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THE HUSTLER OF ROME. THIRD year. ruiPi'i f ULvlinlj uLLnllM’ lu Tnc Ex-Ja»l Beaker of Floyd is Behind the Bars qF the marietta jail Art u-C<l of Stealing a Watch From SB m Jones and a I’iiU.l Found<■ Hi . Person The Watch Recov ered ■ George Clements, one of the six Jail Breakers of this city, is in trou ble again. It will be remembered that Geo. was the first of the escapes to be re captured. Later he made bond and since then has been around Rome, until last week when he de parted those coast In yesterday's Marietta Journal appears this bit of news, which tells of the young rounders whereabouts: Mr George Clements, of Rome,was arrested on a South 1 ouud train Thursday evening 5:30. a on a charge of abstracting a silver watch from a fellow passenger The party missing the watch was named Sam Jones, and as he star 1 - ed to get off the train at Acworth, Conductor Lewis Turner asked him if he had his watch. He replied “Yes.” “You had better look and see,” said the conductor. Jones pulled out the watch chain from his pocket and the watch was gone. Clements, who was standing by, jumped off the train and ran back to the rear end of the coaoh and got on. Sheriff McLain was on the train. Clemen’s came up and said. •'lf you think I have the watch search me'’ The sheriff searched him and instead of finding the watch, he found a pistol. He handcuffed Clements and brought him to the Marietta jai l . Subsequently the watch was found on the ground at Acworth, where it bad been dropped. Clements, we 'learn, has a wife and child in Rome. Tam.. . . >i* ij* STONED THE LECTURER. Kansas City, Mo., January 18.— A crowd of 2,000 men collected out I side the Turner hall last night lo : lake vengeance on an American Prot°c.ive Association lectur t I known as the “Ex-Priest J. V. | McNamara.” The speaker. McNa mara, appeared on the platform with a rifle, and stated that there wis murder in the air, and asked for p.election. After a bitter lec ture, he and his wife, both armed, entered a carriage. A stone war thrown at them, and McNamara ured on the crowd, after which a inning fight for two blocks took ’’ !ace ' McNamara and his wife hual] y scaped, no one being hurt GEAR ELECTED SENATOR. Moines, la., January 18- , P legislature today formally glared ex-Goveruor John H. jear -> the republican candidate r ‘ l( Be uatorßhip, elected for ie y nu of six years, beginning ... rilc ' l 4ih. After Senator-elect ■Lt th i a ma^e a s hort speech, Ij' houses ajourned until Tues- | Sir ANGLED BY ROBBERS. Ils'mT M id8 ‘ Mieh ” Jau - 17 - ■tv a 168 1 r ‘CK was found l o r l in , ’T r ’ 8 deHver *’ 111911 this trh 8 yi ' lg dSad 011 th « n ° or of fr a th/He7 i'. tiy i byeU Btra,) S led ,0 Bind he ' indß were tied hc- B i:h rope^? 81, fet>t tied to getbe w Bhatthku Ap P Para '*ces indicate Be ct K,UUe * iad cobbed. '— ~~— •dura/; d advantages ,p "' 5e5 low. Course ’th"*” l ’f sirin e 1 si . ca 'fare tn R wnd mwdem 1 V ?IU l'T ’ll ’ll A Hit a ’Au i fl 11 J 11 kJ I jfl 111 Jll * It Will ply the Waters of the Oostinaula. THE ROMAN NAVY GROWING. M ms rs George Trammell and Frank | Holbrooks are theOwuerior tk“ new Boat. Will Make its Trial Trip in Next Month. Messrs George Trammell .and Frank HolebrooktJ have launched their new steamer an 1 hope to have the machinery set <u d n?ake> their trial trip inside the next four weeks. The steamer has a water line of 65 feet and is 11 feet wide. The d-fck is 14 feet by 75 feet, The boat is built especially for the Oostinaula tale, and w i 1 ply on regular trailing trips between Borne and Carters Landing, about 105 miler. She is a steam wheel* ir and a yet has no name. In ballast she only draws nine inches of waler while with thirty tons on board she will draw only twenty inches. In addition to the steamer a barge that will carry one hundred bale • of cotton, has been construct ed, Messrs Holebrooks & Trammel say they will comply with all the laws governing river navigation and will then push Reme s com merce into this unworked Teritory. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. A Mother Charged With H ving Murdered Her Daughter. Sterling, Col , Jan. 18 —Mrs Eliza both Driscoll and her son Floyd of Willard, Col. were lodged in jail here today, charged with murdering Mary Driscoll, Mrs, Driscoll’s daughter, aged 13 years, last August. Mary was shot in the neck and her mother raid the girl in taking her cloak from a closet accidentally knocked oxer th shot gun and it was discharged. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, but this did not -atisfy some of the girl's frit nds, who knew she led an unhappy life at home. It is claimed the gun must have been at least twenty-five feet from the victim when fired, there be ing no powder marks on the girl. NOPLACE FOR HIM. When the Shooting Began Me Elwee Fled and ran Twelve Miles. Greensboro N. C. January 18. — Additional facts have ccme out in regard to the recent shooting af fair at this place, It seems that Mr. E. R. McElwee was in the par lor of the Gilmers house with Mrs. Julia Dick, sister of Mr. Gilm°r. when the shooting commenced in the room above, and M r . McE wee at once fled from the house, leaving town on foot. He contin ued fleeing until he reached Cli max, about twelve or fifteen mile? from here, where he remained Ur aday, until he was notified that he could safely return to town Mr. Gilmer has retained Colonel James Morehead as his attorney and it is stated here today that his wife has employed Colonel James E Boyd to fight the suit for divorce. HOWARD MUST DIE. Jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 18 Governor Stone today refused to interfere with the death sentence that was imposed upon V\ illis Howard, the Kentucky desperado, who is charged with thirty mur ders. Howard will be hanged at Vienna, Maries county, for the murdei of a deaf mute. He is be lieved to be the worst criminal ever convicted. .«'dings rutile, or cluio-ec .... vamtvJlfi ing up, should take nnow> ‘ IRON BIITKHH. •» pie&aant; cures Knliuia, indigestion 'nuonan&a. Liver Conu>l‘u.'iu ana xsetiraUr-s ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY. 18. 1894. SENSATIONAL. Lord Beresford was not treat ed as a Conv’ct. HIS SUNDAYSCHOOLSCHEME | Failed to draw Sheckles From Ron". Was the Mail Carrier for Gress Camp Now in Stripes and lions and Work ing at the Muzzle of a Shot gun. Beresford still has his villainous eye on the devoted people of this city. Just a few days before he and his chum, whipping—boss—Crabb made their famous trip to Ameri cus and other points, he wrote a long letter to a young Roman, who is greatly loved and respected for bis piety, by all who know him. In that letter the “lord” wrote beautifully of th'-* mission work he was doing in the convict camp, and dwelt at great length on the description of a Sunday school be ’.ad organized two and a half miles below Kramer, and which the Penitentiary authorities permitted him to operate. He finally woundup with a post script, saying, that he was greatly handicapped in this particular field oh account of lack of Sunday literature, and requested the young Roman to send him funds, to sup ply this almost “fatal defect in his equipment for training these' dear little children in the ways of life, and the paths of God” The money was —not sent. Fol lowing this letter, comes these inter_ esting paragraphs from the columns of the Americus Fenny Press giving an account of the recent arrest, etc. ‘ ‘After arriving here he shaved his upper lip of its handsome mus - tache, aud took refuge in Leona Lee's bawdy house, a place he visited when here before” Then after the arrest the Press man passed through a crowd of “several hundreds” and entered the station Beresford was standing at his ceT door when I entered smoking a ci ”ar. He had on citizen's clothes, but bis shirt was ill-fitting and his boots muddy, and bis whole expres sion a woe-begone one that contrast ed strongly with his neat appearance and jaunty air when lie was up here the other day. Speaking of his escape the “Lord” said; He ha<l premediated fli, J. That the change of administration and the discharge of Capt Crabb, of which he was the indirect cause, Led preyed upon his mind and made the camp very uncomfortable for him. He finally became imbued with a morbid desire to get away. “It Las been the custom at the camp for a long time to send him to the depot for the mail." Last night when the train pulled into Kramer the temptation evercame him and he boarded the train paying his way to this point. He thought there was a train leaving this place during the night for the South, and this he intended to board. But as no train goes out, tie was brought up short of bis calculations, and so took refuge here. The idea of getting out and “hitting the grit" on foot seems never to have oc curred in his weak and excitable mind. “His chief fear is that he will be whipped by the new whipping boss wheu he gets back to camp. “Os course, he will not find things pleasant on his return, but I hope he will not be whipped, That is a shameful barbarism that makes a decent man shudder, “A 10-year-old negro boy would have made a better job of it.” “It only goes to show what the Penny Press has before paid, that eo far from being a “sleek duck,’, NEW YORK COST WE ARE FORCED TO SELLOUT. The entire stock of A. B. McArver & Co is now on the market at New York Cost. This is no fake sale, everything goes and for spot Cash. SPOT CASH SALE. M Dry goods. Dress goods. Whit £ & goods Silk w.trp Henrietta All wall cashmire Half wall cashmire All $ wool dress, flanel B'ack Sateens •I Collcred Sateens Check Nail sooka L # Check Lawns plain white Lawns f J India Lawns White and cream T mull Hamburg Edgings. India -k T Linin Torchon Laces Ribbons Table Linens'fowls ; i| Dress Liningfl Red and white flan- ♦ * el White and Red Spreads Jeans ♦ $ 10i Sheeting 5| Pillow Casing Black Domestic Drillings. Sheet- v ing Shirting, Callicos, Buttons U and thread. Blankets and Com— a t forlß ' ( ; SHOES • Ladies Shoes Fine Shoes Good J Shoes Qfieap Shoes. 4 Misees Shoes. Childrens Shoes “ Rubbers A B.McARVER&Co. Beresford is a very weak-minded and silly individual.” “This may not be very compli mentary to the Rome s ick‘ rs, but it is a frozen truth.” That last remark is a heavy b’ow a s the Rome Board of Trad •. But instead of hurting the feelings of the people who “know” Beres ford there is no one iu Rome who will not smi e •r- d smole at the freshuflF? < ■ e ss reporter, who “hopes” the '’lord” “r. o it be whipped” —and insinuates that the same D “r. decent man” and could shudder ns such, Sw much for the Americus ead of the story, now see what the At lanta end of it develops and the course the matter takes. This from this morning's Con stitution will be read by the peo ple of Rime with much interest: That well-known aristocra 1 , “Aiais Lord Beresford,” the gen tleman who has done so much in the few months ofhis penitentiary life to elevate prison society, is now working under the muzzle of a double-barreled shotgun at the Gress lumber camps. And to even further complete his downfall, instead of the linen c filar that Beresford was worst to wear,there will be ab >ut his lordly neck the tiger striped sack-cloth of a felon’s clothes, while about bis leg he will w’ear a single shackle; with all thia to ber r down his royal feelings, lately wounded by a more rigid discipline which has come on since the dis charge of his favorite guard, Lord Beresford narrowly escaped a good whipping. Having caused so much trouble in the camp, it was rumored that Mr. G. V, Gress would try to rid COS'X’ Jt±j, himself of the expensive lumber checker, but such is not the case. Mr. Gress said that Lord Beres ford was too valuable a man to let go, as in bis capacity of lumber checker he was most faithful and accurate. He also said that he in letided to keep the Englishman gloser in the future. “Here’s a telegram that I sent to the camps,” s t Mr. G. V. Gress, It read: “Do not whip Beresford. Work him under the gun and put a single •hickle ou him.” “No” continued Mr. Gress, "I am not going to ask for Beresford’s re moval-he has cost me too much, al ready He is a very correct an 1 reli able lumber checker, and has always heretofore been trustworthy. He is now no longer at< i , but will work under (he veiy point of the gun. [f he attempts another escape he will run the risk of a load of buckshot. He will a Iso wear a single shackle as the telegram indicated. “j suppose that Beresford ran away because the rules were made too rigid for him with the new guard. He and Crabb were as thick as two peas. I don’t see how it could have got but that I wanted to be releaved of Beresford, for I don’t. So now the gentleman Lorn Eng land will come down to the level of a common convict and will no longer enjoy the privilege which appears to be connected with the title of "Lore’ and that seems to have remained with him, despite the garb he was supposed to have assumed when convicted of an ofitnee against the laws of the State and the United States, and sentenced to a term in the Georgia penitentiary.” Read A. P. McArver and Co’p. advertisement on the front page. * Gents Furnishing goods “Scarfs I Hose Suspenders Collars * “and Cuffs Fine Shirts Flanel * “Shirts Cotton Shirts Under Shirts * “Over Shirts Overalls and Jackets “Rubber Coats. Good Line of Hats Good Line * *• of trunks Ladies Hose Misses $ & Hose Childrens Hose. Ladies y » Under vests * il, “Handkerchiefs Gloves Shawls M f “Scarfs Cloaks Jackets Goasimers Misses Gossirners Misses Corsets y? Ladies Corsets Boys white waists. •if Spool Silk Spool Cotton. $ > SHOES 4 t as Mens Fine Shoes Good Shoes Boys Good Shoes Cheap Shoe 8 ‘ Rubbr Shoes Mens Rubber Shoes ’’ Ladies Rubber Shoes. » $ 10 CENTS A WEEK. JIMMIE KING’S PARENTS. Writes A Card of Thanks t Their Friends Capt, Byrd, Will you kindly al low us space in your paper, in which to give but a simple expres sion of the great appreciation we feel for the many evidences of heartfelt sympathy extended to us, by our friends, in the trying ordeal, through which we hav passed; also to every officer whose duty it was to have the care of our little son, and Mr.’McConnel and hie n ibl a, eerie tian wife, who in their tender lov ing sympathy, took him to their own homo and hearts. God bless them all, and if in then lives some great sorrow should ever come, may they too find sympa thy, and above all, find that “Cod is a refuge in the day of trouble A very piesent help in time of need.” Respt. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King Rome Ga., Jan. 18th 1894. CONFE ED HIS CRIME. A Hotel Keeper Killed a Gubst and Bornbd the Hotel. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 18.—Ru dolph J. Peckman, proprietor of the Cream City hotel, in which Mrs, Schrumms was found dead after the building was partly des troyed by fire last Friday, confess ed this afternoon that he strangled his aged guest for the purpose of robbing her, and afterwards fired the room. He failed to secure the womans money. Peekmann is now in jail.