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BY AN UNARMED MAN.
Italian With the Shotgun and
Pistols Was Slain
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 27. —A
sensational shooting affray occur.
•1 ibout seven miles South ofNaeh
wD a at 10 o'clock this morning, in
jvhich Henry Clay Ezell, a wealthy
jßtocJkman, was instantly killed ,by
Purdv Ellis, n young man who was
.in charge of Ezell’s dairy.
Before he was killed, Ezell shot
■Kilis and his wife. /
■The cause of thy tagedy is a
wystery, as Ellis,.declines to dis
or.ris it. Ellis’s Wife is a niece of
Mrs. Ezell, ai/1 the families were
♦ <u» jhe best Zs terms, the Ezells
•pending Zesterday with the Ellis
iiaxni
' morning Ezell, sent word
y>r Ellis and hie wife to come to his
h ome. When the couple came, Eze'l
srel them with a double-barreled
. abotgun and fired once at each
Hrs. Ellis had all themustleof her
eight arm blown away, whilv Mr.
Kilis was peppered in the left arm.
Setting the gun down, Ezell
•irww two pistols, and had fired
•nr shots *1 Ellis when the latter
(grappled with and threw him to
tee ground. Ellis then took one of
tb-e pistols and shot Ezell through
head, killing him instantly.
Airs. Ezell, witnessed the t ige-
Ellis gave himself up. Ezell]
-w’at a violent man, while Ellis is a
■nietand industrous young fe'low.
•Illis refuses to discuss the cause of
he trouble at present.
SRONG HAN CONVICTED.
Jte Served Five Months Before the
Mistake was Known.
Jacksonville, Fla., December 28.
—-W. A. Daniels, a middle-aged
Wb'.t* man, is in the city in a
partly destitute and crippled con
- >ii Daniels says he is just out I
<*f Zhe state penitentia r y, where he
■was sent to serve a sentence of
I even months for stealing S7OO.
Us was in the prison five months,
• hen the authorities found that
-ry.e was an innocent man. In the
’?n«antiine the guilty parties were
discovered, arrested, convicted and
WFitenced to five years. Daniels
aa&ys he was released last Monday.
He;teEs a woeful story of his
lierings while in the penitenti
ary. He says that when he went
there he was a well and sound
: .-vraai. that he is now a cripple,
•suffering with a cancer on each leg,
.which he contracted while in pris
on. He will probably bring suit
j£or false imprisonment.
SHOT BY THE ROBBERS.
Nhw Lisben, 0,, December 28
ILast uight tbreft masked men eu
i-ijured the house of William John
-»on, six miles South of this place
'While one of the gang covered the
tfineily with rovolvm-4 the others
.aueacked the house, securing SBOO
. ind some jewelry .
While the theives were at work
*♦ll6 of Mr. Johnson’s daughter
<e«Tou««d near-by neighbors. Several
roaea ran to Mr. J ihnson’s house
j#.ud the robbers began to shoot.
Mr. Johnson was shot through
bowels and a man named Mc
vCord wasahotin the band. McCord
esnot at the maraudsrs, but naissed
them, and they made their egcapa.
Johnson ie a farmer sixty years of
-agw, and "ill die from his wound.
JHE EX-SHERIFF'S BODY.
' Greenweed, Ind., Dec. 28.—Ex-
Sheriff James R . Curry diad two
weeks ago after ac illness of long
zduratvon which beffltd the best
physicians in the state. A great
deal of interest was manifested in
the case by reason of the myster
ious ailment.
It was discovered today that the
grave in which the ex-sheriff had
been buried had been opened . In
vestigation showed that the dody
had been stolen. The family of ihe
dead man is rich and powerful
a large reward will be offered
Kb* th reevove ryes the body.
WIFE-SLAYER SHOT.
i Thomas Pritchard of Springfield
111., Protects his Sister-in-law
L Springfield, TIL, Dec. 28.—John
. Williams, of Ridgely, while pursu
- ing his wife with a butcher knife
i to-night with murderous intent
’ was shot and instantly killed by
- her brother-in-law, Thomas Prith
; ard, who came to the woman’s de
fense.
Williams had Just been released
from jail, where his wife had him
locked up two weeks ago for threat
ening to kill her. Yesterday she
relented and secured his release by
having Pritchard become his sure
ty.
Williams went to the home of
Pritchard tonight, where his wife
was staying, and, seizing a butch-'
er-knife. start'd after her, declar-|
ing he would kill her. Pitchard
sprung between them and the
woman escape.!.
Williams then turned on Pritch
ard and made several lunges at
him with the knife, whereupon
Pritchard avoided him and grasped
an old single-barreled shotgun!
that had been standing in a corner
tor a long time. Williams contin
ued to follow Pritchard and the
latter took aim and fired. The gun
was heavily loaded and the charge
literally tore the top off of Wil
liams’ head.
After firing the fatal shot, Pritch
ard sat down and quietly awaited
the arrival of the sheriff, who ar
rested him and placed him in jail.
The trouble between Williams and
his wife was due to her refusal to
give him money. He had inherit
ed some property from his mother,
but owing to his worth’ ssness it
had been placed in his wife’s hands
for the benefit of his children.
ACTIVITY AT THE SOUTH
Cotton Mills Running day and
Night. Naw Mills daing Built-
Baltimore, Md., December 28. —
Special reports to The Manufactur
ers’ Record show for the closing
week of the year afa r degree of
activity in the general industrial
interests of the South.
Cotton mills are reported as
very busy with a good many of
them running night and day. A
number of new mills are being pro
jected and several New England
people in the South looking
for good locations for mills.
There, is considerable activity in
coal mining operations, especially
in West Virginia and Alabama, the
output of the coal in Alabama be
ing reported as very large.
The gas works of Atlanta have
been purchscd by Philadelphia
people, who will, it is reported,ex
pend $500,0)0 in improvements.
Among other industrial projects
reported during the week were a
$200,000 company to engage in
rice cultivation and manufacture
and also to establish a rice mill in
Florida; a $20,000 coal mining
company, machine works and saw
mill in Alabama, a SIOO,OOO min
ing company,s32,oooelectric plant
and a SIO,OOO iron mining compa
ny in Tennessee; a sloo,ooocotton
mills in South Carolina, the pur
chase of a large water power for
the purpose of building a $500,000
cotton mill and contracts let for
the equipment of another cotton
mill at a cost of about $100,900 in
I the same state.
808 HIGGINS IS DEAD.
Mrs. Dempsey who Shot him Will
not be Prosecuted.
Gadsen. Ala. December 28.
Bob Higgins, who was shot by Mrs
A. J. Dempsey Monday while he
was trying to enter her home in a
drunken condition, died this morn
ing. As the shooting w «s justifiable
she was not prosecuted.
Sidney Cox. who w s so sori ms
ly cut. Christmas inorni ig by
Charles Harris, is not expected to
live Cox is an amateur detective
and had a copy of a reward in his
pocket for Harris who is wanted in
Kentucky for murder. He was also
nuept-cied of being a counterfeiter.
Harris has skipped.
THE HUSTLER OF ROME.FRIDAY DECEMBER, 28 1894;
CLUSTER OF
BULLS EYE SHOTS
lam a'ways apposed to Lsis
•nd belting, al! the Ram« I have
• ways noted fbaf nmn who back
neir judg > ment generally hav<
•lopes of wi jning—-■ap<’cia | ly hav-
I found this true in p i'lt io < I races.
\'ow let me «ay this —I e°e no om-
tf'-ring to hut money against .1
P. McConnell’s • lection to th-*
ffice of sheriff m the n -x t el -ct ion,
Os c«utflp I k..ow of a. few bet,,,
bd 'g jutuplut al I < f 11 cm i»r<
dther on districts in th“. coun*v
or on Sheriff McConnell s M»jori
•v. Some oth s tri'm fs are evei
tiering money on a 500 majori
ty —and finding few Inkers.
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This cold move business ge's
right c'ogn up in touch with .
tie people , bor my na-r if 1 hi I a
choo-iu’of the weather I wool I
not under sketo m >nk°y with any
hiug except in tin mini <r of
-•bringing on a bi zzci! ” Wh "u a
speii I ike this si ips up o.i a gang
>f people —vnewl somebody gets I
hurt,
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I am gla 1 to so j R > n 9 bl hi > n
ing into the New year with such
flattering prosoo -ts, but while the
coming building season m>y
bring her eight or ten c itton fac
tories, a cannery, a cheesery, a
pair of spoke and a trio of hub
factories, forty or fifty new busi
ness houses, and a metrop ilitan
Union Pasenger Depot on the
levee. I don’t want the Etowah
lost in the shuffl?—Dammit! that
is it, dammit 1
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Rom* is the best town on earth
—and has got ths kleverest re
corder this si le of th • borders. For
proof of the assertion, read today’s.
Fall of Nnsevah and sew h"w mer
cifully he dealt with the Christ
mas drunks. Judge Spullock, we
congratulate you and conmend.
your course far —Christmas comes
hut once a year and human nature
is human nature.
That Floyd con nty has a match
less set of officers is evinced by the
‘•walk over” which the people are
acording Tax-Collector, John J.
Black, Trersurer James B. Hill,
Clerk, Wm E. Beyiegel and the
almost unanim >us support they
are promising Deputy Sheriff J. P.
McConnell, whom the are calling
to su ?ceed the fearless and onliest
Jake C. Moore.
♦
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Depty McConnell, our next sher
iff is a Floyd county boy, having
first seen tho light over near King
ston. H, is old enough to wear
m iny scars left by wounds receiv
ed while at tho front during the
late war. Brave as a lion, gentle
as woman and as goneroui of na
ture as he is full of loyalty aiid
business qualification-like his pre
decessor, under whom he has serv
ed so ably for the past four years,
he was born to be a sheriff and one
of the best counties in the South.
His majority will be a flattering
one.‘‘Mark that prediction. ”
TRAGEDY IN VIRGINIA
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 27.—A
terrible tragedy is reported from
Rickley’s Mills, Va. , in which J.
W. Williams shot and killed Bass
Bickley. They were in Walter
Dickenson’s store when Williams
accosted Bickley and told him he
wanted to talk to him.
As they started out of the store,
Williams shot Bickley twice, kill
ing him instantly. The first shot
penetrated his breast near the
heart, which turned him around,
and the second took effect in the
back near the spinal column. The
murderer has not been captured ,
but he cannot make his escape
for there is a large posse pursuing
him.
The murder has created a great
sensation and if Williams is cap
tured he may be lynched. Williams
is a low, heavey-set man with dark
hair and mustache, and' is about
thirty-five years of age. Uh form
erly resided at Marion, N. C.
TO KILL fl WITNESS.
NffS Finding ths nhi he Wa
Scomber Shirt The toman
Meridian, Miss., I) camber 28.
Another featurein the are m case,
for whi mR »b »rt Bj!k an I Dudley
S • »tt w■ • ■ itiT.Hf ■'! by D'b'.-tivo
Horn', id 1 1 b- William Scharn-’
her la T H ty, cr »pp id oft Christ
mas HI; ht.
B ■!k and Sci/tt weiv> tried it
July for vhe burnings and acquit
eL Indictment* were found
against Schamber for arson in two
east's and he will he tried next
week. Belk and Scott will be the
state’s main witnesses.
St •hum her on Christmas night
engaged a hack to go out and kilt
R ibert Belk, who had been driv
ing over tow.i late in the after
noon. When West End was reach
ed Schamber asked the where
he (the driver) iiad left B ik. The
d~’*’“r answered that lie did not
KuUW.
Schamber, believing that the
driver was misleading him, drew
his pistol and fired a 41-caliber
ball through the driver’s neck and
right arm and disembarked from
the hack and left town. The driv
er was brought 'o town, but un
able to talk, as the ball had lacer
ated his tongue. No arrests 1a e
yet been made.
HI HEURY’S IYIIIISTRELS.
The piess in general accord to
Hi Henry’s Premium Minstrels
the palm for representing a fine
entertainment. They number for
ty first-class stars aid w ; ll appear
at Nevin’s Monday, Decemlier
81st. The Indianapolis Journal
says:
‘‘Those who beli ve that the min
strel show has passed into history
changed their minds if they were
at English’s last night. There are
s great many people who never
enter a theatre except when there
is a minstiel show, and these peo
ple, along with enough to fill the
house, greeted Hi Henry. The per
formance was the most satisfac
tory ever seen in years. The part
includes such st ir commedians as
Frank McNis, Larry Mack, J Mar
ciu Doyle and Matt Diamond, and
such well-known singers as Louis
La Londe, Master Edward Percy,
George D. Lambson, Michaelis
and Blair. The stage s'tting
throughout was elegant, and
there w; s not a dreary word or act
throughout the whole perform
ance. Hi Henry's company gives a
show replete in every feature, and
new and refreshing from the open
ing to tne close of the programme.
BETWEEN NEIGHBOR
Nashville Tenn., Dec. 28.—A
sensational shooting took place
about five miles from this city in
which Clay Ezell, on « of the most
prominent s'ockmm in this state,
was fatally wounded by P. M. El
lis, a farmer an 1 neighbors of Ezell.
A number of shots were exchang
ed and both Ellis and his wife
were slightly w winded. Ellis m ide
his escape after the shooting, but
offi ;ers are in close pursuit. The
shooting was the result of an old
feud existing between the two
families.
LAVIGNA RELEASED
New Orleans, La., Dec., 28.
Kid Lavigne and party were dis
charged this morning by Judge
Aucoin on the finding of the cor
oner’s jury that Bowen, the prize
fighter, had met his death by con
cussion of the brain, produced by
striking the unpadded floor of the
ribg ‘
A CARD.
To the vot»rs of Floyd County:
After fully considering all the cir
cumstances of the present cam
paign, I have concluded to with
draw from the race for tax receive*-
of Floyd County, thanking my
friends fortheir past support and
kind promises for the future. I
would be glad for them to give
heir support to Mr. R. L, Foster
M . D. McOsker.
Pay your water tax, will shut oft’
water after Jan. Ist. if tax n not
■ paid. James McGuire Supt.
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s>o per day an <up Am Tican P’- n
FIR-PROOF AND F RST-CLASS ’N EV£RY
PARTICULAR.
Iwo Blocks from the I'hird and Sixth Avenue Elevate
Radroods
1 he Madison and Pon th Avenue and Belt Line Cars pas*
the 1 Joo r,
H M. Cls AUK proprietor
Passenger E evator runs all night.
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MANUFACTVRERS AND DEALERS IN
Mln ait Wil, luMßdsts, cajin, Oo sal
f. Wilt &pi PeficiEg, Um Vacos, Autsnsß
•tacTOrdar What You M ant and G>l \t bat You Order.
S HEM STR EE' 1 ' Mgr, Chattanooga Tenn.
11 IB Market Street.
A. J. BANKSTON General Agent
Ringgold Georgia
SHiNCIES,
Wens ake them and sell
them at bottom prices,
HUME & PERKINS
THE ROME BAKER’S
AND
It E A TUR A. \d\
J. T. V\ ..tie, Proprietor. No. 228 Broad Street.
FM BREAD !WF MADE EVERY DAV
Restaurant supplied Wmi the best the market affords
Special attention to wedding orders and ornamental cates
FRESH OYSTERS RECEIVED EVERY DAY.
Polite waiters, S ttisfiud) a it-autee I. g' ve ,ne ac l
THE LITTLE RUBY BARBER
TONSORIAL PARLOR
Il y ou want work In mv line call at my P a
Frank Taylor, The old reliaDie