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Newspaper Page Text& THE CONSTITUTION. ivol/xto. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAT MORNING. JUNE JG 1885. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AT LIBERTY HALL. JHE REMAINS OF THE GREAT COMMONER AT REST. The Train Bearing the R»m*in* or Hr. ■tephem X,e«rr«fbeUltr For Liberty Hell-Vhe Vaeort cn Board- Arrlrlr* in Orawfordrtlle- Tfa® Ceremonies that War* Halo. Wednesday tho remains of the late Alex. H. Stephens were taken by a ipedal train to Crawfordivllle and there, amid imposing eere- xnoniei, were consigned to their last resting place in the lawn of Liberty Ball and in the nhadow of the great treee that ehed a do* lightful ehade around the place which bean many hallowed aaiociationa as the home of the great commoner. The rain wee pouring down In torrents yesterday morning, but in epito of that feet tho pall bearcri went out to Oakland comotery to banepert the remain! to tho atate capitol. Thoto who went out wero in cerritgea end Were under tho eeoort of Mr. H. M. Pattorson. The party was as follows: Adolph Brandt,of Augusta: M. P. Reese, of Washington; Judge Bemucl Lumpkin, of Loxington; Judge Mar- Shall J. Clarke, of Atienta; Dr. P. R. J. Redd, ot Crenfordvilic; Alderman Hutchison, ot Atienta; J. N. Chapman,ol CrawlordTille; W. O. Holden, of Crewfordville; Hon. T. E. Brie low, of Crewfordville; Thomas B. Brady, or Atlanta. . The remains wero taken to the capitol, ar riving there at eeron o'clock, and tho casket, ancloced in a wooden box, remained there until half-pest eight. A number of beautiful magnolias and oiner white flowers wero soot In end wero need in decorating tho box that enclosed the casket. At belt-past eight tho remains were pieced in Pstterton A Bowden's hesrso, to which <wae attached four bandsomo black horse! driven by Mr. Brady, .or tho firru • of Miller A Brady. Following the hesrso were the ptllbearers u follows: , Captain Henry Jackson. Judge W. E. Ham- mond, Judge Lumpkin, Hon. M. P. Reese, Ur. J. N. Chapmen, Senator Colquitt. Following came the statohouso officers and regular escort. Next esme the escort of police, fifty or sixty Wrong, under command of Chief Connolly,and then citiiene generally. Tho procession marched down Marietta Direct to Pryor, along Pryor to Wall, and along Wall to the union passenger depot. Tho remains wero placed in an express car which formed a part of tho special train. Quito a number of citisene collected to ice the train off. Tho train wai mado up oi five carl, tho express car, threo coaches and Senator Brown'e pnvato car. The party on board the train waa mado up aa follows: Governor H. D. McDaniel, Senator Joseph £. Brows, Senator Allred H. Colquitt, Hon. N. C. Barnett, secretary of atate; Bon. W. A. Wright, ’comptroller- gcseral; lion. J. T. Henderson, state com- mlssioscr ol agriculture; Captain E. J. Red ding, Adjutant General John A. Stephen!, Captain John W. Nelms, Hon. D. N. Spear, Ur. W. H. Harrison, Mr. J. W. Eonfroo, Colonel E. A. Anderson, Mr. A. L. Kants, Ceplsin and Mrs. Ed Cox and Master Stove Cox, Mr. Elijah Brown, Mrs. William Roche, Mr. A. G. Grier, Mr. T. B. Brady, Mr. Taul Caery, Captain neury Jackeou, Mr. 8. C. ICicklighter, Dr. and Mra. ■William Abram Lovo and Joslslr Cartor, of Tax Coxsrivcrrox, all of Atlanta. THr caAWroaoriM.it dbmoatiox. W. 0. Mitchell, J. H. Chapman, Dr. E. J. Held. P. 0. Veaiey, W. 0. Holden, H. D. Smith, J. W. Holmes, T. C. Bristow. :«I AlOUSTA DKI.XOATIOV. Joseph Myers, W. II. Howard, Wm. H. Fleming, Austin Mullerky, Z. McCord, B. 8. Dunbar end Pleasant A. Stovall, of the Augusta Chronicle. From other placet there wore the following: Judge Samuel Lumpkin, ol Loxington; Hon. Milton P. Rccso, of Washington, and Hon. J. p. Boynton, of Griffin. This party was added to from time to time as the train passed the various stations between Atlanta and Crew- fordvlllo. Quite a large party went down from Greensboro, among them Mr. Addison Knowles, of tho Home Journal, and Mr. Edward Young, of the Herald. An other large party went down from Union Point. The train arrived at Crewfordville at a quarter past one o’clock, by which time the Vein baa ceased end everything was in good Dhtpo for the memorial eervicee. The Memorial Services, SHE OUXlttOKT SFESClfO THATWEM HADE AS Till OEEAT COXMOXXE WAS BUEHD. OAwroEovnxi, June 10.—{Special.)—When the train bearing the rcmtlns ol Mr. Stephens reached CrawlordvUle end stopped at the depot a wait crowd ol people, white end colored triends ol the great commoner, was there to meet the body. Drawn upet a convenient end proper distance was a military company ol boys, the Angaste academy cadets, about one hundred strong, under Command ol Captain J. 0. Clerk. Mr. Mitchell, the Marshal ot the day, assisted by nulla a number ol aide, proceeded to arrange lor the casket to be transported to the BapUstcburcb, where the ceremonies were to he held. The hearse, driven by Mr. Heggie, ol Angatta mi driven to a place train and tha pall hearera lilted the casket oat and placed ltlh the hearse. The cadets took their position in front ol the hcane end tha procession mi then made up, the pall bearers on foot, the teUUvcs, orators end citisene generally in cat. Elects following the hearse. Quite a number ol people oollected along the Una ot march to sec the procession ts It moved from the train to tha cbnrch. To the mournful heat ol tha mailed dram TOE rXOCESSIOX MOVED to theebmeh, where a Urge crowd had already collect'd. The casket was taken ta and placed In front of the pulpit, that moment several ladles advanced end covered the cask it with a mom of beautiful Iowan tone- lolly mado Into wreaths, cream, ate. Pore white magnolias and cape Jam lots mlngltd with the bright leaves of the evert teens mado a scene that jru rich in Its pore, fresh beauty. Hon. George T. Barnes, of Augusts, acted ts Chairman and called tne assemblage to order. Tne exercises srert opened with a fervent and beautiful prayer by Bev. James P. Ederi. Major Barnes than delivered the Irst address of the occasion. As the representative of the Stephens monumental tha rut audience for Its attendance ts Join In tha obsequies ortho iUoe- trloni dead. We are here at Liberty hell, he sold, with the remains of Mr. Stephens ones more at home, to deposit them IB melt native eoll which Ss henceforth consecrated to the canse of CooslUutfoual freedom, of which Mr.Stephens was one of the noblest sad mom glorious defenders. It wsa Stung that , bis rtoal ns should bars rested lore time la tha capital of tha state. But when the public pa- gran try, when the pomp of the public faaoral wsc ever, when tha emblems of public sorrow were removed from the public buildings, then then ercee la the hearts ol tha people of his old county who hods* loaf aadoo dearly laved him, » desire to remove these sacred remains ind cou nts them to their mother earth. In furtherance of this design tha Stephens monumental amocU- tlon was organised. Brat to renovs tha remains to their old home and secondly to erect a peonnmeut to pgrpstugH t&t TUt&M V( t*Htt Cc»4 friend. The list ssd, solemn daly Is performed. The mortsl remains of Alexander 11. Btepheni ere at home, literally beneath the shade the trees where he used to rest It war here he lored to retire from tho active i oi public life to Ind a solace in tha tweet urea of homo. It wts here he eonght the compen iomhip of the friends of his yontb, who lored him In his boyhood and honored him In his men. hood. Viewing all men there ere yet things In his carter tbtt itilkc me with wonder. When I think abont the extreme poverty in which he was born when I recollect that the poor boy iorr ms norma a few weeks alter he was horn; when I recollect that he lost h Is father when still a mere boy, end In ono short week lost his step mother. who had been his guide; when I recollect that he merged Into life with a body wetted by disease, and wasting continually from the craddlc to the grave. When I bear In mind that this physical frame was called on to keep up a perpetual {warfare with death Itself for mem exist nice, I am lost, and we arc all lost iu admit, atlon and wonder at tho labor, which he perform, cd, and the success which he echlcved. His ear llest youth was animated by a fervor of ambition that nothing could satisfy lmt the highest achieve menls that he taught. This detiro was the |Irst element of tnecen. But It arts not sufficient of Itself. It needed end had his wonderful courage. Therola thecourageof thesoldicrithecourageof the man w ho risga hit life on what he consider! It the leld ol honor; thero la the courage like that oi Socrates whenbodrank the,hemlock; there Is a courage like that of Pitt, when he told the peo ple to be of good cheer and hurl delance at thalr foci, and , THERE IS A QUIET COURAOX like that of the Gbrlstias martyr who for his con, vicllon dies at the euke. There U not a tingle one of tbeie elemenu of courage In which Mr. Stephens was wanting. Witness tdvlce to his biotber Linton when a mere bay at ■clipol, when ha said: ‘'Remember, giro olense to no men, but II a crisis comps, remember yon ere a free insn'i eon, and bo sure yoa will do honor to bit blood.” The speaker related aome interest ing Incidents of the know-nothing campaign, when Mr. Stephens stood SinchlDgly by hit convictions in the lace ot great opposition, tUndlng at be did loJltary and alone. I remember, though but a boy, when he laid in a speech—end every one believed him—"I am afraid of nothing on the earth, nor under tho earth, nor above the earth, save to do wrong. It was tho ciurtgo of the ooldler, It wts the courage ot the martyr, It was the cour age of the elatetmen, it was tho conrago of the philosopher. He hod all the elaaenUot all the kinds of courage combined. But allied with that courage was the most TEKDER AHD COMVASSIONATE of natures. Major Barnet (poke very beautifully ol Mr. Stephens's lore of bis brother Linton and his watchlul care over him. To Linton Stephens, tho great commoner woe at onoo father and brother. Major Hornes related several stories illustrating the chorectesfstics of Mr, Stephens, and closed by a beautiful and eloquent reference to Mr. Stephens's love for tho old rod hills and rocks and gullies of CrawlordTille and to the pecu liar beauty of the sentiment that brought his re mains back to rest until the final day under the shadow ot ibo home that In life he tamucb lored. .. *■ ~r~ Captain ssenry Jackson Speaks, Captain Henry Jackson was introduced, and de livered as admirable address, which contained many interesting points about Mr. Stcphens'a life and cbsisctsritlre. 11a atid that inch a career as Mr. Stephens lived the world would nitnnlly pronounce an Impomlblllty, He lired hie entire life beneath the rery shadow of the grave. In school, feeble as be was, he carried stray tho high est honors without apparent efiort, and entering the her he took hie stand In tho foremost rank Immediately. JVbat Is the keystone to this wonderful career 7 One man tits,one reason, another another, and so on until at last he his attributed to him every quality of power that every and all public men ever possessed. To my mind bis extraordinary carter was bated mainly upon hte majestic wts- dom accompanied by an immovable will and un swerving nerve accompanied by tho grandest of human hearts. With the wisdom to discern the truo path of duty and of right, ha had the will and tha naira to do it. He did not feel the public pulse and go with It, following whilo be teemed to lead, fit never followed pub He opinion. lie wot a leader. Ono oi tho grand ett positions ever occupied by Mr. Webtter wee when the doors of Fanntll ball were closed to him end he spoke to the people of Mustcbnietts from tn open carriage, end said: “You have conquered your climate: YOU HAVE COMQVKKXD a barren end a sterile eoll; you hive conquered the ocean that woibet your ■ ho res; you hove fought your way to tho rapect ot mankind, yet you bavo to conquer your prejudices.” If Mr. Webster rose to the point of sublimity then, whet must he etld ol Mr, Stephens In'01, when almost solitary and alona advocating his opinions and fighting for tha policy his wisdom dictated. It required the high est order of atm then to sty to the people "yoar leaders are wrong.” Captain Jackson paid a very hub tribute to Mr. Stephens'! greatspeech|at Mil- IcdgevlUe against secession. But when ueorglt went out of the nnlon, Mr. Stephens went with bar end did hie pert faithfully and watt by tha confederacy. Captain Jackson told many Interest ing anecdotes ol Hr. Stephens, Illustrating his character. Captain Jackson w«a eloquent la des cribing the goodness of heart that characterised the great commoner. Thera was a room In hla house known as tha tramp's room, and Mr. Steph ens wonld compound medicine to bathe the sightless eyes of his blind deg to lessen the soffer- leg that those members caused. An old servant said with rough eloquence “Mart Aleck was kinder to dogs than moat folks la to lolkil” The state should erect monuments to many of her dead tone, who have earned them by theft careen hut none he* more worthily won a shaft of honor than tha dead governor. Let the monnmental shaft rise, end let there be Inscribed on three ■Idee. "Wfidora.” "Jnetlce" and "Moderation, 1 and on the fourth “Sell Sacrifice." tho prcscnceot his neighbors to says few faltering woids In his place. While It was not my prlrllego to hare been long associated with him In public life, I wet called upon to tike up tbe burden of dntlet which prayed too heavy for hla age end infirmities end feebleness, and all tbat you bare heard from the eloquent gentlemen who hare preceded me, ot hla qualities of mind and heart, I have seen exemplified lu the dlscherge ol the duties of that offics In which ho died and can testify to you of tne faithfulness of thetccouut which they hive given ol him. Tho quality In hla character that always struck me with tha grtatsst force waa that which entitled him to bt called the gnat com moner. Othermenbare been socslled but none ever lived who deserved it In the rersa tbit Alex sutler If. Stephens deserved It It ne had out characteristic above another It wak hit love for perpnler rf|hts-for human liberty, ft was the principal of his life thstlevery man should have a chance, and a fair chance, that every pop tlble obstacle should be taken out of the path ot EVERY HUMAH USING ro that he should here an opportunity to advance himself tn Ufctnd Increase hit happiness and tho happiness of those dependent on him. Not In one great crisis, not upon ono political issue or In one political campaign, but throughout his whole life lie h.s stood by that, always stand leg up for constltnttonal liberty, for fieedom, for the people, against oppression, sgalnsl Injustice, wbetber from the government or fiom the most powerful cists, tn winterer form oppression threatened the people around him Alexander H. Stephens was their determined rbamplon throng bout hie life. And I know of no higher honor and of no higher encomium to plica upon him than to say tnat bo poisoned those vlr tnee which have been rightfully ascribed to him lu tne addressee this evening We have been reminded how toon men ere forgotten. It will not be so wftb Mr. Stephens, The affectlonsof his neighbors, ol his ueocleict, ol the people oi the whole state ere too deep (or that, his virtues an revered too deeply (or him to peae out ol the public mind endont of the popular heart. This vast assemblage to do him honor Is a greater en comium than speech could pals. I could not do more except to express to yenr president end you tbe thanks of the people for the noblo work lu which you are engaged and which I donbt not will not be permitted to lag or fall until the utmost design and Intention baa been accomplished. Tbe gervleea at the Grave. At the conclusion ol tbe addreae by Governor McDaniel, tbe casket waa again placed In the beaiscand the procession moved Into the Liberty Hall enclosure where In front of the houso, lu tho •hade of the gtore a vault lu the ground htd been prepared. Tbe greet crowd collected around the grave. The casket waa pnt above tho last resting piece of the late governor. A very beautiful amt appropriate prayer was offered by Edcus, committing the remains Into the ctro of him who Is tho returecflon and Use life. The ouket was then gently lowered until It waa a! tho bottom of the grave. Tho ropes were withdrawn, tho prci-s.- tlon wes made for bricking np the grave. The benediction waa pronounced auJ ’ - crowd with, drew, many to their homes and many to tho hall to ice (be old homo oi the dead governor. Notea About Liberty Hall. - - j The building Laa been newly palu'.c-d. seemed Iff pure and white and peaceful, si'aadlug iu the shadow ol tho great oaks that surround it tnd looking sadly out across the lawn whero Its old master now sleeps the long ilcep. From the back door oi Liberty Hall can bo seen an old red road, nearly two miles away, skirting over a bill top. "Just beyond tnare." said Colo nel Stephens, “Is where Governor Stephens was A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Tbe coroner's inquest unravels a erorr fa uruioa Two Moonshiners Hoorotly Kill a atreane Do- trotlvo sod rarow His Hody In a Sooludsd nsos-Ths Yrf.sn.ri tn Jail. Governor McDaniel's 8pooch. Major Errors expressed regret that General Toomle conid not be present, at he waa detained •those on account ol sickness. He then! Intro duced Governor McDaniel, who had had no notice that be was expected to speak. Governor McDan iel said: I am sure that all ol you will share with me in the regret Just expressed by the president ol tha association that Illness ha* detained General Toombs from being present enUMocotaioo. Foe perhaps half a century be bad known Governor Stephana Intimately In all the relations ot life, had loved Mnui friend, admired him aa a statesman and patriot, and had eonided to him as a man of con summate wisdom. When these two man dlfiered upon public qoerttou It waa adifference which left no sting in tho feelings for each other. Their respect lor each other, their congdeueu in each other gave them charity isr each other's opinions. Then whet more fitting cleeu to the ceremonies now lapregreta than that the distinguished sur vivor o* that rotes ran or rataton should have been permitted by Frovidenee to cut the last flower ol affection on the bier of hla Mend! Aa it wee not to he, however, I esteem It great privilege, a great honor, (9 tars U* PK-Ktaalty here is born." Governor Stephens bought Liberty Halt In isu end gave It iu name bceaute every man waa allowed to do pretty much ae ho pleated there. The great commoner "sleeps beneath a wilder- ness of flowers." Mr. Joseph Myershaadone much and will do inch more to aid the association. The monument is tho next thing. Ovcrouc olthedoon was written, "Dost to native dost retninsd." Liberty Hall has about eight acres of lend at tached end one of tho lineal gardens In tbe state, now fairly loaded with magnificent vegetables. In the Lack of the garden Hr, Slepheni'e dogs ere burls" — ' A. L. Kom . wu ever used, Mn. Corry, a niece ot Mr. Stephens, now lives at tbo ball, and keeps It in good condition. The floral decorations of Liberty Hall were btantl’ul. The ftowen went perfectly magnifi cent, and were In great profusion In a 11 parts of the house. In Mr. 8lcphcns's room wu a beauti ful crcis and a wreath and other llowers. On tha table on which he wrote the history of the war, there wts a bcantlfnl floral offering. ThU room la to be preserved at Hr. Stephens left It. The psrlor wet handsomely decorated with wreaths and crosses, and the other rooms showed a m am of Uowers. The llowen wore of tba most elegant varieties and shed a dcllEbtlul fragrance all around at well aa pleased the eye. The veran dah was decqratoo with ^a^luje^teawon^oj —its, and Mrs. 7 Brooke Cmwtordvflla; Mrs. the unto children of crawfordvllle were responsible lor the beantltiil floral display, One day In UM a servant announced to Mr. Stephens that then was a yankeo soldier sitting on the stepe. "Bring him In here,” said tho vice president of the confederacy. The poor fellow, weather beaten, went In and told a story of how he had been captured and es- cared and had coma to Mr. bupbans for advlct. "Dou'tyou think you're come to a bad place in a tight place, but still asked advice, laying he had Had -nongh of war. "My advice." laid Mr. 8 tap hens, "Is that yon get out of your blue clotbee mighty quick and go Into the country and go to work." The soldier took tha advice and nothing more wu beud of him unUll he turned np et Libert Stephens with a box of man had been In southern Georgia waa then enroots to the west, t'aj e jasmines and magnolias were In profusion. DEATH BY Hitt GOT, A Negro Olrl genres Another so That Ska J ails and Is Isjsrsd Goto Denth. From tbeTalbotlon. Ga.. Era. Addle Walker, daughter ol Susan Welker, (col ored, living on Ur. J. M. Garrard's place, this city. She wu a girl thirteen yean old and did service u untie lathe family of Ur.Bobert Wind. Lata Saturday evening, the Kd of May, eha wu gauig to bet mother’s home. She wu quietly walking along College etreet with toother negro girl younger then herself. They were talking abont a trssy woman supposed to bo In town. Dottle Trice, • colored girt about sixteen years old, uw them coming and beard them talking abont the CTtry woman, end It entered her bead to have a bit ot fnn. secreting benellehe allowed the un suspecting victims to get opposite when throwing her dress over hex head lira rushed wildly at Addle Walker, yeUlrg and boobooingu If tho won t genuine craiy woman. go utterly dlameied end frightened wu Ad dle that she lost oil presence of mind, end tn bet wilds (beta to get oat of Ike way of Uo mltch tor- eut girl she laU Bead-long upon o pile ol rock and lay then. When reached it wu ionod that she htd been seriooaly Injured. She had to be canted home, when Dr. Boyd wu called la sad found her amrely Injured Internally. She lingered la great pain until Friday night last whan ska died. And thus does the foolish froak of > mlschef- lorln icolortd girl lake the tile o: a companion. FAirr.rr.K, Ga., June 9.-(«peolal.J-Yesterdey word wu brought to Felrbntn that a mau't dead body-had be,n found In a lake ou tho tauda of Mr. Jotcy G.!Smlth, ont in the Old Ninth district. On this meager Information your correspondent ut e-ut to tram the facte of the cue. The eequel shows one of the most horrible and atrocious mur- dera known to criminal annats-a crime isMom equaled and Hirer surpassed In the blackneu ot Its nature, and a deed done In darkneu oomes to tbellght and Ihowaup another murder to be added to the many dark crimes that hare dis graced the history of tha revenuo service In Geor- els. The victim In this case wu a negro named Jim Mspp,{and the men charged with thoperpe'.ra tlonof thecilmt are "Bud" Moody and Elijah Rogers, two moonshiners. About ten or eleven miles north ol Falrburnaud fire miles northwest of Red Oak. in a rough, rug ged and knotted scctlou ol country,down between high reaching hlUe, rune Camp creek. On a place now owned by Mr. Joeey G. Smith there tics hid den by hills a small, tleusely wooded glen.t'irougb which Ihe creek once ran. Abont thirty yurs ago the course of tbe stream wu chauged by ditching, and the old bed filled up at either cud until It farmed a basin about ons hundred and fifty yards lorlg by thirty feet wide, and (rom three to ten feet deep. This la now. and hu long been, known u "COLD LAKE. 1 ft lishaded by large overhanging trees, Its water is dank, dark and muddy, and Its appearance ta id forbidding tlrat the eon's rays refuse to pollute their Ilf by kissing Its stagnant lurfaee. The Isko Ic in such an out of-tho-wsy place that humanity hffunteth not lta banks, and Its water Is seldom troubled save by the slimy denizens ol Its murky depths. A more filling place to conceal the vis- tlm ot a midnight murderer could not cutty bu found. Bidden away In the monutaln fulnesses round about tha Cold lake tho smoke of the still has floated up through the tree-tops and disparted lu fleecy vspois upon the midnight air, time niter time, and long hnvo these hills been known u tho haunts ol the moonshiner. Many and many a gallon ot the eperktlng "blockade" hu here been extracted from the crashed com. Indccd.lt ta uldtho squirrels In tho woods here are finer and fatter than elsewhere, having long alnco become confirmed token ot sour mash tnd still slop. DISCOVEMHO or THE UODY. Last Saturday afternoon Ben Kolly, a sou ot Mr. N. M. G, Kelly, wu (ranting crows In the neigh borhood of the Cold take, when ne perceived that the atmoaphero wu laden with an odor anything but plcuaut- After aalffing around a little, he approached- the lake, when - rtcnrh became almost Intol- iMe. 'J 1.Is set ut..: le Investigating, and ho lound tho bodyofamau HaaM-y In the water, The head wm thrown back, the loot hang* Irgdown, amt only tho breast wuabovothesur- ol tbe water. Ben carried tbe news ot the avr iy to his lather, nmt Mr. Kelly summoned . A-h bit the n.-rr-J hfos.q sticks, etc., the hody wu drawn from its wdtefy grave and placed on the ground. The hody war considerably decomposed, and tho parts ol tho iu.--li not protected by clothing showod plainly that much of tho man bod been mado food for fish and turtles. The hair, skiff and flesh ot the head had aU sloughed off, and tho sgnll wu bare. Just back of and slightly above tho left ear ths skull ms broken and a hols wu left. Into which a man could thrust his fiat, while a crack extended clear round the bsok of tbo head to the right temple; Them war also a small hols In the bus of tno skull at tho hack. Tho arms sep arated (rom tha body while It wu being drawn from tbs water, end tho whole upper portion ot tbe man war more or Isu decomposed. From ths hips down (hefleth war Intact, but showed consid erable evidence ol decay. TUa scalar outside cov ering orsklnwu all gone, and It was lmponlbls to tell whether ths body wu that of a whits min or a negro. THE INQUEST On Bunday morning Coroner Mobley wu notified ol the finding of the body, and he repaired to ths scene of action, whero he Impaneled a Jury and proceeded to bold an Inquest. 1 he (ollowlag gen tlemen were sworn In u Jurors: R. \Y. Muon, lore-man; W. O. Ktacr, Thomas Hogan, L. & Coch ran, G. & Smith, A. J. Luck, J. 0. Bishop, J, IV. pock, James Moats, T. J. Luck, T. IL Thackston and W.T. Bullard, Several persons living la tho neighborhood were sworn u witnesses, but nous of them could Identify tha body, aud nona ol them knew of anyono misting from Us settlement. The crime, fora crime It avldcntly wu, sesmed, with each witness Introduced, to become mors deeply Involrsd In mystery thtn before. Ths Jury wero about to give up tha liopo of ever finding out auytbing>bout thtaffslr, when by some means It wu Imparted to the Jury that me* Moiart, a reputed moonshiner, could throw some light ou the subject. Ths coroner dispatched a bailiff after Morris, wbo soon appeared before ths Jury. Up to this ttmo tbs tbcory-sdvsncsd by sons ou and approved by othen—hod been pursued, Ural tbs murdered man wu a foreigner and a peddler, As soon, however, m Dick Morris msdshtaap- petnnes a change swept over ths spirit of ths Jary’sdrtams,andminy winks and nods wets exchanged between them, expressing u plainly u words conid, “Now took for dsvslopmsBta." MOEUt'S STORY, which wu prefaced by ths statement that bo wu bis wsy to Atlanta to appear bslors ths United States court, and be hoped Us Jury would get through with hla usoonupowlhlc- wu a revelation, and wu la substance u follows About ths last of November he wu running a illli a lew miles off, sod wu approached ons day by Bud Moody sad Llgs Rogers, who told him that Jim Mspp, a negro, had bcon noting around whsit they wen fixing to put np a atiU, and Ural he wu on hla wsy to Atlanta to report them; that be had been taring off pises* of bta shirt and banging them oo bushes to mark bta routs, and that ha most bt ovettaken and (topped. Morris uld that bs went with them till he conid ascer tain the'negro'a Intentions, In order that ho might be enoblsd to look after bta "goods tnd chatties' In case of a rtvenna raid. When they got u Isr as Morris's boose, he stopped tnd told Moody and Rogers be conid go no further on inch so errand. Mnedy replied: "IT OOP, flu. MAVl SUM Y(l!” and he and Rogers MIL This wu about too o’clock At night. A bout one o'clock Moody returned sod said to Morris; "Dick, Oo-l damn him, ws got bin; n’t. ■at blm in a bob." Hswufn bta shirt slscvss, and told Morrta that ho Boat have a coat, as ho wu cold and hta own wu fa no condition to bo worn. Moody went Into tho house, took several drinks of whisky, and wont to bod drunk. Abont an hour tnd a hell later Hodgtrs cacao ap tad still Moody bad cons* to tho bens* to gotaooat, and began abasing him tor Dot costing beck, hot bg sold nothtagu to wkst they bod boon doing. Thoy both stayed with Morrta UI1 day and lath Monts gars a description of Jim Mopp, which tallied with ths body fond. He minutely dc> scribed the coat tha negro had es whwhsaaw hla the evening Moodyand Rodgers wut following him, and when he wu ahOiyn the coat taken from the dead man, he said "THAT'S TO* COAT.” The coat htd a hole throngh.the collar that look ed like it had been made by* bullet, Several persons who had known Jim Mtpp were then examined, and none of them remembered having teen him since about the time mentioned. Dick Riley, o negro with whom Mtpp htd boon working Just previous to this time, stated that when he left he bed on s new pair of shots which bs hid bought from Mr, Jos Latham at Campbell- ton. Mr. GnsI Brock, Latham's clerk, awore tbat they bad sold, during last year, a cueoiahoea llko those found {on tbo feet of deceased. A small bunch of hair, hanging to the back oftbe neck of deceased, wu shown to tho Jury, and it was short, black and kinky, like that of a negro. Under this testimony ths Jury returned tha fat* lowing VEBDICT! NASHVILLE AT WORK. $28,000 ALREADY RAISED FOR A Y. M. O. A. BUILDING. ' TbeBev. Bam Jones Fields for tha Building-S&0.000 to be collected-Atlanta aa a Model-rhe Work. Continue* m Oar Qfty-The Dollar rand Keating Wltb Oreat Buoaeai. and that tho offense I* murder. TH« VICTIM. Jim Mapp, who It li now supposed U the dead man, wm a heavy eot, nearly black negro, weigh ing About 165 ponndi, fire led «Ix Inches high,And wore a number nine ihoc. UehAdon, when Ust seen, a walking coat of black twilled foods, loir crowned aolt h«t; but no other Article ol hl« Ap* panl wai described. Tho body found wu droued in a coat that corresponds with this description, rants of about the aonm goods, a pair o! Standard ecrcw fAittned aboes, nurly now. a coarse shirt opening In front. And pinned At tbe nock, no rest, and no bat wai lound. The body corresponds with that of Jim Mapp In stature, but the llosh waa a bluish white aud thi hair kinky, klapp formerly lived, according to hliitAtenent, In At* lantn. He bad t*en In Campbell county abont two j can. Is It blm T THE ACCCSXD. Moody and Bog era are uld to be veteram In tbe stilling bnslneM. On the 16th of lut April Moody wai arrested by revenno officer* for Illicit dlitlll* Ing and carried to Atlanta. He wu released on soma kind of a bond, and at once began Informing ou bln old anociatci. Dick Morris wu among tba flnt of lilt victim*. Ue hu aworn numbers of warrants for persons lntbla county, many or whom aro among oar best citizens. Public sentiment Is strongly against him, and be Is regarded u a bad citlxen generally. A few weeks ago bo bad a negro arrested for buy* leg some whisky from him, and carried to At lanta for trial. The negro gave bond, and on his return home swore out and obtained a warrant for Moody for a violation of tbo Campbell county prohibition law In selling blm tbo whisky. Moody was arrested and commuted to Jatlin default of tJCOball. He wu already In JaU when tho charge of murdor wu brought against him. In an Inter* view with yonr correspondent yesterday, he vehemently protested his Innocence of tho mur der. Yesterday evening our excellent shorin', Mr. J. D. Collins, armed himself with a warrant and btarted In search ol Rogers. It Is said that Rogors linn sworn to never bo taken, nml is tcoualdorod a very dangerous man. lint since I have been writing this, bhrrlfT Collins baa returned with him, nod both of the alleged miudvrc** ero now Every tfiori will be made to get at tha true in- __ aa THE OINOINKATI NOUTIIKKN WRKOK . Gonitrtiollon Train Makoa si Fearful Fluffs. CnamKoooA, June 11.—[8|>«I«I,)—Tno noirsol ol a inoil faorrtblo occldont on Uio Cincinnati Southern railroad, ono hundred miles from tbta city, bit Just been received. AhoutC o'clock tbta ever Ing, witllo a construc tion train wltb filly band, wu pasting through tunnel No. li, notr Now river, Ibo .wtlta gave way and burled a portion o! tbe men In tbo rulst. It ta Impostlblo to toll now bow many have been klllsd. Four Iravo already been extricated irom tba debris. Two others ire known to bo killed. Fully a dozen ol tbo unfortunate men are believed to ho ncccusrlly fatally Injured. Tbo number may reach thirty or forty, Koadmnstcr Klmraono wu In chorgo and It ta believed beta killed. Tbo wires aro down tnd no later sen can bo htd to-night. Chattskooos, Tenn., JunolL—(Bpcciil J—Full details of tbo terrlblo citutropho on tbe Ulncln- ristl Southern railroad lut night, litvo Just boon received. A construction train htd boon at work near the New rlrer tnnncl end otarted bock lor Ibo (lotion. While Ibo train wu running ot tbo rale ol thirty miles tn bour It Hruck n cow, Tbo caboote end oevtn can wero thrown over tn embankment forty fire foot blgh, carry ing wltb them thirty mtn. Tbe com fell at tho bottom of tbe fill wills tenth, and wcreinuahed toatomi. Itta a miracle tbat any of tbo men etcapcd. Tbe following wert killed onlrlght: JonHO'DomiEfA, foreman, Lawson Smith, * Be* Holt, Fair. Owxxa, TowYomro, lloo Lowar, Tbe foltowlof or* dangerously Injured and torn* will die: Simon Hmltb, Charles Taylor, Alex Heitor, Job* Zacbrr, Tom Cannon, Ike Moor*, Job* Slmmoni, Tom Bo«, IkaBmllb, Jim Hor ner. lbs bodies of tbe men killed srsrs horribly mtrglcd.and toms ol them ware not recovered till tbta morning. Six escaped unhurt. Eight were vary badly bnrt, but nooo seriously. BT ASSOCIATED rlXSW. CigciggATl. 0., Juno 12.—'The dispatches received by the officers of tho Cincinnati Southern railway from Komeraet, Kentucky, dopy Us* report tent lut night that * eon- ttrocthm train bad been wrecked by tho caving in of tha tunnel. The story arose from the fact that Jlnadmatter Slmonda' Now river bridge, by otrlklag a cow. The c» boots tnd Mven can wore ditobed. Fiva laborers wero killed, and Foraman O’Donnell and tan or eleven olhsra injured. Tho track wu cleared by 11 o'clock list nlghL General Loa’o Sword, From Interview In N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. General Grant dtlighta In tpetklng of (he book to bb friends. "How far are yon on lb* book now?” uked a member ol Use family one day. "I am in tbe Appomattox campaign.’ and bta •IIS glowed u bo related some Incidents of Ihots Hlrtlng times. ” Wbat about tbat story of tbe surrender of Gen* •ral Uc'ttwordT” Inquired .listener. ‘ I didn’t take bis twonf, teeau-s I didn't think ft would be limit. Nolblngwu said or tbouaht of it OeDsrafLeshadonabrlght, new uniform aid aahlninc award. I wu In my working clothes.” "Well, lta nsusl to laks tbs sword, Isn’t Ilf" jK-mEfL, one* laid, to the course of con venation: have read a treat deal ta my llfebat I know of uo grander man than General Lee.” Oafy Four Left* lx WA six survivors of Washington** army were stiff in exlsteece. These wero Bcv. Daniel Waldo, ^ 3 aged M3; William Hutchins, aged 100; Adam k, aged ItJ; Bamuel took, aged U»: Alex UftUr.aged !M and 8a;nuel Downing, aged 162. All of tnese old veterans quietly pawed, away lorlDf the years lv i It is poaalble that «‘ook died in JM7, but the exact date of hu death cannot bo established. It U tolerably certain however, tbat since 1867 we have had no smylTor of the reroloUoa among us, NAAimu, Tenn., June 8.—{PpeetaU—The Rev. Bam Joi hi preached the tenth anniversary aer- wonolU’oY.M. C.A., to an audience ol five thousand people In tho . Gospel tent last nig 1. t. He mado au earnest appeal to th e citizens of Nashville to rally to the moremt nt to erect a building for tba asso ciation. He toi *»k Atlanta as a model and showed tbe people of Na shvtlle what those of Atlanta had done. Among other tit 'n&* ho said: "I want to say th» tt *>u hove got $10 In Nash* villc where there Is i*>ne dollar in Atlanta. Shall we say that wc are a ot able to put up a $30,000 building? It’a my bin ^Incs* to prove to you that you are able to build lb If I do that, all you want Is the carpenters. Atlanta Wednesday, and they have now roacl od the $75,000 neccaury to erect such a building,- All tho contributions there were voluntary* end no subscrip tion book sent aronnd. I was In Tug Ooffsnru- tiom office when an aguostlo walked In and gave •1.(00. Everybody there sect Interested. Tbe eyes ol the sou there on Nashville. Let her do hcnelf Justice In thla enter* 'rise. The cure for stinginess Is a big dose of generosity, but tho troublo Is to mako tbe feller a wai’low It. You hare to pull his head up to a limb, amt poke It down bis throat out ofa big black bottle i but the odds aro that wheu you turn him loose, ho will spit It at all out. He continued his sddrcsscs for somt* tlmo, work ing tho audience to great cnlhnslasm* The scenes that followed ' have b'cvcr seen itiit parallel In tho city. TboIcxhortatUms of tbe evangelist; fell with magical cflect upon tbo ears of the awakened audience, and gcnorouily un loosed (he purse strings ol both rich and poor. Mcu whoso strict economy has often been observ ed In business circles w*cro quick to answer to the evangelist's warm exhortations. Young men from every direction ol the crowded tcu ties pond ed In bandsomo style, and ladlos cheerfully offlored sums ranging from the pin money ol tho wealthy to tho hoarded earnings of the needy. For half an hoar Mr. Jone* walked tho platform, and at every appeal the prospeot* for an Imposing building steadily rose. The management ol tho association had anticipated that they could not erect a building of more cost than $80,000, but tho goncrous donations of Colonel Cole and soreral others wore so en couraging that It soon developed tho fact that a much larger sum could bo realized, Tho hun dreds rolled np rapidly, and It was soou apparent tbat $60,000 could bo raised with as littlo cflbrta* was anticipated for $30,000. Colonel U. W. Cole, tho railroad king, advaucod nd mid that he hnd seen many who were golug to give, but they laid tbe community overestima ted their wealth, and It •mharraatud them. "My wealth,’' uC ce.’jMnued, "la estimated at from two ♦o Sen tlmsa what it ir. I will be ouo to girt 81,000- Inray $8,000 lor I. 000 build Colonel Coft^pJke ol tha great work done by* Atlanta la raising ontribu- (Ionssufficient to construct a $75,000 association building, mid urged that Nashville, with a larger population and moro wealth, ilionld toll to do her*,(If honor In so commendable au ciitorprI«c. Tho appeal produced a marked cil'oct, aud contri butions flowed freo as water. When tho total reached $35,000 tbo excitement grew Intense. Thero was ono subscription of f J,000 by Colonel Cole, ono of $1,600 by W. Morrow, one of $1,000 by John Thompson, and eight of $600 each. Tho others varied from this to ono dollar. The amount raised at tho meeting was over $80,000. Tho work of raising money went forward of Its own weight to day, as no committees canvassed, but cuhicrlptlons amounting to $2,700 wero handed In, making a total of 123,000. Tho ladles bavo taken an octlvo Interest and to-morrow a systematic and thorough canvass will bo com menced by prominent ladles and gontlemeu. Enthusiasm Is unbounded, and tho board ol trust Mini the Young Men’s Christian ns»ocJatIori flirt 1 • tors meet together to morrow to formulato plans. It has been decided to erect a $60,000 building. Th$ work is progressing, nnd Nashville will cer tainly raise $50,000 for tho Young Mca*a Christian association building. UOLCOMHK HI!* HARD And Gives Home Farther Facts Abont Florida. From the Gwinnett, Ga., Herald. I have Just returned from another three-months' trip, but not In Florida this time. I have been enjoying tho balmy atmosphere of south Georgia, where Ihero Is an abundance o! milk aud butter, from cows that do not look llko the gablo end ol starvation, and old smoked-bacon and cabbago tbat would make a dyspeptic smile. I hare not icon all the comments on my Interview, hut bavo not a word to take back; and If I conid Import a few of the long, yellow, skinny men from Florida, who have not enough blood In them to run the machine, 1 conid prove It every word tbo truth. Where Is the man who has disproved a single statement 1 nude? I have been there, and when I acoa thing I know It. 1 tell you, 1 do not want to live In any country where they have to sock lemons to draw up their appetites to fit their rations o! rice and grits and pay three dol lars per week for condensed milk and Hors lord’s bread preparation. And thon sleep with green llzzards playing hide and seek over you Just like you were au old log. May be you never had the fun of waking up In the night and pulling a lizard out of yonr shirt hoiom. People can get used to anything they s«y, but I tell you when a north Georgia man goes down there he can't keep from scratching for fleas and knocking a t belli nippers. X do not mean to run downPlorlde on the money builnrsv, but what Is money worth when a man has to live In torment to get I don't believe I told yon how they churned. They start a boy ronnd the house wltb a quart bottle, shaking It as be runs, and after awhile tho milk ts ponrel out and a few greasy looking eyes skimmed off and called batter. If you will go down to middle Florida aod look at the people you will be satisfied It Is not the country you are looking for. Tho natives are poor, sickly looking people, with skins as yellow as a pumpkin and do not look like they strength enough to blow their 7 hey are tough though. A man that can sit down with a pint ol fleas hop plog around In the legs Of his pants and a dozen mciqoltoo on hla ears and not bo disturbed I< obliged to le tough. The people down here thing It ft all right, they do not know any better. They think It ta the same way everywhere, and yet niuo men ent ol ten you meet want to sell out. Orange growing Is like gold mining every man expects to mske a fortune by selliug out to a big- gtrfool than be D. Home of them succeed by f udlBgayaok'e who has more money than brains •nd make* a good thing out of it. Well, I'm glad when hedo««. fora fellow that can sharp a yankee deserves a blue ribbon. Mr. Editor, I have no no- kind feelings toward* tbe people of Florid*, they treated me kindly, they can’t help hiring fleas •nd chinch bogs and su«h things and I da not them for It. But If they <l0Q'l let o iirmttutuwMflttuvu m

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1884-1885, June 16, 1885, Image 1