Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20
A BULLET In HIS LUNG.
LUCRETIA CAMPBELL DRAWS A
BEAD ON JOHN WOODWARD.

tragic Ending of p Sunday Afternoons
Quarrel in Frogtown-Prob' by Fatal
shots Follow Slap in the Face-The
Won d-be Nurderess Captured and
Lodged in the Bsrracks-Her Victim
Lying in an Unconscious Condition.
Lucretia Campbell, a young mulatto
woman, shot and probably fatally
wounded John woodward, colored, at 6
O'Clock last night.
The scene OF the shooting, on West
Boundary near Sims, is one OF the poorest
class OF frame tenement houses in Frog
town. Clara Jones, who lives IN the
house, and John Rockins, who was passing
along West Boundary street, were the
only witnesses of the affair.
From the statement of the Jones woman
1t appears that Woodward and the Camp
bell woman had been quarreling all the
afternoon. Twice the Jones woman In
terfered and stopped them. Finally the
TWO went Into a room by themselves and
renewed the quarrel. Woodward threat
ened to slap the Campbell woman II she
did not keep quiet.
She paid no attention to his threat and
he struck her and started out. He reached
the street door, opened it and turned
around as if to go back. LucIetia followed
him out of their room, but ran in again,
seized WOodward's revolver and again
entered the outer room just as Woodward
turned. Swearing that che would kill
him, she raised the pistol and fired.
BULLET IN HIS LUNG.
The ball entered his right breast and
passed through the lung. The man tell
back against the wall and then ran into
n a
bed. Clara Jones was standing within
pace of Woodward when he was
shot. Fearing that the Campbell
woman would fire a second shot she
sprang across the room and grabbed the
revolver. A sharp struggle ensued. The
Campbell women fell or was thrown
down, and the Jones women snatched the
pistol out of Lucretia's hand.
John Rockins (colOred) was in front of
The door when Woodward opened 1t.
When the shot was fred kockins ran
Into the house to Woodward's assistance.
The wounded man said that he was hit in
the breast and believed that he was badly
hurt. Rockins advised him TO go into the
next house and helped him there. AS he
was coming out Rockins met LucreGa
Campbell walking hurriedly towards
Little Jones street.
THE woULD-BE MURDERESS CAUGHT.
He caught her by the arm and told her
that she would have 10 60 to the barracks
with him. She said that she had
not done anything, but Rock
lns started off with her. A large
prowd had already collected and Rockins
hurried MS prisoner along to get her away
from the throng. AS they passed along
the dark streets she begged her captor to
let her escape up one OF the alleys. He
heard the crowd behind him talking eX-
sitedly, but could not tell whether they
wanted to take his prisoner away from
him or not.
AS soon as he got under an electric
light some of those following came up
and urged him not to let her co.
ROckins took her safely to the barracks,
and turned her over to Sergt. Killouryh,
the officer on duty. The Sergeant de-
tailed Policeman g. T. Durham to hunt
up the witnesses and the officer got the
Jones woman and the pistol, which is a
B2-calibre Smith 81 WessOn.
EHE WOUND LIKELY TO PROVE FATAL.
DR.. Parsons was sent for and be dressed
Woodward's wound. Late last night
Woodward was unconscious and
the chances are that he
will not recover. BE is from
North Carolina originally, but has been
In Savannah three years and for some
time has been in the employ OF D. c. Ba-
eon & Co. He had been living with the
Campbell woman about month. The
after was partly drunk when she did the
shooting.
Rockins is employed by the Ocean
Steamship Company. Four years ago he
lhot and killed Cato Nash while trying to
arrest him. Nash had killed ROckins
brother and said that ne could not be ar
rested. When John Rockins approached
Nash began firing at HIM and was fired at
IN return and killed. Rockins gave him.
lelf up and was acquitted by the Coro-
hers jury.