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UNION & RECORDER. An Outrageous Affair. From the Macon Telegraph, 10th. t There arrived in Macon on the 4:30 •.rain from Savannah, Saturday after noon, a young lady who gave her «ame as Mamie Little. According to iier story, which was told with tears us. her eyes, and in a straight-forward, •ample manner, she had neither fath er, mother, brothers or sisters, but h^d been living with an aunt in Sa vannah. Her aunt moving to Flori da, left the girl alone. She went to h' ve with some acquaintances at No. forty-six miles from Savannah, Lut she did not remain there long, and concluded as she had a cousin living here, Mr. Thomas Powell, run ning on the road, she would come to Macon and obtain a situation. She wrote to Mr. Powell to meet her and ■came on. On her arrival she found that her cousin had left the city twen ty minutes before, and consequently did not meet her. While in the wait ing room of the depot she made the acquaintance of a lady who failed to give her name, and to her, in her simple way, related her story. At this time, Janies Moore, at one time a police officer, happened in. The lady knew Moore and told the gi rl that as he was well acquainted in a he city he might find her a boarding house. Moore placed her in a hack und carried her to a house in a ques tionable quarter of the city. He then ordered supper for the two, and dur ing his absence the girl told her story to Jane Kendrick, the negro woman who kept the house. Upon hearing the story, Jane.told the girl that she had been misled, and on Moore's return, refused positively ix) allow the girl to remain in the bouse. This enraged Moore, and with t he vilest oaths he drew his pistol and 5 wore he would kill Jane if she did not allow her to stay, and kill the girl if she did not remain. Officers Wm. Jones and Dan Thomas xygre called, and on Moore's promising to go home and behave himself, they gave him a summons to appear before the recor der on Monday morning, not know ing of the young lady’s connection with the case. Moore afterward took Miss Little, much against her wishes, in a hack driven by Tom Alexander, and order ed him to go to the house of Sarah Robinson, on Cherry street. Accord ing to the statement of the hackman, Moore's treatment of the young lady was of such a character as to make him feel sorry for her, and he would have stopped and called for help but for fear of Moore’s pistol, which was kept quite couspicuous. The hack was stopped in front of Sarah’s house •and the girl,'crying lustily, was led ■out and carried into the house. Moore ■engaged a room for»the girl and paid Saraii one dollar and a half for it un til Monday. He then went away, promising to return. The girl, un used to the ways of the world, again told of her troubles, and the woman Sarah offered to protect her. After Moore had left the house he went to Fourth street, and drinking more whisky became more disorderly in the billiard room of the Commer cial Hotel. The clerk and barkeeper failing to quiet him, officers Allen .Tones and Johnson were called in and he was placed in a hack and carried, to the barracks, where he was locked up for the night. On his way to the bar racks he was particularly severe on officer Jones, using the most aggra vating language in addition to his profanity. The officer remembered that Moore was a prisoner and did not •■strike him. Yesterday the case was called and the testimony of Jane Kendrick brought out the foregoing facts. Her testimony was corroborated by num erous witnesses and the statement of The young lady. Mr. J. A. Laney, a well-known and respected farmer of Warrior district, happened to be in the court room and heard the trial. After court he pro posed to take the young lady and give her a good home. Chief Wiley ap proved the proposition, and she left with Mr. Laney at once. The Telegraph of the 11th says: After reaching the home of this gen tleman, Miss Little related to his wife the story in full of the brutal treat ment she had received at the hands of Moore. Mr. Laney returned to Ma son. The matter was fully investiga ted. and a warrant was issued against Moore charging him with rape. Ex citement ran high and talk of lynching was heard on all sides, and the pris oner was transferred from the bar racks to the jail which was heavily gruarded. Macon in Mass Meeting. [Telegraph, 12th.] A call was circulated Wednesday afternoon for a meeting of citizens to be held at the court house at 4 o’clock. At that hour between six and eight •hundred citizens met, among them a •good number of the better class of colored people. The Superior Court room was densely packed, even to the galleries. , ' On motion of Col. B. L. Willingham, Dr. John Ingalls was called to the •chair. He stated that as he under stood the call for the meeting, it was for the purpose of taking some action •in reference to the receht crime com mitted in Macon. After speeches by prominent citi zens, a committee appointed for the purpose reported the following resolu tions: The undersigned, having been ap- • pointed as a committee to draft suit able resolutions, expressive of the seiase of this meeting beg to submit the following: 1. Resolved, That the assault upon Miss Little, by James Moore, in this city on Saturday night last, calls for the most prompt and vigorous action, in order that the law may be vindica ted, innocence justified, and the in terests of society protected. 2. Resolved, That his honor Judge Simmons, be requested to convene an extra session of the Superior Court for Bibb county for the prompt trial of said Moore, and in case he can not be present himself to hold an extra term of the court for this pur pose, that he be further request ed to call upon some other judge to fill liis place. 3. Resolved, That We, the citizens 6f Bibb county, .in mass meeting as sembled, desire hereby to call the at tention of the proper authorities to the fact that there are in the city of Macon vile and infamous dens in to which efforts are daily made to lure innocent and unprotected females; and to admonish all concern ed that the good of society will not longer permit their existence; and we hereby call upon the legal authorities of the city and county to break up these agencies of demorlization and crime. 4. Resolved, That the mayor and council are hereby requested to place the public hacks of the city under the strictest surveillance, as evidence constantly accumulates that the hack drivers in many instances are assist ing the perpetrators of all classes of crime in their infamous work. Resolved, That as citizens we here by pledge ourselves to sustain in every proper way the efforts of the authorities to detect and bring to punishment those who are guilty of crime of any character. 6. Resolved, That when this meet ing adjourns it shall adjourn subject to a call of the chairman. The following were the committee: Thos. Hardeman, J. F. Hanson, W. R. Rogers, B. L. Willingham, J. Madi son Jones, S. B. Price, F. A. H^rvev, N. M. Hodgkins, Theo. W. Ellis, B. B. Jones. After the adoption of the report the meeting adjourned. THE PRISONER. Moore did not sleep but little dur ing Monday night. Yesterday he showed Signs of the night of terror he underwent, and wholly unlike the former Jim Moore. He had nothing to say when spoken to except when Deputy Sheriff Hodnet spoke of the the chain of evidence that "was being forged around him, he said they, meaning Miss Little and the witnesses, were telling a d ii lie on him. In the morning liis wife went to see him, but the interview did not last long. Mrs. Moore was deeply affect ed, and told him if he had gone home with her on Saturday afternoon as she had begged him to do, nothing would have happened. She told him it would be best for him not to come out of the jail for a preliminary trial. It is understood that Moore will waive commitment trial for fear of being mobbed. THE MOB TAKES MOORE And Hangs Him to the Limb of a Tree. Telegraph, 13th. James Moore was hanged this morn ing at 1 o'clock by a mob. It was thought that the feeling against Moore would subside yester day, and that the people had about concluded to allow the law to take its course in the matter. Such did not prove the case. All day long there were symptoms of an outbreak, and rumors flew thick and fast. Some of these reports were absurd, though they were promptly smothered. One was to the effect that Miss Little had died during the morning.' There was no foundation for the statement, as Mr. Laney did not come in town. An other rumor was that two hundred men on horses would leave Holton at dusk to come in and take Moore from the jail. Another was that there would be a meeting of citizens near the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad cotton yard. This rumor proved true. Solicitor-General Hardeman went to Holton in the afternoon and re turned last flight. He did not say much about his investigation other than the girl was alive and well; that he had set at the supper table with her, and that her story was true.' Shortly after nightfall, men were seen going in the direction of the old fair ground, the rendezvous agreed upon. By 10 o’clock the crowd had increased to large numbers, and every now and then squads were seen quiet ly moving in that direction. A few men actuated by curiosity, went to the corner of the fence around the Macon and Western shops, but were met by sentinels. Each mah was asked if he wanted to “be with us,and if the reply waa yes, he was allowed to pass on. If the answer was no, or if there was any hesitancy, he was told to moye away. It was impossible to get at anything like a correct idea of the number of men in the crowd. Various estimates were put upon it by persons who had watched for some time the people go ing there, and it is safe to say that there were more than 300 men present. There was no loud conversation* no noise of any kind. • AT THE JAIL. People began going to the jail about 8 o’clock, and by 9 there were perhaps fifty or one hundred persons on the sidewalk and street. Sheriff Westcott had received an intimation of the crowd at the old fair ground, and immediately swore in a number of deputies, determined to make all possible resistance, and, if possible, without resort to arms. As the night grew on, the appre hensions for trouble grew more and more alarming. The sheriff consult ed with Mayor Price and Chief Wiley and they were willing to help him in any manner they could. About 9 o’clock the sheriff tele graphed the following to the Gover nor: H. D. McDaniel, Governor, Atlan ta: I have a prisoner, James Moore, who is threatened with mob violence. What shall I do? [Signed.] S. G. Westcott, Sh’ff. The following was the reply: Atlanta, August 12.—s. G. West cott, Sheriff of Bibb county: Your telegram addressed to Governor Mc Daniel, saying: You have a prisoner, James Moore, threatened with mob violence, what shall I do? has just been handed to me at the hour of 12 o’clock at night. The Governor is absent on official business, inspecting the Marietta and North Georgia, rail road extension. Replying promptly to your telegram, I can only say you have the authority, as sheriff, to sum mons every man in the county, if nec- esary, to*act as a posse to aid you in preventing the threatened mob vio lence, and that such a call properly made, will, it is believed, receive ready response from the law-abiding citizens of the county. H. E. W. Palmer,. Sec. Ex. Dep’t. The reply was received a few min utes after 1 o’clock, after the jailer had summoned his posse. About 10 o’clock Jailer Birdsong’s family were removed from the jail residence to another part of the city. The crowd around the jail saw this movement and suspected that the authorities had received definite news from the mob. MOORE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. About half past 11 o’clock Jailer Birdsong heard loud breathing in the upper tier of cells where Moore was confined. He went up stairs at once and found Moore hanging by the neck in the cell, his eyes protruding and the froth hanging out of his mouth like a long white beard. Jailer Bird song ordered Will Jackson and N. M. Williams, the two white prisoners confined in the same cell, to release Moore on pain of being shot. They complied at once, raising him up and taking the cord from his neck. Dr. J. C. Johnson who happened to be in the crowd on the sidewalk be low, was called in, but there was no need for his services, the prisoner having recovered. Dr. Johnson said that if Moore had kept the cord on three minutes longer lie would have been a dead man. THE MOB STARTS. When the city clock struck the hour of 12, it served to be the signal for the mob to start from the old fair ground. In twenty minutes they had arrived fii the jail. The mob seemed to be about three hundred strong and as they turned the jail corner from Fifth street the huge crowd at the jail gave way. The men in advance wore white masks and carried sledge hammers and crowbars. Each man had his pistol drawn and marched into the jail yard in good order. On hearing of the approach of the mob, Sheriff Westcott put a portion of his posse inside the jail, and with several stood upon the platform lead ing into the jail office. Mayor Price entreated the mob to stop, promising that Moore would have a speedy trial. Sheriff Westcott also pleaded with the mob to stay, but they refused to listen and soon covered him with a dozen revolvers. He refused to give them the keys, and told them that if they got in it would be by breaking down the doors. THE ATTACK. In an instant the sheriff was rush ed off the platform, and a few well- directed licks from the crowbar broke in the wooden door which leads into the residence part of jail. Onoe inside, the mob fired off the pistols, pointing them upward. They were then met by the heavy iron door which shut them off from the apartment containing the cage. They began on this with their sledge ham mers, each blow being distinctly heard by tho crowd on the outside. It re quired twonty minutes of hard work to break in the door, and when it gave way a shout went up which was echoed by the crowd outside. It was a terrible surprise and the crowd in the yard moved restlessly about. When the cage door was opened the mob rushed in, but Jailer Birdsong and Deputy Sheriff O’Pry had skip ped out by the back way. They were brought back and displaying some dynamite cartridges gave the jailer three minutes in which to unlock the combination. In the meantime the key to the corrider had been found hidden under a lounge in the jailer’s sitting room. Jailer Birdsong saw that resistance was useless, and as he had some Unit ed States prisoners to protect, he held a hurried consultation with Sheriff Westcott and Mayor Price, and then at the point of pistols unlocked the combination. TAKING HIM OUT. Moore was in a state of nervousness bordering on insanity. Two nights of horror, added to the near approach to death he had made by his own hands,.and the fact staring him in the face that in a moment more he would be hanging from a limb, nearly pros trated him. He asked if there was no escape from being mobbed, but the men said nothing. The combination unlocked, Moore was pulled out of the cell. The act was seen by some of the crowd on the outside as if in shadow pantomime through the shade of the windows; A shout went up, and then the tramp of the men and their prisoner was heard on the iron stairs. The crowd gave way and the mob lost no time in taking Moore from the jail. He wore no collar and was bare headed. The men who had him rush ed out of the gait, the crowd follow ing. The masked portion of the mob marched with drawn pistols, and al lowed no one but their own crowd to get near him. The line of march was down Fifth street, the dust raised by the tramp ing of hundreds of feet nearly blind ing the eyes, down Fifth to Cherry, and then down Cherry to SARAH ROBINSON’S HOUSE, where Moore last saw Miss Little. The mob here halted, the maskers keeping back the crowd that follow ed. When in front of the house, Moore was placed upon the sidewalk and facing the house, was told that if he had anything to say now was the time. He managed to speak, hut the noise of the crowd prevented him from being heard. He said that if he was guilty he did not know it, and whatever was done was done while he was drunk. The last he remembered of himself was when he was at the de pot. He made an appeal to the crowd for mercy. He was then told to pray, and the crowd stood back to give him room to kneel. Moore prayed fervently for his wife 121 and child and for himself, and then as is he said amen, he was raised up, and a call was. made for the rope. There was some delay in getting the rope and the time was occupied in tying Moore’s hands behind him. While this was going on Moore begged that his body would * not be riddled with bullets. THE LAST ACT. One of the mob climbed up a large tree that stood in front of the house at the edge of the sidewalk. The rope was then tied around Moore’s neck and the knot placed behiiid his right ear. The other end of the rope was then thrown the man in the tree and tied to the limb, Moore being held up by three of the mob. When it was fastened Moore said: “Lord have mercy on my soul,” and the three men who held him moved away. There was a gurgling sound, but the mob soon saw that they had made a bungling job of it. Another man was sent up the tree to adjust the rope, Moore being again held up. He said: “Boys, give me room,” and in two minutes more he was allowed to swing again. He drew himself up several times, and in a few minutes James Moore was dead. There were a few calls to bring out Sarah Robinson, but the mob had agreed previously that they would take only one person from the jail. It was also proposed to burn the house, but this was not listened to, the mob seeming satisfied with their night’s work. The body was cut down and turned over to Sheriff Wescott who had it sent to the city hall, where it was laid out. SUMMING up. The resolutions adopted by the citi zens’ meeting on Wednesday, calling on Judge Simmons .to hold a special session of the Superior Court in which to try Moore were telegraphed to the Judge at Saratoga yesterday morning by Dr. John Ingalls, chairman of the meeting. Up to last night there was no reply, owing*perhaps to the Judge being sick. The mob which did the work of last night seemed well organized. They obeyed the commands of their leader and had little or nothing to say. Those of them who were not masked concealed their identity by freely min gling with the crowd in the jail yard. The men in mask went into the jail and began work at once. They lis tened to no remonstrances, and seem ed to have gone to the jail for one ex press purpose, and would not be de terred by anything. The Right Step.—Mayor Price has given orders to the chief of police, to order all women who keep assigna tion houses in the city, to leave town in twenty-four hours, under penalty of imprisonment. This is a step in the right direction and the mayor and chief of policfi will be backed squarely up by the community.—Macon News. Capital Prize. $150,000. “We ilohereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Quar terly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lotte ry Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its advertise ments.” Commissioners. We the undersigned Hanks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat’IBk. J. W. KILBRETH, Pres. State Nat’J Bank A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat’IBk UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! w Over Half a Million Distributed. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Incorporated In 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a re serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D.,1879. Its Grand Single Number Drawings will take place monthly. It never scales or post pones. Look at the following Distribution: 196th Grand Monthly AND THK EXTRAORDINARY QUARTERLY DRAWING In the Academy of Music, New Orleans, Tuesday, September 14, 1886. Under the personal supervision and manage ment of Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana and Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. 49*Notice.—Tickets are Ten Dollars only. Halves, 85. Fifths, 83. Tenths, *1, LIST OP PHIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,COO....$150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 4 LARGE PRIZES OF 20 PRIZES OF 50 100 200 |600 1,000 50.000 20.000 20,000 20,000 20,000 25.000 30.000 40.000 60.000 50,000 $20,000 10JXH) 7,500 2,279 Prizes, amounting to $522,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the office of the Company in New Orleans. For further information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon ey Orders or New York Exchange In ordinary letter. Currency by Express (at our expense,) addressed M. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. 50,000... 20,000... 10,000.... 5.000. ... 1.000. ;.. 500.. .. 300.. .. 200.. .. 100.... 50.... APPROXIMATION PRIZES, loo Approximation prizes of $200.... 100 •• “ 100.... 100 “ *“ 75.... MILLEDGEVILLE SHOE STORE! Me P.O.Mflney Orflers payable and address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. Aug. 10th, 1886. 5 5t -:o:- To make .*room stock of for the larges BOOTS, SHOES ISO EATS ever brought to this town, for the fall trade, I will close out our en tire line of Men’s Low, Quarter Shoes, Ladies’ Slippers and Men’s Straw Hats at first cost. -FINE LINE OF- TRUNKS AND VALICES, Just received, cheap for the Cash, at JEP- H-A.TTG3- 7 S . MILLEDGEVILLE SHOE STORE. Milledgeville, Ga., August 3d, 1886. •* 4 im. To-morrow morning, two members of the firm of W. T. CONN & CO., Leave for New York to purchase the largest stock of Groceries ever brought to this part of the country. They are Going to See the Manufacturers, and be certain that they are getting the LOWEST PRICES on all goods bought. Their trade, so far, this year, is double what it was last year. And by enterprise, pluck, fair and honest dealings, they intend to make next year double this. Their trade now extends from Washington, Crawfordville and Thomson, on the Georgia Rail road to Millen and Dublin down the Central. They have no rivals in this section and the Goods shipped, daily, by them testifies that they have very few rivals in the distant cities. They don’t ask you to buy of them, but do ask you to Get their Prices, before buying elsewhere. If they don’t sell you then, good goods and low prices are no inducement. Tobaccos, Cigars and Snufis and Kerosene and Lubricating Oils, are specialties. Wholesale only. w. t. coavt 4- co., 22 & 24 S. Wayne Street,., Milledgeville, Ga. July 20th, 1886. 29 ly . WHITE & TREMOR’S GREEN STORE! No. 17 South Wayne St l The finest lot of Fancy Groceries in the city can be found there. We have just received from New York a fresh lot of Canned and Bottled Goods, viz.: Desicated Cocoanut in quart fruit jars, sealed glass top, Queen Olives, nice lot Pickles, Durkey’s Salad Dressing, Tomato Catsup, Celery Salt, &c. Ju*t received fresh Tomatoes and Pine Apples, both sliced and grated. We can suit you if you will send us your orders or call on us and will make the Price as Low as the Lowest. We have on hand the finest Coffee the market affords. Just receiv ed a lot of the celebrated Murray Hill Java in handsome 3 lb car toons, with screw top which makes it air tight and keeps the original aroma of the Coffee. In meats, we have White Meat, Breakfast Bacon, Hams and Shoulders. Lard in any quantity. We have Rice to suit any man’s pocket book. * Be sure to ask for our prices on same. We can now furnish anything in the way of PIC NIC GOODS wanted. We do not pretend to advertise all we keep, as it would take up too much space. Try Cleveland Baking Powder sold by us. Also our ‘ Jersey Patent Plour. We can’t help from bragging on our different grades of Flour, be cause all of our trade tell us it is fine. Try it and be convinced. f^°Our regular patrons will please remember that we will at all times try to fill their orders whether we have the goods in stock or not. Goods delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of the city. WHITE & TREANOR, No. 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. May 2oth, 1886. 31 ly. Bourbon Hams! P URE Leaf Lard, Georgia Cane Syr up, the very best Green and Roast ed Coffee, King of Patent Flour— can’t be beat—all grades of Sugar. Also, pure gilt edge Creamary Butter, (no fraud) all of which we will sell on as favorable terms as any one. C. H. WRIGHT & SON. Milledgeville, June 8th, 1886. 48 tf. Call at Woods & Co’s., for fresh Candies and Crackers. [3 4t M. L. Byington will sell you lum ber for less money than anybody. Just go to his mill and see him make it, and you will say I do not wonder at it, if it was me I whuld give it away just to see the mill run. 4512ts. Imported Guinness’ Extra Stout Porter. Good for the sick at KREUTZ’S. 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