The morning news., 1889-05-22
SHOTS CLEAR A STREET.
a CONTRACTOR AND AN ATLANTA
POLICEMAN IN \ DUEL.

The officer Eventually Wounded in
the Eloow-othev Cmcsrs husn Up
ard stop tie Condict- News
ana Gossip otthe state Capital
ATLANTA, Ga, May 81. This af ernoon,
about o'clock, lively plsto! fight between
Policeman John NoncrIef a Joseph Ret
ter. a bridge ui!der, created great excite
nent on Decatur st.e .eet. Retter came ners
recently from St. Louis, and about ten
davs ago was arrested by " ncrief for
beng drank and disordcrly. He paid tbs
fine. but returned in day or two and
made sCine inquiries about the officer who
arrested hin, q on leaving said be in
te ded TO fix him. Early this aftern on a
pa, ,tuer of Ret er's. J. F. Atkinson, who
halls from Richmond, Va, was arrested for
beiug drunk on the streets aud locked up.
The arrest, as it happened, was made by
Officer Moncrie'.
TIE FCsILADE.
Soon sitter Retter, who had been drink
ing. appearel at the station to get Atkia-
sOn out. He was toll to leave. He next
went on Decatur street and hunted up
Officer Mo4c lei. He began TO talk roughly
ana Officer Moncrief tod him he was
duty aud uIG not talk 10 bin, and turned
around and walked off. Retter pulled his
pistol and fire 1t tie officer vi hOut warn
ing. Moncrief wheeled ABOUT, aId as he
did so Retter stepped behind a te.egr ph
pole ana fred again Moucrief answered
this with two rapid shots, both taking
effect in the pole. Ret or fred again, the
ball striking Moncrief in the right elbow.
OTHER OFFICERS ARRIVE.
At this critical i'll cture Patrulman An
derson came up and Immediately drew his
pistol. He is a dead shot, but Retter's back
was toward hin, and instead OF 5 ooting be
rusned forward aud grabbed him before he
could fire again. The rival OF two or
three other officers ended the disturbance
Retter was carried to the police station and
afterward to the Jail on a warrant for
assault with intent to murder.
TAXABLE LANDS
Recently the Fulton unity tax collector
demanded tax Of Clarke university (col-
ored) on large DIV Of valuable Ian near
the college, nd since has been investigating G
the prol erty ho dings of other institu
tions. His search has resulted in
his declaring liable tbs property OF
the Allan Female Institute, on
Peachtree street, the Atlanta medical col
lege, the Southern medical college, the
Eclectic college and sixty acres Of land
belonging TO the Atlanta university
Ccolored) under advics from tie com mptroller
that scho Is colleges conducted for the
purpose OF making mo ey are subject TO
tax The law ais permits a double tax for
the years in which the property was unre-
turned. and a it is valued at between
S75, 900 and 800, 900, this means large
am INT If tax tor the state aud county.
The collection of th So taxes viii be re-
sisted.
TIE ROAD CONGRESS-
All the pref uioary arrangements have
been perfecte1 for the road congress, whicl
o eets in tbs chamber Of commerce at 10
sicoca tomorrow morning. A large num-
her Of delegates have arrived tonight, and
It is expected that when the congress
ores v,ry county will be represented.
The ar augement agreed upo tonight is
TO elect L F. Livington of New Oh tenn
porary chairman, and he indications are
that W. A. Huff of Bloc cJun = will be
m8de permanent chairman
The legislative joint Committee which
has for more than a week been examining
the acc1uIts of the treasurer and comp
troller finished the work this Afternoon.
They report the books of both de- lsrtmsuts