The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-08
BEGGED FOR LENIENCY.
PIANO PoPE's INTERCzssIOE FOR
TIE EANJIKOs BRoTHkRs.

The Greeks Plead Guilty to Unlawful
Shooting and Are ct CT With q
Fine Through the Prayer OF the Nan
Whom They Tried to Nurder-A Re-
ma-kabls Exhibition of Forgiving
Spirit-Other Cases in the Courts.
The Hanjikos brothers who were indicted
( BY the superior court grand jury for as
saulting with intent to murder PIANO Pope,
| pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawful shoot
/ ing, and were fined $3.50 each. The plea
was accepted through the intercession Of
Pope, who begged the lsnieucy Of
the court in behalf OF his
assailants. The case Is an unusual one. The
shooting took place on Bay street, and was
the result Of q previous quarrel between
Pope and the HRnjikOK brothers who were
Pope's rivals in the fruit business.
Inc shooting appeared to be entirely I'M
provoked The HanjikOs brothers had
already attacked Pano Pope a few days be-
fore on Congress street, and given him
| good mauling because be objected to their
stopping their carts in trout Of his fruit
| stand. Ths fruit dealers were st Kavan-
auRh y Brennan's as usual on the Monday
morning following the first attack, when
the three HanjikOs brothers and Peter
the difficulty.
The salesman attempted to separate them
| when Nicholas Hanjikos drew a revolver
and, exclaimiag to the crowd TO stand out
OF the way. commencing shooting directly
at Pope who was only few feet away. He
fired three shots, two of which took effect,
Que making flesh wound in Popes right
arm and the other making a similar wound
in his right thigh. The shooting caused
great excitement and Hanjikos fed down
Bay street pursued by crowd ),
including policeman. He had
another pistol on his person, which ne drew
and fired several shots at parties who tried
desperate chase in Jones' field beyond the
Tybee depot.
1t was generally expected, on account Of
the Yiciousness of the attack and the sub
sequent desperate resistance to arrest, that
HanJikos was sure Of term in the coal
mines. The result was general surprise 20
all who were acquainted with the circum-
stances. Pope left the court room with his
assallante, profuse in his expressions of de-
light that they got of as they did.
The Pittman murder trial, which was to
have been tried in the superior court yes
terday, was postponed owing to the alb,
sence Of one Of the witnesses for the de-
fen5e
The grand jury in the United States dis
trict court returned several indictments
yesterday. About the most important was
an Indictment for embezzlement against
Ryal J. Phillips, late postmaster at Adel, for
embezzement OF money order funds and
illegal issue Of money orders. Phillips is
well known in this section and has figured
quite prominently as republican politi-
clan. He applied for the position of consul
general TO Cuba upon the election Of Presi-
dent Harrison, hut was satisfied with q
fourth-class postmastership.
Indictments were returned against John
Simpson OF Chatham county for passing
counterfeit money, and John Kemp of
Emanuel for violation of the internal reve-
nue. law. TCrHs g3ON.
The grand jury was discharged for the
term altar presenting its report.
e. pTUar hE
The case of Annie 7. Tarver against the
New oEngiaad MISUNDERSTANDING Com
pany ana the Union Real Es-
tate 81 gGFrust Company of New
York wessheard by Judge Speer yesterday
morning. 1t came up on motion of John
Walter Robertson Of Macon, counsel for
Mrs. Tarver, to restrain the Union Real
Estate Trust Company from taking
possession of and BUSTING Mrs. Tarver from
the possession of $50 acres Of land in TwiS9s
county, which that company claims under
proceedings now pending in the courts. The
land in question is part of a tract OF 1900
acres in Clinoh county, which was mort
gagged in the New England
Mortgage Security or Company BY
the a. Tarvers, and on which
the mortgage was forecibsetl. Mrs Tarver
claimed q homestead upon tho $50 acres in
question. The matter has been Ia litigation
for sometime. Judge Speer decided that
action must await the proceedings now
pending in the courts. L0L