Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-19

A Man Shot Down en- Je1erson Street q
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A Man Shot Down On jefferson 6tres6 al
Eleven O'Clock Last Night.
There was another fatal shooting last
night, arising ont OF the woman CUES.
tion." The parties to this business were
Captain Wynns Cannon and Hard Morris,
There wss q quarrel existing between
them about a pms named Joe Lee, 70
whom Wynne laid some claim. Morris
interfered with him In this, and Wynne
cautioned him to do It no more. It APP
pears that Morris hsd somsthing IN
the way OF 8 quarrel with this
Joe Lee yesterday, and 3 quarrel
between The men resulted therefrom on
Jefferson street, last night, st the hour
above set forth. In this quarrel Morris
was making for" Cannon and he drew
q Colts navy six, and commenced firing,
retrsating Rs he went. He fired four
shots, Morris still pursuing him. The
Opera House and tbs firing did not cease
till near Main. Morris was tipsy; Can
o perfectly sober. The shots were eff
fectiYe In two instances. These "
passed into the body under the heart.
DR.. r. Taylor prObed the wound made by
one ball, and found that 1t had passed
through the lung on the left side and
perhaps went through the diaphragm
Into the abdomen. This is most likely, as
the wounded maj complained of being
annoyed in t~hstfregioD, in a back o OF
the Ssnate saloon, where he had been
carried after he was wounded. After a
little time he Was carried TO his room, in
the Jeftsrson block, where he was attended
by DR.. Saunders, but nothing In the way
Of hope could be found in his condition.
BE was still living when our reporter left
him at one o'clock this morning.
Wyune Cannon, in an interview which
our reporter had with him at the
ststion-houSe, said that the quarrel origi-
mated about this person Joe Lee. he said
that Morris had been lu-using her and
beating her, and they fought about 1t on
Jefferson street Morris attacked him and
he retrested, pulling out a pistol as he fell
and at the Bsme time told him to
destst, TO hold back, but he would
not. He then fired two other shots, and
again cautioned him to desist, but Morris
still went for him. II being dark, he said
could not DISCERN whether Morris had
g pistol or knife or not, he therefore eau
toned him to keep back, but he oontin-
ued to"come on" saying, "G-dd-n you,
you have shot me twice in the same
Two more shots were fred at
him, which do not seem to have taken ef-
feet. Morris then quit following him up. |
friends got him and took him to the
Senate saloon, OF Jefferson street, while
went to the corner of Main INC
gave himself up to the poles. he
threw his pistol away at Register
& T~rezsvGnt's corner, and the
officer found it there on the pavement.
The officer ssys he did not give himself
up, but submitted quietly to arrest, when
be took him, at thai moment he aimed to
throw his pistol at Register & Treze-
wants door, bat hitting the step it
out on the sidewalk. Morris had
80 much liquor that he could not
'psak in any kind of q coherent manner
while the doctors were examining him In
he Senate saloon, nor stterwzrd up In his
Dom in the Jefferson block.
Il appears he WIS q dealer of faro at the
saloon over the cigar store
u the corner of Main and JEFF
srson streets. He is 6 powerful
built young man and handsome. Up to
ne time Of going to press he acted with
complete incoherency. Two or three
sherifts and a half dozen OF police
nen preserved order on Jefferson street
liter the shooting. And it appeared nee
issary that they should be there; for
wilder looking set OF men were
congregsted together than were
o be found In that neighbor-
lood. The peacefully disposed looked
ghast and pale, and ever the rough ones
.sd a " wary" look about them The
was simply terrible.