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A BATTLE
IN A PARLOR
three men shot to death
AT A DANCE
UNO A WOMAN AND GIRI
Wounded Unto Death An Invit
ed Guest was Drunk .
Jeff rsonvilk, Ga., Dec .16
Three men shot to death, »ne
woman fatally woui.d d and a girl
hurt by a stray shot, make the
opening chapter of one of the
bloodiest and most sensational
tragedies evt r enacted in Twiggs
county.
The wholesale killing took place
at the home ci R. L. Cal ff, one of
the most prominent young men fn
the cour.ty, a.,d he lis numbered
among thediad, while it is his
wife whose death is momentarily
expected from a pistol shot wound
leceived while a determined buttle
was in progress under her own
roof
Monday even’ng theCaliff home
was thronged with guests who had
been invited to spend tha evening
socially. The Califfs are known
the county over as among the most
hospitable people in Twiggs and
those who were bid came expect
ing an evening of pleasure and
happiness. Among the : ivited
guests was Short Griff >, a mer
chant here, and a yom.g man of
good family, gnerally known
throughout the county.
He has always been considered
wild and somewhat dissipated, yet
not in the habit of attending so
cial events while under the influ
ence of liquor. Griffin wa? among
the Let of the guests who reached
the home and it was not long af
ter his appearance that it was gen
erally observed he was under the
influence of liquor No on<- paid
any particular attention to him or
his condition, however, as it was
presumed that he would conduct
himseif properly .
The parlor was crowded with
young people when Griffin came
in. They were singing and danc
ing chatting and laughing and
merriment was at its height, whan
suddenly Griffin attracted the at
tension of ail by a loud and offen
sive remark of some kind.
Griffin had been standing in
front of the fireplace from the
miniue he entered the par'or and
was the most prominent figure in
the room. His remark was ad
dressed to Will Hooten, a fruit
tree man. who had just enured
the room.
Hooten, as tu entered the rcom,
walked up to the fireplace, and in
doing so rubbed against Griff >.
It was this that cursed Griffin
to lose his temper and use tl e of
fensive language which was hoard
by everybody in the loom
Gr fiin cursed him f»r every
thing imaginable. Hooten toffi
oriffin he would see him next day,
walked into the room on the right
and informed his hest, Califf, of
Griffin’s conduct.
A KNIFE AT GRIFFIN’b THROAT.
Cal ill went to Grill’ • and ask him
to leave. Griffin cursed Calitt as
he had done Hooten and pul'ed
his pis'ol .
Califi opened his knife and put
its bl de on Griffin’s throat. Ca
bff’s wife came in and persuaded
her husband to go back into the
other room.
Griffin asked for his hat, reach
ed back with his left hand and
pulled out a la.’ge dirk remark
ing
“He has put his tnifetimy
throat and lam going to get
him.”
He advanced to the door lead
ing in the room. About the time
he re-ched it Califf turned on him
Griffin raised his pistal and fired
mid Califf commenced shooting
*t Griffi i, bo h advancing on each
other and finally c mln ng.
Mrs. Califf ran to and caught
hold of her husband.
Cidiil fired four shots and
G; iflli. two.
When the firing c ased Griffin
ami Califf fell apart —Griffin fall
ing in thee rr.erof the room in a
sitting position. He died as h i
fill. Califf fell and expired m a
few m ments
Near wh“re they both fell. C.
L. Jones, a young farmer living
about four miles from Jt ff. rson
vil'e, who was sitting in his chair
talking with Miss Wimberly, a
young lady, at the time the firing
commenced. He was struct just
back of the ear, by a bullet, and
his brains oozed out the frightfue
wound.
And he struggled in an uncon
scious s’ate on the floor of the
room Mary Pettis, one of the
guests, a little daughter of the
postmistress of the place was shot
through the stomach. She ran
sere ining and fell .nto a heap in
the street.
Mrs. Emma Ca iff wife of Ca
liff was shot in the arm . The el
bo a joint was shattered into frag
mente by the large ball from the
pistol of Griffin.
A chamber of horrors was no fit
name for the scene after the end
.ng of the affray. One cou'd see
lying across the floor, tossing in a
delirum, young Jones —wi h mus
cles twitching and a face contort
ed by pun, his brains in a heap
on tne floor by his head;
Near him sitting upright in the
comer was the corps) of a man
stiffening, his pistil lying partial
ly under him.
At his fiet lay Califf struggling
in the throes of death, while ean
ing over him his wife with blood
and tear-stained countenance
pleaded with him to spiak to her
and while she pleaded the red
fi'ood dripped from the tips of the
fi. g'>rs of one hand the arm of
winch hung limp and shattered by
her side swinging to and fro in an
aimless fashion as her body con
torted with pain or writhed in
grief.
Dll) GRIFFIN HAVE A CONFEDERATE?
This morning great throngs
came into town and in a short
time the Califf horn ) was the cen
tral point of attraction. The un
dertaker took charge of the bidles
ana as he was preparing Califf for
burial made discoveries which
caused some doubt as to whether
his death bad been caused by a
bullet from Griffin’s pistol.
This came to the attention of
the father of the young man and
.he mi.iure wai k u.vn investiga
tion was demanded. It was known
that Griffin’s pistol was 44 cali
ber. But there were three other
wounds in the back, and these
wore made by a 32. This indicat
ed that some one besides Califf
and Greffin had been engaged in
the desperate fight and the coro.
ier undertook to ascertain who it
was.
There is some cool heads in the
porlor when the shooting was go
ing on, and one of these opei ly
declared this morning that more
than six shots had been fired in
the roc m . If none other than the
two men had Let n shooting six
shots would have been the num
ber fired judging by the two pis
tols after the duel vas over, and
these six were accounted for.
Four of them were fired at Califf
and font d wounds were found on
Griffin’s body. .is d ; rk having
split one bullet in two, one piece
of which entered Griffin’s body,
the other glancing off and landing
on the floor. Os the two shots
ii.td by Griffin one found a home
m Calif, s body and one lodged in
the side cf Mary Pettis.
Y jung J m is' diath wound
was made by’ a32 and this has
lead to the opinion that he was
killed by a ball from the pistol
which sent the 32 Califf’s to back.
This fea'ure of the trsgedr was
given special attention by the jury
of inquest.
One circumstance led to ano'her
until a suspicion was directed to
ward a young man of this place,
ISo strong did this suspicion be-
Icomethat a relative of Califf’s
I;swore out a warrant charging him
BIS DAMAGt S
ASKED BY JOHN TRACEY OF
EAST ROME.
MR. DUBIGNON DEFENDS
SIO,OOO A-kfd For Fit m The
Southern Expre-s.
In the City court today the case
of J< hli T. Tracey, of East Rome
vs. The Southern Express Co. for
SIO,OOO damages has been on
trial.
The case grows out of the Pied
mont robbery’ cases of 1893 and is
attracting considerable attention.
At the lime of the robbery in
1893 th. Uni ed States court in
Birmingwln.m charged him with
perjury. It seems that f’<>r a'U of
evidence the case w.ts nt ver lri< d
being finally abandon'd by the
Express Co.
Mr. Tracey, through his utt >r
neys Mesirs John F Methvin of
Birminghan and Cicero Clements
of Rome all go malicious prosecu
tion and ask to’’ SIO,OOO damages
therefor.
The Express Co. is beii g most
ably defended by is geneial coun
cil for this territory Hon Fiem
dußignon of Savannah and its no
less able local counc'l Hon J W
Ewing of the Rome bar.
judge G.orge W H Hairis is
presiding.
Rheumatism
Is a bicod disease and only a blood reme
dy can cure it. So many people make
the mistake of taking remedies which
at best are only tonics and cannot possi
bly reach their trouble. Mr. Asa Smith,
Greencastle, Indiana,* says: “For years
I have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma
tism, which the best physicians were un
able to relieve. I took many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble. I gradually grew
worse until I was un
ab .eto take my food
/ 3 or handle myself in
a any way; I was abso
lutely helpless. Three
bottles of S.S.S. re-
Ai lieved me so that I
soon able to move
my right arm; before
l° n g I could walk
across the room, and
when I had finished one dozen bottles
was cured completely and am as well as
ever. I now weigh 170.”
A Real Blood Remedy.
S.S.S. cures Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema,
and any form of blood troubles. If you
have a blood disease, take a blood medi
cine—S.S.S. (guai anteedpurely vegeta
table') is exclusively for the blood and
is recommended for nothing else. It
forces out the poison matter permanent
ly. We will
send to anyone
our valuable
books. Address < 'S&k
Swift Specific . s.
Co., Atlanta, tkv
Ga*
with the murder, but so far no ar
rests have been made.
Mrs. Califf is suffering from ner
vous prostration as well as from
the terrible wound she received,
and little hopes are entertained of
her recovery. Her arm was terrible
shattered and the physicians havi
no hopes w hatever of saving it. If
she survives the amputa'ion it is
doubtful if she ever recoverer from
the shot.
The physicians cut a 41 ball
from the side ot little Mary Pettis
and while rhe is now resting well
1 hose at her bedside have little
hopes of her recovery.
It is almost certain that the
ball winch shattered Mrs, Califf’s
arm is the one which wounded
the little girl, It >s thought that
after passing through the arm it
continued on its mission of lif?
taking and entered side of the
child.
iADE ME A
! -?; x ■’.Al’Ll TS DOhir.’VFl.Y CUBF
> .1 LI. Ar r.<ouf Itun-axea— Failing Mei
, f- cry, Im potency, V etc.,
«> *’> A!". •>« or other and Ind*’
i'/tr-v y.A kly C.:(t fiuret.
> ’"’re Loot V iinlity in oid er young. uu«*
t’t n*o. «<tady, business »r marriage.
I• rcve?st 1 unity and Co’ umntion if
• 1 line Tht»ir uwh s.howe immediate impreve
' .■ 1 n*wM a ( Tils?; where nil other fail, in
n having the genuine Ajux Tablets. Ihej
« c .‘1 w Jlcureyoa. We give a po»
.vrittv u guaranit «to effect a pure EA p j’Q in
1 ch -a- or refund he mouey. .tieeVU U I
uknize; or six pkges (full treatment) for C -60. Bj
tl. in plain wrapper, upou receipt of price. < ircular
s ' a iax PEMEDV CO.,
PERSONAL MENfION
Sni 'ki* Rebe Yell I
Cipt Felix Corp it, of Cave
Spring, is n the t ity today.
Miss Eunice (Villi ins, of Macon
is visling M rs. T. O. Hand.
Miss Ethel Price of Ammieus
is vis ing her si ter,.Mrs. A ilburn.
Mr. C. T. Jervis, ot Rome, was
in town Sunday.—Calhoun Ti nes
Uni'ed . States Ma’.shal Tobe
,/ji'iels, of Bimiinghani is in the
city,
Miss Annie Tate, a 'charming
young lady of Cedartown, is vis
ting in Rome.
We are in the lead on handki r
chtef extracts, all the odors at
R mie Pharmacy.
Mrs. W. W. Waters and
ter, Mrs. Cliff'Waters ha ve letuili
ed from a visit to Texas.
The pretty days afford you just
the opportunity to give Lancaster
a sitting for Christmas photos,
pmk Christinas day . Some of the
oest amateur football players in
Georgia will take part in the game.
See our 4 poun ’’Glycirine so: p
only a ome P .1 ir.nacy.
After a fortnights vi/’t in the
Gate City, Mrs. W . M. Darby and
little daughter have returned to
the city.
Mrs. M. B. Eubanks and
daugter are visting Mrs. Eubanks’
grand father, Dr. Quiiliu, in Bar
to ,v county.
Miss Edith Rawlins, one of
Rome’s most popular belles, is vis
ting Miss Mamie Jervis near town.
Calhoun Times.
D sxsis oft) uric in t'l3 blcod
tie ore th »y op jn'y m ini fest th nn
selves Therefore keep the blood
pure with Hood’srsaparilla.
Charlie Williams and Nellie
Harris, dusky lovers were fined
$3 each for disorderly conduct in
Recorders court this morning.
The many friends of Mr. H. W
Taylor will be pleased to 'earn that
his physicians pronounce the
symp oms in his case more favor
able today.
Hon. Fl.*m dußignon, of Sav
annah, is at the Armstrong today
Mr. dußignon has many warm
frieuds in Georgia, some so enthu
siastic as to believe he can make
a good race for Governor next year
Mrs. A. O, Garrard is now re
ceiving the Christmas goods orders
she ordered for the season, and
like all her new stock these goods
are going at cost. Here is the
place to get your millinery and
now is the time to buy.
On January let Mr. E. H< ff
man, proprietor o* the New York
Bargain Store will move his fam
ily and stock of goods to Rome.
He will probably go from Rome
to Houston, Texas, where his
brother is in businss, early i i Jan
atfry.—Calhoun Times.
Elegant Prssents. —Before buy
ing Christmas or other presents
call on J. K. Williamson. Mr
Williamson never h id a more el
egant stock than the one he
puts on the mark' t this season—
and that is spying much for J.
K. Williamson has away of al
ways leading the procession.
Beware of Imitations
JOHN DUNCAN 8 BONB, Agcnts, NEW YORK.
Charter Ne»
ou Efct «
is
Rangeb
e YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY BY BUYING FROp
R lie ChinaandStove Co
o Z'A r >.,
O _ • tw y
Notwithsta iding the fact that W 3 . ara ‘ '
ca vm g new g jod 3, emb. aciig the niwast
shapes ar-d the very latest styles ia m llin a y
every week, we arestdl se'ling -t prices th?t
compete with all a’leged “At Cast” fi ?ures.
’ ' . ■ 0
The new goodsnow coming in are orderr Q
plac ?d for fal I and wi nt ar d a i ve~y,a nd fnauz’r.
we have decided to mike a change in our
O business, necessitati u a <ed istion of stock
A by Jan - l 9t ' w ® a e rac ivi our new S„ o ds f||| 3
angiving our customers the benefit of all WPq
Q posits.
Q
Our Trimmers are turning out the besl
work in the south, for the proof, we invite
q jau insp ?cti an, You are ca * j ally invited to
p ear iy and wa assure ya ith it you cant Q
P come too often 0
Respectfully
■; .4. A. O. GARRARD. *,
g *' " o
CITY NEWS.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY AND
>’RVir wa
FOB HOSIER READERS
•
\I.L KINDS i)F LITTLE NevsY
Items Picked Upon Street
Corners at Hotels And
Everywhere
An Upper Berth —People near
'he railroad last Thursday after
noon witnessed a novol sight.
Spread .ut on the top of a Pull
man sleeper attached to the South
bound train were two m> n, evi-1
dentlv fo'lowers o f Cuxey, who
were going S< urn for the winter.—
Calhoun Tinies.
Honorably Discharged. City
Physician Cramp Harrii this
morning, with the consent of
Mayor Sam King, discharged from
the detention camp the sixteen
negroes who had been hehf be
cause ot thier having been exposed i
to smallpox. Dr. Harris paid high
compliments to Messrs John Ware |
ind Join. Ford, the two guards -
■saying they ha*been most diligent
and untiring in thier efforts and
had done thier du'y fu'ly at all
times. r
Another Endor-ment. —John
v ildiver has made the best p > B t '
master Rome has ever had and if *
tlie Republicans want to be half °
*ay decent they will lot 1 -m se J.
out bis lull t<rm.—Summerville
N we. '
8
Trion Buys Heavily.—Tlnre
has been a tremendous rush ot
cotton to Trion recent'y, ai d for
a while the Prion Manufacturing
company paid out about 5,000
eicn day for the staple. The Rac
oon mills have long since obtain
; (da supply for the next sea
son and recently have been
shipping their purchases *o
R me.—Summerville News.
“Revenue Raiders.”—A pess
of revenue officers composed of J.
G. Meadows and Tcru Trammell
depu y collectors, John W. Craw
ford, deputy marshal and Henry
Ross made a raid up in the Alacul
sa va'ley region of Murray county
Friday night, capturing a still,
about three hundred gallons of
heir and three kegs of buckings,
ad of which were destroyed. The
stilj was situatrd in a pocket of
Doogan tnoun ain, the only outlet
being j,ick river which is formed
by falls th at come rushing dow n a
thousand feet from the mountain
top. The r fficeis were two and ti
half hours getting out of the place
“Imagine yourself at the bottom
of a we]] one thousand feel deep ’
yn Ilenry'Roff, ‘and you wile
have a pretty clear idea of the
place” The moonshiner escaped.]
—Caln >un Times.
RECORDER’S COURT.
Th eCa rr h.ls Aired A Fa’.m ily '
SKELETJN. I
In Recorder's court this morn-i
mg Mr. and Mrs. J; W. Carroll,
aired a family skele’on.
J W. Carroll is n young coh
who operates a stand nt
Wootens s'able on lover Broad
street. Last night he went home
i and a row ensu'd. M s. Carroll,
f who appears to be quint a ti’ce
iiltle woman, alleges (hit Carroll
cursed and abused her.
’ She reported him to th' p dice
■ and the trial before Rec-rJer
Eubanks followed this nioruiug.
• Crimination and recri in inati >n
1 followed so fast that ic'i did
> tread upon anothers h K" r
words to that effect.
Judge Eubanks sentenced Car
roll to pay a tine of $25 or SIIV ‘
30 days on the street. He * sS
locked up.
TRIAL OF A MINIS PER.
He Beat His Wife And I
J • ing A Sentence-
Monticello, N. Y.,D<
i Rev. David T. Howell, 'h- 1 ,l ’’
testant E| iscopal church. 1
mg a sentence of five days lll “
1 prisonment in the count} jadi' ll '
posed yeeterday for choking ui'd
ben I ing his v> lie.
Mr. Howell was give i
native sentence of $5 line or ■
days’ itnpris uiment, im
the latter.
ll 11
Feather f-.r YjUR
! order to keep in the swim win
j anything in our new and '
-stock of milline-y at co.-t, 1
>n >w until the li-'leeuth -
INo fake, come line, get the l
I bats and feathers, notions, 1
and every thing at cost at
• Garrards’. 2
—
11 j anted-t .u.srwoitr y '
u'V £<’»-/.emeu or ladies to tra « ,<•<»!£**
rtb’o, ea al'M’hed lioi.se ij' 4< i)
VI nth ly f65.1N1 and expenses. i i( .|
R.-retence. »rc ose Belf-a<l<lr<s e<l- ‘
n«ol->p. The Dominion Company.
Im ago.