Empire State -
Spalding County Georgia April 16, 1856
Our readers will remember the horrible death of
Amos W. Hammond, Jr., who was found on the morning of
Christmas last, affixed to the cow catcher of the passenger engine
of the Macon & Western Railroad. We stated in our notice of the
affair that suspicions were afloat that the young man had been
foully dealt with. Nothing, however definite at that time could be
proven and the matter has remained to the present a mystery to
those who believed otherwise, than that his death was the result
of an accident. At length, however, after the lapse of three
months, the question of young Hammond's death has been revived. We
learn that a woman by the name of Taylor appeared before
the Grand Jury on Tuesday, and charged two men, by the name of
Taylor and Harrison, and a woman by the name of
Davis with the murder of Hammond. We have not learned the
nature of her testimony, it was sufficient, however to induce the
Grand Jury to find true bills against all the parties. The woman
Davis, has been arrested, Taylor succeeded in escaping, after
being shot at by the Sheriff. Harrison we learn is in jail at
Chattanooga.
The
entire matter will soon undergo the investigation of a regular
trial, when we will inform our readers of the result.
Atlanta Intelligency.
Week of April 16,1856