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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. CRH A rnD ! ON JANUARY FIRST kpvUU run k|) I ! some subscriiier who paid ill.oo fur 'J’iie Constitution will get tfoOOingold as a present. Who? (’an’t guess. Every name sent inbetween now and Jtinuery Ist will le put in a box, mixed, and first name taken out gets VSOO. It may be your’s. The next name gets ?.!(0, and so on till in gold is given away. For your 81 you get the 1 e t and biggest paper in America, and you may get s.'>oo in gold, or S2OO, or a small present. The Rev. Mr. Thwing in Atlantic. 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. —.— • The way to make money is to save It. Hood’s Sar uiparHla is the most economical medicine V) buy, as it is tho only iiK.dicine of which can truly be said, “1(X) doses one dollar.” Do not take any other preparation if you have decided to buy Hood's “1 MUST DIE,” “But I Lovo You Better Than Anything in the World.” 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 missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy l<»r the spc< dy and permanent cure of consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung alfcciions, also a positive and radical cure for nervouß debility and all nervous complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in tbousamls of cases, has felt, it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this rcci|»u, in Gorman, French or English, with full directions lor preparing and u .ing. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyes, 119 Bower’s block Rochester, N. Y. * 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.” ... « Ah Able Protocl or. If there is a more able protector against the incursions of d’seusc than Hostetter’s Stomach jiitters, we have yet to learn of it. Against the periodic attacks of fiver and ague it af fords it a sure defi-n c • it r< n<*ws waning vital ity, ami counteracts the infirmities <4 age; it prevents dyspepsia from becoming chronic, ami eventually annihilates it, It rouses tho live r and kidneys when dormant, ami insures a regular habit of body, 'io th" nervous it is of in* -itimable b< m lit. imparting steadiness and vi /or into an * nfi-* bled phx iqu •. Thu fi rm “delicate h< altli” is usually nn< thername for debility. While the Bittern is procurable the weak need no p r dospairul pl. * i<’al rcin forcejiient. I’cr-ons whose avo< itions arc hc *l* ntary and lalsuhius, or involve exposure to unfavorable climatic inil’nmce.., will also find the Bitters an able protector. 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 has a brother connected with Armory Knox’s 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 tinguished brother, he takes a deep interest in the other people. Under date of 48 I’or ten Road, Kensington, \\ . London, England, September 27, 1887, he writes: “While at \ aiding in Kent yester day, I met Prof. S. Williams, head master of the Cleaves Endowed school. In course of c«>nvernation about America, Professor Wil liams remarked that Warner’s safe cure had been of great benefit to his wife, who had been much troubled with a disordered liver. War ner’s sate cure (an American preparation) was all that she had taken, and she bail experi enced none of her old trouble for some months past. .Mrs. Annie Jonness-Millor, editor of tho New York Dress, and a veyy popular woman in the fashionable world,says in her own mag azine for October: “ Warner’s sale cure is tho oul\ medicine I ever take or recommend. In every instance it gives new energy and vitality to my powers.” This distinguished woman also says that for ladies this great remedy is “peculiarly effoc-tive.” Sam Small is likely to succeed as a moral teacher. When we remember how near to gether the human nature lie the fountain of laughter and of tears, the deep effect his dis courses must have on the masses can easily bo imagined. “Why did God make so much outdoors?” exclaimed a little girl. We known not. Ifo has made it and we should grow in it, broad, charitable and genial, judging everything by merit, not by prejudice. — • A Chance to Make Money. W. C. Dodson, dealer in Printers Supplies, 27 and 29 Broad street, this city, offers for sale his entire job printing office and book bindery. This is an old established concern, does a busi ness second to none of the kind in the city and is making money. Tho proprietor’s only reason for selling is that his other business io quires all of his time Tho outfit consists of one cylinder, threo job presses, full line of book, job and wood type and complete bindery outfit, together with gas engine and all ma chiney and accessories. Everything in first-class order, lease on building in best part of city and full complement of hands in ever depart ment. Tho proprietors of this paper are ac quainted with facts as above stated and con sider this an excellent opportunity for an enter prising party to engage in a profitable business. 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