The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-11
PIANO PoPE's AssAILANr.
HanGikos Bad Two Pistols and Used
Them With Telling Affect.

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Them With Telling Affect.
Psno Pope. who was shot day befor
yesterday by Speron Hangikos, anothe
Greek, was reported yesterday by his ply
stefan improving. His assailant stands {
chance for long term in the penitentiary
He had two pistols instead Of one when BIZ
shot Pope which explains the firing of SC
many shots without reloading. he carried
pistol In each hand as be ran and fret al
| everybody that ATTEMPTED to interfere with
him.
Besides firing two shots at Policeman
Cain he fired several times at w. II. Gordon,
the colored man who pursued and captured
him. Gordon had 10 dodge behind a tree
to escape the shots. Gordon was the first
man TO reach Hangikos in the chase, aud
seized him at the risk of his life.
IeAssistant Chief Killourhy praised Cor
| don's conduct very highly yesterday. 1t
frequently happens In an emergency that
colored men are OF great assistance t. the
police In arresting desperate characters and
in preserving order. The police did quick
work in arresting the men. News Of the
affair was received at the barracks by tele-
phone shortly after its occurrence. and in
an hour all OF the participants were
under arrest. Their hot Greek blood will
have time to cool before their trial.
One OF the Greek fruit dealers fraternity
told MORNING News reporter yesterday
that the general belief among the Greeks of
Savannah is that the Hangikos brothers and
Peter Platanites are mem bers OF the Malta.
They are a mixture of Italian and Greek.
Their methods, the fruit dealer said, are ex-
actly those of the Malta. They purchased
pistols and knives Saturday for the pur-
pose OF killing PIANO Pope. and laid all their
plans for getting out of the city after COM
uniting the crime, as was evidenced by their
having all their money upon their person.
The Hangikos and Platanites, he said,
were driven out Of New Orleans, Chatta-
nooga and Birmingham because of their
disturbing propensities They were in sew
eral rows with the Greeks Of those cities
and made attempts on different persons
lives.
According to hiss story-and he claimed
to be pretty well posted on their history
the quartette is a murderous gang. They
had been heard to say that they intended
to kill Pope and some OF his friends before
leaving Savannah
The Greek fruit men of the city are thor
oughly aroused about the attempted muir
der. and intend to petition council to either
prevent the peddling Of fruit on the streets,
or else prohibit the peddlers from standing
In front OF the fruit stands and stores and
trying to undersell the men who pay taxes
to carry on a Legitimate business.
ropes friends are indignant at the claim
made by the prisoners that he struck Speron
Hangikos with club before the latter shot
him. They point to Pope's record in Sa-
vannnh as sufficient denial. He has been
here about eighteen years. and has
always been known as a quiet, peaceable
man who attepded strictly to his own BUSH
ness. He was never known to carry a
weapon Of any kind. Pope stated yesterday
that the first intimation he had that he was
to be attacked was when the Hangikos
brothers knocked him down. He had no
club, and If he had one he wouldn't have
had an opportunity to use it.