Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-19
JEALOUS RIVALS DEADLY
SHOT.
He Meets his Enemy, Kills Him and
Escapes.

Last evening about hslf-past seven
o'clock, the vicinity of York street lane and
Houston street was startled by the report of
pistol, followed by shrek. Immediate
ly all the houses in the lane, from East
Broad to Houston streets, were emptied of
their occupants, and crowds came running
from every direction. Policeman Mcguire,
who was near the locality, rapidly fastened
to the scene. He found lying in the lane,
about midway between the streets named,
a colored man who was wounded in the
breast, and from whose mouth bloody
froth was oozing. The man was
unconscious and evidently dying, and the
negroes from the house in front Of which
the man was shot pretended to know Moth
ing about the affair or about the man. The
policeman at once dispatched a messenger
to the barracks for the police wagon, which
was promptly sent to the place. The
wounded man was placed therein, and the
policeman started for the barracks, but
Just before reaching It the unfortunate man,
who had been unconscious from the time
he was shot, expired. The wagon contain
ing the corpse was then driven into
the yard at the rear of the station house,
and Coroner Sheftall was notified.
An immense crowd of colored people, men
and women, and many whites followed the
wagon through the streets, and q scene of
great excitement was presented In front OF
the barracks. Policeman Mcguire had arrest
ed Jim SolomOns, colored, who insisted that
the occupants OF one Of the houses In the
lane knew all about the matter. Policemen
Power and Mcguire were at once ordered to
go and arrest the parties, which they did,
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the barracks. They all contended
they knew nothing beyond the
fact that man had been
shot, but were ignorant Of the particulars
OF who did the shooting.
Solomons stated that the deceased was
named Isaac Keebler and that he was en-
ployed as porter In a commission house on
the Bay, and had the reputation Of being
sober and industrious. Solomons said
that he did not know the name of the man
who shot Isaac, but had seen him frequently
and could identify him. He stated that
Isaac had formerly lived with a colOred
woman named Annie Wiley, who lives In the
lane, and that the other man had succeeded
Isaac In the affections of that female. There
had been some trouble between them on
this score, and Isaac had been warned not
to come near the lane, or he would be kill
ed. Solomons further said that yesterday
evening he was talking with Isaac in the lane
when the latter suddenly remarked that it
was not safe for him to be about there, and
started to leave. As he was passing through
the lane he was shot, SOlomons did not see
the shot fired, but was one of the
first to reach Issac, and found him MORALLY
wounded. These meagre particulars were
all that could be ascertained from SOlOmons,
who asserted that Annie Wiley, the woman
above referred TO, could tell the name of the
party who did the shooting, and give other
information. This assertion Annie denied
and protested she had been sick a week and
knew nothing about the shooting. These
two, Annie Wiley andS Solomons, together
with several others, who had been in the
meantime arrested, were held as witnesses,
and ordered to be locked up.
Meanwhile the Coroner arrived at the
barracks, and, after hearing these state
meats, determined to have the inquest to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock. As 1t was
believed that the negroes in the lane
knew more about the killing
than they seemed willing to tell,
Lieutenant Sheftall, who was on duty,
took detail of six policemen and marched
direct to the lane, where he deployed his
squad so as to prevent the escape of any
one. He then raided the houses and cap
tured a number of cOlored persons, who
were carried to the barracks to be held as
witnesses.
After q cursory examination the Coroner
found that the ball had entered Isaac's
breast just above the nipple, and penetrating
the lung had lodged in the body. There
were no other wounds to be found, and 1t
was apparent that death was produced by
this shot. A more careful post mortem ex-
animation will be made to-day.
The killing created great excitement
among the colored people, and large crowds
fingered in the vicinity OF the barracks dis
cussing the tragedy. Up to late hour the
party who fred the fatal shot had not been
arrested, but it is thought be will be sppre-
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