The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-26
TIE DAYS CASUALTIES.

One Negro Accidentally Shot and Two
Others Done Up With Steel and Lead.
It Is seldom Christmas passes iu Savannah
without a few cutting aud shooting scrapes
and yesterday proved no exception to the
general rule.
James Whithsld Ccolored) was shot and
probably fatally wounded by Charles Ward
while he was eating dinner in a Yamacraw
cook shop at Lumber street and Indian
street lane. The ball entered Whitfield's
back and ranged across into his breast.
Ward claims that the shooting was acci-
dental. He was seen by MORNING News
reporter after being lodged In the barracks
6y Detective Hanley, and told his story.
BE said Whitfield and himself went into the
cook shop TO have dinner, and the latter
took seat at table in front of him. About
| the same time Ward said he pulled a pistol
from bis pocket to extract the cartridges,
and while in the act of doing SO the weapon
was accidentally discharged. The prisoner
stated that Whitfield and himself were the
best Of friends and he had no reason TO
| want to take his life.
! Whitfield was taken TO his home on Farm
street after the shooting, and last night his
! condition was reported critical.
In the afternoon the wounded mans ante
| morten statement was taken by Justice
| a table disputing with the proprietor of the
| cook shop when he was shot from behind
by Ward. At first be didn't know who
shot him, but when he turned around and
saw the pistol in Wards hand he charged
him with the act. Ward admitted the
shooting. Whitfield said, but told HIM that
1t was accidental The accidental story is
probably true. because Ward made no &C
tempt to escape.
About 1870 o'clock in the morning
William Brown and John Paschai got into
a row on Farm street. The men pummeled
each other with their fists for awhile.
but finally Brown, realized that he was
getting the worst of the fisticuff, drew a
razor and proceeded to carve Paschal in
style. He managed to get in two cuts on his
opponent, one in the face and one in the
arm. but Paschal pulled his pistol before re-
ceiviug any further dissecting and re-
sponded to Browns performance by shoot
ing him in the arm.
Sergt. Reilly arrived on the scene during
the row and captured Brown without anV
trouble. but Paschal got into "a house, the
inmates of which denied the officer admit
tance. Sergt. Reilly, however, didn't pro-
pose to be frustrated In his attempt to
capture Paschal, and broke 10 the door. He
got his man. but the negroes showed de-
sire to interfere with the officer, and they
would probably have attempted rescue
but for the timely assistance of Lsmuel
Wade and 8. A. Rhett, two respectable COL
ored men.
Neither Brown nor Paschal are danger
ously injured. Both we're locked up in the
barracks and had their wounds attended to
by DR.. Drummer.
A negro waiter at the Marshall house
named Alexander, lost the roof of his mouth
yesterday while blowing a big Christmas
horn. Alexander had just given a toot
when drunken man pushed the other end
Of the horn and drove the mouth piece
backward into the roof of the Negroes
mouth, tearing it almost to pieces Alex
ander had to get a $40 plate put in place of
the natural roof. His blow was rather a
costly and painful one.
Philip Foster was struck in the head with
brick by Joseph Demere last night about
So'clock, at Indian and Farm streets. and
seriously wounded. The two men uuarreled
about riding with a girl at the flying horses
Fosters head was crushed by the brick, and
he was unconscious for several hours.
Demere was captured by the police, and is
locked up at the barracks.