Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-03
wound and administered what relief the

sistent and at variance with the above, owing
to the intense nervous strain on his system:
sAvAaE's DEPOSITION.
My name is Alfred G. Savage; live at No
~ Robert street, in the city of st. Paul, MINI.
know I am dangerously shot. don't think
will die. don't calculate to die. don't
know who shot me. I never saw him before.
know J. @. Green, of Saltwater, by sight; not
personally. don't know if he was the man
who shot me. I would know if I saw him.
First saw him (msn who shot him) in the shop.
He asked me to shave him; refused.
He asked me to drink and l refused.
told him I would not drink but would
smoke. Went to Green Tree saloon. took a
cigar and he then began to shoot. He shot at
words before the shooting. He sat there
laughing, and shot me. No words were used.
I asked him what he meant, and he said he
would shoot the life out of me. laughed at
him, and said, ''you have no occasion to shoot
me-" felt q pain across the stomach. He
had shot me, and I felt the ball across my
stomach.
Never saw the man who shot me in Still
water. Don't know him at all. j. O. Green,
of Saltwater, never had any grudge against
me. / only want to state am sick now; don't
know of any cause for the shooting. I gave
him no occasion to do it. l was sober at the
time. think am going to 1--we, but know
1 am dangerously wounded. These statements
are true, and make them with the fear of
death before me, taking my chances about
living and dying. 1 will live if l can, l
don't know whether Green is named j. @. or
J. r. Geeen.
make this statement believing am going to
die.
Signed in our presence by A. G. Savage.
HORACE G. DUNNE,
w. T. BURKAM.
st. Paul, Augusta 6:20P. NJ.
THE MOTIVE.
AS near as could be sscertained Ethe muir
derous attempt was actuated by pure cussed-
ness, stimulated by liberal potations of
whisky There had been no discussion or
quarrel of any kind, and the shooting was
the swift execution of suddenly conceived
impulse.
WHO THE ASSASSIN Is.
j. O. Green the shootist, is we'll known
character of Saltwater. His father, Mr.. John
Green, is the we'll known contractor for the
erection of the Jefferson school building. When
on spree, he is perfect terror to all who
come in contact with him. He is in the habit
of carrying firearms, and on more than one oc-
casion he has fourished revolver in the sa-
looms at Saltwater. He marriedfMiss Lyman,
residing about four miles from saltwater, but
some four years ago his wife left him on ac-
count of his drunkenness and abuse. From all
accounts he is a dangerous man to run at large.
A GLOBE reporter who called at the City Hall
two hours after the shooting, was unable to
obtain any intelligent information from him.
He refused to be interviewed, and in answer to
inquiries replied with oaths and abusive Ian
guage. He told dozen different stories, and
none of them had any .coherency
about them. At first he said
he knew Savage, and that he had insulted his
sister, and the next moment he said he did not
know him at all. Other questions he replied
to by saying, with an oath, None of your
business" When asked if there had been
any difficulty between them he said What
are you giving me: MY pistol talks TOR IT. me-
The impression left upon the mind OF the re-
porter was that the bully was trying to play
drunk and crazy. which was far from the fact.
He knew what he was saying and was far from
being drunk. He declined to say anything
until he saw an attorney, showing that he had
sense enough to appreciate the situation in
which he was placed.
A young man who prefers not to give his
name, informs the GLOBE that he knew James
G. Green in Marquette, Mich, in 1874e75;
that he was then at work at his trade "a tin
smith) for the Marquette firm of Sooville d
johnson. at that time Green drank good
deal, but was considered harmless. he claimed
to be unmarried when there.
WHO THE VICTIM Is.
The victim of this unprovoked assault,
Alfred @. Savage, is native Of Massachusetts,
and is about 35 years of age. He came to st.
Paul from Duluth in September, 1879, and
obtained employment at his trade as barber
with James Kennedy, on Robert street. He
remained with Kennedy some three weeks,
being discharged October 18th, 1S79,on account
of his convivial habits. He then went to
Saltwater, where he remained during last win
ter, returning to st. Paul in May last, and
again went to work for Kennedy, where he
remained until the Sth of June, when
with the assistance of Mr.. Kennedy, he opened
the small barber shop where he was doing
business up to Saturday night, when he started
out on his spree, which has had such tragic
ending. While at Saltwater he had periodical
drunks and got into several scrapes. When
under the influence of whisky he is very abus
i've in his talk, which was the case with him
yesterday. Mr.. Kennedy says he has a wife
somewhere in the East although he is not GER
tain. Mr.. E. 81. Murphy told GLOBE reporter
that he had known Savage for the past seven
years. He said Savage was raised at Water
vile, Mass, and had lived in Augusta, Maine
Mr.. Murphy says he is q single man and the
only relative he has ever heard Savage speak is
sister residing in Portland, Maine. Mr..
Murphy knew of no cause for the deadly as
sault beyond that of drunken spree. When
sober. Savage has the reputation of being
quiet and inoffensive man.
FLOATING STORIES.
Information was quite freely given at police
headquarters last evening, some of which was
probably based upon mistakes as to identity.
One young man was positive after seeing Green,
that he saw Green and Savage few minutes
before the shooting,a at the bar in voss' saloon,
(near where the shooting took place. taking
drink together and says that Green, before
drinking, raised his glass with the liquor in it
higher than his head. Another stated he heard
all the shots fred before he could get out on
the street and that he met on the sidewalk
woman whom he knows, the wife of a man en-
ployed about the Harvester works
office, who told him that moment before Sav.
age had met her and asked her if she would
recognize him. She answered pleasantly,
knowing the man, but added that she saw he
was intoxicated and thought he ought to go
home. He responded that he was not as bad
off as she thought fer, but that he wsuld go
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