The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-10
SHOTS MEANT TO KILL.
SPERoN EANGIKoS PUTS THREE
BULLETS IN PIANO FOPE.

Through the Bay, Shooting az Every
body VINO Tries to Stop Him-Capt
ured in Jones Field and Knocse
Down by a Negro Whom he Tried I
Kill-Rivalry in Business Betwee
Pope and the asnRikos Brother
Ends in Vendetss-Tne Story CT I'll,
Shooting.
Speron HanZikos, a Greek frui. psi-
der, shot Paao Pope thrss tinss yesterday
morning, and then ran am sck d9wl Bay
street. shooting at everybody who tried
% interfere with him.
Tne trouble was q renewal Of the diffi-
Guilty Of Saturday morning, when the three
Hangikos brothers jumped uPoH Pops and
beat him severely.
The shooting Occurred aboat 5 o'clook ia
fro1tof kaTana11n d breo1s1s on BAY
street, where the fruit dealers had EstneTSd
70 make their Monday morning purchases
Trouble has been brewing for some time
between the established uit dealers and
the cart pushers who have recently come IN.
The MEETING or The ENEMIES
When the Hsugikos brothers and Pope
met in front q haFaualgl & Brenna1's
the difficulty of Saturday was renewed, aud
IL atHinklInE two q TIE brothers were on
Pope beating him for al they were worth
Th5mss White. shipping clerk st KAva-
nsuEh s. Brsnnan's who was making the
szIes . the fruit dsalers. iuterfsred. and WITH
great difficulty succeeded II pulling the COM
bsisnts apart. He had hardly ACCOMPLISHED
this when Spe-on Hsnyikos drew a pistol
from his pocket and. calling 70 Mr. White
70 get out Of the wsy, cOnmencei firing
rapidly he fired three shots, every one
taking effect upon Pope.
SHOT AT SHORT RANGE
As tie men were within q few feet Of
each other II Is wonder that be did net
XII Pope. As Is was only three flesh
wounds were Inflicted. Ste7on Hangikos
snapped his pistol the fourth time, bu. il
faxed 10 20 CT. j crowd gathered
st TIE sound or ths pistol saoss and Han
glkos broke OF down Bay street, parsed
b. nunbsr Of people At the corner Of
1t1c0l1 strsst be net Officer Cain, who, see
ing hin RAINING vita the pistol in his haad
sa1 TIE croEd pursuing, threw up MS club
ed s1ossvOred 70 stop him. The Greek
threw ID lis pistol and fred e. the oaicsr
tTlce point blank 81 close quarters. and
turning dashed down tbs roadway at toe
fcot o Lincoln ss7ss: 70 the Factors walk
under ne bluff.
LOADED BIS PISTOL AS HE RAN.
Esngikos must have loaded bis pistol as
pursuing h.In Gt close quarters, snd fred az
AlD- Re also bred e. boy on horseback
O. Bay street, who erdsevorsd TO stop him.
Hsog1Eos ran alo2R under the bluff around
D ths Lower nee mill AID the barge Office.
cut across Bay street and toward the
BAbo canal The police barracks had been
1uEs1 Of the shooting. and Chief Green
DISPATCHED Mounted officer Eve-s to pursue
tbs essailant Officers EFers and Cain and
Others u the pursuers followed hangikos
toward the canal, and caught him In Jones'
held near the Tybse depot The negro at
whom he fred was the arss to come up with
him
KNOCKED DOWN WITH CLUE.
The Greek made some resistance when
the negro struck him in tbs head with a
SICK, giving a crack, which drew the blood
freely. HsRgikos afterward claimet the
you'd was nnads By blow from a club by
Pope.
The prisoner was az once taken 10 the
barracks. Orders had been given the police
% arrest the other participants in the
ARRAY, and one OF the brothers was capture5
at the narket by Officer Murken and an
other on President street by officer
Scdliy. Peter Piatsnites, another
one OF the party, vas arrested
~ Detective Wetherhorn On Liberty street.
The party had scattered and was evil
oeatly eadeavoring to get out Of the city.
THE HEARING BEFORE JUSTICE NAUdHTIN.
The prisoners were taken to the barracks
and were afterward taken out on a war.
rant and brought before Justice Naughtin.
and after a preliminary hearing were
recommltted 70 jail to await their trial at
the December term of the superior court
under q charge of assault with in
tent to murder. They gave their
names as Speron Hangikos,
Aieholas Hangikos. a. Hangikos.
Peter Platanites. Very little satisfaction
was got out of them at the preliminary
nearing, as they were lRdisposed to talk,
AID very little Of what they did say could
Be understood. Their side Of the story. 30
Tar as it could be understood was that Pano
Pope was endeavorlng to override them and
run them out Of the business. They said
the Saturday morning row started because
ne threatened to overturn their fruit stand.
THE HANKIGOs BROTHERS STORY.
They said Pope came up to Kavanaugh &
brenpans with a club under his coat.
accompanied by several Of his friends. and
assaulted them first, and that they only
acted in self-defense.
Their story was not borne ont by the
evidence OF the spectators, however.
rope was carried to his room over Cell &
tguints shoe store on Barnard street where
MS wounds were dressed by DR.. Wegefartb.
ne received one ball in the right forearm
~4N AAOsuef III tue rlgnt thlRn, the ball
passing through the leg and coming out
under the skin on the other side. The s9in
OF the two middle fingers on Pope;s
right hand was torn on the
inside, but it was supposed that the
same bullet which entered his lag
nrss passed between his fingers, as he prob
ably had his baud down by his side. His
wounds ere painful but not dangerous. I'M
less blood poison should set TO-.
POPE UNABLE TO Talk
Pope was seen by a MORNING NEWS re-.
porter at his room, but was in no condition
70 talk. DR.. Brandt dressed the wound in
the head Of Speron Hangikos.
The shooting was the sensation OF the
Greek colony during the day. The older
Greeks who have been here some time take
Pope's part and look with great disfavor
upon the new colonies. They saw about
twenty Of them have come here within the
last two months, having been run out of
Birmingham.
RUN OUT OF CHICAGO.
Some time ago Chicago passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting the peddling of fruit
upon the streets, and about 2,06O Of these
fruit peddlers were compelled TO emigrate.
a number Of them coming south. They do
not seem to be a desirable class, and
probably some ordinance restricting their
operations here will be passed before
long The one who did the shooting had
quite sum Of money upon him whom arr
rested. Some of Pope's friends saw thew