Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-11

shooting and Cutting Anrays in
North Memphis Last Night.
An Old Man Beaten In Webster
Blook-The Notorious Jim
Stokes Dangerously
Wounded
Lively ARRAY in the {" cverton
Free Music Hall "A
Man Shot.
Free Fight at tho Cotton Plant
5aloon-A Man Badly
Beaten.
Arrests by the Polioe-Full Par
a.. n n.
Arrests by the Polioe-Full Par
tioulars Of the Different
Arrays. ..

number of those bloody ARRAYS which
have won for Memphis so unenviable a
repute. For week or two comparative
quiet has prevailed, but the bloody
saturnalia was renewed in North Mem.
phis last night, and blood flowed like
water.
TERRIBLE AFFRAr IN WEBSTER BLOCK.
Like some other buildings in that local
ity, Webster Block is cursed with de-
PRAYED women of the class known as
beer jerkers. The rooms in the upper
stories of sever al tenements are let for
sleeping apartments Women applying
would not be permitted as tenants, but
the rooms are engaged by men and soon
tenanted by the class referred to- About
a month ago rooms Nos. 10 and II we're
rented to young man calling himself
c. E. Johnson, now understood to be
connected with, or hanger.on of, one
of the concert saloons in the vicinity.
The chief occupant OF the room is a
young woman known as Cora White,
who illustrates her claims to respect
ability by filing the position of pretty
waiter girl at the Varieties. About ten
o'clock last night an old man from the
country, named James Carroll, who
seems to be an acquaintance of the fair
Cora, entered the Varieties, obtained the
key OF. her room, sought it and went to
bed. Between twelve and one o'clock
Cora came home, escorted by the noto-
rious Jim Stokes. Upon discovering
some one in the room, Stokes Jealousy
was aroused. He approached the old
gentleman, awakened him, and gave him
pretty severe beating. From one of
the blows-evidently inflicted with
heavy missile = the blood flowed
freely. Carroll, without stopping
to dress, lost little time in regain
ing the street, and running to the
Worsham House, where he was stopping.
His steps could readily be traced by the
blood. Soon after the police learned of
the disturbance, and officers John Gear
and @. Scott went to the girls room to
arrest Stokes, who was now in undisputed
possession. Stokes refused to be ar
rested, and in order to intimidate the pc.
lice, drew couple of derringer pistols,
and threatened to shoot if they did not
leave. He was in the back room, a win
dow in which opens on the hall. The
police we're standing in the hall, looking
inside, and as soon as Stokes drew the
weapons, officer Scott produced a re.
peater and commenced firing. He dis
charged couple of shots, and Gear also
fred. When the firing ceased, Stokes
was lying on the floor, badly wounded
One Of the shots had entered his face, and
another his right shoulder. Medical at
tendance was summoned, and the wounds
dressed; but Stokes is still lying in the
room in very critical condition. Stokes
is the last of four brothers, all of whom
have been noted as desperate fighting
men. Tom and Pat Stokes died from
natural causes; John was killed near the
postofice during Gen. Forests raid in
1864; and it is believed Jim cannot re-
cover from the injuries sustained this
morning.
BLooD.LETTIEG AT THE "ovERToN MUSIC
HALL.
Opposite the Overton Hotel is large
building called the "Overton Music
Hail." A fiddle and Piano attract the
and, as the music is an i'm
provement on caterwauling, strangers
not unfrequently ascend the broad, well !
lighted stairway for the double purpose
of drinking in the fascinating strains
and few glasses of Indifferent beer.
The initiated are attracted less by
the music than the presence of number
Of young women who circulate the de-
coctions prepared at the bar in man
ner sufficiently artistic to compensate
for their lack of personal beauty. A
young man named Callahan, who belongs
to the uninitiated" class, was attracted
by the music late last night Upon
reaching the top of the stairway he en-
a crowd of soldiers and citi-
zens, tho majority of whom were evi-
IDENTIFY intoxicated One of the former,
J. NJ. Maxwell, of the 25th United States
infantry, accused Callahan Of having
logged his steps on Washington street
Callahan, who had never seen Maxwell
before, denied the charge, and endeav-
bred to pass on. Maxwell made a mo-
ion as though intending to draw a pis-
.ol, and Callahan knocked him down.
This done he ran down the steps, but
before reaching the bottom Maxwell
ired. The ball took eject in Galatians
eft shoulder, inficting painful though
not dangerous wound. He continued
-unning, and soon encountered police
nan, who entered the building, arrested
Maxwell and brought him to the station
iOuse. Maxwell insists that Callahan
ired first, but nothing has been devel-
ped to show that the latter bad any
Weapons The ARRAY created eonsidera-
lie excitement, not only in the saloon,
ut on the street
ar NOTORIOUS corrox ptayr SALOON