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FOURTH >EAR
A HYPNOTIST
Threatened with Trouble down
in Coiumbus Ga
THE SUBJECT’S FAMILY
Were Highly lud guant over
over the 'Doctor/' actions,
and Threatened Prose
cution uni ss he
awoke his man.
Columbus, Ga., December 2s.
was mad* to Justice
Unnard yesterday morning for
lh« arrest ®f Dr. King, the hvp-
D oti«t, whose exhibitions duzn g
the past few days in Phenix City
»nd Girard have occasioned con
giderable excitement among the
populace of those suburbs.
The doctor hypnotized a man
aD d left him in a somnambulistic
condition which did not set well
with the gentleman’s family. Mr.
Larry Strnges, a citizen of Girard,
has been attending Dr. King’s
♦xhibitiens and has Bfve-ai
times been h' p 'Otized.
Mr. Sturges places the utmost
confidence in Dr. King and a look
from the latter was quite sufficient
to put Mr. Sturges to sleep.
On Christmas day Mr. Sturges
was out at Wildwood park in at
tendance upon one of Dr. King’s
performances. 1 pon returning
home Mr. Sturges saw Dr. King,
who instantly hypnotized him and
let him go home in such a condi
tion as to cans-alarm. He slept
nearly all that night and the next
day aud geemed at all times, when
roused to be in a semi unconscious
condition.
This of courae, caused much
excitement among Mr. Sturges s
family aud neighbors, and on yes
terday Dr. King was sent for to
wake him up au 1 at the same time
the meeeeti'er informed the Doc
tor that should he refuse he would
be prosecuted. Dr. King refused to
wake up Mr, S’urg*# and told the
messenger that they might have
him arrested it they ebuse, Conse
quently a man came over to pro,
sure a warrant fol the doctor # ar
rest. Thia h' failed to get, as there
was no law covering s he case. Se
Mrs. Siurgee and her daughter im
mediately called upon the doctor
to know what b« wa" g >ing to do
In the meantime a crowd of
young men from the Alabama side
were preparing to organize and
carry King by force to Mr. Stur
jes's home to wake him up.
Upon meeting Dr. King, Mrs.
Sturges was informed that the
cause of her husband’s condition
was from th* fact that he was un
cer treatm*n for epilepsy and was
in no danger whatever.
Dr. King then sent for Mr. St'i"-
ges to come to his office. In short
while he arrived still in a som
nambulistic condition. After some
•uggestions by the doc or he was
waked up and was in fine spirits.
Mr. Sturges is somewhat givei
to drink and Dr. King assured him
that he would never drink any
and would no’ suffer from
•pilepsy either. Mr. Sturges say
that the past two days seem like
* dream.
TRIAL OF HOWGATE.
Washington, December 29. —
The case of the United Sta’es
•gainst Captain Henry V. How
g nt *, formerly chief of the g’gnal
came up in criminal court
1 Strict today, Judge
1 Comas presiding. Captain How-
C" was arraigned and three in
nv'nts found were presented
,n d read.
tn| A n' ° r thington, one of Cap
ri b'wgate s attorneys, moved
the indictments and the
11 e d States district att< >rney
. 11 'I against th® motion.
THE 'HOSTLER OF ROME.
VERY KINO TO THEM
Hie Bank Allows J i Firm to Over
drsd Fa jju.in Is.
Rome, N Y., December 29.
Another revelation has been made
in the affairs of the Central Na
tional Bank of Rome, which han
been undergoing examination since
tho discovered defa! cution of Cash
ier Bilehy te ■ days ago.
It appears that the bank for
some years has been carrying, with
out security, a credit of several
rheusand dollars to the account of
Ro> ert McAdam & Sons, cheese
buyers and exporters, who have
offices here end in Mew York.
The cashier has permitted over
drafts to his account to the amount
of $87,000. McAdam & Sons claim
that they have not had credit for
a part of their deposits. It is un
derstood alto that they are prepar
ed to turn $7,000 to the credit of
the account.
That being dene, would leave a
shortage of $30,000 in addition to
the $37,000 default of the cashier
and teller heretofore reported.
This will impair the capital of
the ;,ank and the stockholders will
be called together to decide wheth
er to make good the shortage with
a view to re-opening the bank.
Major Gillet, the accused teller,
ha# been re-arrested on a charge of
complicity with Cashier Bileby in
defrauding the bank of $20,000.
He is in charge of an officer at
his house, where he is ill and will
be arraigned tomorrow.
GOLDEN HAIR.
That She Says the Hairdresser Rz
turned as Gray.
St. Louis, Dec. 28. —Mrs. Jote
phino Mathew# Thomas, through
her attorney Frank McManus. #•-
cured from Harry Clover to-day a
Police Court aummon# again#t F.
Dodonato, the hairdresser, at 519
Olive Street.
Mr#. Mathew# narrated a most
•ingular story, Seme weeks ago her
favorite child, a girl 6 years old,
was taken seriously ill. She had
beautiful long golden hair, which
hung down to her feet, aud this be
gan dropp.na out. Mr#. Mathew#,
mother-like, gathered up the curls.
Her child’s death is hourly ex
pected. A week before Christmas
Mrs. Mathews sent the hair and a
doll to Dedonato aud ordered him
co fasten her child’s hair to the
doll’s head. Imagine her constena
tion when the d ill arrived, as #h*
alleges, not with tin loved tresses,
but adorned with a mass of gray
frizzes.
“•I went to Mr. Dedonato to re
monstrat*,” said Mrs. Mathews.
‘Mr. Dedonato Hid nt treat me a»
I should have been treated. He
caught me by the arm and threw
me around ; also, swearing at me.’
The case is set for next Wednesdav
Attorney McManus says he will in
stitute h suit for $5,000 tor slander.
PREACHERS ARRESTED.
Saginaw, Mich , December 29.
—The moral war took another
turn yesterday, when Mayor Mer
shon had a capias issued from the
circuit court for the arrest of Rev.
William Knight, pastor of the
Congregat'onal church, who has
been most vigorous in his accusa
tions against the cit v officials.
Damages for SS,OOJI’ >r 1 ol are
asked f.>r. Toe writ i# returnable
January 14tu. The mayor takes
this action so as to make the Min
isterial Association produce evi
dence te substantiate the charges
recently made.
DEATH OF A FINE HORSE.
Racine Wi*., December 29.
P >a'iaf th * ce eb at*d stallion
owned *>v J. I C ise, die 1 las
ugh at Hickory Greve f .rm.
ROME GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER. 30 1894.
EAST ROME HOROR
Tragedy enbspf the Ghilden ot a
murdered Nago Father
LOCKED IN A C JIEEIK
And Left Along They are Con-’
sumee by the CruM Flames
Their Mother and Pro
tector Away in
the City
Children cor. an to be lockeed
in to cabins and left alotU a t the
mercy of merciless flames.
This time the horror strike# in
nearer home, in Fast Rome two
little negro boys aged six and
four, and a little girl baby, aged
two, were locked up in a cabin and
left alona on Friday night. The
cabin took fire and while the ne
gro woman, who should have been
at home protecting her charges,
was in the city the cabin burned
down and (he children were ’burn
ed to a crisp.
The Lttle victims were
the children of Viola
Camp, col. who cooks for Mr.
Jacob Kuttner, and they had been
left so • months in the care of one
Dora Williamson, col.
Tne home of- the negroes wes a
two room frame house on the rear
of Mr. J. B. Patton’s home p aci
in East Rome, and the fire occurred
at about ten o’c ock Friday hight.
Before the Coroners Jury con
vened yesc*rday at noon, by Coro
ner T. M. Drenuon, th# evidence
showed that Dora Williamson had
locked the childred Jn and left
them with a burning fire in the
open tire place.
Hewever, she denied leaving a
fire aud also stated that it was the
first time #he had ever left the
children alon3 at home of nights.
Tnis two w»» proven f* s* as it
is a notorious fao', says resident
who know, that she was ni tbe
habit es leaving'hem at 5 oclock
in the evening and ataying in town
no one kii-.W ho v late.
Mr. Charley Pa ton was the fl'st
m«n to reach the burning building
and #«ys that he could have <-aiily
• ived tb» children had they ans
wered hi# ca 1 Is or let him know
that they wore in the
he had ainuM tin wind <vv.
Bai iff B->ard sum nmised the
jurv,of which X. L. P illock w.n
foreman and ■' E. J >hnsou clerk,
the o’h-r members being B. F
Mju'g tmery, Josh J ihnsou. An
drew ‘ v i)it**<><l George Warren
The verdiet wa# in keeping with
the facts set forth about. The re
mains of the little vic imes were
burned > eyond human shape.
They were the ch Idren of Jack
Camp, the ste m boat negro who
w s murdered by a fellow deck
hand one Sunday last summer an
account of which tragedy was pub
lis din the Hustler • f Romjs
at the time.
WEDDED IN DEATH.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 29. —
News has been • recieved here that
nt Hunter’# Mill, Doss Watts, in a
fit of jealous rage, shot and after
wards staboed to death his fiance#,
Lizzie Smith. He then committed
suicide by cu ting his own throat.
They were to be married on New
Year's. Some trifling attention re
ceived by the girl from an old sui -
or precipitated the double tragedy.
DIED Dll AN ASH HEAP
| New Philadelphia, 0., Dec.2B. —
Last night n supposed tramp en
tered Ceiiil Dover rolling mill in
aa almost frozen state. He was
1 ejected by the night watchman. In
i the morning there was found a
white-haired man, apparently six
ty vears of age, lying cold in death
on the ash heap. ”T. F.” was
| marked in hi# shirt.
I BOTH LYNCHED.
Negro and Half Breed Indian Kill
ar old man.
Mcrd in, M es, Deo 29—N *ws of
a m»»i foul murder of an ohl man,
followed by a deuble lynching hue
just reached here from Winetou
County.
J use Copp, 75 years, a highly re
spected citizen, together with his
aged wife, lived near Perkinsville
a small village, where they con
ducted a cmuntry nj#rcantil"
BtofA.
At 12 o’clock Saturday night
shots wure fired through the win
dow of th# house, killing thu old
man The murderers then pillaged
ihe Btorn and attempted to bur.,
it and tbe residence .
Indignant neighbors were s on
in search of the guilty parties. .Sus.
piuion pointed to a negro named
Dm M .Donald and a half-hre d
I .dian named Will Carter, who
previculy boasted of having slain
two uegro men ami Indian woman
Before the posse reached McDon
ald’s housetney were joined by
Carter, wh i, by bis overzeal m«
-'fforts to implicate McDouuld,
sealed Lis cw n fate.
McDonald attempted to escap”.
w i#ii he espied the armed men,
»ut »»< riddled with bul els. The
half-breed was taken to the swamp
and hanged. The stolen plunder
*a.e* found in the dead negro's
house and hia wife admitted that
McDonald and Curie, killed Copp.
RIVAL LOVERS.
Kill Each Other in Presence of
-Their Sweethart.
Birmingham Ala, Deccmctr 29.
—Alex Williamson and William
Perry, young men residing near
Goal burg, war# both suiters for the
hand and heart of Nanais Bull
Both wore persistent iu their atten
tions, and each lavished costly
pre.eul# upon her.
It -asms she was engaged to
both, each thinking be was the
favorite suitor. Today, whan Wil
liamson went to call upon the girl,
a# found Parry with bar. Both mw
were sooiewh »t iutoxioated and a
quarrel eu«utd.
Petry pulled a pistol, and, de.
• pite the effort# of the girl to
take ii from him, he fired on Wil
liamson. The latter by this time
bad h s revolver out, and returned
the fire. Williamsk fi »t shot kill
ed Pwry instantly. Williamson
was shot through toe lung aud died
a t«W noil''" lal-r.
JUKE WAITED TOO LONG.
M jutgomery, Ala., December 20-
—NiwaO'imes fr in Washington
that three after the time al
;owed by law I uke R ibinson, p’pu
list of the third district, served
notice of contest on Cjngressmau
elect Harrison.
In order to mead the error caus
ed by his de.ay toe judge s»nd# out
ward from Opelika that auticipa
u g deLy at Washington, he left
notice al G-neral Harrison’s resi
duece in Opelika on December 15 .
It is bene»ed here, however, that
in failing Io shiv* personally on
Getier-i Harrison in Ju lge fcobiu-
S'»n l as t e n technically cut off
from ail farther proceeding#,
NOT AIIRAWiNG CARD
Terre Hiute, Ind., Dec. 29.
Congressman W. C. P. Breckin
ridge delivered his lecture on
[“Eras of American Development
'ini Th ir Great Men” to forty
persons at the op*ra house tonight.
i SUSPENDED PAYMENT
' Spokane, Wash., Dec., 29. —The
Commercial bank, a private insti
tution, with a capital of $50,000
suspended payment yesterday. It
had few depositors.
■MR JOE ROBERSON
Fought a Bailiff and got himself
Into Jail.
STRUCK BAILIFF'MCLEOD
Who was !nthe Discharge of
his duty. The Bailiffs Effort
to Draw his gun was
Thwarts d by young
Hobersonl
It wont -o to resist an officer
who is in the discharge us his
duty, no matter hew big a man
you may be.
Mr. Joe Roberson, the up town
.loon keeper, found that out yes
terday afternoon when he interfer
ed with Bailiff Bill McLeod who
went to Mr, Roberson’s Livery
stabl# to foreclose a mortage on s
h or-', which Mr. R berson had
purchased.
Bailiff McLeod had gone into
the stable and taken possession of
the horse and was bringing him
away when Mr. Roberson interfer
ed and tried to take the halter
from the officer.
Without a word of warning Mr.
Roberson, who is a powerfully
built man, struck <>nt and almost
knocked tlie gritty bailiff down.
Recovering quickly from the stall
ing blow, Bailiff McLeod went at
his oponent. Mr. Roberso’ns son
seeing Mr. McLeod drawing his
pistol pinioned his arms from ths
rear, which gave 'he big man an-
Qther chance to land on the bailiff’s
face.
Shaking himself free, the plucky
bailiff closed ia again, this time
was about to do Mr. Rob*r#on up,
and would have done so, had not
peacemakers interfered and pnlled
him off of Mr. Roberson’s throat.
The upshot of the whole busi
ne«# was that two warrants were
sworn out for Roberson, one charg
ing him with assault and battery
and the other with interfering
with an officer in the discharge
of his duty. Cheif of Po ice Shrop
shire served the warrants and
pending bonds of $250 in each
case, Roberson was locked up in
the county jail.
Mr. Roberson sent for Capt.
Lytle and that gentleman' went
on his bond for thp SSOO.
Tm mi?K
Mi m t UAiniin
I desire to inform my
Friends and Patrons
and the Public gener
ly, that my elegant line
of Fail and Winte
WOOLENS
Has been received,and
are now open for all
spection, And I willfur
ther that I am
now better prepaed
than ever io turn out
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AND
FIRST GLASS GOODS,
At prices never before
heard of in Rome,
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