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DEVOTED TO BASE BALL BICYCLING GUNS GUNNING VOLUME 30, NO. 13. PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 18, 1897. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BALL PLAYERS ALLEGED TO HAVE THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE IS PERMAN COMMITTFD MURDER, ENTLY ORGANIZED. tames Barry Charged With Killing a Six-Club Circuit is Established Man ID a Row and Jack Easton With Henry Powers, ol New Or Arrested For a Murder Committed leans, as President, and a Salary Last September. Limit ol $1,000, Cohoes, N. Y., Dec. 13. Michael Toomey, 44 Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12.-The Southern years old, a porter at the Harmony Hotel, this League met to-day at the olBee of W. city, died in a suspicious manner Saturday T. AJover, with the following cities repre luoruirg, and as a result James Ba-iry, a former sented©: Atlanta, by W. T. Moyer, Mobile. well-known base ball player, is a prisoner at Ala., John F. Kelly; Birmingham, A. L. Ea the station house to await the action of the ton; New Orleans, Henry Powers; Charles Coroner. At about 1 o©clock Saturday morning ton, W. T. Moyer, proxy; Savannah, John Mc- It is alleged that Barry and a companion, who Guire. The franchise for Savannah was granted had been attending a dance at the old armory to John McGuire and associates. The salary lu the hotel building, were in the hall and limit was made $1000. were ordered out by Toorney. The men refused Henry Powers was elected president; R. Hines, to go cut, and Toomey insisted. of Mobile, vice president; Judge J. G. Bloodwo.rth, It is further alleged that Barry struck the of Atlanta, treasurer.
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