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THE CONSTITUTION.
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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
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