The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-19
SHOT IN sELF-DEFENsE.
The Killing of z. ]. Hicks at Humph-
reys-The Body Buried Here.

| reyS-Ine booy buried Here.
The remains Of E. J. Hicks, the locomo-
tive engineer who was shot and killed at
Humphreys last Friday morning by c. W.
Hicks, we're brought TO the city yesterday
morning by the Albany express, and at $50
| O'Clock the interment took place IN Laurel
Grove cemetery.
The particulars of the tragedy. as far as
could be learned, are as follows: On Friday
the deceased and Q. W. Hicks had a diff
Guilty IN which they came together, and E
j. Hicks, man weighing over 200 pounds.
ana being the more powerful man Of the
Two severely punished c. W. Hicks, who
! would nave been worse used had not parties
| lnterposed.
The difficulty grew out of an accident to
4. >. Hicks engine, having collided with a
lumber pie, carrying away the steam chest.
y. w. Hicks, head sawyer at the mills and
acIhg as general manager in the absence of
the superintendent on sick leave, is said to
| nave reprlmanded the engineer and that
Leu 70 the difficulty. C. W. Hicks
reported all the facts to J. J. McDonough
| OF TINS city, proprietor of the mills, and
owing to the dissipation of the engineer,
asked That his place be supplied with an
0ther man, but subsequently, c. W.
hicks had talk with the engineer, agreed
20 le6 bygones be bygOnes, and forgave the
assault upon him and countermanded the
request for his discharge
rrluay morning 1t appears that f. j.
ticks became offended because the superin-
| PENDENT had moved OF attempted to move
MS engine, and going over TO the commits
sary department of the mill renewed the
| quarrel and charged the superintendent
| with having been the means of his discharge
T. j. Hicks approached the keeper Of the
| commlsSary and said that he understood
mat ne had received a notice that Hicks
the engineer, had been discharged The
commissary keeper replied that no such
notice had been received by him.
Z. w. Hicks, who was sitting
on barrel behind the counter
IN the commissary department.
was then approached by the engineer and
accoSted about the discharge, and the supar-
lntendent admitted that he had the di -
charge IN his pocket. The engineer became
extremely abusive, and with threats ad-
Vanced upon the superintends nt at the
same time putting his hand in his pocket as
II he were about to draw a weapon, whe9
the superintendent drew his revol-
yer and fired, the ball striking
4. j. Hicks in the right side near the
breast, and ranging through the lungs. but
not passing through the body. The shot
| staggered the engineer, but he continued to
pursue the superintendent, until weak
| from loss of blood, he turned away and
walked some distance to his lodging place
ms was about9 O'Clock in the moining,
and he died about 7:35 that night.
Inc dying mans son, Benjamin, young
man OF 10. who Was about four miles away,
was summoned, and a very affecting scene
TOOK plaza at the bedside of the dying mau,
who requested his son to kiss him good-by.
Inc testimony Of those who witnessed
the shooting was decidedly in favor of the
superintendent, and the latter is said to be
IN great mental anguish over the tragedy.
de told the son of the man he killed that be
IeiD tnat MS NE was III danger, and that to
save his own life he fired the fatal shot
He volunteered to do anything he could To
advance the interests Of the son, but the
latter declined to consi Ter any favors at the
hands OF the man who had killed his father
Ihe puoilc sentiment where the ARRAY
occurred Is said to be decidedly in favor Of
the superintendent, and the coroner's iurv
Whlch investigated the shooting exonerate1
the superintendent from all blame.
Benjamin P. Lockwood of the Savannah
Florida and Western railway, a friend Of
the family of the deceased, says that he
knew the latter from boyhood, and he was
an industrious man and liberal. great
hearted fellow, but his temper was
ungovernable when he was il
liquor. His wife brought the
remains home and gave them fitting inter
tAiSAAOs oiAN St4O OJlNl d hORNING NEWS p
porter who called to see her Yesterday
that no better man to his family, aud to
| those about him lived than her
husband when he was at him
self. He visited the family in june
last, and after taking dinner
and supper with them returned
to Chnch county, taking with his
wife's consent their son Ben, who was en-
ployed as stoker on one of the engines
which run between the mill and the timber
lands The father and son roomed together
at Humphreys,
Mrs. Hi ks said that she was not able to
get all the particulars she desired ablut the
killing, but the details above given are
about "a she learned them, and it was her
| understanding that while the coroner,
jury had justified the shooting it is to be
further Investigated by the grand Jury.
The deceased was in his 37th year. and
had been railroad man for about fiftean
years: lie was five years fireman on the
FORT Royal and Augusta road, afterward
ran an engine on that road and on the Cen
trai. -Four years ago he removed with his
family to this city from Augusta. and was
employed as locomotive engineer by the
savannah, Florida aad Western, and in
October, 1887, he left the road to 90 into
the employ of }. j. McDonough e. Co in
the same capacity. His son saws that his
father was not drinking on the day of his
death. -1'
Taken to loves Caro1