AT COURTHOUSE AND JAIL.
There is a Dearth of News With the County Officers Now.
Quite a Number of Prisoners in the County Jail Waiting for Trial Work to Begin Soon on Scaffold for Rawlings—-Vagrants are Still Being Arrested.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
The county officials are having very little to do these days beyond the dreary routine of every-day work. There are very few arrests being made, not many suits being entered, not many licenses granted—it is between seasons with the tax gatherer and not much doing with the county commissioners.
Sheriff Passmore picks up a vagrant or two every day or so and on Friday there will be a session of the city court that will dispose of a number of cases of this kind. The latest arrest under that charge was yesterday when John McRae was arrested.
Another negro undertook to take McRae’s part and the sheriff came near having trouble, but averted it.
About the County Jail
Yesterday was cleaning-up day at the county jail and all of the cells and corridors were given a scrubbing. The apartments occupied by J.G. Rawlings and his boys contained a great deal of trash, such as old papers, peanut hulls, etc,. But all of this was taken out.
It is expected that work will begin tomorrow upon the scaffold to be used in the execution of J.G. Rawlings, Alf Moore and the boys, unless the courts of the Governor intervene. The day for the execution of Rawlings and the negro is fixed for August 3rd, or next Friday week.
The boys will have to be hanged later, as their case is still with the Supreme Court. It may be that the Governor will respite the elder Rawlings and the negro again, in order that all of the men may be hanged on the same day.
Attorney Cooper was in a wreck of the Southern train at Macon day before yesterday and received painful bruises, though he was not seriously hurt. Rawlings learned of the accident yesterday afternoon and was amused at it. He broke out in a laugh when Night Watchman John Hesler entered the corridor last night.
“I see my wish come true,” he said. “What wish?” returned the night watchman. “Don’t you know I was wishing that a train would run off the track and kill Cooper” he returned. “I see he was in a wreck at Macon and the paper says he was badly bruised.”
It is said that several days ago while reading of a railroad wreck, Rawlings expressed the wish that Cooper would get caught in one and out of business. “That seems to be about the only chance to get rid of him,” he added.
There is a very strong probability that the Governor will respite Rawlings and Alf Moore, though the sheriff does not expect to wait on that unless the respite comes at once. He will go on and make his preparations for the hanging, just as though a respite was out of the question.