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CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
S;hawb and Fielden
Enter Upon
PENITENTIARY DUTIES FOR LIFE.
Macon, Ga., November 15. —[Special.]—This
afternoon Jailor Birdsong turned out eight
fcrisoners. to have conn.o i assigned for them at
the courthouse. Tom Woolfolk was not of the
taurober, as his couiiv-l had already been em
ployed. As soon as they had left, the jailer
HEARD AN OMINOUS RUBBING
and scraping on the door of Woolfolk’s cell,
palling to Mrs. Vincent, his mother-in-law,
stho lives with the family, he asked her to
Watch the outside doors, and slipping into the
Jail he locked the door behind him, and crept
ffioftly up-stairs. Peeping into Wool
folk’s coll, he discovered him kneeling
pntlio floor of his cell scraping on the floor with
A piece of iron rod. Going down again, he un
locked the door so as to deceive Ramage and
titchen, the two prisoners who occupied the
Cells adjoining Woolfolk’s. Slipping up stairs
again, he found Ramage with his headlcraned
ever the top of the closet, apparently talking
to Woolfolk. He asked Ramage what was he
tip to. and took both parties completely by
.surprise. Going down he went
IN SEARCH OF HELP
and soon secured an assistant, with whose aid
lie removed Ramage and Kitchen to the cage.
A short while prior to this Ramage sent the
allor a note wlHch read:
"Mr. Birdsong, if you will put me over with .Tones
°nd Mr. Parker, I will tell you something that may
do you good by It, (SireeJ.) R. H.;!lavage.”
After their detection Ramage told Birdsong
£hat Tom
HAD A TWO BLADED KNIFE.
So soon as the first two were searched and
removed, their cells were gone through in a
careful manner. In the top of the water closet,
connected with a similar one in Woolfolk’s
cell, a large hole, nearly big enough to admit
the body of a man was found, together with
J oine pieces of wire. It was evident that ho
ntended to get into the cell with Tom at the
proper time. The
M ARKS OF A SAW
Were plainly visible on the bars of the window
Opening into the jail yard. Toni’s cell door
•was then unlocked, and the jailor, with little
trouble, found the crooked iron hook on which
the cots are hung when turned up. Tom ac
knowledged to having
WRENCHED IT LOOSE,
and when asked what he intended to do with
it, ho rerdied:
“Oh. I needed something to take exercise
With.”
“Why were you sharpening it?”
“I was not sharping it. I was trying to
Write my name on the floor. I tell you hon
estly I did not aim to do anything but exercise
With it. What could I do with it?” ,
“You could use it for various purposes.”
“You don’t think I meant to kill myself
.withit?” he said with a laugh, as the jailor
continued the search.
“No, but
you COULD HIT A MAN
a bad blow with it.”
“Well, I’ll tell you, honestly. I did not
mean to hurt any body. If I could not get out
without injuring somebody, I would not try it.
Besides, I am chained, ami if I were Out of this
jcell, I could hardly get out of the jail. You
found the other fellow’s trick,” he continued
laughingly, “and now have found mine.”
“Yes, but there’s something else,” said Bird
song, “that I cannot iind. You have got the
best of me, Tom.”
“Ha, ha, ha!” chuckled the prisoner; “you’re
burning! Don't you know the old game we
used to play of ‘hide-ihe-switch,’ while the
one who knew where the switch was would
keep saying to the searchers, ‘you’re hot,’
‘you’re hotter,’ ‘you’re burning up!’ He, he,
he,” snickered the prisoner gleefully.
“You’re getting red hot! You’re burning
up!”
“Maybe I am, Tom, but I can’t find it,”
Said the jailer after ransacking the cell.
POINTING TO THE PISTOL
In the faiior’s pocket, he observed: “You see
If I wasn't chained I’d take that away from
you.”
i “A man tried •that once, Tom, and he will
never forget how badly he failed.”
Finally the searching party left the cell, and
came down into the office, where the jailor, his
assistant and the reporters held a brief consul
tation. Finally they opened the rear door, and
Started a search of the yard. All felt assured
that he had the knife concealed. Looking up
to the corner of the roof, a bright idea struck
the jailor.
“There is where it is,” said he, “and two of
you watch that window while I go up again.”
woolfolk seemed in high spirits, tried to sing
a stanza of “Jesus Lover of My Soul,” and the
Wild discordant jangle mingled with the clank
of his chain, kept him from noticing Birdsong
till he was in the cell again. The jailor walked
immediately to the window.
“You’re red hot this time,” said Tom, and
as Birdsong raised the window he felt the
knife concealed on the upper edge. Tom
Seemed very much crestfallen, did not laugh
as before, but sullenly sat down. The knife
proved to bo
A COMMON DOUBLE BLADED ONE,
and both blades were carefully notched so ns
to make a capital saw. With this and that
iron hook, Tom Woolfolk and probably Ram
age, intended to have cut his chain,
break the lock of the door, and the first op
portunity that offered they would have made
A WILD DASH FOR FREEDOM.
Kitchen may or may not have been in the
©lot. He is almost blind, but succeeded in
breaking out of the jail al Mcßae on a previ
ous occasion. Woolfolk ivill now be left alone 1
as nobody will be allowed in the cells near
him.
BLOOD ON THE MOON.
Np.waiil, N. J., November 19.—Captain
Charles Glori, of the fourth police precinct,
Who, last Sunday, complained of Edward
Williams for keeping a disorderly house, in
that he (Williams) allowed a meeting of
anarchists in his place last Sunday, today re
ceived the following letter, written in German:
City of New Yoke, N v-tiiher is, 1-s".—Captain
Glori!: Yo ir last dtiysluv- come. We. American
nihilists of this ill-gov -med cit-, have r- o’ re I that
you and y.iur aides, direr ; --,f the wo: king class
excise commission, capitalistic pre.-, J,:y Goulds
antimonopolist- have on I. short time leit before
We end their mtscnibl ■ exist .--,<e. Tl at v- .ur biooil
hoiinds 11HV • murdere l. irj.' Od cornta-'e.- and des
fenders of the working class in ii-.no, lad
Strengthened our came, f.r you can ■■ and
hang us all, but y< u cannot ii.u-.or and
hang tin- great prii ciples of anar h Be
fore we die our enemies will lin-i tiiat
they have thorn.’.iris of ri-.in-.-l . e i end
Women to deal with wit > will tut nor
turn until they h ive rid t t <ity, v. i)i the aid ■ >.' a
few bombs, of this <->i i.fli-it vein. n. we will
blow you end your box, - -<’h vociil prion, so
high in the air that noli,big ; r ■ will ever oe seen
Os you. If this is no free i oimtry wo v, ,11 make it
free by force,,bombs ami i‘!< I. \Ve warn you not ;
to interfere with our in ■■ tin,; again b--.-a-.i. c bombs
are easily thrown and 1- r • -!i. •: re !
the first upon whom we s.ek nv-nge. Ik-ware,
your life is brief.
(Signe-1 Ly the blood of the committee.)
When questioned about the above, Captain
Glori said that the moment a move was made
against any one he would arrest all the anar
chists in the city. Williams had his place open
today, but was not sell ng beer. It is probable
that another meeting of the anarchists will be
held there tomorrow afternoon.
Ble Attempts to Kill His Sister nn<l After
wards Suicides.
New Orleans, November 15.—A special
from St. Joseph, La., says: “Yestirdttv morn
ing an altercation occurred between <>. ilium,
a merchant, and Charles Favor, a 1,-etcher.
Favor drew-a pistol and fired twice at Blum,
neither shot taking effect. Blum rushed v. ildly
cut of his store, followed by Favor, who w ould
have certainly killed Blum if lie had not es
caped in the crowd.
Favor immediately mounted his In-rsc and
flourishing bis pistol r< <i- off. Stopping al
the school house, he <-a -d his sister Belle out.
and delils-rately fired one shot at h- r, but
fortunately without c' He again gallop d
off, but bv this time the--heriff, with small
posse, had started in ; i-- .11. Findiie- that
ho was about to be ovi tulren, Favor wh-'l-l
and fired into the crowd, .. 'd lb<-n -h-t hiin-
Belf through the In lie i- , hut will
probably die. The aft r created intense ex
citement.
A Notorious Cntlnw Killed.
St. Arere.r:-: . . ■ I 1"-.—Tn-
telligenre-re ledhi :• , r::g'H fr- •> H<i -p
--pil), that a fig.it <x - it- . near the Sunday
avenin? between a sin-. s je-.-se and <-1-1 Wii-
Jls Coiner-, a fam>-n- - f <■;■'■ i, 'lores,
resulting in the den”, • Co tier’s -mi 1 i-1< n
vear-old grandson. < rm rs was the fatlu-r of
pine sous, eight of whom have been killed -
during the past five years in fights with
officers.
A Frightful Outrage.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., November 15.—[Spe
cial.]—Tin-<c id b ly of Carrie t'caier, an eight
year-old colored girl, w’as found this morning tied
to tl e railroad tr ick, .he had been bound and
d’a .-e l end brutally outra-e-l. A cord wa s then
•lie-. u aioand b r e -k, an 1 she was strangled to
death and the body fastened on the track. There
is no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage.
The Lynchers Not Found.
Opelika, Ala., November lt>.—[Special.]—
i The special grand jury, with F. M. Renfroe
foreman, empanelled to investigate the recent
lynching of George Hart, tho colored mur
derer, returned their report yesterday, saying
that they were unable to elicit anything con
cerning or implicating any person or persons,
and the perpetrators remain unknown. Judge
Carmichael, judge presiding of the third ju
dicial district, adjourned court today, after
holding three weeks. He is considered one of
the quickest judges on the bench, and cleared
up most of the docket both civil and criminal.
Tragedy in Lexington, Ky.
Lexington, Ky., November 1(1. —Lew Bald
win, of Nicholasville, was shot and killed here to
day by Tin mas Green, carrespondent of the Cinein
nati Commercial-Gazette. Green had written a let
ter to Iris paper charging Baldwin with unlawful
acts in connection with the election in Jassamine
county. Baldwin, incensed by this, attacked Greeu
on the street in front of the Phcenlx hotel and fired
a pistol at him without effect. Green returned the
tire, killing Baldwin almost instantly. A largo
number of friends of each are here, and many
tine itsare indulged in, so that more trouble may be
expected.
The New York Anarchist in Jail—How He
Was Nabbed.
New York, November 17.—Herr Most, tho
anarchist, has been arrested and taken to po
lice headquarters. His arrest was made by
direction of Inspector Byrnes, on a warrant
issued by Justice Cowing today, for having
made an incendiary speech, calculated to in
cite riot, last Saturday night, in a hall in
Seventh street. The warrant was made return
able before Justice Cowing. On Saturday
night a wake was to be held by the anarchists
in Florence hall, in Second avenue, but
Captain McCullagh succeeded in getting his
officers there before the socialists arrived, and
made the place decidedly uncomfortable for
the malcontents. But wnile this was going on,
Johann Most, with his companion, Lena
Fisher, was attending an anarchist meeting in
Seventh street. After the audience got well
warmed up Most made a speech which was
particularly bloodthirsty in character. Un
fortunately- for Most, Patrolmen Rott and
SecltSj of the fourteenth precinct, wore there
in civilians’ dress, taking notes. These memo
randa were brought to Superintend
ent Murray and laid before him,
and on Monday search was begun
for the anarchist. He was not to be found.
There was every reason to believe that he had
left the jurisdiction of the state, and was in
hiding somewhere. Then the shrewdness of
Inspector Byrnes camo into play. He knew
that if he made, a public quandary of the
police, Most would naturally learn of it and
ho would stay out of the city indefinitely, so he
kept his mouth sealed and allowed the excite
ment of tho search for Most to dio out. Bail
was used. Most thought the trouble was gone
by, and yesterday, ho came back to tho city
and«went to work on his paper. Mr. Byrnes
was informed of this, and early this morning
he went before the district attorney and pre
sented the evidence he had obtained against
Most, and asked that the grand jury find an
indictment against him. The inspector and
seven witnesses gave testimony, and the in
dictment was found. In the meanwhile,
Most had been arrested.
Most insists t hat he did not use the language
attributed to him by the police. As this is the
second time he has been arrested on the same
charge he will probably get the full extent of
the law, which is one year's imprisonment, with
fine.
New York, November 18.—Herr Most, the
anarchist, was arraigned in the court of general
sessions today and was admitted to bail in the
sum of $1,500. The trial was set for the 22d
instant. Bail was furnished by Mrs. Dr.
Julius Hoffman, who said she and her hus
band had taken no part in the anarchistic plots,
but were anarchists at heart.
The New Moon, Snn and a Star All Shine
While the Anarchists are Hanged.
Detroit, November 15.—From accounts re
ceived here from lonia and Grand Rapids the
people of those places ate awe struck at a phe
nomenon that occurred there on Friday and
Saturday. 11 was noted by all the people and
was described as follows: Friday at lonia, as
near as may be to the moment when the four
anarchists were in the throes of death on a
Chicago gallows, and the sun shining at its
full meridian splendor, in a clear sky, there
suddenly appeared in the western sky the new
moon, vicing in brilliancy with the sun. By
its side twinkled a bright star.
For a short time the two luminaries stood
out clearly in sight, while crowds gathered all
along the street marveling at it. When all at
once tho moon began to pale, the star flickered
and faded and almost as suddenly as they came
they both melted away in the blue ether and
disappeared. Those who made a note of the
time calculated that the moon and star burst
into view at the same instant that the drop
fell in Chicago, and that their gradual disap
pearance was coincident with the flight of tho
anarchists’ spirits. The phenomenon was
observed at|Grand Rapids on Saturday at noon,
but the star was in the orderof a bright silver
cloud.
The Arbeiter Zeitung Produces a Letter
from Schwab.
Chicago, 111., November I(>.—The Arbeiter-
Zeitung, this evening publishesja letter from
Michael Schwab, written in the county jail,
tho day before the execution of the anarchists.
The letter is printed under the heading, “Au
gust Spies as man,” but is devoted to proving
that, while Spies and Lingg had different
ideas, the editor, nevertheless, had
a high opinion of tho bomb-
maker. Schwab asserts that when
Death-Watch Osborn, informed Spies of
Liang's death, Spies burst into tears. Tho
letter further says that when Fielden, Spies
and Schwab were taken to the- jail library, the
afternoon of the day before the hanging to bid
good-bye to their families, the trio were in ihe
room for fully two hours, in company with two
deputies; that conversation naturally tiyncd
to Liling’s death, and “we all agreed that ho
was an extraordinary man.” Spies -aid :
“Lingg was a man of strong principle and
could not be frightened back from any idea
that he had undertaken a : principle. He was
impelled by high ideas. John Brown _was
such a man. Fi-encli revolution had its Dan
’ton and its Murat, and also the American revo
lution showed characters similar to Lingg.”
Edtor Limn, of The Alarm, Makes His Bow
to the Public,
I Chicago, November 17.—Tomorrow the
1 A'-.rni, of w! :■ h J‘a: io: was editor, will be
issued for the first time since the execution.
Tho leading article, w ritten by D. IJ. Lum,
success- r of Parsons, says:
The for;. - : e lit-,r of tin A arm has been strangled
to death 1 y t.re :ute. The . al of legal di.v.ppro.al
has laien placed upon free S)Xiccli. Henceforth
workin,'men and woir.'n must keen
silent, or only elrnnor I>r relief tb.-mgn
tlie lines laid down for them. Belief
may be i-- kod: parties may lie organized, but opi<o
sition to the source of injiistli e to which reliei bc
comi-s ever r:4-c»--->iry—clu ns frustrated, and >a - -
ties Imn-ifer I cd. is b : <--<.>rt!i tl rottld’. 11-re-n
the ‘-MarseiliCs” is forbidden to be sung at festivals.
Law, the laiher of all crime, the source of all Injus
tice, tin I ai-ar to all volnntr.ry < • o - ,alien lands
grim nnd red briirli I over us. The ituly of the hour
Is now to m age buttle lor a free press.
Bomb-Throwing In Dubuque.
Drci ;t’i-.. lowa, November 15.—A gas pipo
| bomb tilled with dynamite or guncotton was
- thrown into tho lowa iron works, in this city
I last night and exploded. The building was
I set on lire but tho flames were extinguished
i by the workmen. It is a miracle that there
| was not agr at loss of life. It is supposed the
bomb was thrown in an open window. The
| works here fear no trouble at all with their
| men, but have l-> en i lining double force for
i nine montiis. 'J lie theory i-. that this bomb
i w;. i prepared by some ono having n grudge
I ai-ain.st (lie works, or else an out and out anar-
I chist. The bomb is now in the possession of
I the city police marshal, and the anarchists are
I being hunted for.
Anarehl-t In I'.lcinlnqli.'.in.
I’lliMl'i H.IM, Ala, November ll.—[Spe-
I oial.l—L:i-t night about thirty anarebiris held
r mr-ting in tbe " om of a G’-ruian bark *.-p*-r,
. and organized a lodge. The ■ 'ccnti'ii of
tl.eir bioihi-rs at Chicago was di-'-m.-ed, and
re-1 lot s;.i i' h* s v.-<--» ni -d-. Th»- s'-n‘im»’nt
of the meeting was that the “judicial mur
j der” must be avenged.
THE WEEKLT CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2‘>. 1887.
BY THE NECK.
The Hanging of Tilliman C. Jus
ticein Tov k ns County.
A DASTARDLY CRIME AVENGED.
Gainesville, Ga., Nov ember 18.—[Special.]
Tilman Justice, tho murderer of James
B. Goddard, was hanged today in Hiwassee,
Towns county.
A brief history of his trouble with Mr. God
dard and of his crime in finally murdering
him,is as follows:
Justice was a moonshiner, and was run
ning a rented still in the wilds of Towns coun
ty. In his employ was a young by tho
1 name us Coward, a son of Jasun Cowaid, who
was the only eye-witness to the horrible crime.
Goddard and Justice were adjoining land
owners, and lived one mile from each other.
While they were close neighbors, peace did not
reign between them, but on frequent occasions
they had their diiierences about land lines and
other matters. Jason Coward, who is a con
spicuous figure in the conimision of the ciime,
as stated by the condemned man, lived about
eight miles from Justice, and on Sunday eve
ning before Ihe killing on Monday, came to
the house of Just ice to inform him and his son,
young Coward, that old man Goddard had re
ported the still, saying that Goddard ought to
be killed. Young Coward was at tho still
house and did not see his father at Justice’s
house, but saw him as he passed the still on
his way to the house of Colonel Rodgers,
where he spent the night. At supper on Sun
day night young Coward told Justice that he
had seen his father, and that he had told him
that old man Goddard had reported the still,
and that they w< re likely to get into trouble
about it. Young Coward after supper returned
to his post at the still, and on Monday morn
ing while Justice was sleeping, Jason Coward
was knocking his at his door for admittance,
lie was admitted and the two began drinking
whisky to prepare them for the tragedy.
Tho story of tho murder, as told *by the
doomed man is as follows:
During tho morning Coward saw old man
Goddard pass tho house in tho big road, which
was about one hundred yards from the house,
and called to Justice. They then decided to
load Justice’s double barreled shot gun, and
lying patiently for his return. Coward charged
both barrels heavily with small shot. For two
hours they sat upon the piazza with their eyes
strained in the direction from whence God
dard would come, and ever and anon taking a
draught of the poisonous tire-water.
While thus engaged and at tho heighth of
their revels, old man Goddard made his ap
pearance, and now was their time for action.
In a twinkling they were in lino on tho
march to carry out their premeditated murder.
They walked briskly for three (juarters of a
mile and in a quarter of the victim’s home,
where they baited and again waited to see the
old man. Goddard had reached his three
score years, and his step was slow and feeble,
but on and on ho camo, innocent of danger
and of the dreadful fate which awaited him.
He turned out of the road into a trail, and
kept moving toward his home—he looked up
and in ten steps to tho front ami in tho trail
stood the two men, one with a gun pointing
toward him. Justice, who held the gun,
charged him with reporting his still. He re
plied :
“I did not do it.”
Justice pulled the trigger r.nd the charge
took effect in Goddard’s face: again Justice
pulled the trigger and the charge broke God
dard’s arm. .Not satistied, Justice advanced
upon Goddard, and made an effort to brain
him with the gun, but the gun hit a log over
Goddard's head and was snapped at the lock
plate, and the locks and barrels fell to the
ground, and his work was done. Justice
dashed the butt down, and at once Coward
picked up the barrels and butt, and carried
them a distance of one hundred and sixty
yards, where he hid them under the side of a
log, covering them with leaves. Old man God
dard was left upon tho ground as he fell, wTel
tcring in his blood, and the demons hastening
away, made an effort to hide their awful crime.
Jason Codard went over to Hightower creek
that evening, and told Davis Burl that Justice
had killed old man Goddard, Tho body of
tho murdered man was found that evening?
and a large crowd was assembled when the
killing was announced in the settlement.
Justice was among the crowd, but kept his
secret, and Coward did not make his appear
ance until the next day. The locks of the gun
wero.found on tho evening of the day of the
murder, where they had been left, and on the
next morning tho butt and barrels were
brought out from their hiding place.
Justice was arrested and charged with tho
commission of the crime, and at the March
term, 1887. of Towns superior court, he was
tried for the murder, but a mistrial was de
clared, the jury standing eleven for conviction
and one for acquittal. He was placed in the
Hall county jail for safe keeping, and on the
2nd day of June, he, together with G. V.
Ayers, the safe blower, and two negroes, made
their escape; but Justice and Ayers wero cap
tured in Habersham county on or about the 7th
of June, and again placed in jail in Gainesvillq.
At the September term of Towns superior
court he was again called to answer to the in
dictment for murder, and he answered “Not
guilty.” The prosecution was conducted by
Solicitor General Howard Thompson, who
was assisted by 11. C. Standrige, of Hiawas
see, while the defense was in the hands of
John J. Kimsey, of Cleveland, and W. G.
Blackwell, of Hiawassee. Altera trial lasting
two days Justice was found guilty of murder
in the first degree, ami his honor, C. J. Well
born, sentenced him to be hung on the 18th
day of November. Justice and the judge
lived in adjoining counties, an I were acquaint
ances, and the judge was moved to tears while
passing the sentence of (b ath upon the doomed
man. The gun was recognized as Justice’s gun,
and this was strong evidence against him.
Justice was about thirty years of age, and
has a wife and three children, live three and
two years of age, whom he leaves in destitute
circumstances, as he gave his property to his
counsel for defending him. He was born and
reared in Rabun county, ami was a quiet and
unassuming man until he commenced to still
and drink, when ho became hardened. God
dard left a wife about forty-five years of ago,
without any children, and left a good property
for that section of country.
Justice spent, the most of Lis time, after his
sentence, in readme, the Bible and making
ready for the coiuJr i«>n of the. whole matter.
He was (piite anxiou s j. r mini Jms to visit him
and assist him in making peace with his God.
BURGY TAK.I2S 11 IS LIFE.
A Desperate Suieide Whfeh Took l‘hicc in
i*!Lb * ounty.
Macon, Ga., November 18.—[Special.]—Mr.
William L. Buigy, < out i actor on the, Atlanta
and Hawkinsville railroad, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the body at home, in
Warrior di trict, about thirteen miles from
this city, at 8 o’clock this morning. Mr. Burgy
was a prosperous farmer in this county, about
52 years old, and for some months past has
been in the business of a railroad contractor.
On Tm sday last, a large body of hands in his
employ, stopped work at Knoxville. Mr.
Burgy went to Atlanta, as it is understood, to
try to straighten out matters in regard to his
employees. Last night he returned to his
home, suffering terribly with nervous head*
ache. He has been treated for this complaint
before by his family physician, Dr. (’. W, Van-
Valkenberg, who usually gave, him a moderate
hyoscyamine. Early this morning, on awaken
ing, he asked his wife for the dose usually
prescribed by his family physician, and
to prepare him a bed in his own room so he
could get an hour’s rest; she wont in the
room, built up a fire and fixed his couch, one
she had lately made him, and he lay down.
She closed the doors ami blinds, and wont
back to tho kitelu n to got his breakfast ready
j by the time he got up. In a few moments she
. heard the report of a pistol, but thought it was
one of the boys throwing down something,
| and could not believe that it had anything to
do with her husband, until she w< nt to the
| ro<>m and opened the door, and stw him ga p
i ing for breath, She then give the alarm, and
i the servant came, and v'ic Jb 'son ran in,
: and tindinz B< ng, i clothing on lire, thought
• it was a ci/.ir. ami put it out.
At ' .-jo R tj ; j S p . Jn .. f’orojp r Bill Hod
n"tt : rrived at the < of th- tragedy. He
I Mimmoncd the following jury: George Mc-
Co<»k,.M.M. Folsom, Henry New- me,William
'1.1; - ’ > ‘re ; , J . 11.
(i. M. ws, A. G. Sanders and James
jI. ’l’ljc tu t witnem ‘ ■ ’i.’ii’i'” l
Frank Waller, C“b red, a field hand the
p1 •. He 1 • rd Mi . Bu«gy holler “nm,”
j and he came in and saw' Burgy there, gasping,
[ and heard three groans. He and other*} were
shelling corn at the time, and were slow about
getting there, and when ho got there Mr.
Burgey was dying.
Adeline Williams, colored, said Mrs. Burgy
came into the room a little l>efore breakfast
time to help her fix biscuits for Burgy’s break
fast. When breakfast was ready, Adeline went
into Ids room and asked him how ho felt, ami
he said he lelt very badly. She saw him no
more until Mrs. .Burgy ran out after the
pistol shot, and called for her,and said : “Billy
is dead. Como and help me.” When she
camo in she says he was lying on his back on
the lounge, and made three long gasps. She
then left the room.
A ic Holson, colored, was in thekitchen when
she heard the alarm and when she saw the file
in the room thought it was a cigar, and put it
out.
Dr. N«val Burg was at his mill, sawing
lumber, 4J miles below Burgy’.s place, when a
runner came and said: “Come at once, Mr.
Burgy was bad off.” He told the runner to go
and hiteh up the liorse, and while the horse
being hitched, a second runner came, and ho
went at once. When ho got there ho found
Burgy lying on the lounge at full length, with
an improved Smith and Wesson revolver lying
at his side. Ho picked up the pistol, and
found there was but one chamber unloaded,
lie then laid it down, exactly where it was ly
ing. where it remained until the coroner came.
This evidence was thought conclusive by the
jury, but they were not satisfied until Dr? Van
Valkenberg made an examination of the body.
It was stripped in the presence of the jury,and
a thorough examination made. It was found
that the ball entered bet ween the fourth and
fifth ribs on the right side, and came out just
above tho second rib on tho left side, inflicting
a mortal wound. Powder marks were plainly
visible around tho dark holo where the bullet
entered.
After examination tho jury brought in tho
following verdi< t:
We, the jury empanelled in the easejof Burgy, W.
L, deceased; (hid he came to his death from a pistol
shot wound,inHicte I by his own hand.
Iffr. Burgy was regarded as a good citizen,
and was a temperate man. About eighteen
years ago ho killed Redding "Mincey,[at Echee
conee bridge. Burgy was t ried for*the killing
of Mincoy, and was cleared on tho ground of
justifiable homicide. About two years after
the trial, Mincey’s sons ambushed Burgy as he
was riding along the road in his buggy with
his wife, and ho was badly shot in the
back. The cause of tho diAieulty between
Burgy and tho elder Mincey was, as he claim
ed, that Mincey loaned Burgy several hundred
dollars, and failed to pay him, Burgy taking
tho homestead. One day Mincey met Burgy
as he was riding in his buggy on the road, anil
Mincey told Burgy he was going to take tho
turnout in payment of tho debt Burgy owed
him, and commenced to cut the horse loose
from tho harness, whereupon Burgy jumped
out of tho buggy and attacked Mincey with a
knife, killing him.
Burgy married twice. His first wife was
much older than he, and after her death he
married again. Before tho death of his first
wife ho had failed in money matters, and after
his second marriage tho father of liis wife
“set him up on his feet” again, and bought the
plantation where ho was living
at tho time of his death. ITo was
married tho second time about the breaking
out of tho war, and had no children. By
his first wife, ho had two children, both of
whom are.dead. Mrs. Burgy is almost frantic
with grief, and it was all the family could do
to keep he. from committing suicide. The
funeral occurs tomorrow.
Macon, Ga., November 19.—[Special.]—In
talking with several prominent business men
of the city, today your correspondent was in
formed that the cause of W. L. Burgy’s suicide
was evidently financial embarrassment. It
is said that he had claims against t4io railroad
company aggregating in the neighborhood of
ten thousand dollars. He went to Atlanta
Tuesday to try to arrange matters, and failing,
he fell into a tit of despondency which caused
him to commit thorash act.
M. Nussbaum, a prominent wholesale mer
chant, said today that Burgy paid him a bill
of five hundred dollars last week. Ho said
that Mr. Burgy was one of tho most honest
and upright customers ho had ever had. Other
merchants with whom ho has had dealing ex
pressed themselves in a similar manner. Tho
remains will bo carried to Houston county for
burial, tomorrow.
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kpvUU run k|) I ! some subscriiier who
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MURDER IN BERRIEN.
J. T. Reiglcs Kills Madison G. Pearson at
ILay’s Mill—A Family Feud.
From the Valdosta, Ga., Times.
Madison G. Pearson was killed Ly his
brother-in-law, J. T. Beigles, at Ray’s mill, in
Berrien county, last Friday, the Ith instant.
A family feud was at the bottom of the diffi
culty.
Beigles had married Pearson’s sister. The
mother of the latter lived for sometime with
her son, but a family quarrel, it seems, drove
her to her daughter’s home. After she took
up her abode with the Biegles family some,
question arose about the division of her small
property. One report says that she willed all
she had to Mrs. Beigles, and thus aroused her
son’s indignation, and anot her rumor says that l
Beigles killed a beef belonging to the Pearson
estate, and that this was the cause of the
trouble between the two men. At any rate
there was trouble between them, and the old
lady took the side of her.son-in-law. Pearson, it
seems, made some threats, and Beigles had
him arrested under a peace warrant. Friday,
tho day of the tragedy, was set for a hear
ing before the justice of the district, and
Beigles and his wife and old Mrs. Pearson ap
peared at the court ground at Ray’s mill as
witnesses. The bailiff had Madison Pearson
under arrest, and tho parties at intrre.-t, and
about, forty inti rested neighbors, all
ne t at Mr. H.JI. Knight’s store. Beigles’s
father was among those present, ami he ap
proached Pearson about a compromise, but
Pearson thought he had been greatly outraged,
and finely expressed his indignation. He re
fused to aeeept the pr< made by Ihe
< hh r Beigle. The elder B' igle .Ts attitude and
manner was not such as indicated any real de
sire, fora fair compromise., and his actions and
his words wero the immediate cause of the
confjjet. In reviewin'; the difiiculty the elder
Beigles, who v. as standing between his son and
Pearson, ma le some assertions which the lat
ter vol.'.m ntly <!' nied or disputed, and the
younger Beigh shouted to Pearson that he
was a liar. At this Pea.son replied hotly, that
if Beigles would step with him to the ground
from the p rch upon which they stood, he
wou Id whip him, and ashe spoke ho sprang off
at right angles from Beigh s, but ho 81 ruck the
ground a dead man. Beigles fired at him on
the spring, hd<l tho ball entered the side
of the head near the left temple. I'earson
doubled up as he fell, and his head hit the
ground first. He never spoke a word, and died
in a few moments. Pear.son had two brothers
on the spot, and one ran to the dying man and
the other started upon Beigles, but he met a
cocked pistol in his face, and was warned to
stand back or ebe share the fate of h s brother.
BeJgleskept his face to the awe-stricken crowd,
pistol drawn, while his father pushed him
backward some thirty feet; then he turned
and they both fled, ’there was not a gun or
pistol on the hill that could be found, ami the
two Beigles escaped. A pursuit was <jiii< kly
organized, but they had gotten out of sight,
ami are vet at large. Pearson was not armed.
Pearson Qi mother and sister wifmssed the
murder of their son and brother without shed
ding a tear. After some little time Mrs. P< ar
son walked up to the dead man laying upon
ihe ground, ami stooped down and kissed him.
She then rose calmly and walked away with
out any signs of emotion. ’The coroner Jived
forty inilcK away, and the, bailiff who held
Pea ou in custody a > a prisoner when he was
killed, summoned a jury, and the jiistic**, who
was about to convene, his court to try Pearson
on a peace warrant, instead of proceeding with
the trial, won* in an inquest jury to sit upon
his dead body. After swearing numerous < ye
v itu'p; .es, the jury found that the killing was
wilful murder ; also that the elder Beigles was
in a* ,sory to tho deed. All the parties were
sober.
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“1 MUST DIE,”
“But I Lovo You Better Than
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A YOUNG WIFE’S SAD SUICIDE.
Macon, Ga., November 17.—[Special.]—Af
ter a night of agony Mis. I Jia ’1 ay lor, wife of
Mr. C. H. Taylor, breathed her hi 1.
Tho story is a sad one. Mr. Taylor is a horse
dealer fi in Johnson city, Tenn., and is a
cousin of Governor Bob Taylor. 110 came
hero some two yours ago, engaged in horse
dealing, and remained here pretty much all
last year. He is a man of magmiii < nt physique
and fascinating manners, ami soon made him
self very agreeable among his acquaintances,
ladies included.
The young lady was a daughter of Mr. Ben
nett Jones, the ex-policoman, whoso wife kept
a boarding house on Plum street, just above
the Wellbourne house. Mr. Taylor wont
away last spring, but returned after a lew
months’ absence,and became a boarder at Mrs.
Jones’s, where he met with Miss Jones. The
acquaintance soon ripened into love ami al
though she was only sixteen
and he thirty-four, they resolv< dto marry.
The parents objected, but the lovers were de
termined. and on October 29, during tho week
of the state fair, they had a little quiet wed
ding at tho house of a friend, Justice D. A.
Keating performing the ceremony.
A reconciliation with the parents, who idol
ized their daughter, was soon effected, ami the
young couple went to reside with
Mr. and Mr... Jones. Hnee that
time things have not worked as
smoothly as they might. Mr. Taylor wished
to take his young wife home to his father’s
house in Tennessee, but the parents, who
loved her so well, strenuously objected to ho
leaving them so soon.
" In this way the matter stood when she
made tho fatal resoho to set
tle the whole muitor by tho sacrifice) of
her own young life. \\ ilh this resolution
formed she left the house Tuesday morning,
and went down to Shinbolser’s st no end bor
rowed half a dollar. She put a pair of brace
lets in a satchel and . . i<l she was going to a
jewelers to get them mended.
On the way up town she nu t her husband,
who ask d her where she was going?
“To the jewelers, to get my bracelets mend
ed,” she replied.
“Have you got any money?”
“No, and I don’t want any.”
Iler husband doubted her going to have her
bracelets mended, but she ailirmed it, and to
prove the fact shcopencd her satchel, and there
wero tho bracelets, and there was also a half
dollar m tho bottom of the satchel.
Her husband then lightly reproached her
for deceiving him,but shoreplied thal“mammu
gave me that just before I started.” The
half dollar paid for a bottle of morphine
and on her return she took part of it. But it
was notafataldo.se, and when Air. Taylor
camo home about cb ven o’clock, ho found
that she had taken it a short while before,
and he worked with her io save her from the
deadly stupor into which she had fallen.
A flor breakfast ho found her bet ter, and
left tho house, but she was determined to die
and during the day secured the bottle and
swallowed nearly all that was left.
In tho afternoon Mrs. Jones sent for Mr.
Taylor, and when ho got homo ho found that
the attempt had been repeated, and already
the shadow of the death angel’s wing was
clouding the fair young brow of his bride.
The long walk began.
It was a struggle for life.
She realized that she was going, and as they
walked up ami down the floor she talked with
him in that dazed, dreamy, far-away manner,
in which people converse when the end is ap
proaching. I >r. W. C. Gibson had been at first
called, and had paid several visits. Her life
could have been saved had she not taken that
last deadly dose.
A search of her trunk disclosed tho existence
of the bottle, labeled “Morphine,” and after a
little further search there was found a note
written in a neat, lady-like hand which read:
“hear Rubber —1 will say a few words to you as I
am going. Darling, I love you, an I I know you
love mo, but y »ii are not doing mo right at all, and
you know it. B t that’s all right, (fiirl I ng; I love
you well enough to dio for you, and 1 have some
little requests to make bvfoie I go. That is, ph aso
quit your wild habits, an I another is to go around
any other young lady, and for my take and Go l’s
sake never, never, 'marry any more. Darling, I
think that lam going to rest. Try and me t me in
heaven 18 all I nslr. Bye, bye, Ella.”
As they walked together, she said :
“1 love you better than anything on earth,
and I hate to die; but my death will settle
all.”
Back and forth,up and down, tho weary feet,
usually so light ami airy, dragged on the floor,
growing weaker and weaker at. every turn.
Drs. J. C. Johnson and McHattan wero sum
moned. They did all in their power, and
through the Jong watches of the night the bat
tle ebbed and Unwed.
Toward midnight she said:
“Darling, I lovo you, Oh, bo
much, and I want to die’ in your arms.
She grew so weak, at, last, that they had to lay
her on the bed, and her husband lay down by
her. Tho physicians used every means in
their power to bring her back,ami they thought
about ono o’clock, that her pulse wns a little
better, but she began sinking rapidly and at
3:30 this morning she died.
Mr. Jones was absent from the city, but was
sent for this morning. Mr. D. A. Keating,
the. justice who married them, is also an under
taker, and was asked to take charire of the re
mains.
The funeral will occur tomorrow at Friend
ship church, Twiggs county, not far from Bal
lard’S station, where the old family burying
ground is located.
Mr. Jones was at Frazier, a small station on
the East Tenno sc.c. Virginia ami Georgia
road, and was tch graphed lor, arriving a little
after noon. He took a hack
and drove to his home. Ho w'as
A LMOST II KA lITIMtOK KN
over the death of his daughter whom ho left
only a few days ago, well and apparently
happy.
During the day many friends called to offer
their sympathies to the family.
The sad tragedy has been the toplcof convcr-
Hation on tho streets all day, ami there are
nniver .il expressions of pity over tho occur
rence. M r-L Taylor was a very al tractive young
ami was loved ami admired by many
friends. The husband is inconsolable,
Un sum pt ion Cured.
An old physb ian, retired from practice, hay
ing had placed in Ms hands by un East India
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and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will
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Onh'rs from » High I’owor.
From Life.
“You never play ball on Sundays, do you,
Bobby?” asked the minister.
N > indeed, t»ir,” Bobby replied with a fervor
that a ked of the religious.
“Tell me, Bobby,” continued the good man,”
w) y you don’t play ball on Hnndays.”
“ Came ich things Is forbidden.”
■ A id by whom?”
‘Ta.”
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Ah Able Protocl or.
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SAM SMAEI/S BROTHER.
Why Did God Make So Much Outdoors T
Two Women's Experiences.
“Sam Small, evangelist !”
Tlmmrovcrbial philosophy of “Old Si,” th®
venerable plantation darkey, who gave to tho
world through (he medium of Small’s penb
maxims us worldly wisdom, clothed in a ver
mage of irresistible humor, has found a per
manent place in humorous literature.
Great surprise was shown when it was an
nounced that he, having been converted under
tho ministrations of “Sam Jones,” would be-
Cvme nn evangelist.
At first thought, a humorist in tho pulpit
seems incongruous. Is it really so?
Ao doubt the mere buffoon attempting to
trust n.cn’s hearts to solemn truths would
meet with only contempt. But Guth is not
hidden in gloom. Genuine humor frequently
illustrates and fastens in the mind bits of witi
dom that would otherwise pass unheeded,
U l ‘ l V ?UIO 3Y °f H'-iiry W; id Beecher, Rev.
1 >r. I’arker says: “Wlnmever ho came among
men, he brought June sunshine and rnqsic.
and made even desponding and surly men Teel
that a fuller and warmer summer, ‘the King
pom of Heaven’ itself was ‘at hand.’ ” That
is g nial Christianty.
•Jr. Small belongs to a witty family. He
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and “Fat Toxas Siftings, a
paper which has had phenomenal success in
the field of humorous literature. Mr. Frank
A. Small is the present representative of that
popular paper in England, and, like his dis
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the other people.
Under date of 48 I’or ten Road, Kensington,
\\ . London, England, September 27, 1887, he
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imagined.
“Why did God make so much outdoors?”
exclaimed a little girl. We known not. Ifo
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charitable and genial, judging everything by
merit, not by prejudice.
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