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f ~ T if 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.