, 1870-05-02
SHOOTING ARRAY.
4 Landlord Shoots g. Boarder-Prob2-
bic Fatal Effects Of the
Wound.


4 shooting aGrny, the result OF which will IN
doubtedly prove fatal, took place at No. go Els
Madison street, between Franklin and Wells
about O'clock last evening. The victim Is Jamo
Walince, young man about 20 years Of age, ant
the intlctor Of the Eound, Edwin A. Btggs, kcepe
OF boarding house at the place mentioned. Btgg,
is barber bF trade, and has occupied q room IL
the front part Of the house for t0nsoria
puTpoEea A week ago he bought out G
MI a. :. Hoagland, who then Kept the boarding
house In the rear, and last night Htggs took pos
session. Unlike uoagland, who allowed hls
boardcrs to pay when they chose, DIggs told those
who lived there Oh Saturday Night that he should
insist upon tae.f paying In advance. Several se-
came affrontcd at this and left At the hour men.
toned, last evening three OF tho young men, Wal.
lace, q friend Of Ills named Ellis, ant another, VINO
was described a. q large man, came into the
house. Blggs' son. lad Of IL, who Eaw them e,l-
tEr;- told them to 1eave, as his father
would not allow anyone % remain there
gos stsa 5asy pail in a San'f 6ut nfy nfyeeIgss ga
up stairs. The t.h,9 man went into his room,
undressed himself. ant went to bed, as the ,shIs.
ksy he had beeu drtntlng made 1im feel unwelL
second ftoor back The lad told bus father how bis
admonition hal been received by the trio, end
Biggs went up staira aud told the big man 70 get
Bggs made hts way to Waiiaces room, aud OBJ
80. you sTe going away" Wallace re-
Rs e. 81 Bsss not sad d0F hs sAs xosia safh IKE
on the threshold of tie door, and Wallace told aim
not 10 come INTO the l1on He "a go into the
him. The sou, who had followed. seized Wallace
bJ the legs. Wallace threw hin o6 and stamped
% him. Blggs then drew revolver, and dfed at
e a sq n5o toos Is ns poeEst oe Tae a
stngle-barTeled pistol, and trrd rs Wallace Was
leaving him to. rs Is e'aimc,,. attack Btggz
wace fa5hed osa ot the
RON, saying, u an shot,e staggered down stalrs
through The door, and fell On the aideEals.
T1 sad e jaf Wasas RaS S VIZ W. aq M
he reen, previous to the shooting, caught hold OF
him, and, with the assistance Of two others, car
lied hun to the drug store OF White 4 Schoea, gu
the corner Of franklin and Madison Streets DR..
4. c. Savage WIS sent for, and, after an examina-
Ion OF The wound, pronounced It M6rtai Wallace
ra8 subsequently, taken to the Ar1nory, where Ills
atRrtes Tele attended TO and he Has u1ade COLI
After the shooting BIggs and his son went out
u the back door Of the house atll to the Afmory
,aa nd gass .aeseges Up Tnsy s!p Xs5s PLACED T.
Zroaning and crying cut am shot"
Our reporter wa permitted to converse With
LIN.
STATEMENT or THE pE1soSEh,
keep barber shop At No, -. Aladtson strcet Have
ioasiand and toid t5c boanle1s ishosa that aaw-
f It the;a s going
&c g. ;ss9s 81 = UT sst :! n%s
! she AD1 aessstette1I II seissf.
I'D 's sssnaat s wss q ssasy s n as
nd from tie npiee tnaae by +ome dnIsen bv7t4tfs
hGy ,e4 t1 @ hssss
aiFs, and one of them, who was drunk tofnwenetzl
e 4 g s & sss d. tsa
.yips board Ono q thc1nthe be .nan. sho went e
lid not Eeep bo.rer. 4nle.s they raid il as4uee
eli en ssa5Ps 1 "a
to IN the oo and they eD Pasx
!o%S WsIisse nj fst y s
"a ia NJ saa .p. fe " ! n{sfe3s essf ss to e
II 81 ssn Y tns ws' W slos a & II
ID :aid, This house L mine Isnt il. aud pot you
az aei,e "a 9 s"p d.aaf III
" + he shs f ~ al mo
m " nj ss't sas Is saf 81 ze u
;ee; q anywhsss, whs.s b so9td 81 4! 20 + oae
i1& on A01fQGS AID Dt OIL CO4l-paEs
y 81 i
fs IT, hos 1 + as e: Rs1
ltd oh his eoat. and luy tou picked IN chaiE md
.ilece ss,sei ne viii us II md raised bu1,2 %
y ~ + *!ssst$ st$ hy s$a Pq.as$ " sss
sa T. s Z I ID aRs M ~ y.
zen t!e end # the bed and The side of The build.
sne e s hs r u: ne
"a not sEss him. sut hut tex hed o. him
as l. =. 's u ss..$ sssa On sssss$ A.
gesfet "a pa|1si 1 eat .pa IL. !. Wills: III
!. b Was saet The other 1asa lct s. Il 1as Mhsn
sSss: e;ss IT. Il: 1;s
h = Dot "ssaf. sf. saf '9' &c sssn a. 9sa: e:
g !: s ssd ssss es !: ss
houss q sliaho drunken mtn, who wsre dlsp0tiux
sas e. ssa Rts = isns :5f
sfR tl q ls9 sf ,ss I'd ~ fe t. h ygs
ny boosa vent out Of the back door, and cape oscs
Els, who Is tae tsfrienti' of Wallace referred
WIS also Interviewed. He said that Blggs !
ne into the room and said something about = |
70 Wa!Iase, ahd Wallace tod l bin 70 E9 ont Of
d to him "lelp nc il be {Biggs> does anything"
hand, land sf' aRs the 1~is 10y have something
bis hand which looked like one, and he went
aud yelled " Watch" Seeing Wallace on the
ewalky he helped carry HIN to the drug store
is did not seem TO know anything about the
>ottnK, OF, IL he did, would not say 1nythiny re-
,ting t: Ills statement conalcted somewhat
Jr. Savage, who attended Wallace, said that but
: ball entered the body, but It would seem that
re were Two. There Is a hole iu the left groin,
ween the Anbtifteus and the puberis, and another
,ut two inches below the right shoulder-a1ade.
e physician contenicd that the ball entered
first mentioned, aud cane out Of the last. a. !
ball was found, and ns Diggs fired while Val :
c rTas colnihy toward him, ami the boy as lie
reCediag from him, With back toward him, It >
air to presume that both balls took effect. Wal
{ WAS very low at al carly hour this morning, !
Was not expected to survive long.
AN ACCIDENT.
~ ut least I'VE hundred people lad assembled
he sidewalk and III tic Street in front Of the
Sc. When Wallace VAS carr led to the drug / Il
e, about one hundred people assembled Oh
sidewalk and gazed into the Win- !
IS and door to get Look ct HIN / :
b for the side#alk, and one ha'f OF II g8Ee :
;, precpitaliny about foriY persons to the e
ind beneath, d distance OF twelve feet. Four q
yc were injured 4 man named Kellogg, who
lies On Madison strcet, near Wells, had his
t leg badly Injured The others received only
]. ! scratches 1t is q wonder several were not ]
The Georgia Legislature.
motiun to reconsider the resolution seating
1nr8 II th EcrE mt elected under the Recon-