Acclaimed Murder Case Points to Eugene Reese
Damning evidence at a committal trial links Eugene Reese to the murder of Mrs Mary McGarrah and Mr James Boone in Sumter County. Lucy Hollis testified that she and her husband Hamp Hollis lured and bound her, with Reese, to dispose of the crime in the woods. The courtroom was full as witnesses described the events and the evidence, including blood-stained clothing, suggests Reese’s guilt while Hamp Hollis was lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamp Hollis
Mary McGarrah
James Boone
Eugene Reese
Sumter County
Reese
Lucy Hollis
Americas
Hollis
Maynard
Young Sloone
Sheriff McArthur Returns to Office After Illness
Friends reported Sheriff McArthur looked improved at a brief appearance in his office yesterday though he remains weak and will be unable to resume full duties for several days. The message notes his continued recovery and references a health remedy unrelated to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Local notes mix satire and news in Americas long-wone column
A brisk, collage- style update from Americas reads of saloon issues, looming river patrols, and a murder case at Friendship. It notes a fresh batch of candies at Hudson's Drug Store, warns against blind staggers after January 1, and reports James B. Parker's recovery from asylum confinement. It mentions pea and potato crops, cheap flour, Sunday camp meeting at Oglethorpe, a new bay horse for the fire department named Hobson, saloonist outreach after the poll, drys seizing hat sales, and re election cheers for Sheriff J. J. Horn along with crop updates from Webster county and mayoral race chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oglethorpe
Fire Committee
Fire Department
Hobson
J. J. Horn
Webster
R. T. George
Webster County
Landreth
Dodson
Strife Fomented Over Independent County Assembly Ticket
Reports say efforts have been made to form an independent county assembly ticket, propelled by newly registered black voters from the prohibition election. Democrats and populists already field nominees, but regular Sumter democracy remains solid and ready to defeat any opposition from any source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Sumter
Case Cooper Gatewood vs Bank of Americus escalates to Supreme Court
The dispute involving $60,000, decided for the complainants at the last superior court term, has been appealed to the Supreme Court. The petition spans 398 pages of typewritten legal paper, prepared over a week by four stenographers for filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper, Gatewood Et al
Bank of Americus
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Miss Minerva Brady Dies Aboard Central Train
Miss Minerva Brady of Franklin county died on the Central train from Atlanta as it neared the Macon car shed Tuesday night. Several Americans aboard rendered aid to her father. She was being taken to the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Brady
Franklin County
Central
Atlanta
Macon
Sumter Reports Decline in Property Values for 1898 Digest
Sumter county shows a drop in aggregate property values in the 1898 digest, down to 4,578,522 from 4,672,806 last year, a loss of 94,284. White voters total 2,458 with 3,300 registered for the local option election. the digest lists 33 lawyers, 25 doctors, 4 bank presidents, and 295,749 acres of farmland valued at 1,479,180. City realty stands at 1,497,105. bank returns total 221,403. other property totals 607,850, with household goods at 245,554 and jewelry at 23,048. Colored residents own 14,220 acres valued at 79,340, city property 161,647, household goods near 40,000, and total county property 340,270, versus white property at 4,238,252.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter
Dunn
Wright
Waterbury
Amméricus
Col
Bob Oliver
Pegasus
Hambleton
Midway Plaisance
Windsor
Sumter County
Birds of Passage Arrivals and Departures File in Americus
A sequence of brief notices records residents and visitors from Bottsford, Montezuma, Richmond, New York, Schley county, Walden, Indian Spring, Albany, Smithville, Macon, Cedartown, Pelham, Pine Bluff, Montezuma, Coney Station, Atlanta, Porter Springs, and Canada. Names include Mrs O J McTier, Miss Ella Dean, Miss Maggie Buchanan, Mrs A W Smith, Mr D Pearlman, Prof J M Collum, Mrs Poole, Miss Kate Poole, Mr and Mrs R J Perry, Miss Perry, Jim Nicholson, Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, Mrs James G Carlisle, Prof W J Noyes, Capt J S Cole, Miss Clara Barrow, Mrs Sam C Campbell, Miss Emma Chambers, Miss Callie Coney, Miss Sarah Coney, Miss Minnie Johnnie Williams, Mr Charles R Crisp, Mrs Crisp, Mr W D Flint, and Americus Music Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Pearlman
New York
J. M. Collum
Schley County
Poole
Kate Poole
Walden
R. J. Perry
Perry
Indian Spring
Jim Nicholson
Albany
Elizabeth Richardson
Smithville
A. C. Beil
James G. Carlisle
Macon
I. M. Furlow
College Street
W. J. Noyes
Cedartown
Sam C. Campbell
Pine Bluff
Ark
Kt. M. Stewart
Emma Chambers
Montezuma
Callie
Sarah Coney
Coney Station
P. C. Clegg
Lee Street
Minnie Johnnie Williams
Atlanta
Minnie Harper
Mattie Stapleton
Charles R. Crisp
Porter Springs
South End Hotel Burned at Tybee Island
Fire destroyed the South End Hotel on Tybee Island early yesterday. Guests escaped in night attire as flames, fanned by a sea breeze, consumed the hotel and bath house with four cottages. Proprietor Mr. Wm. Boban suffered heavy losses. insurance was not large. Origin of the fire undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Tybee Island
Wm. Boban
Death of a Little Boy in Forrest Street Home
Ed Miller aged two, son of Mr and Mrs James Nall, died yesterday after several days illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 this morning from the Forrest street residence, with interment at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Miller
James Nall
Forrest Street
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheriff McArthur
Cali- Sorsia Ig Byrup Co
Americus Jewelry and Music Co
Ceeeeel Plow
Hudson's Drug Store
James B. Parker
Digest
O. J. McTgier
Ella Dean
Bottsford
Maggie Buchanan
A. W. Smith
Richmond
J.8. Cole
Charleston
James Taylor
Clara Barrow
Pelham
Eldridge
Cotton Avenue
Geo. D. Wheatley
Madras
Windsor and Sea
Hitc
Wheatley
Lamar St
Cotton Ave
Americus, GA
James Fricker
Americus
Bethel Male College
Cuthbert, Georgia
Best Preparatory School
Georgia
Messrs. Farlow & Jones
Farment
John B. Felder
M Wolintt
Bin
Auenese
Britfeh
Eurlow & Jones
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