The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-03
SHOT THROUGH THE EYE.
HARRINGTON BAKER WOUNDED
BY GEORGE HOHENS HRIa.

The Result OF a Saturday Night Fight
Betwesn a White Man and Negro
The Sight of Bakers Left Eye De-
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bullets in His Head.
Shot While on the Run-His Condi-
ton Serious-Hohsnstein Arrested.
Harrington Baker (colored) was shot
and seriously wounded by George r.
Hohenstsin last night about 7 o'clock at
Railroad and West Boundary streets. The
weapon used was a doubls-barreled breech-
loading shotgun, loaded with No. 10 bird
shot.
The shooting was the result Of fight be-
tween Baker and Hohenstein, in Woeltjen's
store at the canal bridge. The negro went
into the barroom and bought two cooked
eggs from the proprietor, and on breaking
one found it to be spoiled. He showed 1t up
under Woeltjen's nose, with the remark:
''5ee there, it's rotten" Woeltjen pushed the
negroes hand off and told him to throw the
egg away and he would give him another.
Baker pitched the egg into the yard and
wiped bis hands on barrel near the counter.
The proprietor objected to this and tapped
him on the head in what he termed play
full manner. This aroused the negro's anger,
and he began raising row and cursing
him. Woeltjen walked into his grocery 20
avoid trouble, and Hohenstein, who had
come In during the quarrel, remarked that
he wouldn't allow negro to talk to him in
that manner.
Baker then turned his attention to him
and undertook to treat him TO q similar
dose as that which he had given the store
keeper. Hohenstein promptly knocked the
negro down. He got up and both went at
it in lively manner. The negro struck
Hohenstein over the eye and cut him, and
he. finding himself becoming worsted,
broke lose and ran into the back room and
grabbed up Woeltjen's gun, which was
standing in the corner.
Baker in the meantime had left Woelt-
jen's to 60 to August Pratts store, further
down the street. He had Just gotten TO the
railroad arch when Hohenstein reached the
store door and raised the gun to bis shoulder.
Some of the negroes, seeing what was going
to happen. called to Baker to look out He
jumped behind one of the pillars Just as
Hohenstein fired, thereby escaping the load.
The negro then started on q run for Pratt's
store. Hehenstein followed closely and
when Baker was within q few feet Of the
store he fired the second time.
Baker turned half round and received the
entire load in the left side of his face and
head. He gave yell and fell in the street,
Woeltjen's with the empty gun.
Two Central railroad policemen had heard
the first report and arrived just as Baker
was shot. They placed Hohenstein under
arrest and carried him to the barracks.
Baker was picked up and taken into
Pratt's store, where an examination Of his
wounds was made. One Of the shots had
entered the left eye, and two others pene-
trated the head just behind the left ear.
Blood flowed freely from the latter wound
through the ear, and the man groaned with
the pain of his eye. Several Of his friends
took him to DR.. Sheftalls Office, where his
wounds were temporarily dressed by the
physician. The sight of the eye is probably
totally destroyed.
Baker was seen about $50 o'clock by
MORNING NEWS reporter. He was lying
on bundle Of rags in the loft of Pratt's
store, and appeared to be suffering great
pain. Blood was trucking from his ear, and
the left eye was closed and swollen TO an
enormous size. He talked in q disconnected
manner, ard seemed to be bordering on
delirium. No one was caring for the
unfortunate man, and the reporter was
shown up to the loft by couple of the
colored loungers by the aid of a few
matches. The colored people living in the
vicinity we're highly excited over the affair,
and stood around in groups denouncing
Hohensteins action. None of them, how
ever, seemed to care a rap whether or not
Baker died, and there wasn't a person to
hand drink to him If he wanted It,