Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-06

ward me. l said: Stand back, Mr.. Davis,
and a. the same time voice from the
next room yelled out:
"'Kill him, Tom! Kill the -----Y
II sprang back and threw the chair on
which had been sitting down between
us. He jumped at me, grabbed me, and
showed me against the table, almost caus-
ing me to fall. had let go of the satchel
and thrown 1t on the desk as ne sprang at
me. AS he did so he became furious.
"'pll fix yOup he yelled. - - you
FlI kill your
"As he said it he reached around toward
his hip pocket. Then l drew my pistol
and shot. AS raised up DAVIS fell. Then
| heard a noise in the next room.
jumped back against the wall and tired 3
shot in the direction from which the noise
came. After that l ran to the door, and
after turning at the knob for long time
succeeded in opening it. / ran out with
my revolver in my hand, but seeing no
one put it up, and went down STAIRS"
Then Holland told the well-known story
of how he walked around into West
Broadway, and was arrested near Cham
bers street. 1t was the policeman, he
SAID, who took his revolver from him. He
showed where he had carried it., just in
side the waistband OF his trousers, and
said he always carried pistol there when
away from lOnes
A jurvman asked Holland what became
of his $500. He said he never saw it after
ward. IL was money quite new, and con-
sisted, he thought, either OF six $50 bills
and two 500 bills or four bills of $50 and
three OF 800. He was sure there was no
bill of lesser denomination than $50.
They we're the same bills that Hill had
lent him. Lots of jurors then asked ques-
tions, and Holland answered them all.
He never saw or SUSPECTED the sliding
panel operated by The Davis. Had never
heard of any panel racket in connection
with the sawdust game. He had no idea
what became OF the bag full of money.
Then he said:
''Atter fired the first shot the room
was full of smoke, and / could not see
anything. | fired the second shot and
made for the door. / was trying to save
my life, and was not looking for bag or
money"
Then Holland told about how he re-
turned, surrounded by a crowd, to the
scene of the shooting, and saw a little
black bag lying on the desk. 1t was the
sawdust bag that The Davis had showed
through, but he thought it was the bag of
money. He had bought and paid for it,
he said, and so told the policeman to look
out for it, as it was his. In answer to
questions of counsel, he said he believed
it was rightly his, and that the money was
as genuine as any ne had ever handled. If
he had secured it and had found it to be
counterfeit, he would have destroyed it.
He was looking for no false money.
just there Juryman Sachs, the tenth in
the box, asked
Odd you believe you could buy $10,-
600 OF good money for $500 of good money
in New York? Al believed that they
would offer me that amount for $500, hop
ing TO get IT away from me by trick, and
meant to look out and keep it.
Q.-DO you think that that was right
A.-They offered it for sale, and l was
ready to buy it. If l had got it i should
have used it.
Holland said he shot Davis because he
believed Davis was going to kill him, and
to defend his life and property.
About denying the ownership of the lit
tie black bag he said:
81 knew that had shot and probably
killed a man. and thought it was not ad.
visable to lay claim to $4,000 of good
money on the ground that had bought il
for $500. 1t might go against me-"
Finally the prisoner was turned over to
Col. Fellows, who conducted the cross
examination. Mr.. Fellows brought out
the huge revolver, and Holland recognized
it as his own. He recognized another, just
rs DlBs as having UelOu&SU 10 Hill he
put the pistol inside his trousers to show
how ne carried it, and at Col. Fellows
order, TO show how he had shot Tom Da.
Wis, pulled out the big weapon and aimed
it true at the ColsnePs heart quick as a
flash.
''You were quicker than Davis" the
Colonel observed.
alt seems So" the Texan replied, with
a GOODNESS that made everybody laugh.
When Holland said he did not come here
on purpose to get Davis money, but had
always had an idea of coming, Col. Eel.
lows remarked:
"Yes; ! suppose every Texan lives in
the hope of seeing New York at least
once before he dies"
At this the laugh was with the people.
Excepting evidence that Holland was
mistaken in one item as to the way he
and Hill registered, the Texans story
was straight from beginning to end, and
in spite of the ColonePs rigid cross-ques.
tiOning.