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THE BRUNSWICK D A TTY NEWS. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 260. MURDER OF NEGROES * IS A GREAT MYSTERY, OFFICERS PUZZLED TWOWEfifa EARLYSEINOffI Coroner's Jury Unable \ Discover any Facts About Murder > _ < NEGROtS WERE FOUND DEAD A Torn Up House, a Deck of Cards and Blood Stains Told Story That Gambling was the Cause of ths Tragedy. A mysterious shooting affray oc curred at the home of Ella Bur,- mau and Eva Berrie, colored, which Is located at 2Vi north Lee street, at 2,30 o’clock Sunday morning. As .1 result of the affair two uegaies, Is rael Lindsay, a well known local car penter, and Sam Streaior, formerly employed on the whanes of G. S. Baxter & Company weru both, killed. The shooting and all of the/acts con nected with >. is a 'puzzle yet un solved, and although the officers or the law have been busy at work and a coroner s jury has held two sessions It seems to be a difficult matter to uuravel the case or to fasten the crime upon the guilty party. That IJndsay and Strea v; did tnot kill each other there Is no* doubt. Lindsay was found In the tsar o' a nelgb with a throughheart, a full bisuck away, under M Immense oak tree, Strcat/rr was located with a bullet tn his left shoulder indicating that he was shot cither on the run or la a crouching poslton. ■ In the house where the shooting probably started a deck of cards on the table and broken chlnaware and glasses, with blood stains ail ever the room, told of a gambling game and a death struggle between those who participated. Coroner Jennlngß Sunday moriil:i ? summoned a jury which met at 1 1 o’clock and proceeded to look Into the murders. The jury consisted of C. H. Leavy, foreman, E. Burdette, j. M. Armstrong, Ado Miller. James Creamer and J. A Thornton. After viewing the bodies and taking the tes timony of John Roberson and D. C. Cradell as to the identification of the dead men the jury recessed to meet Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock in tne office of Coroner Jennings. in the meantime Chief Burney, IJeut. Owens and Officer Goins were busy and had arrested Claud Miller a negro, fisherman, together with Rlla Burgman and Eva Berrie, the two inmates of the house. Reports were current ou the streets yesterday morning that other dead and mutilated bodies had been discovered but they prqved to be groundless. Israel Lindsay Is well known in Brunswick and enjoyed a pretty fair, leputaton He came Here from Ster ling and has Wen doing carpenter ing about the City for ,yearn His hQdy was turned over to his aunt and was buried at Sterling Sunday after noon, Btreator was a strange negro und had been here only a few inojfea brunt during the time had a gf<ly worker on the wharves, having worked for Baxter & Company for three or four months. Coroner Jennings, with comm endableenergy raised a subscrip expeusies, the crowd of negroes present contributing to the fund, which Anally reached The coroner’s Jury assembled aga|B yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock and devoted about three hours to the case. Ella Bergman, one of the Inmates ol in the house was the first. witness. g h fl swore that Lindsay came home drunk about 6 o'clock Saturday night and tore most of her clothes off of her ghe became Srtstteupd and *OUBh _ AAiiutn In thd ll&iclltlOr* the home of V cousin In the neighbor hood and did not return to until 3 o’clock when a passerby told row ... *** “•>" S 10 U* ■ her baby as Bbe had _“■** „ w UtsaW' S; good terms on her account She clung to her story however, and though severly cross-questioned, by Coroner Jennings and the mem bers of the jury, failed to tell more. Eva Berry was next sworn- She too lived In the house but her testi mony was not very relivent as she left the bouse at about 9 o'clock and ifid not return until 6 the next morn ing only to find her house surroud ed by many people and was then 'art vised of the killing. She was inclined to be honest in her testimony, but she probably knows more than she told and Coron er Jeuuings remanded them both to jail to await developments Richard Burgman, the husband of Ella Burgman, was next called but lie knew absolutely nothing of the case and was ready to show that he was not at the house Saturday uigiit bui insleud worked until a very late hour on the Mallory '4llc wharves. After this testimony Coroner Jen nings concluded to take a rc3t until 6 o'clock this afternoon and in the meantime the officers are at work and something of an interesting nature may be developed today A GOOD SEASON Manager Abrams Here Ready to Pul the Oyster Factory In Oper ation Next Month. J. B. Abrams, general manager ot the Aiken* Canning Company, return ed to the city yesterday from Holly wood. where he has been operating fruit and vegetable canning factor during the summer. Mr. Abrams announces that he will at once begin work on the oyster factory In this city, which is to be gin operaton next month He says he exacts one of the largest s sons In the history of the industry'. A number of Improvements will he made at the plant of the company anm the capacity will be somewhat tw creased. The exact date on which the factory will begin running is li.n yet known. Mr. Justice Atkinson Here. Mr. Justice Samuel C. Atkinson, of the Tcnrgia supreme court and Mrs. Atkinson, arrived in the cily yester day morning and will spend seveiai davs in Brunswick the guests of rela tives and friends. Judge Atkinson 1. enjoying the very best of health and was warmly greeted by his many friends in Brunswick yesterday. a big"sup nr Brunswick'Concern Now Finds a Big Market for Their Goods In New York. .. _ ' M When the Odtput of a Brunswick factory finds rale in the city of New York It apeaka well for that aittcle and shows un the energy and the en terprise of tire local manufacturer. .. _ . _ . .... . The Georgia Sash, Door and Blind Company yesterday shipped an order to Mess Robb ft Dinkins, -supply deal era and brokers, of New York, amounting in route* numbers to an even thousad dollars. The shipment consisted of doors, blinds and inside mouldings and trimmings and is probaldy the first time in the history of the city that an aitlcle manufactured lure has bf.cn shipped to Gotham for the use of the people of that city. The Georgia peofffe are among the largest manufacturers of that kind in the south. They are turning out a finished product and arc finding a ready sale for their goods all oVcr the country. &ißßß*?V£ : £v r . *0? *■ *• M * *'V COMPLAINTS HEARD - ABOUT BLOCKING STREETS If the railroads tkR oimKrfte thf city ordinance requiring that street crossings shall not be for lin ger than several min utelf,' It Is mo re than probable that some of i -** t. tin 111 tiA - cials win up in the muni cipal court charge of vltnjb ting the law ofxhe city- Many complaints a-e beard days about the roads bigCkwlHi [vtlfltft for too long a time-, fftstanijes the crossings are for fifU.cn mlnutiv* or mojeaj* roads will proba^Vo^yplgll I IftfdL !ll< 1!l A gff-i|r ID B RAID AT II In Her Efforts fo Secure! tts New UutiLiiip Georgia SRI Hi. 11l DFCFffI Will Uncle Sam's New Big Fighter Make a Trip to Georgijf Wa ters—To Go into Commis sion in Boston 0 The following special dispatch pur lished in the Savannah. ijresi under Wasingfon d.#t shows that tb.it povfj is making e\v,y p;i: . f.n't ur secure the battleship G< 0:1. 1? wui be noted that lima secretary of. the; navy states that it will be Impcr 31-j blc to have the Georgia plac and into commission at Savannah, bui .-ays lie Will endeavor to have the light r visit that noil as soon as possible. Tlmi special is as follows: Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte this morning received a letter from the acting mayor of Savannah, re questing that the battleship Georgia be commission- and ai. or sent, to that' city. "The navy department will r< .Iv to that letter today willi the slate meat that it is impossible to have the Georgia commissioned there, 'hut In all probability she will be sent, tor Savannah oh a visit just as soon as she is ready for s, a. it is ’expected '.hat the Georgia will 'l . turned over to the United States government by the contractor some time this' month. "Lieutenant Commodore Plunkett ilia . xoeiiii- officer of the Georgia; I now organizing tin crew of hi Ip whore the 11 go As 1 ; j.he v .Ai 1. 'turn and rto I lie -| eriimcAff tr <ti I'l b> ..a "ip board anil the ship will b clean a I ami painted and sent 10-scu for a gwi-j oral slialo'iliHvn. It i estima'ed tun i it will tnko tw-i or lli*t mouths, . >] it is likely that the G< Ala will reach I Savannah not much bfelmi'e I>><oiu her. 1 "11 was understood here that Gov ernor Terrell would he in Wu.hingtp'i this week an.l coll on Secretary Bona part in an effort to have ire Georg! 1 commissioned at. Savannah, bill, be has not yet arrived, nor has any ceffu-' munleation been received from aim MANY PUPILS AP AY m FOR ADM%SION CARDS, 3i;;t. Ballard, of the Glynn county pubtt schools, yesterday opened his office for the registration of new pupils and there was a ruf.li at his office tim ing Hie entire day. In all in aid; 2UU children made appth atious for card - Supt. Ballard will continue ivgU.; tilling new children for the ren'| In -tier of TjTc wo k and tin imUcatio-.M .tew that ilter.T4Uj.be.a larger nuta te 1 for upphe; •' ■■■■'■'■'> a cn. ’ 1 mn ever b. Ji 1 oiurb a inujoi iiy of the new pflWl.i W( ' r * band yesterday NEGRO WOMAN FAILED TJ APPEAR IN COURT Delia Richard: >ii, the negro, woman who aeidopsi: ~iai Mra. Ckdisoii Host Saturday aiternoon, was not ,n the mayor's court. ycsti . nay , winit the case was called aid h r h-, til of $25 was forfeited and officer:! were • instnl*■**■—< • gain a rri . tin -vonian The wOlnau was rwexed on a bon 1 late Saturday uight. of ne groes ufT : lb It tv ait expected In t si <• woilcT ix- in court when her rase was called, but she faikskpio Tl. bond was be SKa ami tlx woieA will be arresl /yf agi.ftr a- ~r- -k /• -Nt- V Dm- \n of the Vet < -raii. E slat ■ . tbl. ft: bat ion vjM . MM^^H .'acid i.t : ■ . - ■ j BR ■:SWICK. GA , TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 11, 1906. ARRAIGNED ON IMF CHARGES ♦ foiuig Alan in. Police Courl Nssierday Far Wife Dealing THE CASE WAS SOT IIS Many Bc.i.rve Morel is Suffering from Mental Troubles and he May be Given a Hearing for Lur.acy. L. J. Morel, who sevi ral months ago married Mrs. Janie 'Lsngdon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mat the ~'S, of tins city and whose pat rimonial venture lias ocuisioued him considerable trouble, was an algae, 1 iu police court yesterday ou the charge of wife beating. 111 uiflitiou 10 that lie was charged with throe other cases of disorderly conduct By lighting various people in the city. When Mayor Hopkins questioned the defendant, lie readily caught on to UtF Idea that the young man was mentally abstracted aud stated lo him that he would not try him on the serious charge hut would instruct (ho chief of police to take out a writ ot lunacy against him. Later in the day, however, it determined to pla Morel under 1 bond for liis appearance in the muni cipal court next Monday and H. P dußif&non. clerk of the superior court went his security 011 the bond thus giving Morel his liberty. Mun i has been acting very queer! y for the past two or three weeks ami ilios:.' who know him heat belltev* that he is suffering with efnottonal insanity, occasioned by various ana stiniJn (ioipi stic . matters pt.i&u un : pleasant nature. He seems lo tie la boring and or tnc li:il!iic.iiia(loii that Ufa wife di. ires (o abandon him ami at various times ha; accosted differ ent. irtcn 011 (lie strocis to ask about the when about* of bis wife. He leaner to linn wick vcral months ago from savannah na-l is well con ned'*! in ili'at city, h mg a son ol I)r. J. C. Morel, a prominent Savail upli pin si 1 111 a |.l'W Of the late C. T. .Morel, for many years comp trpller of the Plant System Hallway. ills wife, who was formerly Miss -lanii- Matthews, has lived In Bruns wick all of her life and Is a young woman of unquestionable character and integrity. The chances are that young Morel will sooner or later ba tried for lunacy. The matter Is deep ly regretted by the friends of Mr. aim Mrs. Morei aud it Is hoped that mat ters v.dl . yet take a turn for the bent, ’ GLANCE AT THE LOCAL FIELD. Little News Items Picked Up in the City During the Day. Old Sol got i. again yesterday and caused the -.ury to return up ward. going atpust to the ninety mark during tlx dav. Tl) tMailtny ’ aider Sabine ar rived in port yc rday from 4 New York, bringing an muenaiiy heavy cargo of freight. , Tlx conn 1 ' l oninilKtiioixr.s will meet ::t (he court houseJfodtiv at noon. (!• lit t v’s line pony shw Will l,c in n- ‘thorliy affi' the children will have their iuiiiiir* l n a day or more. Brunswick in eilf ants have all now about, ccivi If| dr fail stocks an t au nn” < ! i;- h-m ''i <=• line of goors is living r 'ih.itij:i , ■ ilio dift'eri-m storeu AU the merchants are ex pecting a ixpvy fall trade. Although the oyster season has .( '■l, |„ ,:At tiio first ail the pn intVonly a few of the bivalves y<M In offered for sale, it i M -time y< t in for.- good BhL .JbilwMMk secured. Kr. - Ii ' ll- INpjSgHy ! . a fli,. slug JUMPED FROM HIGH BRIDGE ■ 4 Vsung Man Took a Dive Train the Brooklyn Bridge Yesterday AID WAS NOT INJURED struck the Water Feet First and Swam Away Easily—Was Picked Up by a Tug Which was Wait ing for Him. New York, Sept. 10.— This after noon an unknown young man jump ed from the center of the Brooklyn bride. He struck the water feet first and went down. As soon as lie arose to the surface ol the water lie started to swimming, though those who had witnessed the scene were certain thal he would be killed 111 the fall. He swam away easily, however, until picked up by a tug boat which had been waiting for him. A police boat immediately started towards the tug which then sped away under full steam and the police boat was not able (o overtake her. Win n the young man was helped aboard the tug lie waved a (iag and was cheered by Ids friends on Man hattan pier. A GOOD ATTRACTION COMING “A Runaway Match” Will be at the Grand Friday Night. “A ltunn Match” will be the nrxt the Grand, coming <m Friday night week. Speak ing of this excellent attraction the .'ieiimotid News-Leader of August 14 says: f "A Runatt-ay Match” at tbe Casino last night ip roved a good mirth maker and kep/ the large audience from start to'finish. In the three acts there is not a dull moment as e\ meiiiber of the company will under stand her or his part anil does it well. 0 Fr and House, as Lenny Claxton, has the most difficult part of the farce comedy and he acted his part to the ntire satisfaction of the audience, fril (lastrock, as the father of the young man, Edward I. Shaooled a i-olShort, the man of all work. Mis Maud A. Scott as Mrs. Eleanor Mat cho, the match-making widow, who comes near marrying the son when she ought to marry and does finally marry the father. Miss Grace Vinton ay; Minnie Ratehe, daughter of the match-making widow and Miss Dessle Ryan, as the proprletoresV of the Country hotel, where everything was charged ext/ra, made hits with the au dience." i CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD MEETING THIS WEEK City council will meet iu regular seiffiftnontlily session Thursday night and il Is expected that quite a large number of routine matters will ha taken up as it will lie the first raeet n.;' of (Ik scions in three weeks. Iftiden council s established rules meetings are field on the second and fourth Thursday nights of each month and occasionally a session is not hell for three weeks. A number of rou tine mutters are onitx calendar for the coming m eting which doubt be an interesting one. MRS. M. W. PURVIS TO TO OPEN MILLINERY PARLOR Mrs. M. W. I’urvis returned yes terday from a visit to several nothern and easterm cities, where she went to purcMise a full lino of" millinery goods, By) announces that pho will shortly a first class millinery estahiislmient in Brunswick. Mrs. Pufvis was formerly in charge of the millinery department in Ei • I kail’s store, having conte to this city I from New York, where she has had I nHHn experien-ce in the irii'ti j/,fs , ilcss and is an artist In that - ffuouncemcnl as to tier o|xi- made later. By? - ImKI AGUE I TO HOLD A SESSION. SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAY NOW DEVcLOP SOUTH END PROPERTY work in the interest of Brunswick. The organization is a live one compos ed of the leading Business men of the city and with tiie proper support on the part, of the members it will a complisTi many good things for (he city Every member of the league should he present at the meeting today. EXTENDING PIPES TO THEIR CEMETRY LOTS. A large number of the lot owners at Palmetto cemetery have had pipes extended lo their lots from the arte sian well recently bored iu the ceme tery, which Is now giving a good flow of water. It is expected that in eoure of time every owner of a lot will have spigot, there, and pipes will be laid to all sections of the cemetery. A Lively Court • Mayor Hopkins had a regular ‘‘Christmas” court on hand yesterday morning and the docket was crowded with Saturday night offenders. The mayor has learned the way to "rail road” cases, however, and a large num'her of the evil doers were han dled in a remarkably short tinii HENS 1 SHE Eggs are Now Going Skyward in Price and a Regular Famine is Threatened. There seems *0 be an egg famine all over the county, or the large mer chants ami commission men are hold lug to the hen fruit for the better prices nearer the holidays. The t rice of eggs here is from 23 to tig cents per dozen and it is almost im possible to get good fresh country eggs. Some say the eggs arc being hel 1 i.i cold , storage for the winter trade and this.is possibly, true for the atm, plv is getting scarcer and scarce every day. There is a steady demand for egg all over the country and the fieaii'is say that the people who have '.been in the habit of cornering th’e market, from year to year are get ting.'togeth er all of the eggs they < ,ui atthi are holding *lu‘in until the linn, far the' holiday season, when they will doubt less bring from 35 to Ci cents pel dozen. jjta The poultry market is also said to be on the rise, and tie raisers of fowls will no doubt get good prices fcr them tliitWail. more mm Two Hundred Jews Killed and 3,000 Were Injured in Warsaw Yesterday. Warsaw, Sept. 10. —The artillery wlti. h has been used ltt Sicdloe this morning destroyed several buildings and it is reported that. 200 Jews were killed outright, 3,000 were wounde 1 and 1,000 fogged. LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY QUITS BUSINESS The South Georgia Li\i> Stock in surance Company, with headquarters been compelled to quit The only cause' given was many horses died which wer Inwfred with the company. Tltis concern started business abou’ a year agp and had sold many pol icies. There were a number of peo ple in Brunswick who had their of insured with the Played With Revolver BrooWTaven, Miss , Tho 8-year-old son of Wiiiiattr^t; nuitiy ton today shot and killed his 12-year old brother. The play ins with a revolver., ini .!, . i '.‘ii --Li'i.. y.i ; t.l : lb.xton Grf t .n,,afei PRICfc FIVE CENT* m a non IS MEN! Road Owns Valuable Prop erly Near tits (bran fine Station W ERECT TERMINALS Rumored That the Southern Will Abandon New Dock Terminals and Erect Wharves on the South End Property. Will (he Southern railway abandon heii proposed improvements at the new docks and develop their propety south of the city, which adjoins the terminals of the Vtlanta, Binning, liani and AUantie railroad? Whether or not this will be done no one In Brunswick is in a position <> say, but such a report has been current for som time and other re -1 cut. occurrances lend some color to the,.report. Officials of the road here of course know nothing of such a Plan but it is a fart that the South rn has beol ‘ considering this move and pretty soon it may be that this ■-real . railroad will spend thousands and thousands of dollars on improve ments at Brunswick. While it does not semi to be general ly known, the South rn now own.; valuable place of riv. r trim ,rop just, so util of tnc A., ii. & tnrwrt nais, which extemfls beyo. t’lantatloa creek and itlmosi. to th, quarantine station. Th.ia prbpenw has been owned by for a num ber of ycarSHKc x 8 been held by Was needed to meet the lintss of the Several w**s aB it was announc ed that the 'SsMitl'j|rn 'would make a numb# of tmprofVmeiits am* their wafer front pioihJn and the uew kick and it has /anncunc-vd wu the woik wilt s6o|u fcegin, but it the 1 epoi t current isj rutk, this property will be “venluailj abandoned by the road and commodjidus terminals wiii be en tied on th property owned by the road the city, there is auythinj in this nqffirtWhe News is unable to say right at 1 libs time, but it is known t such a move has been contempla u'd by the road aud it certainly seems plausible, ub the present termlial of the road is not ample to accomodata all of the business While they have a f commodious wharf at the. prop erty to the north of the. city- at the same t me it is not so conven iently located it being necessary for a vesseL lo go around Turtle river in order w reach the wharves. The pro posed Imppovcruuus have not been started, and il. may be that the South-* ern will shortly develop their prop erty near the quarantine, which will be modern in every respect, if this is .lone the Southern and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic terminals will adjoin (giving Brunswick over a hjPHB mile of excellent terminals beyond the old M Oullough wharf. Notice. An parties having chane-.-s on the 'it 1 a,n tIOW raffling will please take untie ■ fTiat It will occur at the saloon of Patrick Horan on Hay street at 7.30 o’clock tills eveniag and will please bo on hand Dungan Wrlg~t More Talk of New Bank. Ghp air is till, and with rumors to the, edict iI a no'.' #nk is soon y /be eSbihi'hiii'd in Brunswick, but seems jlmt. there is no one in pos'- Ath .to gllAput anythin , definite on Tlio rrpnrt that the lh *< \. v:iliroa-.l Hal, at an ; -j-'. -ei ■ ~lailoll. for r,linister HU-’ I ’i ‘ bieat-i ■fc ii ’. tie ,i!ac<- of || Ms'wwiaßwK ■ - • ■actwii ..I '■.