminal, rem-uad M-.
Jitan’t, a wood station on tha Central goad,
, THE THAIS WAS BOARIIKD
by a -cere of men weeriog white masks, who,
by threats tnd intlmldetion, forced the priso
ner from the officer. The conductor end train
crew hurried to(heemltlaaceoftfr.8eego,hat
Icing convinced that resistance to the twenty
unknown msa, who were armed te the teeth,
was use!eat, they submitted to the Inevitable
and the crying and ahriakiag wretch woe
dragged from the coach, thrown into n wagon
near at hand aad driven hurriedly ioto the
unrounding woods, the lynching party follow,
lag bnnriedly. Daring the dragging of tha
miscreant from the coach several perrons ware
ret a to lire at him, bat no ball It
kaewn to have strocV him, The feeling
against him was aoetmag that it mu fnai
that be would be klllsdtt the depot in the
presence of the ladlea who, hair-clad, bad
ruebtd from the sleeping can to learn tha
cs-oia of tha uproar. On* lady
fainlrd during the excitement, (laving
Mcnttd the negro the lynching psrty hurried
him about a uoarter of mil* from tho railroad
herns Ha wan naked If ha Wat aware of the
er Ira* with which ha was charted. Piteously
wailing, aad brggiag in the name of Hod aad
til that was holy, ha replied in tht attractive
si d confessed his guilt. This named tha
■ii.-naL Immediately aeinglente allot nag
et, and Davie's body teemed to quiver, aa
hi ring received a death wound, but tofore tba
•«nying body fall to the ground, twenty well
lliufd shots
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■rnnt.r.o rnr body with Hor.r.s.
Aad thv Bring aad pitiful crlnof the doom-
ed boy having oeasad, nothing
further wta heard nave tha
tismn of horses’ feet aa tha
I; uchen repented and departed from the
tv ne. Whence they had come or whither
til y bad gone no ono known. Nota tnrmlte
is to their identity la Indulged in. Tha elo
cution teak place beAm the tnin left the
sislioo. The body was left when it Ml.
t'oroaei l'i-iuot goee down tomorrow te bold
si. [nonets, while people here generally cry
di wn lynch law, not a voice of white or col
ored ku been raiard in condemnation of the
1; aching. The brute deaarvad a mere vio-
1. at death. Hit victim will hardly recover
firm her injuries
t runk Humphries tlunvli-ted ul Harder.
MiUJiDunviu.k, Ua, August 5.—[Spe-lal.)
T i» case of Prank Humphries, charged with
i a murder of tha Misses (’arris Baines and
' I* Humphries, was called today. Colonel
1- -tort Whitfield aud Hon. Seaborn Reese ap.
i-trad far tha pnnaentiop. Judge Hiofot-d
<1 Colonel Grieve were for the defense. Out
-even panels s .jury was obtained, and the
•a proceeded to trial. The grind jury hid
iten a hill of Indictment for murder agAiist
auk Humphries fur murder, sod nolbiag
-a left but to try him.
THE KVIDKNCK DAMAUIWff.
Mr, Elisha Hnmphriet, half brother of tho
srctiKd, was sworn snd followed by severs!
nitauses, all of whom tendod to weave a web
of very damaging evidence about tha unfur-
lunata man. Both tha prosecution and tha
defease used every effort to gat oat a complete
statement of tha evidence, lire. Humphries
Is pretrot with three chtldun, two boys and a
girl; tha eldest it nine years old. The wifeis four
liars older than her husband. Ua Is nearly
thirty. He looks cheerful and hopeful. Ha
listens without emotion to the recital of (sets
concerning tha dreadful tragedy; Dr. Hsrle.
min swore that Ifisa Ella Humphries’s body
hsd been outraged after tha fatal shot. Other
witnesses corroborated that evidence. Hum*
phriee’a eye* hare a wild and hunted look
about them. He is esideatly fully coni.-lnis
of iliejeapardy la which bangs his life. His
wife still remains with her nratty children
on tha farm, nine miles from town, and ia
del ply troubled shout tha gnat misfortune
which has robbed her of a faithful sister, a
loving elect and a husband, who is being tried
for his life.
After the examination of t dozen witnesses
the case reeled until tomorrow.
A stoonci pKKEXsE,
The defense bsetnbpoenad sixty witnesses,
sod will make a stubborn tight The shot No.
T sad tha wads, bloody from Ella Humphries’
wounds, were exhibited, aad tha sheila found
on tha spot were unloaded in one court, and
the leedt compered corresponded exactly with
the wuda cut from tha back of a ledger. Cap-
tslu Ennis swore that be found in a desk at
Humphries’ house, shells with wadi cut from
the same piece, lie g.it the shoes hidden be
hind tseks of cotton. Humphries at last pro
duced the «hirt, undershirt, drawers and pints
with blood stains on them. The girmenta
were exhibited In court with mud and blood
oa them. Tha piece of slanra misted Horn his
dress shirt was found by A. J. Wall snd Turn*
er Hanford, which was also shown. After ex
amining Hanford touching tbs prisoner's uni
ty, tha prosecution mated.
MlLDXtx.EVH.Lt, August il.—[Special.]—
Yesterday tha faaons Humphries murder cue
Wta called ia superior court, Judge Thomu (1.
Inn-son presiding. This case is ono of univer
sal Interest. It will be remembered that an
the fourth of March of the present year, tha
bodies of Misses Carrie Baines aad Ella Hum
phries wan found brutally murdered about
nine miles above kero, ia Baldwin county.
News of tha murder toned like wildfire, tnd
a party of several hundred quickly gathered
at the scene ol the murder.
While relatives and friends srero speculating
regarding lbs murder, Frank Humphries,
brother-in-law of Mlm Uinta Baiast and hslt
uncle ef Miss Ella Humphries, appeared on
the scene, end seemed to know so much
anoi’T tub Xu SDK a
that he was apprehended by Sheriff Ennis,
"bo quietly conveyed him to Baldwin fail, in
Mllledgevtlie, where your correspondent was
But to interview him. For fear of msh vio-
leo.-* the prisoner woe conveyed to Macon and
p’ered is jail then to emit his trial.
• Durlog this week the grand j-iry of Brld-
wm county found e true bill against Ham-
phries for che
Ml'RDER or TME LAMES.
- ,tUI Uolowel Robert
n Slit -Id end 1,on. Seaborn Kcasc were am.
ployed by Elisha Humphries, half brother ef
the eccased, brother-in-law of Min Balnea
aad father of Him KUa Humphries. Tho do-
At e a m. tie prjoaer appeared is --out
leaking tory cheerftl, aad entirely cala^
tad the selection of the jury began. Out of
eighty-four men, twelve were cUoseu, aud
they weic almost entirely of tho farming clas
it was not believed that a jury couid be got
ten ro toon, but the conduction was greatly
facilitated by Judge Lawson's prompt and ie
dtive methods of getting at the work.
THE Pir.-T V. IT.VE-S
introduced wan Mr. Elisha Humphries, who
sets closely examined by connscl, aud bis evi
dence carefully tsken down by Mr. Richard-
ton, conn stenographer. Mr. uamphries’s ev
idence was delivered in >n open and straight
forward manner, and neither party was able
to elicitanythlngont of ie but a plain straight
oat statement. The banie wta
CROWDED TO SVErOCATIO’V,
sad the gallery aad aisles were crowded with
men who jostled aad acrouged each other for
even standing room.
Mr. Bnmparies told how hla sister-in-law
aad daughter bad lan with Frank Humphries
on the ereaiog of that fatal fourth of March,
aad how, early next moruiag,he received a
acts from Frank Humphries stating that ha
and the ladlea had been tseanlted in a wooded
place, end bo baviog boon knocked senseless
by a sand baiutha two ladies were shot by
fire mteked An, who carried dooblebarrelied
shotguns, accompanied by two others with
HOWrB KNIVES,
and that the party bad murdered them aad
left him senseless in the cold rain during tho
entire night. Mr. E. Humphries hastened to
the iceao and found the bodies in the wood,
some hundred yards from the piece, end after
• slight teercb ho found several gaa wads,
a set of false teeth and n box of
croahet work, identified so having
bona in the pio-e*-inn of Miss
Fainas, when list —»■ - in-. Mr. Hum-
phriee’s teetime —»v„ a web of
evldancnaround um a m»i tut-, wts very
substantial.
Mr. John lane, brother-in law oBtba Hum
phries, was next interrogated He told hour
Frank Humphries bad come to bis house with
hie dog end guo, and had persuaded Miss
Hales#
AGAINST HER WILL
to accempany him to bit home, saying that
“tha old lady i meaning hie wife) was very
peerly, and that she treated to sea Mitt Csrrie
very aaneb.” Mite Carrie pleaded, as an ex
cuse, that her sister, Fannie, was ill and tba
hated to leavo her, for tho wot afraid aba
“would never see her alive any more."
At laat, however, Humphries war so persis
tent that she consented to go, altbouga the
dreaded to go with him on account of his
belag’in the habit of drinking, and she went
and asked her niece, Mist Kilt, to aecorapiay
her. Hbe agreed to do to, tad at 4:30 they
left in eemptny with Frank Humphries, who
carried hla gaa, a double barreled, breech
loading shot gun, snd the ualbrtanato women
were never seen anymore in Ilfs.
VXS. JOHN RAINES,
wife nf Miss lialncs'a brother, was next ex-
stained, end she testified aa to Frank Hum
phries’* wife baviog spent tha day with bar on
' the fourth of March. Her testimony tended
to increase the web of evidence being woven
around tho dastardly crime.
Next, Mrs. suits was examined, aad aha
was the Drat to isrnar that Mlm Ella Hum
phries's body bad bean vlelatad. Her testi
mony wan anlmpeachible, aud she was ques
tioned bat very little.
TlMBtxtsrlniemiraaUrs.Katie Webb, sis
ter of Mlm Ella Humphries, and the corrobo
rated tha evidence of the other ladlea.
Dr. Hardeman was next called, and his tes
timony was
MOST DAMNING
to tho occneod. Ho swore in positive terms
thu the young lady aad bean rllaly outraged,
as every indication pointed that wty. Hoaiso
stated tnatMlmHumphries'siroandsirerenotof
a character to produce instant death, but tba
wounds in her neck had been deeply lacerated
by something like a dull knife. Dr. Harde
man was examined and cross examined, but
tha evldancn remained unshaken.
Sbep Walker, a negro, wts noxt examined,
and bo sworo as to bearing two guo shots, one
immediately after the other.
FOUND GUILTY.
Tha coart house was agafa liliod this mak
ing with people from several counties around,
and there was scarcely room for the attorneys
snd oflicois of tho court. The trial was con
cluded thin afternoon at .1:30, and after a clesr
charge from Judge Lawson, tha inry retired.
Tha throng still remained until 4 o’olo-k,
when tha jury returned a verdict of guilty,
which will hang Frank Humphries. He looked
St the jury as they marched iu and hesrd the
verdict read without tremor.
THE WIFE AND rltlLDREN.
Mr. Hunipbrits, bis wife aud her three
little rblldreu were in the court roam ail dry.
Mrs. Humphries wore a sad cxprsuleu upon
her fees. The poor'llttlo children seomsd to
rcelliitho condition of thslr tether. Littlo
Mamie, tha little eight-year old daughter of
Frank Humphriea. waa noticed by every oas.
Shall a beautiful bine-eyed little girl. Her
lather docs not scam to notice her, or either
of the little boys, who seem to take the trial
of tlielr father very easy.
A TALK WITH THE CRIMINAL.
Tha following interview was had with
Humphries after the verdict was hal:
“What do you think of things no*'/’’
"1 don't think anything about it. A clear
conscience has s groat deal to do with a man's
feelingo."
' Wall, ir it ru me, It seams that I would
thin k of it I'-
“Oh, trail, 1 don’t careanytking about how
I corns oat"
“Doyen think yon will ask fora new trialt"
“Wall, my lawyers may, bat 1 don’t care.
They can do os they please about it”
"Aad yon don't care what they do wish
you?"
“No, air, I don’t”
He waa perfectly c»lui while being inter
viewed, aud there ie no doubt as to his mind
being all right Colonel Robert Whitfield, the
solicitor genera), made one of tbs finest
speeches prosecuting Humphries that hu ever
been heard in tbit county. He made ono of
tha strongnt and clearest circumstantial cares
thit could bn made.
The Elocution or Willis Hudson,
FortDaines, Oa., Augnst 7.—[Special,]—
Willie Hudson, who wu hanged hero today,
wn bant is Haary county, Alabama, in 1&>I.
HU father died whila Willie seat hot five years;
of ago, thne leaving hint entirely in charge of;
hU mother, who developed into a women of;
hard character. Willis wu allowed perfect.
liberty Of action, selected hie own companions)
end never fell under the retraining Influences |
of tithe* church or school. Thtie wild and tin-
tutored he grew up into yoaag manhood, tall!
and muscular, with swarthy ftce and restless!
blech eye, a daredevil among his fallows and
a terror to every community in which ho
livtd.
Hie marriage and w anderixgi.
In 1K84 ho made lave to Miss Jennie Harp,
tha daughter of a respectable neighbor. Tba
parents of L’ra yonug lady used every meant
in their power to keep her from tuck a rash
act at marriage with Hudson would prove to
be.
“I know Willis batter than yen do,"eaidshe,
“and I am dateminad to bo bin wife.”
With tearful ryte tho friend* of the young
lady taw bar teuton tho name of Mrs. Hud-
ton. Leas than a troth of married life tainted
her af the mliteho the had made. From the
first moment her hnsbond treated her with
mallelona brutality, which became to terrible
that tho was glad to took ref ago from him.
Hudson then determined to leave homo, and
creating into Georgia, lived for a whila in
Randolph county. Tboart ho made bis war
Into Decatur county, back into Miller, and
finally into this plana. Everywhere ha left
behind him a record for vies aad imasaullty.
JOINED BY ms MOTBEK AND MISTER.
Vaoa hie arrival In this place ha scoured
employment, and evidenced a desire to change
hie career. Ho seat to Alabama for his mother,
who bad become Mrs. Roney, and hta sister.
Miss Isabella Rcaey. Tho tree character of
tha family ins toon developed. Neighbor
hood qnarrela and scandals grow anourous,
tod there wu tearrely a Dually hot foil under
the in af Mrs. Roaey. Amur those nei .-h-
boro wu Marion Millitaat aad kit wife. Tho
exact relations of MUtireas toward these-wo
seer; ten subject ef ep»-ulo!-ce; salhl-eil to
my that Urn fee* between Mm. Busy and
her daughter and Mrs. Millirens crew into «o
intensity which prepared the pubi c in'nu for
the terrible crime of August 1, 1'—
the story or the murder.
Mrs. Millirons was washing at a well near
Hsncock’s mil), aid her husband being too
unwell to fo to bis dally work, was cssistiug
her by drawing the water. Hudson, arming
himself with a double-barrel aholg’in.seernted
himacif in some bashes near the well, while
his mother and sister went up and b*gan »
murderous assault upon Mrs. Millirons with
battling (tick*. Millirons went to tho rescue
of his wile, offering no violence to the assail
ants, but simply shielding bis wife from their
blow* In doing which his arms were badly
battered and bruised.
Being thus foiled in their attempt to kill
Mrs Millirons, tho two women turned upon
Mr. Mililronr, one grasping his arm, the other
pounding him with the battling stick. Juttat
this juncture Willis Hudson rsn up, and plac
ing the muzzle of his gun within a few feet of
him, discharged tho whole load In bis back.
Millirons sank down immediately and the two
fiendt in female form continued to beat him
while in the agonies of death.
Mrs. Millirons, coming up to tbo relief of
her dying husband, wu again assaulted by
the women, knocked down and would have
been killed hsd she not been readied by par.
ties attracted to tbo sceno by tho report of the
gun,
THE SENSATION CREATED.
The news of this terrible end bloody crime
fell with sickening effect upon the common,
ily. The incarceration of two white women
and a white man Id jail tinder sneb a charge
was roioethlng unusual. The women laughed
at wbat they called the cowardice of Mrs.
Milliront, and were defiant,treatlng the whole
matter with unconcern. Willis alone seemed to
realize that a crime bad been committed, and
began at once to badge for an excuse. He
declared that ha bad been oat banting; that
on approaching the tcene of the killing bo
heard a rcrarublt; on rushing up to tbo spot
bo beheld his sister, u bo thought in the tolls
withe negro, and thus thinking ba had
fired the shot which laid Millirons low.
At tho fall term of Clay superior court Wil
lie Hudson ws> put upon trial for tbs crime of
murder. Ha waa convicted, and pending an
apt*al to tba supreme court sentence was sus
pended,
DEATH ( HEATS THE LAW.
Au adjourned term of tba nut court sras
called a week later for the purpose of trying
the women. They appeared bold tod defiant
still, tod astonished the audience by tht cool
manner is which they acted. They were
foond guilty of manilaughmr and were
notified to appear for sentence the next morn
ing. But one ef the prisoners appeared,
however, Mite Isabella Roney. Daring the
night Mrs. Roney was taken sick. Her cries to
her daughter.wbo wu in the adjoining cell.fo
help, went unheeded, beesnsa it wu supposed
that she wts playing a part. (Iradually thu*
cries cessed, and when daylight cam* the
mother was dead. Miss Roney, therefore, ap
peared aloue for sentence, and wu givan life
imprisonment. The execution of her sentence
was suspended until the result of her brother’s
tppcal to the supreaa const wu known. She
was treated with eoma little conrideration.not
being required to stay In tha steel cage.
About a month ago aha escaped, aad It wu ton
days before the wu discovered In tha country
*t the house of a relative. When approached
by the sheriff, she cried, aad said she thought
strong men coaid find something better to do
than bunting down a poor little girl. She was
at once tent to the penitentiary camp In Jef-
frnon county, where the will pass her life.
8he ia a woman of good figure, pretty face and
might, nnder other circ nmetancu, have de
veloped into qalte a different sphere.
rWlBTINd THE INEVITABLE.
Tha appral of Willis Hudson to thn supreme
court wu without effect. The court could dis
cover nothing but brutality in tha crime, and
confirmed the death verdict. At tha let* term
of tbo superior court, Hudson wu aenteneed
to he executed on the 10th of Jaly.
Many citizens, having edoubt of Hudton'a
Malty, signed a petition to Governor McDan
iel, uklng that tba sentence be commuted to
life Imprisonment. Local physicians, like
wise, signed certificates to the effect that Had-
•on wu a man of unbalanced mind. Upon tha
presentation of thorn papers, Governor Mo-
Denied ordered a respite until Augnst seventh,
end privately instructed Doctor Powell, oftha
state lunatic uylum, to make Inreitirstion
into tba alleged lunacy. Doctor Powell
promptly acted, and reported that
Hadion hid A perfect tense of
right and wronr, and well kuew what he wu
doing. Upon tho reception of thle report,
Governor McDauiel ordered that the execution
should take place at tha time specified. Tha
nana wu racthad by Hudson with indiffer
ence. Tha appeals of preachers he rejected,
tnd hie time up to the night before bis execu
tion, wu putted In stolid ludifferenco.
THE EXECUTION.
A crowd, vvionily estimated at from three
to five thousand, stumbled to witness tha
hanging. Tba (allow* wu erected bock nf
the old cemetery, in a valley with tloplaghllla
on either tide, offering ample point* for obser
vation. At 11:30 o'clock, n few strokes
oftha town hall announced that the procession
waa ready. The prisoner, in. a carriage, ac
companied by the Reverends Corley and Riley
and McLendon, and the sheriffs of Clay and
Early counties, wu going to tha place of exe
cution under the military escort of the Fort
Galaca Gourde.
I-ESTRSTINU AGAINST THEGALLOWR.
Nearing tho gallows, Hudson remarked:
“That gallows iitoo low to brook my nock.
I do hopo they will not strangle me.”
Heuccnied tha gallows withe firm atop
without oasis ton:*. After appropriate sad im
pressively solemn religious eervioet, ia which
the three minister* portlcinoted, Hudson, who
bad remained standing with hia hock to tho
spectators, to mod facing them, and made n
very painted, practical, aud forcible exhorta
tion, utenidring all who knew Urn.
Ho made no direct allusion to Ua crime; bat
gara a succinct account of hia penitence and
conversion, which occurred Thursday morning
at daybreak. ]|a exp rated implicit confidence
in his future bappinesi, end said ha wu will
ing to din. Ha admonished his hearers to
weete no sympathy upon Urn, hot to prepare
to meat tha Judge who might toon summons
then also. Ho Mid:
“Yon too me standing on thia trap, wUchi •
in a few minutes to usher ua into eternity,
and you are, perhaps, aarry for me; but yon are
also standing upon traps. How toon they may
be »prnng you know not Some of you may
acrer reaca your homer. Prepare to meet
yoar God."
Hla remarks were delivered in a calm and
dispassionate manner, without auy apparent
excitement or muscular tremor.
Hand* were ehaken and he bade fwowtll to
all on the scaffold, w ho then descended.
Sheriff Oolanun, after quickly adjusting tha
rope and black cap, the doomed man submit
ting to all the arrangemtatt with the utmoit
composure, stopped down, placed hit hands
on too trigger, and after the questioo:
“An you ready?”
Sprung tho trap, and Hudson hung tut-
K adtd in the air. After a fewcintortioashe
came quiet, aad in eighteen minutes, Doc
tort Brook* end Gunn pronounced hiss deal,
and tha body wu cut dawn.
Tobe Jackson, tha Dynamiter; Goes Yp-
Tobe Jackson, tba Cartertvilla dynamiter,
was sentenced to the Georgia penitentiary for
a farm often years Salinity by Judge Fain,
nf tba Bartow superior court, the sentence be
ing Jackson's reward for dynamiting Jadge
Aaron Collint’a residence in Cartortvlllo last
January.
The reatearo of tbeesart will bo curled
onto
When tbo year It*« wu ushered in Tobe
Jackion wuin unknown country nun, whoso
name had never been heard af beyond tha
limits fif Bawl on county, hut today ho can
leant of bemg ana of ska most notoriously and
extearively known man in the state. Within
a period of rix months ho hu pasted from oh-
-entity into resown, aad hu raised kin naan
from the aeighkerheed of hie home to tht
width and rtadth of the lead.
Oa the night ef Friday, January 04 lR-ri,
time ace aland a largo dynamic* bomb oa the
front porch of the raw fiance of Jodae Aaron
Cclliae, a United etas** c>-amas.*nor, and
by soma moans unknown caused its explosion.
The explosion waa accompanied by a terrific
shock wbich aroused nearly tho entire city
and in a few seconds half the mile pip'ila-
tion was around the place. Tho front portion
of the roridence was considerably shattered
whilewiidow clue were almost reduced to
powder. When the explos ion oceu rred Jadro
Collins aid his estimable lady were in bed.
The bed wu very near the front wall of tbo
building and only a few feet from tho spot up
on which the dynamite bomb
had teen placed. Tbo shrok
acted upon them for a second Ilka a paralytic
itroke, bntbytho time their friends reached
them they were both able to move about, but
were in a terribly confused condition. Dyna
mite, though a dangerous aad deadly destruc
live agency. Wif a familiar one to 'bo people
of Certertvillo, for It had been used about tbo
city before. The people who congregated
about the shattered residence wars at a loss
for a second to know what had transpired,
hut traces of dynimlte were toon detected,
and then the’good people’s indignation knew
no bounds tnd inatant and ten-Tble rengence
wt* sworn against the party or partita who
had done the work.
It wee necesnry. however, to ascertain who
did the work tad then catch them-before evi
dence could be obtained.
But the lew has been equal to both of there
requirements.
Hcon after Bartow county went dry a blind
tiger wu established in the place, and those
who wanted llqnor bad no trouble in obtaining
it. The law-abiding cltizentwere opposed to
the blind tigers, and, in their efforts to break
them up, became satisfied that Tobe Jackson
had teen manipulating one of them and caused
his arrest. He was carried before Jadge Col
lins, by whom he wee bound orer. Subse
quently ha was arrested on the eeme
charge and again boned over and again
the some thing occurred. Jackson did not
relish the strict account to which Judge Col
lins iranted to bold him and made frequent
threats.
When these things recurred to tbo minds nf
the people they quickly declared that Jsckson
had exploded tbc dynamite an JadgeCollint’t
n'ace, u a means of getting even. Tba belief
became general and before breakfast the next
morning there wu a universal cry for Jack-
sen’s arrest. Governor McDaniel wu visited
by a delegation of citizen# and a roanlt of the
visit wu tba offering of a reward of $130 for
Jackson's arrest. Detectives and blood hounds
were put upon Jackson's track
within a few hoars, and
for two deya tha chase sras kept np. Jackson
wu tbcrongbly familiar sritb the country and
led the bloodhounds and detectlvee around tha
country at will. On the second day's chess
oneofthe bloodhound*, “Old Nig,” became
feparated from the pursuing party and fora
time it was generally believed that Jackson
had captured tha dog. The public not only
in Georgia but all over tba country became
deeply interested in the chase and tha papers
were closely scanned every day for telegrams
from Nig Simpson, the detective, who led the
nunoit. Simpson and “Old Nig,” tha Mood-
bound, were made famous by tha
chare. Jackson managed to elude
them and got away. A few weeks later ha
appeared sear Csrtersvillo end sent a meeson.
g-1 to Gus Fite, an attorney, to meet him out
of town with ebot gnat. Soon after thin Jack-
ton went to Texu. Ha wu arrested aad De
tective Ed Murphy want after him bat Jack-
son escaped u he wu passing through Chatta
nooga en rente home. Later ha arranged to
surrender himself and oat morning whan it
suited bis convenience walked into Carton-
villa and wu soon at liberty on bond.
Feme four weeks tha msrebal of tho terra
found It necessary to arrest Bryant Strickland,
a resident of the place. Jackson wu nrala-
alive of tba marshal aad wu commanded to
aidj in tha airaet. 8 trick Land resisted and
wu killed, and for his killing aaverel poraons
were arrested. Among others wu Jackson,
who wu unable to give a $3,000 bond required
for hie part ia tbe killing. He pasaad the time
in jail, and on Thnreday wu taken oat for
trial on the charge of dynamiting. Of the
Ilia] tha following tpecial tolls:
THE STORY or HIS TRIAL.
Carteeaville, August 7.—[Special.]—Tobo
Jackson wu put on trial Thursday morning
on tha charge of dynamiting tbs dwell
ing af Judge Aaron Collins. Tha testimony
showed that Jackson had several times
tald that something would liavo to bo done to
stop tho numerous warranto that were being
Issued against him and others, end thought
that blowing up Judge Collin* was tha way to
step it; that several meetings were held to da-
vise means to accomplish their ends. Judge
Collier, Mr. Starling Robert* and A. W. Fite
were to bo removed, bat the means to ba em
ployed were not agreed upon. It wu shown
that Jacktoa'a attoclatoa bad bc-n seen with
dynamite cartridget which ho laid he wu
going to use, but that no psrtlcu-
lar time had been selected to do
tbe work,hut it wu understood that i; should
ba done. The witaenee told their tala with
coolaets and no amount of cross-examining
could demoralize them. They were not om-
barrasted at all, bat to the contrary uomed
to be possessed of secrets tbst they did not
w isb to divulge end give answers only as the
attorneys demanded theta. Tha taetimnny
indicated strongly that a plot bad bees ma
tured to remove Judge Collins, Gu* Fata and
a Mr. Roberts.
Tho first day wu irimoit consumed in ob
taining a jury. The defeat* wu represent* d
by Messrs. Baker, Ueywud aad Auaway and
Ibe preteoution by Colonel Grtham aud So
licitor J. W. Barns, Jr. Tha trial was concluded
this tfiernoou. Altar an able charge by Jadge
Fain, the jury retired about 4:30 o'clock and
remained eat shout one hoar, and brought in
a verdict of gnilty. Jadge Fain than sen-
tenerd Jackion to tan years In the penitentia
ry. The jury wu composed of solid farmers,
and by their verdict they have eel their eeal
ef condemnation upon tbs lawlessness
in this county. Tbe speeches of
nuniel on both sides were very
able, but tbe concluding argument for
>hr proucution bj Colonel J. W. Harris, Jr.,
wee one of the grandee: efforts of hia life, and
has never been surpassed ia eloquence and
convincing arguments, moving many of tbe
at dime* to Kart. Tbe verdict gives general
failrfactloa. Sam Jackson It in Jail, having
been surrendered by hia boadimen. His trial
on the tuna charge will not occur before Os*
lob) r, as court adjourned this evening.
Hanging of Daeperadoes.
Vataxiobas, Mexico, August 3.—^Yesterday
ailrong body of cavalry took Juan Saldana, the
bandit who wee recently raptured, and Trinidad
Ones, a youth of good family, who was implicated
in the hilling of a man named Yoons Garcia for
hla horse and pistol, from tha barracks of tho
youth regiment of infantry, out Into tha conntry
snd hanged them. Saldana wu a noted horse*
thief.
Murder with an Axe.
St. Louis, Augnst 3.—A special from Brook
field, Mo., says; At a picnic on Saturday, a man
named Gamer wusciUng beer without a Itcenst.
Tha cate wu brought to the tttentlou or two con-
tables, who arrested Garner. A brother of darner
came behind the coaitabln with a iherp axe and
Asiatic Cholera to WUconoln.
Milwaukee, August a—Repute of tha
existence of Matte cholera coma from throe
points in thia state. None of these reporta are
official end all ore doubtful, but will be inves
tigated. |
A Prominent Horseman's Testimony.
Chicago. Ill, Nov 1. 1885.
Melon. Lawrence, WUlUmi * Co.:—Last
spring I wrote you regarding Gombalt'e Caun-
uc Balsam, which I aud on my man, Kate
AUen. I gat netvoaa at tha Hue aad wu
very lorry I ever used it. But it did its
work splendidly, and I hove recomended it
in nceny cues. F.reiybody who hu used it
was store than pleased with the result*. I re
sold it os the mo*: wonderful liuiment lever
•aw or ured. John Kelly hu just gene out
aft-r a bottle to use on Uohin. J I- Day.
Mr Day I* one of the leading horseman of
Chicago aad own<r oftha fast-pacing mire
■■Kite AlTaa.' He i* also corr-epondeat for
wee of the icodicr homo pagan, eigaiag him-
•elf “Gw the Hoad.''
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