Abl** vilh*. Ga.. Dect'mbcr 23. (Special.)—
Mrs. J. D. Wells, wife of a prominent at
torney of t!ds place, wajs horribly bum**]
this mming. lb r dress caught tire while
she wax alone at prayer and before assis
tance could reach her. almost burned to
hath on the spot. Sh<* died a few hours
later.
Two Negroes Killed Ooutright.
Rhine, Ga., Decembi r 25.—A row between
wht.s an*! blacks started In MclxxmTs
barroom h* re ton ght.
Jim Whitehead and Anslrew Reeves, col
or-<l. were kills*! outright, and Tom Dow
dy. white, was badly cut.
Burke Riddled with Bullets.
New York. 1 *ce* nil • r 22. A special to The
Sun from N- w Orleans says:
••Th** n< gro b*'V. Jerry Burke, who mur
dered Mrs. Foster and her mother. Mrs.
Kavanagh, near Clio, was killed today by
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 2S, IS9G.
a mob of twenty lynchers. They found tho
negro In tho woods, where ho had been
hilling since tho murder.
“He was tied to a stake, and tho mob
opened lire on hint, riddling him with bul
lets. Burke confessed the murders. He
entered the house, he declared, because he
was cold, ajui said lie had no Intention of
committing murder.
"Th* sight of money excited him, and he
then murdered tho two women and fled.”
—«.
NO ONE SAW THE DEED.
Ben Smith Shoot Lizzie Murrier and
Says It Was an Accident.
