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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY. AUGUST 30. 1887.
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CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
Whites and Blacks Exchange
„• Shots With Fatal Results.
A NEGRO'S ASSAULT UPON A LADY
' SaoATTO, On-, Augnat 71.—{Bpedal.J—'Th*
moat extern.!.* >nd f.ul tragedy on neord In
D.Kalb county m enacted In thU qnlet,
modest Tiling* this afternoon. Itni tho kill-
l3r ol Mr. J. X. Hunt, the marshal, th*
dangerous and prob*hly fatal wounding at Mr.
T. H. drivers, an aa-marriial, nnd th* killing
of a negro known as Wesley Hubert.
Over thsea thousand negro* men, women
and children gathered at the tabernacle yester
day, the occasion being a Sunday«kool oole-
bralion
Toward* 4 o’clock two or thro* darkies In
Hie crowd exhibited unmistakable signs of
drunkenness, and soon became offensive to tire
quiet, orderly negroes,
plaint neither officer did anything. Finally
one of the drunken crowd, Wesley Hubort, a
■macular fellow, drew a pistol from hto hip
pocket, and, flourishing It about his head, bo-
gan talking boisterously. Several negrooa
raauxo ouTBAoan at itunsRT S wcrrtx,
(ought th* protection of the officers, and going
up to Baillll Rodgers, said:
“Please take that negro out of there. Me is
drunk and rowdy and will certainly hurt some
one with that pistol.”
"Da you want him taken eut?" askod tho
.’""Certainly we do,” answered the negro who
appeared to b* tho loader. Hu
bert had hla pistol, a British hull dog, In his
hand when Marshal Hurst reached him. His
hand waa high above his head with a fingor
on the trigger and tho pistol was making a cir
cle through the air. Baying Ills hand upon
ghs negro's shoulder, tho marshal said quietly:
"Horo, this won't do. Put up that pistol
and lot’s go outside."
Hubert turned upon the officer savagely and
lor an Instant an affray was Imminent. Mar-
Chid Hurst was calm, and looked the negro
aquarelylnthoeye. Th* negr* observed all
this, and in a few seconds a staff* spread ovor
his faoe, and saying:
"All right!” Foremost among these
Were Jack Goldimlth and Henry Goldsmith,
and through tho lawless spirit they exhibited
the crowd soon became reckless. Jack Gold-
tonlth saw hla opportunity, and stepping for-
irird, nidi
"You can't arrest that man. Turn him
^Marshal Hurst placed one hand upon the
prfsonor and tho other near his lilp pookot, re*
marking:
’ “Hero; w* want no trouble now. Stand
ftfido.'*
' “Oh, by G-d, wo ain’t afraid of yonr pin*
tol,” Mid Goldsmith, “for wo are aa well
' heeled aa you are.”
Marshal Hurst mado no reply to the remark,
but began pushing his prisoner forward. IIo
had takon only a few steps, however, when
the
CKOWD RUSIIKD UP AMD, RESCUING
Hubert, started off with him. Tboro were
fully fifty negro©® about the darkey, and see
ing that he could not arrest hhn without
•bedding blood, tho officor stopped to ono side.
Tho negroes returned to Hubort, and In all
probability would hare gotten him away but
tor the reckless lawlessness of some of tho
pogroos, who said that they would not run and
that
niST DABKD TUI OFFICII! TO AIRIST THEM.
Of oourse this only increased the feeling, and
When those about the rescued prisoner leared
that the. bailiff had gone for a warrant, the fool
ing became more intense.
TUI FIGHT OPIHS.
Just above the depot, two hundred yards or
more fioin the tabernacle, Is a cut in the rail
road. As the negroes entered this cat Marshal
Horst mw the bailiff returning. In his hand
Mr. Rodgers held a white official looking
paper which Mr. Hurst, of course, recognized
as a warrant. With Mr. llodgen were Mr.
Anstin, sheriff of Dekalb county, and Mr. T.
II. Chtvcre, an ex-icarshal of the place. In
th* cut the potto* pans* called upon the negroes
to stop and surrender Hubort. Hubert was
|n the very midst of the crowd, which Is
variously estimated st from fifty to one hun
dred persons. The negroes halted at the chal-
lenge and with (Batterings faced about. Mar-
ibal Hurst took tho lead, and advancing, said:
“We don’t want any trouble, but we want
that man, and we are going to have him; so
give him up quietly and go on about your bail-
people, but we must let the Jaw take
course. We want the men who have doue tho
crime, but we went them in jail. We must
not have a heir of their heads harmed. You
ell know the Goldsmith boys and we must
find who the other negro is. Cen you arrest
them 7”
About this time Captain Ed. Cox, of At
lanta, and his son Willie reached the town.
Captain Cox lire* here, and having heard ol
the killing, birried home to protect nis family.
Captain Cox knows everybody in tl
county and whpn Mayor Kirkpatrick M'
him he made an appeal to him to assist *
the arrest.
“All right.” Mid the captain, “if I can find
them I will bring them. Como on, ray son.”
The captain and his sou rode away. They
went direct to the depot. Thrco hundred to
four hundred negroes were gathered abont the
building, all talking loud and excitedly. Into
their midst Captain Cox and
ttTB FOURTKIN-TFAR-OLD HOT ROM.
Through the crowd they went, and then out
again. As they passed out WilJle Cox re
marked:
“Papa, Is it Jack Goldsmith you want?”
“Yes. Do you know him 7”
“Of couno-I know him, and he is in that
In a second a dozen black hands were
eeen to sock m many hip pockets, and a terri
ble calm ensued. Neither side spoke,
ULT BOTH WKHR DESPBRATR,
the whites determined to have Hubert, and
the blacks determined to keep him. Booing
that treublo was inevitable, Marshal Hunt
started to walk Into tho very midst of the mob
to reclaim his prisoner, but almost before his
foot had loft the ground Jack Goldsmith
leaped forward, an ugly knife in hand. As ho
•prang forward a big negro grabbed him with a
View to lioldiiglilm. Goldsmith tried teshnko
himself freo aud continued te advance. As
he did so tho row became almost a certainty
and pistols were drawn. As the weapons camo
out they came ready for service and in a second
there wm a report. Then another 4nd another
until the people of the town thought a battle
Was raging. At the tint slu t—no one knows
Who tired it, whether white man or negro.
Marshal Hurst threw his hand to hie side ami
•ank to the ground. This wm seen by all, but
Instead of quelling the row it made it worse
and
RRFOBT AFTF.U RRPORT RANG OUT
•ntll tho sir was piogimut with the smell of
bunted gun powder. The negroes
were largely in the majority, and when the
fight was at its higho«trpitcl£Mr. W. F. PatUlo,
the iusurance mau, with pistol in hand, sprang
Into the fray. His revolver went fast and
quirk, and with his appearanee the negroes
began to weaken, and turning, fled. As thqy
left the ground the otttceM looked into the cut
Rid discovered tho marshal lying upon his
Side ani>arently dead. leaning against the
S de of Urn cut a fnw feet away waa Mr.
hirers. His face waa pale aud his ahirt front
Was being dyed red quite rapidly. Further up
was a negro lying between the rails
flat upon his back and motion-
lese- Mr. Austin. Mr. PatUlo aud Mr.
Rodgers hurried to their w hit® comrades. Those
Who went to the marshal observed
SIGNS OF un, RUT SO WEAK AND FATRT
that*careful examination was necessary to
discover them, lu a second the faint pulsa
tion ceased, and tboa* U ruling over the wave
•fficer knew lie wm lead. While Mr. Rodgers
end Mr. Austin were Wald® Mr. Hurst, Mr.
PatUlo went to Mr. Shearers. He was leaning
•gainst the bank almost iu a faint.
“Are you hurt. Totnf asked Mr. PatUlo.
^“Yes. but uol much,” he auswerod. "Go to
Tdbe; he is hurt more than I aiu.”
Mr. PatUlo knew by this time that Hurst
Wee deal), bwt fearing to tell Mr. Olivers ho
Railed Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Austin to him and
assisted the wounded umu away. By this
time a large crowd had gathered. Tim tiring
bad becu heard in the town and tho people
turned out rn mass®.
When the extint of the tragedy became
known < i .!u» streets the feeling was Intense.
Men ai.- I them*dvrs with pistols, shot guns
•nd rii% m.1 vengatice was vowed.
la\or Kirkpatrick mw his opportunity
th” hesitancy prevalent and ad-
mi moderation. -Then to the men coo-
J the mayor said:
v A greet outrage ha® been heaped upon our
“Where?”
“Right in there,.’ said the boy, stopping
his bone.
The two turned about and rode into the
crowd again. In the very centre of it Jock
Goldsmith and his brother were siting on the
end of a crosstie. The captain mw them he
cause his boy pointed them out, and riding up.
lie stopped. In a second his pistol covered
ono. whilo his son following the example cov
ered the other.
“Jack,” Mid the captain,”1 want you, end I
don’t want to hurt yon, but If you move
I’LL KILL YOU,
and If ITenry moves that boy will do the ume
for him.”
“Now,” continued the captain, turning to
the crowd, “if any of you male a motion, I'll
give you a ball.”
No one moved, no one spoke and then the
captain turned to the Goldsmiths again,
saying:
“Jock, you and Henry get up and move.
Go out just tlmt way. Movo.”
The two negroes, side by side, moved off,
The negroes around made way for thorn, and
in a few minutes the pair, carefully guarded,
were walking toward the jail.
The capture of the two men spread
rapidly and almost before Captain Cox
reached tho court house quite » crowd was
thoro. The
CROWD WAS A MAD OKI
and a sight of the negroes made it worse. Mut-
terings of reveuge were heard, and as the poo-
pie began crowding around them trouble ap
peared imminent. Captain Cox clung to tho
men. nnd to tho crowd Mid:
“Boys, get the keys and put ’em in jail and
we will got the other.”
Several persons began questioning the ne
groes. Jack did all tho talking. Ho denied
haviug hod a imiid in tho killing, and when
asked who tho tall, yellow negro was said he
did not know. It was generally bolioved that
smith’s remark that he did not know him in-
censed the crowd, and some ono said:
“Wo ought to hang him up and make him
toll who ho is.”
“No, we won’t,” said an old gentleman with
White hair. “There Is the courthouso. We have
LAWS, COURTS AM) .JCIiJnS,
and wo will let tliein handle tills cos*
Tho remark inct with almost universal favor
and in a short time tho two negroes were in
jail soruro from mobs. This was about dark,
and aliout this time information was received
that tho yollow negro was seen near Moll’s
storo. Instantly Chief Connolly, with Officers
Thompson, Simpson and Buchanan, started
for the storo. Thoro they learned that tho
negro's name was Max Pritchett, and that ho
lived on Mr. Hid Phelan’s place.
About nlno o’clock ho arrived
and together the party sought Mr. Phelan's
plantation. At his mansion tho officers ascer
tained that the negro lived a half mile away.
Through woods, over fences, across ravines
they walked until they reochod the house. It
was in a grove
AND WAS QUICKLY SURROUNDKD,
and a tap on tho door waa given. There was
no response and a louder kuock followed.
“Who’s thoro 7” camo from within, in a
woman’s voice.
“Opon the door. Thoiherlff,” answered Mr.
Austin.
A racket lnsido induced the boliof that
Pritchett was in and was trying to got away.
Kvenr window and every door was carefully
watched. Presently a light flashed through
fho window, and in a short time a door was
oponod. Tho sheriff stepped in and a woman
and three children greeted him. The house
was couched, but no man could bo found. His
clothing, coat, pants, vast, shoes and hat, were
on tho floor, but tho nagro had gone. The
woman Mid that ha had been away since dark,
but the officers did uol believe it, and a “lay
out” for the night wm arranged.
now THR NEGRO GOT AWAY.
Those who were engaged in the fight al
wort most positively that the ball which killed
te marshal camo from a pistol in Pritchett's
hand. He soomed a very demon* aud with
coolness and rapidity fired straight at those
before him. As to his responsibility for the
death of tho marshal there seems no dptlbi.
Aim WE TO IIATB MOUR WAH? ,'
About one o’clock this morning Mr. I/inf-
iord, of Atlanta, a brother-in-law of the d*-ail
marshal, reached the town. Ho reports (hat
he passed a crowd of n hundred negroes on
Decatur street uu their way to Decatur, aud
that thalr object was tho rescuo of the prison
er*.
Governor Gordon mnnngod to got a messago
through lietwecu 8 and 0 o’clock. lfo tender
ed the militia in tho interest of |»cace, and
offored to seud down military companies to
- i®ll further disturbance if the authorities at
iwatur decreed it necessary. A reply waa
sent to tin* governor thanking him for his offer
and stating that tho iniiiUa was not needed.
The Decatur riot caused quite a feeling
throughout tho city. Tho negroes especially
manifesting great interest. Durlug tho night
there were all kinds of rumors about Indigna
tion meetings, incendiary speeches and rescu
ing partios, but careful investigations failed to
develop anything. Lato in the night tho fol
lowing letter was sent to Thr Constitution :
Atlanta, (fa., August &, 1»7.
, ... To his Kxcclcncy, Gov.
>hn It. Gordon:
We. the colored Pv*p1o o* Atlanta, m they »ra
rail ml L\w Breakers, ire Indignant over th® meas
ures taken l«r t ••• Law Breaking whites or Atlnnla
concerning the E ot tn Decatur. Decatur Is not hi
folum county, *ud chief Connolly nor any other
otliclala of Ail tun county have no rower out aide of
fid.ton county without your eider*. We, the ro
e-died law ITeakers consult your Kxelcncy. As we
are tn Hedincas at auy atomeut*uotke to Reinforce
and Protect our Itacc and R *hta
P.R-We desire©
■one to Decatur himself no
Misting Money ('rentes Trouble.
Macon, Ga., August 22.—(Special.]—On
Saturday last Mr. Jamea A. Jackson.of Wash
ington county, swore out warrants for his
brothsra-in-law, Robert Walker, principal, and
Frank Walker, accessory, and they were re
leased cm their own recognizance to
before a Justice commitment court this week.
Colouel Dick Harris, of flandersville, will
represent the state In tbs case, which wm re
ported in these columns last week.
It appears that Mrs. Walker, mother of the
boys, and of Mrs. James A. Jackson, had ac
cumulated a considerable sum of money, sup
posed to amount to some fourteen hundred dol
lars, which she had kept in her bed room.
During her Illness a young lady attendant
mw Robert Walker several times with the
keys, and when the funeral occurred Ilia house
wm securely fastened, while the family attend
ed the funeral. Ongoing to'the trunk after
the funeral, Mrs. Jackson found that the money
wm missing, and she and her husband took im
mediate steps to rerover It.
Detective Shackleford was scat for and went
dow n to work It up. The result of his invee-
tigations was the evidence above gi\en, and on
this Mr, Jackson felt warranted in sweariug
out warrants.
It is Mid that the com is likely to prove a
very interesting one, and may lead to sensa
tional developments before It is settled.
How m boutU Carolina Darker Was Sur
prised.
Asnaaaait, 8. C., Aura. 123.-Mo. I.rncb,
. n<1tn<, called at the bouse of Mm. Mile.
erucr, in the alwcnce of her husband, and
presented a note purporting to have been writ
ten by Joe bummers, a white man,with whom
'Verner had been in litigation, instructing him
to get certain papers. Upon Mrs. Werner’s
refusal to produce them. Lynch said he would
“have them or cut her d-d throat.” She Mid: I civil life ho has Since been a useful citizen.
“Well, I will get them for you, then, rather Mr. K. C. McAfee, In speaking of tho trial,
than bo killed/’ She then produced a doublo- mentioned a singular Incident in connection
barrelled shotgun, at tho sight of which 1 “ uu thn trn *°*
when ho got tho load from one barrel, and
about tho time he recovered, the contents of
the second were poured into him. The negro
managed to escape, but Is thought to have been
mortally hurt. _
Nashville, Tenn., August 22.—[Special.]—
Leo McGar, a brick mason, 19 years old, was
going to tho circus tonight, and borrowed a
derringer and stuck it in his pocket. While
crossing the platform at Linck’s hotel, he
storied to pull It out and put it In another
pocket. It caught In his clothes and was dis
charged, tho ball passing through his loins
from side to side. He wm carried to his home,
innnrthcmt Nashville, and will die. It was
tho first tin*) he ever had a pistol on him.
Rogardus and Suspender Jack had a fight
after tho circus performance this aftemoun,
and both were arrested and put under bond.
Each got out a state’s warrant against the
other, charging assault and battery. The
cases will all be tried tomorrow.
Brutal Treatment of on Old Lady by
Tramps.
Minneapolis, August 29,—A bold outrage
Maple Grove was lust evening reported to
tho police. D. L. Hiller lives upon a farm
near that place with his mother and brothers.
Yesterday morning, while the brothers were
alisent from the house, two men called and
Mkcd for something to cat. Mrs. Hiller com
plied with their request, and .when they had
finished eating ono of them picked up a poker
and threatened to kill her. The old lady
begged them to spare her life, whereupon
the brutes dragged her to a cistern
and throw her in. Tho cistern is
twelve feet deep, and was half full of water,
but Mrs. Hiller clung to tho lead pipe of tho
pump, and managed to keep alloat until noon,
when her sons returned, and she was token
out In an exhausted condition. Investigation
showed that tho tramps had ransacked nnd
abstracted 9170 in cosh, and 8-1,390 in certifi
cates of deposit in the First National hank, of
Minnnaprlfs. Mr. Hiller Is sixty-five years of
age, aud it is feared the shock from tho brutal
treatment she received may result fatally.
with Freeland, one of the parties to the trage
dy, who was hung. .. .
“Bazil Overby, of Atlanta, wm speaking In
defense of Freeland, and pointing his index
finger towards him and addressing tho junr, ex
claimed: ‘That man is m Innocent of this
crime as I am.” when the blood begun to
pour from his nose in such volume as to over
come him. It was half an hour before he could
resume speaking. He never did entirely re-
cover, but went into a general decline, which
ended before many months in death. There
was no doubt abou£ Freeland’* guilt, tho evi
dence being plain ogAinst him, but Overby be
ing a minister and a man of undoubted integ
rity he thought perhaps his own brawl assertion
of the prisoner’s innocence would sway the
jury In his favor. Was it tho judgment of •*
offended God 7 Who can toll 7”
Close of the Washington County, Texas,
Trial.
Austin, Tox., August 23.—Tho Washington
county election cases, wherein a largo number
of citizens were charged with intimidation,
destroying ballot boxes and other illegal acts,
which have been on trial in the United States
district court hero for several days, were
brought to a close last night by the jury bring
ing in a verdict of not guilty on tlie second
count, charging the destruction of ballot
boxes by the defendants, and disagreeing as to
the count charging conspiracy andInterference
with officers. Judge Turner, in ac
cordance with the verdict, declared tho
defendants not guilty as to the second count
and that there had been a mistrial os to tho
othor counts and tlioy were continued until
the next term of court. The cases were in
vestigated by tho senate committco at Wash
ington Inst winter and attracted considerable
attention at tho time in consoqucnce of tho
fact that a number of prominent republicans
were compelled to leave WMhington county at
short notice, where they had resided for many
years and accumulated property which tlioy
were compellod to sell at a groat sacrifice*.
Prominent mrrlcan in Prison on a
Trumped-Up Charge.
Galveston, August 23.—Information was
received hero today from an entirely authentic
sourco that Richard Stewart, living in tho
state of Chihuahua, Mox., and having largo
interests in Mexico and Texas, has lieen im
mured during tho past four months, in Ojcniga,
upon a trumped eharge of fraud. During tl.at
time ho has been unable to coimnuni-
onto with bis friends or officials
tliis government, but within
tho past ten days it appears ho smuggled out
n letter. Ho is a brother of Assistant United
Btotos District Attorney Solon 8tewart and a
cousin of Colonel Joseph II. 8towari, of Aus-
* i. His property is going to min in tho hands
tho Mexicans and ho sees no hope of ob
taining a fair trial or release from Mexican
courts. It is bcllevod that the object of his
Incarceration was to obtain his property^ He
appeals for government action m his behalf,
presenting his condition m deplorablo in tho
;trerao. a
The Abandonment of r Wife Who Had
Saved lllm.
Ringgold, Ga., August 25.—^(Special.]— 1 Tho
Courier prints a queer story auont Mr. I. J.
Bottom, of James county, Tennessee. Ho
came to this place Sunday a week ago and
married Miss Rail. Four hours after the happy
marriage some parties came from Tennessee,
swore out a warrant and had tho young groom
arrested and jailed for tho gravo offense of
horse stealing. This action on tlio part of the
officers almost broko the heart of his bride. As
the grief of both partios in belug separated
_ soon, it can better bo imagined than de
scribed. But like a devoted wife aho went to
work to secure her husband’s release,and after
five days of agony and toiling without ceMitur
she at last employed tbs services of Judgo W.
. [. 1’ayne, who very soon had her husband
brought before the court of ordinary and re-
IcMed under a writ of habeas corpus. As soon
M tlio prisoner wm released tho reuniting of
bleeding hearts was ouly that of deep heart
felt affection existing between hushaud and
wife. After embracing and caressing for about
two minutes, the husband started for the moun
tain, and the furtlrcr off he got the foster he
ran. _
A Gay Young Man Who Robbed His Father’s
Nafe.
Naw York, August 29.—Inspector Byrnes
received a dispatch from Chief of Detectives
Charles W. Woods, Philadelphia, on August
&)th, asking him to capture Samuel Fabyau,
of that city, who had tied to Now York tho
day before with 10,000 stolen from Dr. Joseph
iyan. who Is UU father, nis father having
refused te mako Samuel any further allow
ances, Samuel uu August 15th entered Dr.
Fabyan’s safe and stole 10,000 worth of Phil
adelphia six per cent bonds. Tlio bonds were
registered, aud Samuel forged his fathor’s
name to tho order of transfer of the bonds to
purchaser. Samuel wont to tho banking
kouso of J. W. Droxel Sc Co. and secured tho
money. He wm traced to this city and ar
rested yesterday afternoon. Ho speut Ills time
whilo hore at race tracks and proved himself a
good gambler, as tlio detectives recovered all
but 990 of tho stolen monoy. Fabyau is locked
up in police headquarters awaiting extradition
papers, on complaint of J. W.'Drexel St Co.
Milledgrvillk, Ga., August25.—fSpectal.]
story of Intidolity that lead to cruel barbarity
told by several reliable parties from tlio
eastern portion ol this county. Two young
ladies joined tlio church against their parents’
will, during a recent revival at Blaclc Spring*
church, and after having received the “father's
curse” were driven from homo wlthont food or
raiment. Tlioy were compelled to borrow
their baptismal garments from neighbors, and
•luce then have lived with friends in th* set
tlement. Tlioy wore admonished by their
father not to join the chureh, but their reply
wm “We want to obey you, father, aud will
do so after we obey God.” Tho father of the
disinherited girls is about seventy yean of age,
and his wrinkled face and gray locks Indicate
that he is on the verge of tne grave. 11s and
his wife too are infidels, and this is the only
reason that can be assigned for hla treatment
to hia daughters. It is Mid that the young
girls aos the support of the old man and hia
wife, and that they will be “called back”soo«.
At any rate this is a good opening for a “re
form school.” _
An Incident of th* Famous Murder Trial of
Forsyth County.
CuxntiNG, Ga., August 29.-r8pecUl.l-
News of the arrest of Jnke Pettyjohn, in the
Indian territory, one of the murderers of Clay-
bum Vaughn, In this county in MB9, prompt
ed your correspondent to call on Sheriff Tins
ley for the facts. He states that Pettyjohn la
jtot under arrest, bat that hla whereabouts is
known to parties with wlintn he U correspond
ing, and should it be determined to bring him
to justice, lie knows where to lay hands on
him. The general feeling hew seems Jto be
against bringing him back. The people argue
tiiat so many yean have clamed, and tho man
who has carried nearly to the grave’s verge a
death sentence, haa suffered enough already
without having to swing a little ahead of the
call tlmt in the natural course of events most
soon come. It is claimed, too, that he made a
brave and true confederate soldier, that in
A LUtls Sensation In gelma-Montgomery’s
TugiUve Negro Editor.
Selma, Ala., August 23.—[Special.]—It waa
rumored on the streets here this evening that
Jesse Dukes, tho late notorious negro editor of
the Montgomery Herald, wns in tho oity, and
for a time tilings looked squally, and knots of
wliitomen,consistintiof the mostressectcd cit
izens of tliis city .wore to bo seen gathered
and thereabout tlio streets in close consults .
and it Is reliably reported that men scoured the
city in search of the negro Dukes, whom they
did not find. It is thought that bo tied before
tlio hunt took place. One thing is certain—
should Dukes, or any of his kind, come to
Selma a short stay would only be tho result. It
Is a settled «fact that the citizens of this city
will not allow this sort of negroes to live here
or anywhere near here.
Exciting Scenes at the Trial of the Bald
Knobbers.
Ozi wr, Mo., August 23.—The bald knobbers
are again in Ozark, and the first day of the
trial lound the courtroom crowded with anx
ious spectators. Tho sheriff stale a inarch on
the populace by announcing that tho prisoners
would not bo brought from Springfield until
Monday, end early Sunday morning he step
ped with tho captlvo regulators from the train
at Ozark. Word soon now to thoir families
and friends and tho jail was soon crowded
with women and children, who pressed thoir
troubled faces against the bars of tho jail in
their offorts to get noarer. Men accustomed
to active life showed tho offocts of their con
finement iu narrow colls. Bronzed faces hod
assumed paleness and thoir manners were loss
careloss. y
Judgo Hubbard opened court at 1 o’clock
Monday, no gave instructions to tho grand
jury that they had a better opportunity to in
vestigate the acts of the Christian county reg
ulators than the former inquiring tribunal
possessed, ai tho backbone of the organization
had been broken. Several motions to quash
minor Indictments were filod, assomoof the
prisoners had signified a willingness to testify
lor the state.
While the court was in session a wild, weird
scene occurred at the jail. Tho wife of Mr.
Stanley rushed in frenzy from a sick bed and
tho frantic shrieks of the poor woman dis
turbed the somber town as she ran towards the
jail with arms stretched, praying heavonto
E rotect tho innocent nnd save her imprisoned
luband. Her cries were taken up by other
women and children and an.
most fervid manner and was ledaVay ex
hausted. Just before court odjoumod John
Wilson throw himself upon tho mercy of the
court, pleading guilty to whipping Green
r. As this is the first plea of guilty for
Jeepesfc anxiety. Wil
son is a Baptist preacher.
The Fugitive Leaves Blank Drafts With His
Wife to be Filled Out.
Columbia, 8. C., August 23.—[Special.] -A
special from Sumter tonight concerning tho
failure of the Sumter National bank ana the
defalcation and flight of Charles E. Bartlett
says: “Before leaving Saturday night Bartlett
signed and loft with his wife two blank drafts
to be delivered to the bonk. They were drawn
on firms he had been speculating with in New
York end Chicago. Ire told Mrs. Bartlett to
say to Colonel Wallace, the president of the
bunk, that ho did not know the exact amount
of his credit with tho firms, but to write on
nnd find ont and then fill out the blank drafts
fer the respective amounts.' His family is un
der the linprcMkm that he has something over
five thousand dollars to his credit with the
two houses. Ho also left with his wife
to be turned over to the bank, all his cotton
factory and building and loon stock. The fam
ily say they will do overythlng in their power
to reimburse the bank, and hope to be able to
straighten up the matter. Mrs. Bartlett’s
father. Major Green, a prominent lawyer of
Ban Antonio, Toxm, has been telegraphed for
and Is expected hore in a few days for the pur
pose of acting as Bartlett’s counsel and to see
that he has fair play. Nothing can be learned
as to the real condition of the rank until after
the arrival of the bank examiner, who is ex
pected tomorrow. Tho bondsmen claim they
are not liable for Bartlett’s defalcation, al
leging negligence on the part of the board of
directors. Tltoy have engaged counsel, and
will resist any suits the bank may bring against
them. _ u v! gutyi;
What a Cotton Man Gets for Im
pertinence,
Augusta, Ga., August 23^[8peoial.]-
Tho livoliost fight of the season wm wit
nessed on Jackson street this afternoon, in
which James McGrau camo out second best,
with a broken jawbono. The fight was be
tween two well known cotton men, James
McGrau and Tom Cooney. It seems McGran
used very insulting language to Cooney, who
retaliated by seizing a heavy weight from the
cotton scales noar by aud hurling it at his in-
suiter, striking him in the face. McGrau’*
jawbono was broken by the blow, and he fell
to tho ground. Cooney thinking he had
killed his man, immediately flod and esraped,
although chased by a fleet footed cop. How
ever, upon learning Ids antagonist’s condition,
ho delivered himself np to the officor late to
night.
3iiu niaMC., laborer on caul work, liod his
log broken by heavy limber tolling on it.
Trouble I. Exportwl.
GnKKMBono.N. C., August 2S.—[Special.]—
A negro named Horton aommlttod rape on *
beautiful young lady, Mlw Sapp, at Kernera-
Tllle,a.mall town about fifteon mtleo from
tills city, this morning. Ho wai placed la
prison in Kememllle, but the threatening
mob made it necessary for his removal to this
city. Ho waa brought horo thU evening and
lodged In jail. Trouble la axpootod.
■ Old Fend ll.vlvcil.
MAKXlxaros, W. Va., August 25.—Tha aid
Cartwright feud, which haa caused so much
bloodshed In Marlon county, haa broken ont
again. Yeaterday John Cartwright wai atand.
tngiu front of the bo«ae of Frank Jonea,
whore he made hia home. He waa flrwl upon
with a rifle by aeme unknown petaoo. The
ball struck an old man Inat about th. hejrt,
and lie died instantly. The amaaiinatlon has
created the wlldeet excitement. There la no
duo to tha murderer.
Suicide at a Man nnd Wife.
Haw York, August 15.—A man named
Avcrv with hit wife, Jennlo, committed sui
cide with morphine today at 301 Weat street,
A note waa found In tho room requesting that
they might be burled together. Tho cauao of
tha tragedy is probably poverty.
institution and Cannibalism
Mtaxaeroua, Minn., August 25.—The
July 13th, atetea that they reached teal point
after many hardship®* Forest fires have wen
numerous and destructive. Deatttutlou at
Fort Chippewa last winter was terrible and
several cases of cannibalism are r*ported.
One old woman at Little Red river la —id te
have killed aud eaten her whole famUy.
Starvation and cannibalism are also reported
from McKinzio river.
Wishes to Bstum.
Saw FuAwcnco, AngustM.—W. J. Bark,
tho defsulllng treasurer of lislreston county,
Texas, who d
a shortage of
tedpm*IndStUcUythu"afternoon, and said
ha desired to return to Galveston and plead
guilty. When Burk left Gslvertonh. «rried
Sway with him •16,000 worth at bonds of tea
Atefliu. Topeka and Same .Fee
Railway oompany, which
by Galveston county to
last November, with
0 having been found in his
Kcuunu. appear^d in tee oSSlc* of tee e-ocla;
ted press in this city
Preaching Without License*
Boston, August 26.—The Ror. W. F. Davit
wm again arraigned in the municipal court
today, charged with preaching on the common
last Sunday without a license. He read from
the statutes passages which he considered jus
tified his action, and then said:
"I regard it as my duty as a minister of the
Lord Jesus Christ to preach thn Gospol at any
f lace where the people will gather. This law
regard as a breach of the poace.”
The Judge—We have a judiciary in this state
to interpret laws, and it lias decided upon this
ono. You know woll that liberty is not unre
strained feeling. There must be laws made to
( 'ovem or we should not havo any ponco. The
aw in question is considered a highly proper
S revision, and any proper person can, by going
>the city hall, procure a license for any proper
purpose. Thu is not the first time you have
been here, to my certain knowledge, and it
seems to me to be a defiance. The maximum
penalty is 890, which is here imposed.
The Defendant—I prefer to bo oommitted. I
do not propose to keep troubling gentlemen to
become my bond for trial to the superior court
when cases are sent up there time after time
and are never called because the city fails to
appear. I prefer to be committed.
He was then put inside tho dock, and, after
a little time, said be desired to appeal, and bail
wm fixed at 9400. In default he wm sent to
ail to await trial, his object being to compel
he authorities to try the case.
pert
bibUcd receipts showing lie had shipped the
bonds by cx|mscm from this city to Galveston
four days ago. After leaving Galveston last
NovemW, Burk came to this city and remain
ed in hidiug two weeks, when he sailed for
Australia. IIo ran out of funds and finally
decided to return, shipping os a coal heaver on
the steamshipMariposa, which arrived here
July 9th.
On arriving in this city, Burk wrote to Gal
veston parties stating liis intention to return,
but tho letter was regarded as a joke. He
says he will wait hero utrtil next Monday for a
ticket or a deputy slioriff from Galveston
Knifed to Death.
Columbia , 8. C., August 26.—[Special.]—A
white man, whoso name has not
yet been learned, was on yester
day knifed te death by another white
man named Deal, at a point on tho new line of
the Charleston, Columbia and Augusta rood,
throe miles from Rockliill. The two men en
raged in a quarrel and a fight ensued. Dool
drew a knife and stabbed liis antagonist, in
flicting a wound from which death quickly en
sued. Deal has been placed under arrest.
Charges gainst a Rector.
Middletown. Conn., August 24.—The Epis
copal bishop of New Jersey has been asked to
investigate a scandal effecting the character of
ICev. Mr. Glazebrook, a summer resident, who
has been charged by several eyo-witnossefl
with conduct ot this place unbecoming a min*
inter. A woman is concemod in tho affair.
Mr. Glazebrook is rector of St* James church,
at Elizabeth. He was a chaplain in the con
federate army and chaplain m the university
of Virginia. He departed today for Elizabeth
to Mk the vestrymen of Ms church to invoati-
he charges • - - •
isly false.
One Killed, the Other Dying*
BlRMCcauAM, Ala., August 24.—[Special.]—
A duel to the death wm fought today at
Wheeling, ten miles from hero, mr two negro
minors, named Weat Thomas and Bob Pratt.
The duel wm the result of a real or fancied
intimacy between Thomas and Pratt’s wife.
The men fought with pistols at short rangOt
Thomas wm killed and Pratt is In a dying con
dition.
Columbus, Ga., August 21.—Jack Myrlck
the negro who assaulted Mrs. Bozemore in
Henry county, Alabama, last week, was dis
covered and arrested on Monday lost. It Is
leamod from parties who camo up on the boat
that m soon as it became known that he hod
been arrested, a party of more than a hundred
negroes and whites took him In charge and
carried him to a spot near where the crime
was committed and hanged him. When his
body was cut down for burial it wm found to
be riddled with bullets.
Card.
Phknxx Insurance Company, H. 0. Stock
dxll, General Agent, Atlanta, Ga., August 26
1886.—The Atlanta Constitution: Referring to the ar
ticle in your issue of the 24th instant regarding tho
Phenlx insurance company of Brooklyn, I desire to
say I have just returned from Now York, where I went
for th* purpose of ascertaining the truo status of
aflkin. In the first place, we do not admit there is
any Impairment of tbe capital of the company, and
at best the report ot the Iusurance commisrioner of
New York is simply upon bis cocr ruction of the law
as regards certain asiets, which ws know to be
worth dollar tor dollar. It is nothing mors nor lem
than s difference of opinion, or rather an arbitrary
construction of the law, which has produced an
apparent Impairment. For Instanoe, we hare a very
largs amount of note®, which are taken In put pay
ment of premiums, and m we hare never lost a
dollar on these notes, in the past ten years, we are
perfectly right lu calling them an asset, seeing that
the policies for which they are In part payment are
charged against us as a liability. Th# insurance
commissioner of the state of Kassaohoaetti has all
along insisted that these premium notes are good
assets, and in the ompany's statement to that stats
they are always included. Tbs
insurance of the stat j of New York does not say
these notes are not worth what wt daim, but simply
lys that under the warding of tho New York stats
AmRher mattwrof^fcfc^nceTbetween the com-
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stockholders upon the report male to
MWL-M.nr.-n— ... tar two
examiners who bareb*en engiyed for fire mouth*
or more tu going through flu attain of the «m*
peny. This examination was mado very largery
Som what U known a* “Blotten” and they wm*
told at the time that a* these book® were used mb
matter of convenience only, we never relied on
them in order to arrive at our ro-lnsurance reserve.
&^iS^ e p« , iU: , sss
to L?k‘.^h^ l r™ , n < ^p.ni« our h-te
for the tfrst six montlis of this year have been much
heavier than for the same time in any year of the
company'* existence, and that tne examiners
the coding ol the tart six mouths of 1887. as In that
i Jme our business Is nearly two hundred per cant
l letter than for the first six months.
— examiners in their report state t>Rt the ex-
okra does not in tbe lekstafb t tbe company'®
■ mtbcreta’i^Moawhy'any Ac/bolder
feel at all anxious. I havo f nstructlona from
afflswdratt
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bad under to tbe tavni of New York, ninety dare tn
which to decide whether to keep the capital or th*
at one mllUm dollar* or reduce it to one
next day
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that the “
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and then with port lea who art overty cax
In ail cate where anyone to dissatisfied with our
pdlcies we wtli readily pay hack the return premium
at the uenal rates and in tact reefer doing so.
The “J’benix” ha* paid to its ttockholders, since
onrmization.tL9U.0C0 in cash dlvivemls. nnd it
auhdsto rauou that an institution of this kind can
well count upon !■ stockholders. As your valuable
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section of tbe country, and as tbe article above re*
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to jhtE communication.
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