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The Georgia Record.
VOL I.
SOLDIERS TO AID SHERIFF
The Bainbridge, Ga., Jail is Threatened By a
Determined Mob.
GOVERNOR CANDLER APPEALED TO FOR ASSISTANCE
Charges Hack Lynched Upon the Sarne Spot Where
Sammins Met His Fate.
Telegraphic orders were received at
Savannah, Ga., Tuesday night from
Governor Candler, addressed to Cap
tain Middleton, of the state militia at
Valdosta, and Captain Smith of Thom
asville, to “report to Sheriff Patter
son, at Bainbridge, with all your avail
able men, at once,” and to “act
strictly under his orders.” The gov
ernor’s message was mandatory. It
said “go at once.”
The commercial wireshaving closed,
these messages were transmitted over
railroad wires from Savannah, and ar
rangements were immediately made
for special cars on the Plant system
to take the troops. The train arrived
in Bainbridge at 3 o’clock a. m.
The troops were wanted to protect
the sheriff and the jail against the at
tack of a mob that was after John
Williams, a negro whois charged with
assault and attempt to rape two white
girls three weeks ago. Williams en
tered their room while they were
asleep and had seized one of the girls
by the foot when he was frightened
—sway? ~
CHARLES MACK LYNCHED.
Charles Mack, the second of the
Ogletree rapists, was lynched Tues
day morning at Saffold. His crime
was committed in Early county, and
•citizens of Decatur county refused to
let the mob carry the man into Bain
bridge, since it was desired that an
innocent county should not suffer the
odium of a lynching committed by cit
izens of another county.
Mack was, threfore, taken to Saf
:fold, the scene of his crime, in Early
FUNERAL _OF JNGERSOLL.
No Minister or Pallbearers Were
In Attendance Upon Sim
ple Ceremony.
The funeral the late Robert G. In
igersoll took place Tuesday afternoon
from Walston, Dobbs Ferry, where he
died on Friday last.
No clergyman was present to conduct
“the services; there was no music, and
there were no pallbearers.
The services were held at 4 o’clock.
Mrs. Ingersoll sat beside her dead
‘husband and beside her was her
daughters, Mrs. Walston H. Brown,
and Mise Maud Ingersoll. They
were very much agitated, and wept
almost continuously. Charles Broad
way Rouss, Colonel Ingersoll’s oldest
friend, occupied a chair by the side of
the bier. There were some forty oth
ers present, and they remained stand
ing throughout.
Major O. J. Smythe, who resides in
Dobbs Ferry and who was a close per
sonal friend of Colonel Ingersoll, then,
without preliminary words, read an
other extract from Colonel Ingersoll’s
writings entitled “My Religion.”
Dr. John Elliott, of New York, read
the funeral oration delivered by Colo
nel Ingernoll over his brother’s dead
body.
This concluded the short and sim
ple services. Nearly all present then
took a parting look at the dead and
passed out. Mr. Rouss arose from his
chair, and, as he is totally blind, pass
ed his hand over the face of his de
parted friend and said:
“Perhaps he is better now. .No one
can understand it.”
Mrs. Ingersoll said to him:
“The colonel wanted you to put
your hand upon his heart,” and suit
ing the action to the word, she direct
ed his hand to the left breast of the
deceased.
Mr. Rouss asked what she was go
ing to do with the remains.
“I can’t give him up,” she said. “I
can’t put him in the ground. I can’t
bear to think of it. We’re going to
bring him back Lome.”
county. When that place was reached
the mob found the body of Louis
Sammin, who had been lynched forty
eight hours before, still swinging to
the limb on which it had been left.
Mack was carried before Mrs. Ogle
tree. She recognized him at once, as
did also her husband. Mack then
made a confession to every fact except
holding a pistol to Ogletree while
Sammin committed his assault.
Mack was then taken to a tree near
that on which hung the body of Sammin
and strung up. As he was pulled off
the ground his body was riddled with
bullets.
A story that two negroes were lynch
ed and scalped in the lower part of the
county Sunday is denied by the sher
iff.
One Captured In Alabama.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
states that Sheriff Reeves, of Pike
county, reached that city Tuesday
night over the Plant system from
Troy, Ala., having in custody Albert
Wright, a negro who has been posi
tively identified by Mr. QgUtree_a:t
one of his assailants.
Wright was arrested near Troy on
Monday and Mr. Ogletree went to
Troy Tuesday and promptly pro
nounced him to be one of the fiends.
Mr. Ogletree returned home with
the- understanding that the negro
would be sent at once to Bainbridge.
The Alabama sheriff, however, slip
ped his prisoner on the Plant train
and carried him to Montgomery.
The negro stoutly maintains his in
nocence of the horrible crime attrib
uted to him, but will not state his de
fense. He appears very uneasy.
DELEGATES AGREE.
Results of the International Peace Con
ference At The Hague.
Advices from The Hague state that
the final act embodying the results of
the international peace conference, af
ter enumerating the names and quali
fications of all the delegates, says:
“In a series of meetings in which
the above delegates participated, in
spired throughout by the desire to
realize in the highest possible meas
ure, the generous views of its august
initiator, the conference has drawn up
for the approval of the respective gov
ernments the series of conventions and
declarations appended:
“Convention for the pacific settle
ment of international disputes.
“Convention concerning the laws
and customs of war on land.
“Convention for the adoption of
laws against the use of asphyxiating
or deleterious gases from balloon pro
jectiles and for the prohibition of the
use of bullets that easily expand in the
human body.”
The final act contains five expres
sions of opinion, as follows:
“The conference considers that lim
itations of the military charges which
at present oppress the world are great
ly to be desired for the increase of the
material and moral welfare of man
kind.
“The conference expressed the
opinion that the question of the rights
of neutrals should be inscribed on the
programme of a conference to be held
at an early date.
“The conference expresses the opin
ion that questions relative to the type
and caliber of rifles and naval artillery
as examined by it, should be the sub
ject of study by the differents govern
ments with a view to arriving at a un
iform solution by a future conference.
• “The conference expresses the wish
that an early convention be called to
review the Geneva convention.
“The conference has resolved that
questions re'ating to the inviolability
of private property in wawin land and
the bombardment of towns or vilagea
in naval war, be reserved for future
conferences.”
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY, JULY 29. 1899.
SAMMIN
IS DOOMED
The Pnrsaing Poises Continue
Work of Extermination.
LIST OF VICTIMS FLACHES FIVE.
Additional Particulars of Lynch
ing of Sammin-j-Great Ex
citement Poevails.
A state of terror reifrns in Decatur
and Early counties, Georgia, as the
result of the outrage Upon the Ogle
trees at Safford; the lynching of some
of the perpetrators atl the exciting
chase of others of the gang.
The officers of the liaw are power
less to check the fury of the people,
even if they were so disposed, as the
feeling that the criminals have com
mitted a diabolical cripie and are de
serving of no sympathy, is general.
Five members of thh gang so far
have been made way with, while an
exciting chase is yet jping on for the
associates of those wn > have been dis
posed of.
It is said that nc mistakes have
been made by those svho have taken
the law in their owl hands, for in
each instance it was known beyond
all doubt that the vii tim of the mob
was guilty of the crime for which he
was executed.
On. of.. the j-nytkL- Charles
Mack, the compamonl'of Sammin. It
was Sammin and Mack who outraged
Mrs. Ogletree in the presence of her
husband at Saffold, one holding a pis
tol at the head of the husband to pre
vent his interference.
Mack was captured at Iron City by
a white man named Cardell. Cardell
tried to get his prisoner through to
jail, hence secreted him. A mob of
several hundred country people met
Cardell and asked the whereabouts of
his prisoner. He declined to say. A
rope was quickly put about his neck
and he was given ten minutes in
which to give up the rapist or his life.
He then told where the negro was. In
a short while the crowd had Mack,
who confessed, corroborating Sam
min’s statement. The men, he said,
were banded together for murder, rob
bery and rape.
Summing Execution Dramatic.
The scene presented at the execu
tion of Sammin was a dramatic one.
Sammin had been completely identi
fied by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle
tree and had not opened his mouth in
denial of the charges. He was being
led to a place of execution and those
about him were discussing how they
would put him to death. Suddenly
Sammin turned to one of his eaptors
and asked to be allowed to have a
word. He was given permission to
talk, and then in an off-hand way he
told how he and his comrades had en
tered the store, robbed Ogletree,made
him lead the way to Mrs. Ogletree
and how one had held the gun against
Ogletree’s breast while his wife was at
the mercy of his associate.
Sammin begged for his life, promis
ing to take the authorities to where he
could find six other members of the
gang.
The mob, numbering some two hun
dred men, were too highly incensed,
and nothing but justice on the spot
would quench their thirst for revenge.
They at once chained him to a tree
and after mutilating parts of his body
he was riddled with bullets.
Two Dead Near Bainbridge.
Early Sunday morning the bodies of
two unknown negroes were found on
the Plant System railroad embank
ment near Bainbridge. A big crowd
congregated at the place and examined
the bodies. It was believed by some
that the men had been accidentally
killed l>y a train, but others asserted
that the negroes had been hanged by
a mob and their bodies placed on the
track to be run over by a train to make
it appear that that was the means of
their death.
So divided was the opinion that the
coroner was summoned, and he em
panneled a jury which, after several
hours of deliberation, returned a ver
dict that the negroes came to their
death accidentaly.
A MOB ATTACKS MORMONS
Three Elders are Roughly Treated and Then
Spirited Away.
PISTOLS AND SHOTGUN WERE BROUGHT INTO USE
During Helee a Woman Was Shot=-Mormon Doc
trines Were Obnoxious.
Three Morman elders, who have
been preaching their peculiar doctrines
in the vicinity of Covington, Ga., for
the past few weeks, were mobbed
Thursday night by thirty masked
men near Newton factory.
The Mormons had met with little
success in their effort at proselyting, ;
but following their custom, had beg
ged food and lodging, which the coun
try people, in the kindness of their :
hearts, willingly extended.
The missionaries, together with Mr.
and Mrs. William Cunnard, were seat-I
i ed on the front porch of the latter’s
residence Thursday evening enjoying
a quiet after supper chat. There had ‘
been no warning of an outbreak, and
the Mormons fancied themselves in
security. Suddenly the tramp of ap
proaching horses was heard, and in a
few moments thirty well mounted and
armed men drew up before the door of
, the Cunnard residence, and dismount
ing, filed into the yard.
All the men wore black masks, and
there was little confusion, the mob
pushing forward one of tb«ir number
as spokesman.
This party brusquely addressed the
elders, commanding that they accom
pany the men who stood waiting to
receive them. At this an altercation
arose between the members of the
mob and the Cunnards, who declared
that they would not violate the rules
of hospitality by allowing their guests
to be taken away in this cavalier
fashion.
Mrs. Cunnard, in a moment of an-|
ger, grasped the chair on which she .
INGERSOLL’S BODY CREMATED;
Remains of World-Famed Agnos
tic Reduced To a Hand
full of Ashes.
Walston, the home at Dobbs Ferry,
where Robert G. Ingersoll died, was a
quiet place Wednesday. The body of
the dead agnostic lay on his flower
covered bier. Only the widow and
daughters sat near, all the others kept
away. These hundred letters were
received during the day from all over
the country, most of them from inti
mate friends.
Colonel Ingersoll’s body was cre
mated Thursday. The coffin was a
plain black cloth covered affair with
out ornament or handles of any kind,
and without even a name plate. It
was simply a box in which the dead
might lie at rest during the journey to
the crematory at Fresh Pond, L. I.
The body was placed in the retort
at 11:50 and at 2 o'clock all that re
mained was ashes.
There were no services at the crem
atory. Even the organ, which is
usually played while a cremation is
going on, was silent. This was at the
request of the family.
The incineration was strictly pri- :
vate. The time was not even set, in I
order that the public might not know.
The funeral party waited during the
hours while the body was being con
sumed, to take the ashes back with
them.
TO RAISE DE WeFfUND.
A Great Theatrical Production In New
York Is Being Arranged.
The executive committee of
Dewey testimonial fund met at the
Astor house, New York, Thursday.
The plan of the committee which was
formed to raise money to purchase a
home for Admiral Dewey has narrow- I
ed down to the proposed production of
the play “The White Squadron. It
has been decided to give the perform
ance at the Metropolitan opera house.
President McKinley, the cabinet and
Governor Roosevelt have indorsed the
plan.
The performance itself promises to
be one of the greatest theatrical pro
ductions ever undertaken in that city.
NO. 5.
was sitting and attacked the mob in
discriminately. Pistols were drawn,
and Mr. Mr.Cunnard, rushing into the
house, secured his shotgun. In the
confusion the light in the sitting room
was extinguished, and then ensued a
rapid volley of shots from the mob,
broken by ty the deafening report of
the shotgun.
For several minutes there was much
scuffling and bad language, and when
a light was finally procured the mob
had retreated, taking the missionaries
with them, and lying in one corner of
I the porch was Mrs. Cunnard, the half
I of whose face had been shot off.
It is supposed that in the uncertain
light Mr. Cunnard discharged his
weapon directly into the face of his
| wife.
Just what had become of the Mor
mons was a mystery for the time be
ing. They have been very persistent
lin their efforts to spread their faith,
! and the doctrines which they proposed
are exceedingly obnoxious to the mass
!of the country people. Only a short.
’ time ago they were rotten-egged out of
1 Winder and Monticello, and other
i Georgia towns have accorded them
i similar treatment.
They do not provide themselves
with scrip or with clothing, declaring
that they will subsist as did the
apostles of old. They make a slight
impression on the more credulous, but
the substantial country people are bit
terly opposed to their presence in any
community which they may invade,
■ and if they have escaped thus far it is
only because their mission has been a
peaceful one.
LUETGERT DEAD IN CELL.
Chicago Sausagemaker Once Con
fessed That He Killed
His Wife.
Adolph L. Luetgert, the wealthy
Chicago sausage maker who was serv
ing a life sentence in the penitentiary
at Joliet, 111., for the murder of his
wife, was found dead in his cell Thurs
day.
Drs. Warner and O’Malley held a
post mortem examination, disclosing
the fact that Luetgert died from
fatty degeneration of the heart.
Frank Fay Pratt, a member of the
Chicago bar, made a statement
Thursday night that Luetgert con
fessed in February, 1898, that he had
killed his wife.
“In February, 1898, said Mr. Pratt,
“in my visits to a client at the jail, I
became acquainted with the sausage
maker. He was told by one of the
jailers that I was a palm reader, and
one day as I was passing his cell he
asked me to read his hand. I found
the lines of fatality or predestination
very strong, and I told him that from
his hand I could readily see that he
was not responsible for his actions in
the sense of self-restraint. He then
said:
“Yes, that is so; I did kill my wife.
I was possessed of the devil and kill
ed her because I was in love with an
other woman.
“He then started to tell me about
the vat and said his wife attempted to
make a dying statement to him when
the dogs began to growl and he put
an end to her. He then began curs
ing. As I considered the confession a
professional one, I respected it until
death has now placed him beyond fur
ther human pursuit."
The trial of Luetgert in Chicago at
tracted widespread attention and was
one of the most sensational in the his
tory of the state. Luetgert was
charged with having murdered his
wife in the basement of his factory
and cooked the body to pieces in a vat.
The prosecution had but a few small
bones and two rings as evidence that
their story was correct, but secured,
conviction and a life sentence.