The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-02
RIOTERS RUN AMUCK.
FOUR MEN STABBED AND TWO OF
THEM LIKELY TO DIE.

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lie the Southern Part of the City
Joseph Scales and JEFF Waters
Thought to Be Fatally Staobed-An
Old Colored Man Knocked Down and
Lays all Night in the Road-The Po-
lice Gather in the Rioters.
A bloody ARRAY occurred at the corner of
Anderson and Montgomery streets early
Yesterday morning, in which Joseph Scales
was seriously, if not fatally, stabbed in two
places, and jeff Waters Richard Pinckney
and Antony Giveus coloredl were cut, one
of Waters wounds being serious, if not NOR
tai Scales is at st. Joseph'S i8firmary, and
the three negroes arc at the Georgia intirm-
airy. G. f. Scott and J. A. Crosby are in
the barracks charged with the cutting.
They were arrested by mounted Policeman
Baughn, who heard the ores of murder"
and police" and galloping to the scene OF
the affray, kept the two men at bay until
Policeman Brantley came TO his assistance
The sergeant on duty at the barracks was
notified as soon as a message could be DIS
PATCHED to the barracks and an abundance
was sent for the wounded men. who were
brought in, and DR.. Drummer was summoned
and attended them. From o'clock
until nearly yesterday morning, IN
room slippery with blood, he worked
on the four wounded men, whose means
and cries of suffering were continuous.
Scales was unconscious. and for time there
was no sign of a pulse. Applications OF
bottles of hot water to the extremities and
frequent internal doses of rum restored
him to consciousness He is cut in two
places in the back, one of the knife thrusts
piercing the lung cavity.
STABBED HALF A DOZEN TIMES.
Waters has six or seven stabs in the back
and shoulders, the most severe being in the
abdominal cavity, and one, it is feared, has
penetrated the left kidney. Pinckney is
badly bruised about the head, and has an
ugly cut in the left arm. Givens was
knocked down by blow on the head with
some blunt instrument, and was stabbed in
the bowels and in the back His injuries
are not believed to be serious.
A MORNING NEWS reporter interviewed
all the principals in the nffray. Scott and
Crosby were seen in their cells at the bar
racks, and their stories are about the same,
but lacking in detail. They say that two
weeks ago a negro named Marion Haywood
met them on the street, and after some
words, clutched Crosby by the throat, and
threw him into the middle of the street.
About II o'clock Saturday night, in com
pany with Scales they met Haywood in the
neighborhood of Montgomery and Ander-
son streets, and the difficulty was renewed,
and after a fight, as they called it, the trio
went out on Henry street, singing at two
or three places. They admit that they were
drinking Finding everything quiet, they
returned to Montgomery and Anderson
streets, where they found a crowd Of ne
groes collected, and one OF them, jeff
Waters, said: There's the - now. y
A fight began, and some cutting was done,
but the men do not know who did it.
SCALES STORY OF THE ARRAY.
Scales was pallid from hemorrhage when
seen on his cot at ST. Joseph's inflrmary
last night. He had previously been visited
by SCOTS mother Scales said that he
knew nothing of the previous difficulty
with Haywood. He was not in the com
pany of Scott and Crosby on that occasion,
and was not accustomed to running with
any one. He had the misfortune to be with
Scott and Crosby Saturday night On
their return Waters had applied the epithet
as stated by Crosby and Scott, and when he
saw that row was imminent he tried to
mako his escape, but he received two stabs
and fell unconscious He had no
recollection of being conveyed in the ambu-
lance to the barracks. He says that he
does not know who cut him, whether one
of his companions or one Of the negroes. He
denies the statement Of Waters, that the
latter had accosted Scott in q friendly way,
or that he had said to Scott, "Bubby, You
have cut me.n Scales talked with great
difficulty and with eviden5 pain, at one
time almost losing his breath, although he
carried on the conversation in a very low
tone He has bruise on his face, which,
he says, is not from blow, but he thinks is
from the fall when he became unconscious.
STORY OF THE NEGROES.
The three negroes were seen at the Geor
gia infirmary. jeff Waters statement is to
the effect that until the assault uINAn him he
had been on the most friendly terms with
Scott; they had been street car drivers on
the same line, and bad often taken SCOTS
dinner to him. lie says that about l. o'clock
that night, or little later, he heard the cry
of murder" and heard George White saw
Take him off, 1t was then when Pnckney
was beaten up and stabbed. Whoever did the
stabbing went away. Later on he heard
crowd singing, and directly "Bubbyn
Scott, Scales and Crosby came up, and as
they approached, one said, Don't let us
sing here" Waters says that when he
recognized "Bubby" he said: "Bubby, is
that youl Give me a cigarette" Scott
applied the epithet which Scott saws
Waters used, and Scales struck him in the
mouth, and Crosby struck him ON
the shoulder. Seeing that they
we're not playing with him, but
intended violence, he begged them
TO let him go, and Bubby Scott stuck a pis
tol under his ear and told him he could not
go. Crosby, whom he struck, knocked him
down, and Waters .then says Scott and
Crosby got on him and while one was stab
bing him in the back the other was stab
bling him in the shoulders. While the
struggle was first going on Scales said:
"Bubby you have cut me,n and that Scott
replied, Did l." and when Scales said
Eyes" Scott replied: 81 thought it was one
of the niggers Waters said that he struggled
TO get away, and cried ''polcen and
murder" and the timely arrival of Officer
Baughan was all that saved his life there
Scott said to Grossly, Lets kill the -
-" Waters said he called for help and
James Schreiner and ChaS Hill, two colored
men, started to come, up but had to run
away to save their lives a
RUNNING AMUCK. -
Pinckney is a negro afflicted with paraly-
sis of the right side and is a helpless
paralytic. The men assaulted him. Pinck
ney says, earlier in the night, knocking him
down with brass knuckles, and when he
tried to get away as fast as his paralyzed
condition would permit, Scott stabbed |
him in the arm Pinckney says that they |
beat negro named Ben Rovin, who had to |
flee for his life. After Pinckney's cry for |
the police they left him and ran away.