The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-31
KILLED IN THE DARK.
WatGhnal Love RiddlHi
With BlckSh0t
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY At THE CON-
MERCIAL GUANO WORKS.
FORTY FATAL Wounds.
The Deed Of an Un-
known Assassin.
E0UR NUCpRCTC kRRE2TED
four SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
The Coroner's In
vestigation.

III. E. Love. assistant Waterman OF the
Commercial Guano CompanY's factory ives.
of the Ocean Steamship Company's
wharves, was shot dead at 10 o'clock last
night as he stepped from one of the doors
of the milling building. His body was rid
died with buckshot, twenty-eight penetrat-
ing his breast and twelve entering his face
and head. Four negroes have been arrested
on suspicion Of having been connected with
the murder.
W. H. Bowie is the regular watchman at
the factory. Just after be had made his
10 O'Clock round Love reported to him that
he had heard some one moving about in the
milling building. He directed the watch
man to remain at the entrance TO the fac
tory and to head off any one who night come
out. while he went around the building.
Bowie took his position and Love started
through the building with his pistol in his
hand.
''MY GOD, I'M KILLED.
After he had been gone about FIVE
minutes Bowie heard loud report and al.
most Immediately the cry, my God, I'm
killed."
Bowie picked up his lantern, and running
TO the platform between the building and
the railroad track, he held it up to see il
anybody was in sight. He heard the noise
OF some one running through the weeds
near the gate and fred two shots in that d.
rection from his pistol. Then be made a
short search for Love, and, not finding him.
he ran over 30 the Southern Cotton
Oil mills and asked the watch
man there to go back to the guano factory
with him and help look for Love, as he
feared he had been killed.
Thetwo watchmen returned to the factory
and began q search OF the milling building.
One of the doors about half way In the
building was open, and the searchers walked
out on the little platform. Lying at the
edge was Loves pistol, and as the men
looked over and down to the railroad track
which was alongside. a sight met their
gaze which made them start back with ter.
ror. Between the ties and platform posts
was Love lying on his back, with hs eyes
wide open and his face smeared with blood.
LYING IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
Bowie and his companion jumped down
and felt Love, to see if there was any life
left, but the body was cold and stifFenIng.
He had been killed instantly. Blood was
running from a wound over his left eye, and
the watchmen, without making an exanina-
ton. supposed he had been killed BY a pistol
ball
A telephone message was at once sent to
the polics barracks and Coroner Dixon. The
scene Of the murder is about a mile west of
the oity. Officers Clayton, s. NJ. Davis aud
Jernigan had been sent from the police
barracks and arrived in short time with
the ambulance.
Loves body was lying where it had fallen
and every one around was still under the i'm
preston that pistol ball had killed him
until an examination of the
wounds was made. The dead
mans overcoat was found to
be perforated, and upon opening his shirt,
the tweuty-eight wounds in the breas,
were disclosed. Two shots had penetrated
his heart.
WATERMAN BowIE's THEORY.
Waterman Bowie said he felt satisfied
that the murderer had mistaken his victim,
He believes the fatal charge was intended
for himself aud not Love. He gave hi,
reasons for the opinion. 1--WE have beer
experiencing trouble lately" he said, with
thieves, who tried to enter the factory
every Saturday night to steal the clothes OF
the coloIed operatives, which are hung UT
in a room upstairs. The operatives have
been in the habit of putting their money in
the clothes. Saturday night two week,
ago a pair OF pants were stoler
and several heard the thief in the mill
Itried to head the fellow Off but he escaped
Next morning Love made an investigation
and tracked the thief to a house II
Smart's old lumber yard adjoining tn,
factory. That night Engineer Manning anc
myself went to the house to see il we could
get clew. When we knocked at the door
negro opened it and seeing who we were
he slammed the door with the evident in.
tention of extinguishing the lantern carriec
by Mr.. Manning. He appeared almost in
stantly with an iron pipe and attacked US