The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-12
KILLED IN A QUARREL
ARTHUR GIGNILLIAT DEAD AT
STOK ZS BLUFF.


a Double Tragedy, the Details o.
Which Are Meager-Chief Engineer
Wadley of the Savannah Construc
ton Company Mistaken for Young
Gignilliat and the Report of his
Death Causes q Observation-Disclosures
Stevenson (ColOred) Also Killed.
The news of double killing yesterday at
Stokes Bluff, seventy-fve miles up the Sa-
vannah river, was received in the city last
night.
Horace Pinckney, a negro living near
Stokes Bluff, stopped there on his way to
Savannah and brought in the information.
Pinckney's story was that Chief En-
gineer and SupU. George Wadlsy of
the Savannah Construction had shot and
killed Edmund Stevenson, (coloredl assist
ant agent of the Augusta Steamboat Line at
Stokes Bluff, and was himself killed by
Stevenson. Pinckuey arrived in Savannah
by the Charleston train last nglt and re-
ported the killing to Edmund Stevenson. Jr.,
son of the dead man, who is a porter for
James Hart q Bro, on 81. Julian street.
MR.. wADLEY NOT THK MAN.
kilograms from Ridgelsnd, S. C., indi-
cate that Arthur Gignilliat of the South
Bound engineering corps, instead OF Mr..
Wadley, was shot and killed. PiHckney
says the killing took place about noon III
front of the warehouse at the StoSes' Bluff
landing and that it was the result of
quarrel between the men tine day before
over Stevenson's failure to return for the
other horse and buggy which he had Dor
rowed in Robertsvllle. The men were not
more than twenty PAGES apart when Steven
hn galgaEWC
door, was fred upon.
sTEvENsoN'S FEARFUL SHOT.
Seizing a shotgun, he returned the fire,
tearing away nearly the entire upper part
of his victims bead. Pinckney saw both
men after the shooting. Stevenson was
dead ana the other was dying when he left
for Savannah.
The first news Of young Gignillist's con-
nection with the shooting was a telegram
received by T. S. Hayward early in the
afternoon TO the effect that Gignilliat was
dying. The telegram gave no particulars.
Later telegram was received at Denmark,
Adams q Adams Office for w. l.. Gignif-
hat, ESQ.,, recently connected with the firm
dated Ridgeland,S c.. saying "Come at ouce
to William LawGon'S. near Brighton. Your
brother has been killed" Brighton is just
across the river from Stokes Bluff The
telegram was forwarded last night to MIR.
Gigniliiat, who lives in Bingham county,
between MARROW and Guyton.
DETAILS UNoBTAINABLE
The distance of Stokes Bluff from the
railroad or telegraph station made it i'm
possible to obtain fuller details of
the affair last night There is
little doubt, however, that Pinckney
mistook Gignilliat for Supt. Wadley. AS
Mr.. Wadley was in the city yesterday and
left last night for Macon, he could NOT have
reached Stokes Bluff Wednesday, when the
fatal quarrel began. He is expected in
Savannah this morning. Young Gig illiat
was in the city this week, and left Tuesday
on the steamer City of Americas for Stokes
Bluff.
The report that Supt. Wadley had been
killed created good deal of excitement on
the street last night until the dispatches an
nouncing young Heyward's killing became
known. GignilliaJ was about % years
old.