The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-19
lUGHSON THE RAMPAGE
- EsS MURDER AND INCENDI-
ARISM AT GAINESVILLE.

Deueradoes Open Their Lawless
c.rpival Sunday Night by Firing
ronsvs in the Streets-A White Man
ois. rom His Wounds After His
,,onerty Has Been Burned.
From the Gainesville (Fld.) SUN.
large number of citizens were awak
= sunday night, just before 10 o'clock,
de loud reports caused by the discharge
;..,tguns and pistols. As near as we
I.srn. the firing was commenced in
- Of the Sun Office. The roughs then
.,saded to George K. Broome's store and
s.~olsbed one of the panes of glass
large windo W in the
of his store. They then
....oded northward on East Main street.
Kan they reached Mr.. MiIler's store they
80 approached by Policeman Watson,
IN was ordered by the party to git, " and,
said. that officer proceeded to obey
.a..e orders as fast as his legs could carry
~ several shots being fired while Watson
saving through the air at q $40 gait.
ne rI1fians then ceased firing until they
..acbed ] D. Nathesons store, when, dis
.oTsring w. N Wilson few feet in front
h them, they again began firing their
~,snons- Mr.. Wilson escaped injury by
,s Ss,Tuy'b behind a dry goods box.
0niet again reigned until the party
.,scbed the residence of DR.. N. D. Phillips.
~ latter had been disturbed by the re-
lar,s and walked out on his front porch to
- that caused the disturbance, leaving
~ 'front.' door open. As soon as the desper-
Us saw him they began firing very
|.snidlv in his direction, several of the bull
Ests passing very close to the doctor. In
t.ct n is very likely that DR.. Phillips
t,Sond have been killed had he not had the
Dresence of mind to keep moving backward
'rbile the firing was going Cd.
The outlaws then proceeded northward
|rnrl they reached Col V. j. Shipman's
E~dence, when they again discharged their
weapons, which was the last heard from
Them.
|throurh the weather boarding and ceiling
hi DR.. Phillips residence, struck a bureau
and Glanced off on to the floor, where ID was
|nicked up. DIR. Philips silk hat, which
Was on the hat rack in the hallway, was
yidded With gunshob; several fine vases
were demolished, and the hat rack was
|strhck by several shot and pistol balls.
Il il needless to say that DIR. Phillips
family were terribly frightened by the oc-
crurence. and the doctor is at a loss to I'M
derstend why the party sought to reek their
revenge upon him.
II is said that there were four men in the
crowd when the firing began, but when Dr.
Phillips saw them there were only three.
Ian the party were white men, and no one
Ia the city seems to be able to arrive at a
satisfactory conclusion as to what they were
hp TO-
Some think they were burglars, while
others express the opinion that they were
drunken roughs who did not realize what
they were doing.
RUNNING DOWN THE GANG.
Special to the Jacksonville Times Union.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, Feb. 17.-This COM
munity was in great state of excitement
yesterday, owing to the shooting of the
night before showing that there was band
of ruffians here who, whatever might be
their object, had demonstrated the little re-
gard they had for human life During the
day the sheriff obtained Q Glue toithe perpe-
traitors and an mixing of some fresh scheme
OF devtltry plotted for the coming night.
Further developments confirmed the be-
lief that it was their intention to attack the
=
miles out OF town. Owing to some
failure in a portion of their arrangements
the sheriff and his men were not able to
reach McPherson's until after the gang had
got in their work there. They had set fire
to his barn, burning it and his horses in it.
Having had some warning Mcpherson did
not dare go to the rescue of his property,
until party of fox hunters, who we're re-
turning that way, came by. As they Hleft
Mcpherson was sitting on a box outdoors,
when he was fired upon by some of the mis-
Greats and shot through the lungs, it is
feared fatally. A negro with him fired
upon one of them, hitting him in the foot.
This was about IL O'Clock.
In the meantime posse which had been
organized, and headed by Sheriff Fepnel
MARSHAL Davies, and ex-Sheriff Wienges.
vas lying in wait for them near the denot
lose to a house which, they had been in
ormed, was the rendezvous of the gang.
About O'Clock, one man was seen to 90
INTO the yard Of this house and was soon
ollowed by two others. They then held a
and started to go out. Wien
res rushed from his concealment and came
Up with one as he was getting over the fence
lie halted him, at the same time pointing a
listol at him. The man fell over the
ence and fred at Wienges, who re-
'eived the charge in the face, but fired
n return and brought his man down. The
lrlng became promiscuous, both sides
aking part, and the man was shot again
md captured. He is a negro thought to be
lamed Champion, and is the one who had
not at Mcpherson earlier in the night, as
lis foot had charge of shot in it Wienges
hlnks he Is from Tampa. The other two
escaped and ran down into the woods.
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