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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1883
Page
1
President Arthur and his party reached Upper Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park after a dusty 26 mile march and a 230 mile horseback ride. All members are healthy and no accidents occurred on the journey.
August 27 report from New York details the loss of the yacht Mystery after a man signaled from Hen and Chickens reef as the vessel sank. Bodies of Rupert Sargent and Robert Hawkins recovered. Bartlett identified by locals. other crew and witnesses recounts amid a perilous search.
A clue from ice wagon driver Nicholas Alpars ties Mary Churchill to two young men seen with her on Chestnut Street. She wore a straw hat with white patterns and a white dress with blue dots. Colonel Churchill confirms a photo match as a blackmail plot allegedly mirrors a prior abduction, but a Keokuk dispatch later says Mary was found.
A brutal murder case shocks Savannah as Henry Hertel and his wife are found slaughtered in their home on the Waters road. Three Black suspects jailed. coroner’s inquest to proceed in secret amid a strong public demand for swift justice. A report notes a possible store robbery motive and a gruesome ax attack on the wife. Also mentions the arrival of the Devi Clark with new crop rice from Sutila river.
Special to The Constitution reports the Log Town killing of Joan Ragland by Hal Trippe. Hal’s tale of vengeance prompted Sheriff and Justice Crawford to doubt his story. He fled toward Macon after saying he killed a negro and wished to bond. The case drew townsfolk as Hal recited his claim in various local spots.
Miss Emma Abbott’s brother Fred Abbott of Waukesha married Miss Alice Ostermat in Chicago, promptly fleeing to his boarding house. The late wedding halted a police arrest, though reports say Ostermat’s father coerced the match and uncertainty lingers over the couple’s future.
Daily Pensacola update reports no current sickness despite quarantine measures lasting five days with eleven days since treatment began. Panic harms business as country trade slows. notes individual cases improving, and a naval surgeon arriving to assess fever concerns amid claims the outbreak may be exaggerated.
Special to The Consturupon reports two young black men Lewis Warren and Frank Fountain tried to assault a Miller county woman while her husband was away. The woman fired at them, injuring none. Warren was captured. a second assailant remained at large as vigilante justice loomed. Editorial notes on Chattanooga figures and a stabbing in Colquitt add to a day of unrest in the region.
A chaotic set of reports from Jacksonviuste Wellborn and Nashville lines recount a hanging after appeal in a legal case, a man shot dead while riding a buggy near Sage City, a murder at Murfreesboro, and a Creckers crossroads stabbing linked to a strained marriage. Authorities maintained order as events unfolded.
In Park City Utah last night masked men hijacked a Utah Eastern engine at Coalville driving it to Park City. They seized Murphy from jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the station after Murphy had been held for shooting Brannan last Wednesday. The incident followed the night’s train disruption and jail seizure.
Paris dispatches report M Harmand, the French civil commissioner, traveling to Hue by imperial request to secure Annam's submission and define protectorate terms. The emperor shows subservience, pays war costs, and troops to Tonquin may be redeployed, with 1,500 reinforcements planned.
A Gullatin report to the Times describes daylong focus on the Frank James case with Dick Liddell's testimony seen as pivotal. The defense questions his statements while the prosecution presses its corroboration from Tennessee witnesses. Frank James reportedly sought an honest livelihood near Nashville but gang dynamics and BAL Ryan's capture stirred renewed old‑line criminal urges. Mrs Simacls testifies for the defense before Lid dall is cross examined.
An 1860s news item recounts defense plans and witnesses in a rebel plot case, naming General John Shelby as a chief witness and identifying Bill Cummings as the fifth member of the Winston gang. The piece cites a private letter to Governor Andrew describing revolutionary moves to seize Washington within a month. A separate notice reports Hubert B Hayne, paymaster of the South Carolina Railway, shooting himself in Charleston after handling company funds, with a coroner finding death by self-inflicted wound amid a string of suicides in six months.
A two story tenement at No 6 Thatchers Court housed eight families. The blaze broke out this morning and spread rapidly. Four residents suffocated and one fatally jumped from the building. Firefighters suppressed the fire within thirty minutes amid heartrending cries for help. In Williams town Pa a sawmill fire destroyed the mill offices and lumber yards, burning large quantities of lumber. Estimated loss ranges up to thirty million feet of timber and a total nearing a half million dollars.
Special to The Constitution reports a Saturday night attempt to burn the Columbus and Rome railroad trestle two miles from the city. efforts to find the culprits continue with no clues yet. Also notes a fatal freight collision near Mingo Junction injuring an engineer and four postal clerks.
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