The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
SLASHED ACROSS THE FACE.
Henry PisiOTd, COlOred, Badly Cut by
a White Han.

George Sweat Charged With Doing the
Cutting-The Row Started on a
Street Car, Where the Negro As
sauIted Charles Manning Diff
Guilty Renewed After They Left the
Car and the Negro Badly Cut-The
Story of the Fracas.
Henry p. Pigford, colored carpenter,
was cut almost to death last night by
white man. though just who did the
cutting has not yet been determined with
certainty.
Charles Manning, who was in the fra
cas-. was also cut in the face, but his in
iuries are in no wise serious.
As Policeman d. G. Cronin was riding
out Bolton street, at 7:35 o'clock, he met
a crowd Of white men on the corner of
Drayton and a crowd Of negroes at Aber-
corn. The negroes told the officer that
one of their number had been badly cut
by a number Of white men who had just
gone up the street.
SAID IT WAS SWEAT.
Riding back up Bolton street Officer
Croniu met the men, and Just then the
negroes brought Pigford up bleeding so
badly from gashes in his face that he
could hardly talk.
When asked to point out the man who
cut him he said he was not in the crowd,
but told the officer that the mans name
was Sweat Sweat and Manning, it seems,
had left the crowd, but another of the
party, who had been with them, told the
officer that Pigford had cut Manning in
the face and that his wounds were very
serious The negro was then arrested
and was carried in the patrol wagon to
tho Office of DR.. NJ T. Davis, where his
wounds were dressed. After that he was
sent out to the Georgia infirmary as his
wounds were too serious to allow him to
be taken to the barracks.
The negro was cut in the back, and
there were four or five deep gashes in his
face. He was bleeding profusely when
brought in, and it is said he may die from
the effects of his wounds.
STORY OF THE CUTTING.
Pigford is a carpenter who has been at
work at Isle of Hope He came in last
night on the O'Clock car, and at Thun-
dcrbolt, Charles Manning, George A.
Sweat, Thomas Mincy and John Mincy of
Scriven county and number Of other
men got on.
One of the two men accidentally put
his foot in or on Pigford's dinner basket.
/ uG utELO btCdIlG angry anu d ludLLGl
was the result. Several blows were
struck before the contestants could be
parted by Conductor Barbee.
Whether Manning was cut in this row
on the car by the negro, or after all had
left the car and the fight was renewed is
not known. At any rate, he had few
slight gashes said to have been made by
PigfOrds knife.
When the car reached the Belt Line
4 br "a C,cf nd Di~rfo a,,I
the white men met at East Broad and
Bolton streets, where the rest Of the
trouble occurred.
A negro who says he saw the whole
difficulty, said, last night, he cried to Pig
ford to look out, and just as he did so the
negro was cut in the back, as he was
about to turn to see what was the
matter As he turned around
he was slashed across the face four or five
times, each cash making an ugly wound.
He said he thought Sweat did the cut
ting The wounds seem to substantiate
his story in regard to the manner in
which they wero made.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
Mr.. Mincy, who was with Sweat
and Manning after they left the car, said
that the negro was following the men and
that he renewed the attack. He said
neither Manning nor Sweat did the cut
ting and it was done by some other par
ties whose names he did not know.
Sweat, having been charged by the
negro with doing the cutting, was ar
rested an hour later on Bolton street by
Officer Cronin. When he was brought
INTO the barracks there was some trace
OF blood on his hands and the knife which
was taken from his pocket was smeared
with blood When asked about the affair
he said he knew nothing at all about
and had nothing to say in regard to it.
The negro was in bad condition last
night. Sweat was the only one arrested,
as he was the only party that the negro
charged with doing the cutting.