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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY. MAY 18.1884- TWElTE PAGES.
METROPOLITAN MEN.
THE JUDGES OF THE
COURT. ■ •
glnfotar Clrcamittneta ol Their (ooldinUI Promo,
tlon ta (heir I’leaei-Jud... Cawing and Olu
dcralccT. end Beoardrr Smyth la Seen
on the Bench-'-Snysler’* Lawyer.-,
(The series of sketches snd illustrations continued
in this number of Tbs Constitution are copy
righted by the anthor. and all rights of publica
tion in any form arc reserved ]
NSW Yoax, May 9.—The democratic convention
of 1868 which nominated Seymour and Blair was
held in this city. Robert J. Elliott, then the only
police justice of Louisville, Ky., was a delegate;
and being naturally curious as to the methods ol
committing magiitrates in the metrop
olis, he visited the Toombs polico court to ob
serve them. Judge Joseph Dowling waipreslding,
and learning that Jujlge Elliott was a magistrate
Invited him to sit with him on the bench of the
little,dark and ddsolate looking court room. It
happened to beat the bou r for hearing the police
reports of drunken, disorderly, lighting and va
grancy cases, and while he talked with Elliott,
Judge Dowling continued the rapid dispaach of
business for which he was notorious. When El
liott returned to hit friend he said in unconcealed
fmtzement, "He talked polities and swapped
jokes and yet tried.slxty cases in exactly ono hour,
1 don't maurge that many in a month.”
I was telling this incident to a lawyer from a dis
tant city who expressed an interest, not co much in
the polloe justices of committing magistrates, as in
the sessions judges who tty tho vast majority of
those who are examined by the police justices and
who are indicted by the grand tury, There are
only three of these judges, two of whom sit in dif
ferent court rooms at the same lime—the third being
a relief Judge hearing motions in "chambers. 1
was a matter of wonder to my friend
how these judges managed to dis
pose of all the cases which eight police
magistrates, a monthly grand jury and a district
attorney and four assistants were constantly en
gaged in preparing for them, To answer briefly,
is accomplished something after the hasty manner
of Joe Dowling, ihough I do not think the sessions
Justices are quite ai cold blooded and Inhuman as
that local Jeffreys of "Ring” days was. His of
fenses finally "smelled rank to heaven” and the
citizens reformers ol 1872 .that he and his seven as
sociates, together with three other very rascally
judges, Barnard, McCunn, and Cardozo, were abol
ished at one full sweep. But without being unjus
Recorder Smyth and Judges Cowing and Qilder-
slccvc, ol the sessions court, manage to dispatch
great many cues in the course of the year, and,
though they are under tho scrutiny of a large
number of shrewd and some unscrupulous lawyers
who make a business of appealing their cases when
beaten, and who are on tho lockout for “excep
tions" to every adverse ruling, they are very sel
dom “reversed" or "overruled" by tho higher
courts. In this respect, and in general character
the present judges have made the administration
of our seesions court the most effective and repu
table we hsve ever bad. A few years ago with
a recorder who wu made silly by dis
sipation and a city judge who was born silly pro
sided this particulor court was in dlsreputo, and
wu summarily cleansed by reform.
All the Justices ol this court are j udges by accl
dent; Recorder Bmyth by the retirement from
mental disability and subsequent death of Recor
der Hackett, (a son of the old comedian);'Judge-
Gllaersleeve wu elected not because a lawyer but
because he was the captain of tho first successful
American rifle team in England; Judgo Cowing
wu a lawyer, but wu made a Judge
becanso Chester A. Arthur wanted
to make another man alderman
large and compelled Cowing to unwillingly take the
nomination for a fourteen years office of much
more importance and dignity than the alderman
ship to which he aspired. And yet those Judges of
accident are nearly perfectly fitted in the placo
they fill.
Hackett wu unquestionably lnune for years
while on the bench i his sentences were not only
unreuonably severe but manifestly unjust; and
many a mere tyro in crime sufTcrs still from Hac-
kett’s menial defect. Recorder 8myth, is quiet as
severe in his administration u Hackett
wu, but not as unreasonable. Criminals
have a dread ot being brought before him, and the
"shyster” lawyers who practice largely in
thatbranch of the legal profession. That ho did - tlon in that court lasted but a few hours, though it
not expel him from court and direct tbst' took months to prepare for tho old ring lender an
amotion to disbar the rascal be made was theorly , indictment that would "hold water." Burglars
act of his which I have ever observed which would ->e often disposed of for twenty years inconslder-
lead me to think that Recorder Bmythe wu rot “ dries. than twenty hours. Courtney, tho fa-
strlctly a Just judge. -out forger, who with only a blank sheet of bank
Judge Rnfus J. Cowlngwasa few years ago » -iperandapeu and ink made a facalmilo of an
yonng practicing lawyer who wu suddenly afflicted
with a desire for office: ho wu immature enough
towfoh to be an alderman and foolish or afflicted
enough with the political itch to wish to be
re-elected. I met him one day before the nomin
ations were to be msdo and he told me of his
ambition to be one of the next aldermen
large. I vainly used on him my favorite argument
—that a professional man either loses all his time
and more than all his salary in any minor office,
else unhappily oomea out with money and without
reputation. He wu not nominated for alderman
at large, but was named on the republican ticket
for city judge, I congratulated him on this,
because the office is one in the line of his profes
sion and in which he could hope to make public
reputation. Besides the term for which ho would
be elected would be 14 years lualead of ono. He did
not think ho could be so elected,
matter," I said, “it is better for you
profestlonally to be defeatod for a judgeship than
to be elected an alderman." He wu elected judgo
much to his surprise, and hu made a most capital
officer, establishing reputation where many of his
predecessors won Ignominy. The selection is to
the credit of Chester A. Arthur, who wu then the
local political manager of the republican party,
Butforhim Cowing would have remained an al
derman a year longer, and then have gone out ol
political life. It la of no particular consequonce
that Arthur made him a Judge because someone
of the machine boys wanted to bo an alderman
Ho made a good Judgo when he mado one of Cow
ing- and u ho demanded only one place among
the seven, which Cowing had to bestow alter his
election the penalty wu not heavy for Cowing to
pay. The atoryofthat appointment is not a bad
one to tell u illustrative of Arthur’s practical no
tions of civil service as ho hu illustrated them
since he became presidcut. There wu an appll-
cant for the position of court officer under Cowing
named Laurence Curry. Ot the bundled applicants
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for the ten places which Cowing could bestow,
Cnny was tho only ono who had tho combined
drawbacks of being unknown to Cowing, of
having only two men to indorse his appli
cation, and of bolng a confirmed democrat.
He bad ono advantage, however; he wu
known to Arthur and his law firm
through some faithful aervlco he had dono u
a deputy sheriff, and Arthur had come to recogs
nlze him u ono faithful among many faithless.
Curry wu accordingly appointed ono of several
officers, but within a yur wu mado and a till re
ts “Captain Curry of Besaiou Squad” as
he and hla subordinate officers are called.
Ho wu the deputy sheriff to whom the
credit is due of capturing Macfonald, the noted
bank of England forger, who escaped to this coun
try with 911)0,000, allot which (excepta few thou
sand dollara which confcderatca on the detective
fores of this city secured from Macdonald) wu
recovered and returned to the bank through Cur
ry's efforts.
Judge Gildenleeve, as 1 have said, wu made a
Judgo by accident, lie had Juat returned
this court havo a holy boron of
his curt decisions, strict rulings aud rude
punishments. He la cold and passionless—ho hu
no sympathy for the ertmlnal at the expense of the
injured individual or offended public. He seldom
suspends untence and puts an offender on his
good bchavour. The accused must be very young
and have been very greatly tempted who secures
this consideration at Recorder Smyth's
hands. He is snappish with thi
lawyers, both of the "shyster" clue andtheaasit
tants of the district attorney's office. He recently
soundly lectured the district attorney for negli
gence In preparing eases to be tried before him,
althouge the district attorney, John McKeeno, wu
hla life long friend, for many years his law part*
ner.
The prisoner's pen In the courtrooms of the ses
sions are at opposite aides from the benches of the
presiding Judges, and when a prisoner is called
from one of these pens to take his place at the bar
for trial he hu to pass through an aisle on either
side of which is the audience, and traverses the
whole length of the room to.retch the dock. Im
mediately in the center of each court room are tho
skylights which supply both light and ventilation;
and these are regulated by small ropes peadlog
from them and gathered in a large loop about a
man’s reach above the floor and directly above
the aisle through which the prisoner Is marchc-l.
Ashe comes from the pen or prison the first objects
which catches the prisoner’s eye are the hang
men's nooses in these pendant ropes. Imagine
the feelings of a wretch if he happens to be guilty.
The next object which the prisoner
encounters is the eye of the
jndge. The experienced criminal or the culprit
whohu been wsroed by his counsel, prefers to see
the nocses rather than to mut the cold, calm and
searching look cf Recorder Bmyth. The frozen
dignity he wears is malely asramed. It Is not
natural, and tits badly on him. You cannot under
stand why such a pleasant face should look to Im
passive,' why so genial a gentleman should
he so harsh a judge, and why so sympathetic a look
should take on it so fixed an express]oo. I do not
think be would be accounted strictly a courteous
Judge. If he is cot a little crabbed by nature,
he hat been unnaturally soured in
disposition by his present service: and
the trickery of the lawyers In practice in this
court is calculated to exasperate the meet benign
ant disposition, while the revelatioos of crime
brought out in the Sessions trials are sufficient to
disgust anybody with the least humanity la his
touL I taw Recorder Bmythe recently bring a
young "shyster” to summery account for an cffbrt
to deceive the court by one of the stale tricks of cursory proceedings them, The Tweed examlna-
*——
in 1878 from England as captain
victorious American title team when
political factions in this city were look.
Ing around for candidates. Tammany hall and
its demecrallc rival were sharply contending at
the moment, and Irving hall, nomluating Glider-
sleeve ran him on his popularity as rifleman. The
republicans supported him and the Tammany
candidate was beaten. Lackingln<xperlenoeacd
trained knowledge of tho law. Judge UUdersleeve
has, notwithstanding, made a most excellent
magistrate. This has been lets because of the
legal soundness of bis decisions than because be
he has lent dignity to a bench which predecessors
had made ridiculous and has helped his present
associates to restore confidence which had been el -
entirely and hopelessly lost in the administration
of oue of the most Important though not the highest
of our courts of criminal Jurisdiction.
The quick dispatch ot business In the general
sessions I have already alluded to. 8ome of the
Instances of summary trial there are very interest
ing, and Clerk John Hparks, who has
been In the service for twenty odd
years, has many interesting reminiscences of the
K.-le bond so nearly perfect as to pass ecru tiny, was
' led In about three hours, and evidence on which
'0 indict him for perjury was elicited at the samo
into. He recently got ten years in State’s prison on
tie two convictions. A burglar and
..arroter was recently tried 1
-'ay and sentenced for eighteen years and
-lx months; whilo tho subsequent trial ,of the
«oman who aided him, and who received the same
harsh but Just punishment, was hurried through in
n single morning. Almost every sort of crime '
i led in the sessions, though the murder cases are
usually sent to the higher eourt of oyer and term!,
ner, in which one of the supreme court judges pre-
>ldes. Numerous capital sentences
imposed by the judges of the sea-
-lous court. Clerk Sparks has all tho curl-
..us cases of this court fora generation back tuck-
cd away In his memory, and can draw them out
much as he does the papers and
rooords in tho thousand pigeon
holes in his office. It Is raid that
he can lay hla hands on any record in the building
at a moment’s notice; this is all the more wonder
ful because of the fact that the records have not
been too faithfully Indexed except in Sparks’ own
mind. Ho is the ono perpetually serene spirit of
the sessions court. Nothing ever ruffles hts tem
per, disturbs his digestion or quickens either his
pulse or his gait. Jndgea, district attorneys or
lawyers, clerks alike, wait on his leisurely and dig-
ullied way of doing things. Thoso having butlneia
with him are either very much amused or fright
ened by his manner. In friendly busi
ness intercourse he takes you
hand much as you would take a cat, and
purrs and smooths you down while he fs tolling
you all you want to hear and a great deal that'
unnecessary for you to hoar. It is curious to ob
serve how he will mix up valuable information as
to tho law points of a case with his interesting
recollections of its trial, and yet leave the searcher
for tho Information unconfused by the reminis
cences. To the culprit in thedook his manner is
the very oppcslto. He will ask an secured man
what be has to sty as to tho lodic-ment charged,
"guilty or not guilty,” or a convicted murderer
what he has to say, why the sentence of death
should not bo pronownced on him with about as
much apparent feeling as be displays when asking
tho ordinary applicant at his desk, "what can
I do lor youf" Yet I am told that Judgo Cowing
never pronounces the death sentence without
mingling a tear or two with thoso ot Clerk Sparks.
Prrssssl Paints.
Chevalier Wlckoff was no more a chevalier than
I am, exoept as James Gordon Bennett
dubbed him in ridicule. Wlckoff, about
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
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U M1W OF TI1B WEEK IB TUB
SOUTHERN! STATES.
What the Southern Folks are Doing—The
- Latest News by Mall and Wire
to The Constitution.
1840, started, with John J, Ryan and others a daily
paper in this city called tbe "Republic,” with the
avowed purpose of breaking down tho Herald.
Old Bennett ridiculed the paper every day, giving
among cthor thingselaborate accounts of tho gorg
eous dressing robes and esps which Wlckoff and
Ryan wore when writing. Tho paper
survived only a short time. When
died Bennett publicly tnnounccd
bis intention to employ the two editors on tho
Herald provided they wore clothing suitable for
citizens of a republic. Ryan accepled his offer,
and remains to this dty in the service of ihe Her-
aid at Faria. Wlckoff became, later on, the pri
vate secretary of Mrs. Bennett and attended her
and her hutband on their famous bridal trip to
Europe which Bennett described in claborato let
tors giving minutest de’alls of their pleasures,
Wlckoff is the person whom Bennett is supposed
to have referred to in theao letters as the valot
who attended his bride at her toilet; 1 first me
Wlckoff at Bannett’s house, in 1843 where his obso
qulous attendance on Mi*. Bennett was a matter
of quiet amusement to tho cynical Ur. B. and of
amazement to my then unsophisticated self.
William F. G. Shanks.
GENERAL GRANT'S BANK.
A Maniacal far Ills l-sissaal ICallsf-Ward Dsutd
by mwetlvca.
Nzw York, May 10.—The Telegram says a move
ment hut been cet on foot by Jay Gould, and other
irlends of General Grant, to raiso a fund with
which to place the general on his feel.
Fcrdeuand Ward waa the only member of the
firm of Grant <tr Ward, with tho excoptlon
Swift, broker member, who
visited the office of tbe firm this morning. Hi
went et osee to bis private office, whero be re.
mstned In coceulUUou with Mr. Davis, assignee
and receiver. Ho refilled to say anything. Tho
legal complications hare Interfered considerably
with the work of lnveatlgallou, but fntbeond the
appointment ef a receiver will be ol benefit,
affaire ol the firm
more readily straightened
out Rumonwero again current this morning
that Ward had been arrested, but the only foun
dation for them wu tho fact that wherever he
geeihe is followed by deteetlvei. II le probable
that no arreat will be made until the report ol tho
anignee le ready, unless Ward should, in tho
meantime, attempt to leavo the mate.
General Grant wu not at the office
to day. Golonel Fred Grant aal'1 he bad uo news
communicate, and that he did not know bow
his affaire Hood, but that he feared he had loat
all he pataca eed. There were fewvlsliore at the
Marine bonk, and the excitement In the neighbor
hood of the building hai died out. Windows are
still sbutandcloaely guarded.
Wouldn’t Take Him.
Will this toad take me lo Atlanta?" uked a
traveler of a "cracker."
No. sfr-ree," replied tbe countryman; "uarry a
time."
-That’s strange," mused the first speaker. “A
man told ma a few hours ago that ll would.”
"He lied, stranger; I’ve been hyar twenty y’ars,
aud I hslut seed ll tuck nobody enny wbar ylt; an’
f don’t s'pom she ever will long ufoku kin ride
an’ walk ”
"Wall, li I fol oar tue read I’M gal there, won't
It” smilingly uked ihe traveler.
'Not much; icr yektint toiler it, kaae she don’t
move, an’ ye kelnl ioller nothin’ what don’t move
long in front of yo.”
But If I travel this route 1'sl soon reach the
city, t reckon.”
-Then ye struck it, mister; jes’ keeps movin' the
way ye’re goiu’ an’ ye’ll git thar arter awhile.
Momln’ to ye.” ,
The Usd sriha rail Kim Strike.
Fall Riven, May 10.—To-day coinplatea the
14th week ol the strike in this city, and practically
concludes the strike. Tbe •planers have not for
mally voted to go beck, nor is it likely such a vote
will be paseed la muting, but soma of Use struck
mills are in full operation, aud others nearly so.
Of two hundred spinners who struck In ten mills,
probably not over one-hall wUl secure work again
In this city, bulky the burning of the Begaaore mill
and the tubulin tlon of ling frarata In the Tree;
The put week has Jjeen rather quiet. A
number of the usual spring - onrentiona havo
been held In several states, but few events of
interest havo occurred. The weather is all
that could ha desired by the farmers, and the
crop prospect is very tine.
Arkansas.
Beebe, Arkansas, expects to ship over 8100,COO
worth of strawberries this season.
Mississippi.
Aberdeen, Mississippi, is to have a 930,000 now
Haronlo temple,
Jackson, Mississippi, will give from 925,000
950,000 to the State female college. II located there.
Kentucky.
The spring meeting of the Kentucky association
will begin at Lexington, May 7th, and contlnuo
six days. There will be four races each day.
J. R. Wolf, of Georgetown, Kentucky, wu ar
rested in Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday night
on the charge ol forgery.
committed by nenry Swalne, and his caute for
committing tho deed Is unknown. Mrs. Reed’s
throat wu cut with a butcher knife and she was
terribly bciten over the bead with an axe. Her
hutband reached the bouse Just before the expired,
She revealed the name of the murderer, and oco
hundred citizens started In pursuit, and lilt Light
ho wis lodged in Jail hero. Threats of lynching
him were freely expressed.
Raluoh, N. 0„ May 8.—Henry Swain, the negro
who, last Monday morning, ao brutally murdered
Mrs. Reedy at Waughtown, near Winston, and hu
since been in jail at tho latter plsce, was taken
from jstl at 3 o'clock this morning by a large party
ol masked men aud bangec. Ho oonfessed tbo
crime, wblch be declared wu for the purpose of
robbery. The murdered woman was 02 years of
Florida.
Orlando, Florida, is to have water works,
Tho Santa Fo canal company, of Florida, after
an outlay ol 980,000, without sufficient returns
hu ceaaced operations.
Tho new hotel at Waldo, Florida, is nearly fin
lshcd,
Tho number ol arrivals at tho hotels in Florida,
during tho seuon o11883-34, wu 49,060.
Texas.
McKinney. Texu, May 7.-Durlng a largely-
attended meetlug at the Methodist church, colored,
Monday night, the foundations gave way, and the
church collapsed. Two lamps exploded, scattering
the bunilug oil over ihecongregatlon. One woman
wu burned to death, aud another will probably
die. Several others were badly burned. A panic
prevails, and tbe entire town turned out, tbluklng
that a negro uprising bad takeu place.
Tho cue ol a colored woman who wu a grand
mother at 10. Is repined from Naevgdoohea, Texu.
Louisiana.
Nxw Oelians, May 8.—Tho osnvonllou ol B’nal
Brilh yesterday debated tho ureranoo ol Iho
Cleveland asylum, and appointed a commltteo of
seven, one from each Hate, to consider the matter
and report at the next annual convention. The
election of representatives to tho home of New Or
leans and tho Tones hospital look piano, Rev.
Mr. Stmfioid, ol Memphis, wu reflected to
Cleveland for four years. Lut night tholodgo
wu entertained by a summer night's festival at
the Spanish ForL
Virginia.
Richmond, May 8 -Tho trial ol School Superin
tendent Carter M. Louthan, indicted for engaging
in politics in violation ol the law recently passed,
hu been finished. Louthan wu found guilty and
fined 910 in addition to tho forfeiture ol his office.
Uo will appeal from the decision and test the eon
tltullonallty ol theatatute.
Richmond, Va., Mays—Tho supreme eourt ol
appeal to day rendered a decision declaring un-
consil’utlonal iho law passed by iho lut legisla
ture providing for tho election ot registrars and
Judges ol election by board of threo members
choscu by that body for each city, town aud coun
ty in tho stato, because it is required of Iho mem
hers ol said boards to bo freeholders, This doolalon
makes tho elections cl registrars and judges by
theso boards illegal and of no effect, and conse
quently takes the wholo election machtnory o( tho
state outof tbo hands oi tho democrats, and re
places it whero ll wss beforo tho passage oi the law,
In the hands ol tbo coalitionists.
Mr. J. I’anenhart, cl Millwood, Va„ has Invented
a steam carrlago which runs along noiselessly ai
tbo rate of twelve to fifteen miles an hoar.
A number ot codfish have boon eaugbt in Nor
folk harbor the put woek.
Seven or eight artesian wells havo recently been
bored at West Point, Va. Most of tbem an strong
sulphur,
Maryland,
Balthiokx, Msy 10 —In tin.- Southern Baptist eon
forouco this morning J 0 C Black, - oi Georgia, re
ported tho nominations for officers aud boards oi
managers oi tho foreign sad homo missions. Ths
officers oi both boards were re-elcctod, exoept a
very few uoimportaut changes. A resolution,
commending tho school enterprise at Saltillo, wu
adopted alter au addrea from Rev. W D Powell,
missionary at that place. Rev E F Baldwin, oi
North Carolina, spoke with reference to establish
ing a mission in KaMljca, province of Algeria,
whero he had recently baptised a Scotch Frubyto-
rlan missionary. T he tlmo and placo for Iho next
convention wu fixed at Augusta, Georgia, Wednes
day bcioro tho 2d Sunday lu May, 1885.
Eor Dr J L M Curry, oi Richmond, wu toloclcd
to preaoh the annual sermoa and Dr J L Burrows
to preach an hlsicrlcal sermon on that oceulon.
Appropriate resolutions on tho doath of Revs R N
Wonkier and Marlin tf Summer wero adopted.
RevC O Bitting, D D, o! tho American Bible un.
ion, spoke of hu Bible distribution.
The digest of the reports of the vlci prosldsuti
wu read by Rev P U Kerfoot.
Tbe missions In China were dlsou ised at tbe
evening ae-ston and a resolution to contlnuo Hum
wu adopted.
Five correspondent messengers wore appointed
lo the HapUst aud anniversary meeting in Detroit.
Adjourn cd tine die.
Baltimom. May 10.—[Special]—A groat deal ol
work la being dono by tfie African Methodist Episco
pal general conference to-day. BlehopJnoM Brown
presided. An effort wu mado to hare the matter
oi tending a committee to Philadelphia to Inueeil-
gate tho affalra ot tbe publication department, res
commended, but lolled. Ror. Mr. Townaend, cor
responding secretary ol the mlaslooary aeolety,
made hla report, ehowlng a decided lacreaao in
the minion work oi the church.
North Carolina.
CHaaLBSToH, N. O., May 6.—D. Edward Belgle, cf
. C.. commuted enfold* at Loweavllle, new tbla
city yesterday by taking laudanum.
C’HaaLcTta, N. C„ May 6.-Yesterday morning
H. Proctor, a prominent etUzen of Lincoln
jounly, a merchant oi Denver, twenty miles north
fit Charlotte, wu called to Use door of his residence
by a man named Boo Thompson, who la known aa
man oi no very amiable traits ot cheracter.
Thompson held e pistol lu hla hand, aud as soon
Proctor appeared at the door,tookqulck aim and
fired, and Proctor fsii to tha ground mortally
wounded. The bullet (truck Proctor in Ihe
left breast, end passed direeity through
left lung. Proctor* aacarrled into
the house and physicians were et once scut for,
who soon arrived, aud tiler an examination pro
nounced tha wound fatal. The cause of the shoot-
leg la said to have been an old grudge that exlsied
for a long time between the two parties, snd
which Thompson proceeded to settle in the man
ner set forth. lu the exeUeaent incident to tbe
shooting Thompson succeed ed^ia making hit
(•cape. Tho Indignation of the neighborhood wu
thoroughly aroused, and Urge parties i tar ted out
In ell dlrectloue lu search of Tnotnpaon. One
perty struck the trail about noon, snd following it
upsrrlvedattbe bouse of Thompson's brother,
near Brevand’e station. They surrounded Ike
boos aud the object of their watch came out end
surrendered. Tbe murderer wu carried thence
end lodged in jell at Uncoiatoa.
Winston, K. C„ May S.-Mrz. liarrisou Reed, a
seh mill, four hundred strikers Ins* their plseae, j _
end the manufacturers have reaolved that many I «o*t estimable Udy living near Waughtown, wu
ef the oiten mu*t look tor employment elsewhere, horribly murdered yeeteidey. The murder wu
»j.e
herearo2]0stuilent*at Iho State UDivenlty of
North Carolina. ______
Tennessee.
CuaTTawooaa, Tcnn,, May 6.—This rooming
Ella May, a five year old daughter ol C. Boyer,
died. Lut Friday evening she ran against a ves
sel in hot mothtr's band containing scalding wa
der. The water fell over the chlld’e neck, arms
and breast, scalding her In a shocking manner,
and after great snfferlDg died aa above stated.
Ciiattanoooa, May ft.—A few weeks ago Dick
Warner, a negro, made a criminal assault ou Mrs.
Mardr.r, wife oi a farmer living near Scotlaboro,
Alabama. Thai whole section of country aroused
aud a search wu mado, terminating in tho capture
of Warner. Good counsel prevailed, and the
offlccra wero allowed lo placo the prisoner
in jail to await Iho acllou ol tho
court. Information received Ibis evening stales
thatlutnight Mm Mardargavo birth lo a dead
child as a result of the shock to her nervous system
Tho dosd child wss entirely black. When thin
fact became known another mob was organised,
which surrounded the Jril.iUinsndlng tho negro,
Tne jailer had learned of Ihe lutentloaa ol the
mob, and clandestinely spirited Warner away.
Tbe town it. lu a tcrriblo stalo of rv’.Htm -lit,
demanding to know the wheroabouls of tho negro.
Ciiattanoooa, May 6.—A killing occurred this
afternoon at hall pul one o’clock at Ihe wharf at
the foot oi Market street. Josh Flipplnaud Tom
Usmmond, two bands on the steamor Warner,
hah a difficulty. Fllppln wav standing on tho
lower deck with one shoo.off, when Hammonds
seeing him, walked and stepped ou bis foot.
Fllpplu got up and spoke roughly to Hammond,
wheu the latter replied;
"God damn you/I’ll kill you.'
Aud started toward Fllppln, who struck him
with his list. Ill mm oml jumped back, stumbled
ovor something and fell over tbe guard Into tho
river. A bargowu standing near, and Hammond
sank beneath ll and was drowned,
CHarrANoaoA, May 8.—ipectal—The queston as
to whether tho Methodist natverslly wu to bo
open to the pupils ot all colon and provlous con.
dltlou of serslludo, hu again been sprung upon
lhe:communlty. The fact has been mado public
lot tbo first time, that the property on wblcb ibis
university is to bo built wu deeded by C. J. Shot
field and O. St. J. Sheffield to tho Freedman’s
society ot Ihe Melhodtet Episcopal
ohuich. Tho published portions of tho charter
show tbe unlvorslty will be for tho education ol
ail, regardless of color. Tho prime movers in
raising subscriptions toward building tho school
denied strenuously that it was to bo mixed, aud
ou Iho-strongth ol this promise eonsldcrablo money
wu subscribed in this section ol tbe south. The
oouveytneo oi ibis property settles tho question,
and considerable Interest Is manifested among
those interested lu It here.
CiUTrANoooa, Tcnn., Hay 8—[Spoolsl]—At
SprlngcliylMt night, while George Btcwartwes
walking across tho railroad bridge a train camo
upon him before he could leave the itructuro to
savo himself. Uo lowered himself to iho wood
work and hung suspended until becoming excited
whilo Iho train wu passing over him, his bold
broke and ho foil to tbo rocks below, a distance ol
about twenty lost. His injuries are very sovero
but thought not necessarily fatal. 5!r. Sic wart was
traveling for Uerrlam and Mltcholl, grocery, ot ibis
oily.
The famous wharf suit ot V. K. Stevenson, Vs.
Ibe City oi Chattanooga, in Iho federal court, hav
ing boon decided lu favor of Stevenson, tho city
attorney announces that the case will bo appealed
io a higher eourt.
While Squire Sbelton, ot Cblcamauga, was pan
log along tbe streets of Chattanooga Wednesday
night, ho wskstruck on the head with a brink by
an unknown person. Ho was knocked insensible
and his Injuries era considered qulto serious.
Ciiattanoooa, Tcnu., May 10,—[SpecialJ—Sheriff
Robinson and Oily Marshal Barrett, ol Bcottlboro,
Ala., camo to tho city lut night tot Bamuol Recto,
charged with muideratSeotUboro in 1831, and left
at« o'clock this morning with Iho prisoner. From
Ibe officers it Is learned that a min named Cope
land, a relatlvo of Kccao, had a difficulty with
luoffenslve tramp and wu killed, Reese look a
doublebareled shotgun and killed Iho tramp sfoer
bis ariest. He remained about Bridge
port several months aud having tho reputation ol
beluga desperado was not arrested, lie hu
been living hero for somo time working at the
carpentering business.
Alabama.
Anniston, May 7.—Mr.T. II. Moltey, secretary
aud treuurtr ol the building and loan association,
slates that ho will haveover ono thousand shares
taken by the end ol this week.
Anniston. Ala., May 8 -[SplelalJ—Tho prelimi
nary trial ol Willis A Hawkins. Jr„ for killng
Western Hardy last Friday, was concluded to-day
before Judge H L Jeffers. Several witnesses wero
examined for Ihe proiecuilou. The detente only
Introduced oue, but Uroy bad several in walUng 11
they bad been necessary. Eloquent snl exhaust
ivespeechcs were made by Mttars. Wlllet A Feat
gin, counsel for Hawkins, who used every effort to
oonvluco Ibe judge that the killing wu jugtlflable,
while Metsrs. Bsruey, Caldwell A Broylca for the
proeccntlon loll bo clone unturned lo show that
the killing ol liardy was murder, pure aud simple
Alter adducing all the testimony, the judge de
cided that though Hawkins killed Hardy, the tea-
llsnony did not sustain Iho charge lu the warrant,
wblch bad been for murder, though ho thought It
out to bind tho prisoner over in tbo sum
of one thousand doilers to appear bcioro the next
term ol Calhoun client* iwtirL
Judze Hawkin’, lather ul use prisoner, Immedle.
ately gave the bond, aud ho and hi* son left for
home via Atlanta.
MoXTOCNKar, May S.-[dpectel J-At tho United
Stale* court to-day Judge Bruce rendered his deci
sion In the marshalship case, which bu been pend
ing for several days. In a lengthy opinion he de
cided that the office wu vacant, and would have
be filled by the appointing power according to
law. Judge Woods,u circuit justice incases oi
vacancy, appelate the marshal until the prerident
Dominates someone end the ncmtuco la confirmed.
MoNiooHsav, Mty 9.—A dispatch from Dr.
Smith, state geologist, says that a tost wu comple
ted at tho unlvemtT labratory yesterday, and that
It is developed that rich phosphate beds exist in
Autauga county. Similar discoveries have been
made In other portions of tha state. These discov
eries are in Ihe agricultural part of the state.
TuscUNBia, Ala., May 9.-l8pectal.)—
Today’! auction sales cf Sheffield
lots wu a repetition In nearly every
respect of yesterday's field day, only the competi
tion wu stronger, coming at most exclusively
from the substantial men. who were eager purcha-
■trs al steadily ad Turin* prices. The prediction
the knowing out* yesterday that higher price*
would be realized to-day wu fully substantiated.
Theadvaae* compared with yaaterdey reached
nearly M percent, while some partita who were
bouaflde inrestors yesterday refused offers o! orer
M per cent profit on Ihelr porchaers to-day. Mark
Lyon, president ol the Motile real estate company,
purchased yesterday and to-day IwoBty-dee late
and will improve Item forthwith. They have also
secured one-lhlrd of tbo Sheffield hotel company’ff
stcck, which gives Motile and Montgomery the
controlling interest tegetber.
F. D. McMillan, of Atlanta, took tbo cake by
outrivalliug all his competitor/, end sc'ured tho
triangular lot. about one hundred and fifty four,
for eighty nine Bwndted dollars, on which it Is
proposed to bnlld an opera honso. Thoro were 115
lots sold today, Tho total brought eighty seven
thousand nln« hundred and thirty fire dollars.
Tbe loweat let sold for three hundred and twenty
flvo dollars. Tho highest brought eighty nine
hundred dollars.
Mr. Earnest Lamar, near Seims, Alabsms, baa
thirty acres lu Irish potatoes'. Tbe crop fo beauti
ful, aud tbo prospect for a flue yield Is very prom-
king.
South Carolina.
Chabliston, May 7 —Last night an attempt wu
made by a sheriff’s porre composed of about forty
men to capture W.B. Catb, tbe Chesterfield outlaw
Tbe Cash mansion at Cash’s depot was surrounded
and a thorough search of the promises wu made
but tbe murderer could not be found.
a 8usftEa,S C., May8—Captain R. M. Andrews,
•gen 93, started yesterday for Bit ton, Moss.,’on a
pedestrian lour. He expeots to msko the entire
Journey on foot, and fo confident of hfo ability to
do It.
Columbia, S. C., May 9.—[Special]—TMi morning
at 8:80 o’clock your correspondent. In company
with Sheriff Samuel W. Rowan, visited Jim Cole
man. The culprit, In bis dark cell, u he grinned
through the Iron ban and welcomed us, looked like
a vicious, bruifob follow. His sunken eyes snd re
pulsive visage denoted tho hsrdoned criminal. In
stead of being cast down with sorrow and remorse
and trembling In view of his tppioachlng death,
ha actually teemsd cheerful. He apparently had
no Just conception ol Iho enormity of hfo crime or
rise awful punishment which wu to be meted out
lo him In a few short houn. He agaiu made a
full and freo confusion of bis crime, de
scribing Just how be had committed the murder.
I visited Coleman early Ihla morning and found
him dsessed In a new suit ot black. He wu cheer
ful aud talkative. He said he had a good night's
rest. Ho ate uo breakfast but one biscuit. When
I uked him why, he said:
"Because I have uo appetite for earthly food. I’ll
soon be In Paradise, whero I will dine with my
Redeemer, on Heavenly foed.”
When questioned further he asserted that he was
fully reconciled to death, end the gallows postoued
for him no lorrors.
“Tell me truthfully, Coleman, why you killed
Sarah W tills,” 1 uked.
He laughed aud replied:
"1 can’t tell, because I don't know myself. I
Juat killed her so, I hail nothing against her. X
wu with her that night and sho said my wlfo
would not like mo being away. I was not mad,
fori knew she wu right, bat Just as I was going
out tbo door I spied the hatchot, aud u quick u I
could got lo hor I killed hor. That’s all there is
about It,"
At oxactiy eight minutes put eleven Coleman
took hla position ou the gallows. Ho suffered tho
executioner to place him on tho prcclso spot ho
wos to occupy. When his eyes met tho nooeo which
dangled impatiently above his head, ho >lld not
tremble or show any ovldonco oi fright. He Join
ed lustily luslnglug"JustuIAm, 'and thenoffo.e-1
a brief anil peculiarly forvid prayer. Evenhlaspir-
ltual attendants regarded bis words os tbo blas
phemous utterances oi a hardened criminal, woo
sought to personato tho martyr and Christian. No
body present placed any faith in his declarations,
ills lut words wore these:
Good bye, aim friends."
1 pray you will all moot mo at the great Judg
ment day."
Precisely at 11:!9, tbo trigger rope wu
jerked suddenly aud vigorously by Bhcrff Rowan.
The murderer's neck cracked llko a whip card,
and hfo death wu Instantaneous aud painless,
Tho body wu allowed to bang soventoen minutes,
wheu It war cut down and given to friends, who
burled It this afternoon. No membora ol hfo fam
ily woro pteseut. No excitement attondod the ex-
ccutlon. Sheriff Rowan, proved himself a skillful
hangman. The onllro performance wont off with-
it a hitch.
Colundia, 8.0., Msy 9.—[Special.]—Tho Register
of this city, following tin oxsmploof the Charles
ton News and Courier, oppo-cs tho nomination ot
Tildou for tho presidency. It fo safe to affirm that
nclthorof iheso newspapers truly represents tho
South Carolina democracy ou this particular ques
tion. It would bo who anil modest, too, tot cer
tain editors In tbfo state to desist abusing TUden
anil condemning him for abiding by tho decision
ol tbo olcctnral commission and not taking his
seat by force. They assuredly bare not forgotten
Iho peculiar role South Carolina played In that
drama. It seems they era desirous to revive a
question, tho discussion ol which cannot add to
tho honor ot South Carolina or brighten her fame.
Fortunately, however, our pcoplo think for them
selves and will wilh cheerful alacrity seize this
opportunity to show tbetr fidelity to tbo choico oi
their psrty. Your correspondent lays no claim to
any rcmarkablo ululoness, but ho thinks he can
fore-easi tho political horoscope with a vision clear
enough to di-cera Iho action ol our Juno conven
tion; when; If the ilgns do not provo fallacious,
Tllden will bo proclaimed iho choico oi the demo
cratic voters In South Carolina, as heir certainly
tha favorite of tho great maze ot volets throughout
Iho United Slates.
Columbia, H, 0„ May 10.—Memorial Day waa
duly observed. Tho graves wero beautifully
decorated In tho various church yard during
Ihe morning. At 6 o’clock In thesltcrnnon near
two thousand persons siscmkled at Elmwood
cemetery. Governor Thompson, tho stalo officers
Judges ol the supremo court and many other no
table citizens wero present. Rev. Il.O.Judd of
fered prayer. Tbe children of all Iho private and
publlarohoula scattered wreaths and flowers over
the graves.
Columbia, B. O., May 10.—[Special]—It 1s said
Boggau (huh has signified hla lirioullou to surren
der some day next weak. Tho court meets in
Chesterfield in two weeks, end It Is thought Colo
nel (huh and Beggan will ho ready to Hand their
trial.
Governor Thompson having decided not to la-
lerfore In behalf oi tho threo Greenville murder-
eralhoy will hang next Friday.
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