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niK i.kk corn rv r.xt iikmkvt.Tmi NotfrooM irrmtHl and Cliarmi| With h Mur* ibrniiH ton qd racy ~ fuo of Miiun Nmit to tho Clnilii Hang.The Montgomery Advertiser bus the ollowing in reference to the excitement in the neighbor jhood of W.wetly, Alft:Mr. li. \V. Trammell, of T,oe county, one among j the many citizens wh • have been engaged inn ro far fruitless elVor to capture George ltart, tin* ne.ro who mark re I youn; Wnldrup, rcuchcd the city hint night. Iiv- reports that groat excitement has prevailed during the oust week in the j neighborhood of Wnverly and along the line of Lee and Tallapoosa counties.Ten negroa were recently arrested in the neighborhood of Wnverly, elmrgcd with a conspiracy , to murder Mv. G ins, an old and respected citizen living near Waverly The prisoners were tried Friday and yesterday and all b it two were acquitted and disc urged. Anthony Williamson | and Currie Trammell were held on bond, Anthony ; to the amount of'$1000 and Carrie to the amount of $500. Mr. Bartow Smith, who runs theconvtct farm in Tallapoosa county, made bond for them and put them lt;o work on his farm. Tne neighborhood is quiet now, though the • xeilemcut ran high for several days.i he evidence adduced from the witnesses dur-I iug the trial of the negroes went to prove that, the plan to murder .Mr. uoins was to have been executed last Monday, but the murderous plot was exposed by an old negro wo man in the . neighborhood. Ii ••eems that the negro girl, Carrie Trammell, who was t mployed aa a servant bv Mr. li nn vaud agreed to open a door at the sign* of a signal and let the murderers into toe house. She and Anthony W'Ununson, who was to taice a prominent part in the muie, are now in the chain gong. !t was fe.ire 1 at first thot the leaders in the conspiracy would no lynched, but tucy were given a tuir trial and all the excitement hasao mt. led away.George Hart, .he principal in the Wuhirup murder, is btill at large.
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Columbus Enquirer Sun
Columbus, Georgia, US
Tue, Nov 23, 1886
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