Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-23


he meant TO insult him, when O'Reilly
slapped him IN the face. Pfuger then got
up, took q pistol from his pocket and
placed it behind the counter on
shelf No one told PHuger
TO put his pistol away, and at the begin
ming of the difficulty the witness saw no
one Interfere between the parties. w hen
Phuger came from behind the counter,
after putting up the pistol, O'Reiliy met
him and SLAPPED him again, when
THE FUSS BEGAN,
and Moehrke and Honie tried to separate
them. Deyine stood aloof, and had moth
ing to do with either of the men. Alter a
time all the party went out, except De-
vine and O'Reilly. The witness went TO
close up the shutters at the front door,
and when he came back Deyine had the
pistol and O'Eenly was trying to get IT
away from him, but did not succeed.
| on going to close the shutters,
| the witness saw MOohrke and some
one else standing outside talking TWO
| men whom he knew as being emplCye ed
| at Feely's stable then came IN, and as
/ they entered Deyine and O'Reilly went
out. and the saloon door at the front was
locked. The two men took drink and
renamed in the saloon with the witness
! while the shooting was going on outside.
/ These TWO men, after the shooting was
over, were let out at side door by the
/ witness, who then turned out the lights in
| his saloon and went upstairs. Neither
| Of the two men TO whom he referred as
working in Feeiy's stable was Fisher.
/ One was dark-comp exioned
/ man. MOessner also testified that
he didn't hear any ghting on the pave
ment after the saloon door was closed.
1 0'Reilly and Pfuger, I've said had dis
pute IN his saloon about three weeks be-
fore the night Of the murder. The shots
which witness heard ccurred about three
minutes after the saloon was closed up.
ANOTHER STORY OF THE FUSS.
Charles Helwig testified that he was
no. intimately acquainted with Phuger,
but that he saw him t ne night before he was
killed and heard O'Rtilly call him an in
sulting name. Pfuger asked if he meant
TO insult him. and put his hand behind
his back. when O'Reilly asked if he
had a pistol. P6uger said he had and
that he was going to get rid OF 1t. The
witness then gave an account OF the light
in the saloon, and stated that after leaV-
ing the place and that while he was on
President street, half way between
Montgomery and West Broad streets,
he heard three Or four pistol shots
In the direction of West Broad street.
Upon the eros -aXan ination the witness
stated he did not see Pnuger put the
pistol down. He saw O Re lily try to stop
him from coming out 'om behind the
counter, and heard Dew ne say, Don't
have any more lshIlnE, OF
words TO that effect. The men
then cot TO fighting and n onig tried to
separate them, but did not S, e DeVne try
to do So. The witness was reminded of
the evidence which he gave before the
Coroner's jury. whereupOn he rec0llected
that Devine had interfered to stop the
fight after P1uger came from be- hind the
counter. 1t was then that FL sher re-
marked:
"LET THEM ALONE-LET THEM FIGHT
1T OUT"
The witness did not see Devine struck,
but saw Fisher take bold of him. Pft1ger
lett the saloon before the witness lid.
Carney, one of Feeley's drivers. carried
him out, but the witness did not see what
became of him after that. He followed
MOessner out, when the latter
went to put up the shutters. He
saw several parties so into the saloon
after he came out, but didn't know who
they were. MOehyke was still in the sa-
loon when the witness Went out Phuger,
he thought. had had time enough To get TO
Broughtou street before he LETT the saloon,
but he didn't claim to have taken particu-
lar notice of the intervals as to time.
When he left. however, he walked at a
gO0d pace dlagonally across to President
street. The party he was with were
drinking beer in the saloon. He didn't
see any one knock Devne down. and
didn't remember having seen any mark
on Deyne the next day at the inquest.
There was lighted lamp over Moessner's
door the night Of the tragedy when the
witness came out Of the saloon.
John Honig testified that the party
had played two games of cards after en-
tering the saloon and was on the third
game when Deyine an d O'Reilly came in.
The witness gave an ccount OF the diff
Guilty in the saloon, and stated that he was
bit twice on the head with q chair bv De-
vine when he was trying 10 separate Pfu-
ger and O'Reilly. O'Renly hit at Moehrke,
who followed the witness out of the door.
He then asked Moehrkp where his nat
was, and was told it was inside. When
he was walking towards Zubly street ne
heard
THE FIRST SHOT,
and turning about saw the flash Of the
second shot, fred from a point near the
saloon. The flash seemed to be about
as high, as man would hold
pistol. He did not see who
did the shooting. The third shot
was fired Immediately after the second,
but he had his back turned and was half
way across Zubly street, an I did not see
the fash. He identified Fist er as one Of
the PARTIES who was on tle sidewalk
when he came out OF the salO, m. and said
that when he left everybody Il ought that
the fuss was over.
WINDING UP THE FIRST DAYS TEsTI-
MONY.
Peter OFT was the next with ess intro
duced. He repeated the story about the
tight in MOessner's saloon and how he
heard the pistol shots after he left the
place, and was on President st Get half
way between Montgomery ana West
Broad streets.
Robert Schneider testified that at the
time the shots were fired he was " alking
on Montgomery street. near State: hat he
went across TO West Broad stree and
found PAuger body on the ground. about
three minutes after the last shot was Lired.
There was no one near the dead man. He
stopped down ana got a good look nc his
face, but hearing some one cry "pOliee -
he thought it was time 20 leave.
/ r. w. Fisher testified substantially az,
/ az the Coroner's inquest. ON being cross
/ examined he stated he came out OF the
( saloon before MOessner and found
| MOehrke and Carney standing outside. nd
7 that when Deyine came out and began 10
/ click a pistol he ran across the street to-
\ wards Feeley's stable, but could not say
| whether Carney ran ahead of him