The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
BULLETS RIGHT ANDLEFT
LIVELY SHOOTING IN a CROWD
ON RANDOLPH STREET.


Henry Holmes Cheses Rister Hunter
With a Horse Pistol and the Police
Chase Holmes Into the Bnbo Canal
Supt. Cobb of the Tybee Road Takes
a Hand in the Capture OF the Sup
posed To-Be Murderer.
As the caurch-Zoers Of the Fort were get
ting out on the streets yesterday morning
at IL o'clock, they were startled by the
sharp report of a pistol, followed by the
cries: Murder police catch the murderer
kill him."
A moment later a stout, heavily built
negro ran down President street as fast as
he could 60, pursued by tall negro who
held horse pistol leveied upon him, firing
as he ran. Simultaneous with the shooting
Policeman Belford, who was patrolling East
Boundary street, ran out into President
lust in time to see the two negroes cross it
aud he gave chase. "Stopl" shouted tue
officer as he drew his revolver and kept
running upon the negroes. stop, say,
or MI" before he finished the sentence
the tall negro who was giving chase
turned into a bYway and eluded the police
man, while the other jumped over the fence
and ran toward the canal Officer Belford
kept up the chase, all lhe time calling on the
negro to stop.
ALL THE FORT OUT OF DOORS.
The streets were full of people running
here and there trying to find out what tho
trouble was. The church goers, especially the
women, ran into their houses, fearing that
another riot was on. AS the policeman
chased the negro through the field toward
the canai, Supt. Cobb of the Tybee rail
road, who heard the shooting and saw the
commotion on the streets, jumped on an
engine which was ready to g out, and took
Detective 81 Basch with him and they ran
the locomtive down to the canal and headed
the fugitive of. The negro made an at
tempt to cross the railroad and go over to
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way, but Supt. Cobb was too quick for him,
and stopped him. Seeing that he was fooled
the negro plunged into the canal and at
tempted TO swim across Supt. Cobb
and the detective jumped down
from the engine and tried to make the negro
come out of the water, but he stoutly re-
fused. By this time Officer Bedford ran up,
accompanied by Officers McCabe and
Maher.
CAPTURED IN BILBO CANAL.
'Come out of the water, or I'll kill you"
said Officer Belford, who was told that the
negro had killed somebody.
Kill me; I'll nuver come out or de
water,n was the savage answer.
The officers then went down on the side
of the canal and they finally persuaded the
negro to come out. He crawled up on the
bank with his clothes full of mud, and
glanced at the officers as if ready to jump
back into the water at any moment. When
he was well out on dry land he was ar
rested aud Officers Bedford and Basch got
on the engine with the prisoner and brought
him back to the depot and took him to the
barracks Jail.
fha i = bs G-f,,
rested while standing down IN the field
watching the officers arrest the other maa,
and he was also taken 10 the barracks. His
pistol was taken 10y mounted officer McCabe,
who rode down East Broad street holding it
up so that the crowd on the streets might
see il.
STORY or THE ARRAY.
At the barracks the negroes gave their
names as Ritter Hunter and Henry Holmes.
Holmes did the shooting. Taking the story
Of the man, the atfray was the outcome Of
a disturbance between them and the wife Of
Holmes AMI negro named William
jenkins. Sa urday night. r ster Hunter
II IS claimed, against whom the others were
arraysd, severely drubbed the Holmes
woman and beat ths two men, The matter
was reported TO the police. but Hunter was
thea out Of the way and Holmes was told
that If be was troubled again to get an
officer, Quietly, andhave the negro arrested.
Yesterday morning was the first time
that Holmes saw Hunter. He armed HIM
self with the 44-caliber horse pistol and
walked along some distance behind Hunter
When the men got out on President street
Holmes placed the pistol in his pocket in
such position that one-half of it was visi-
BILE. Pedestrians on the street saw the
pistol and began to watch the two negroes
Holmes crossed to the opposite side Of the
street, all the time keeping his eyes on
Hunter.
THE CHASE THROUGH THE STREETS
Look out, he's going TO kill himW said
some of the urchins who were following the
two men, eager to see the ARRAY. Their
talk attracted Hunters attention, aud turn
ing around he saw the crowd that followed
him, aud his eyes fell upon Holmes aud the
elephant weapon"
Look out Look outl He's going to
shoot. Head him off there" shouted the
crowd
Hunter glanced around and started off
down President street as fast as he could
go. Holmes whipped out the pistol and it
was then that the shooting took place. aud
the crowd shouted, "Murderi Police
Catch the murderer Kill himln
Seldom has the Old Fort been so stirred
up as it was then, an inhabitant said las t
night. Nobody knew the cause of the COM
motion, and yet everybody was out on the
streets joining in the gabble. There was
considerable smoke in the air, but after il
cleared away nobody was dead on thu field
The jenkins man was also arrested, and the
three will be up before the mayor to-day.