The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-10
SHOT WITHOUT WARNING
JAMES BURKE SENDS a BULLET
THROUGH HENRY HARPER


A Drunken Negro Aims a Shot at the
First Man He Sees-HaTper Badly
Wounded and Likely 10 Die-Burke
Evades Capture.
Henry Harper was shot through tne right
lung by Jim Burke, a notorious negro, at
the corner of Sims aud Guerard street lane
early Yesterday morning. The shooting
was upprovoked and c1wardly, as Harper
had not even spoken to Burke at the time
he was shot down.
Harper had juss eaten his breakfast and
had started down town. As he passed. the
corner Of Guerard street lane and Sims
street he saw Burke, who was under the
influence of liquor, standing on the corner
Aourishing pistol He said nothing aud
went on his way.
SHOT WITHOUT WARNING.
When he reached the opposite corner,
Burke raj sed his pistol and fired 81 him
without a word. The bullet struck Harper
below the right shoulder and entered the
lung. Harper turLed around and called 70
Allen Stinson, another cOlOred man who
was walking behind him. that he was shot,
and was about to fall when Stinson caught
him and laid him on the sidewalk. Burke
staggered across the street with the revolver
In his hand to where the wounded man was
lying, and stopping down looked at him In
a careless manner. Some one told Burke
that he had shot Harper, and he replied in
q careless manner, did IT
ESCAPE OF BURKE.
The shooting attracted a large crowd,
and Policeman Morgan, who was in the
neighborhood, went 10 the scene as soon as
he heard of the affair. 1t is said that
he a
one say that the police were coming, when
he seemed to suddenly sober up and ran
down the lane, making his escape.
Officer Morgan made a thorough search
Of the neighborhood, but was unable to find
any trace of the man. He had Harper con-
veyed to his home on Guerard street lane,
about block south Of where the shooting
took place.
HARPER LIKELY TO DIE.
DIR. B. r. Sheftall was called 10 attend the
injured man, and found him in such weak
state that he found it inadvisable TO attempt
to extract the bullet. DR.. Sheftall said that
Harper is seriously wounded and that the
chances are not very favorable 10 recovery.
A MORNING NEWS reporter saw Harper
at his house in the afternoon and found him
suffering intensely he was under the in
fuencs of opiates and was unable TO make
any statement other than that Burke had
bbOt MIN WITHOUT any prOFOCdtl9n-
The place where the shooting occurred is
in the lower part Of Frogtown, which is
thickly populated with negroes. Burke,
who is a shiftiess negro, seemed 70 have
many friends among the people Of that
vicinity, who said they didn't think he in
tended TO shoot Harper, and was just out on
a drunken frolic.
BURKE BAD CHARACTER
Burke was released from Jail only two
weeks ago. where he had been incarcerated
on charge Of larceny. He is a brown
skinned negro, about 25 years Of age. of
nedium hight and weighs about las
pounds.
Harper is a married man about 40 years
old, and was employed as laborer at the
Ocean Steamship wharves. He is said TO
be very peaceable and hard working man,
and had nothing TO do with the rowdy
element Of Frogtown, but always attended
70 his own business
the shooting was one Of the most DELHI
crate and cowardly that has occurred in
Savannah for years, and every effort will
be made TO capture Burke.