The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-17
SHE COT BOTH BARRELS.
Silvia Jackson Shot While Stealing
Potatoes From a Field.

Thefts on Mr.. Ezley's Place Had Be-
come Frequent and Overseer Morgan
Was on the Watch-He Espied Silvia
and Ordered Her to Halt-She Failed
to Heed the Call and a volley Of Shot
Was Sent After Eer-Brought in t o
the Barracks Where Her Wounds
Were Dressed-They May Result
Fatally.
Silvia Jackson, colored, was shot and
quite seriously wounded, about s o'clock
last night, by Il. A. Morgan, on Mr.. r. A
Exley's plantation, near the Southern
Cotton Oil Mills. about a mile west of the
city. Morgan brought her into the bar
racks last night and turned her over to
the police
DR.. NJ. I. Davis made an examination
of her wounds and found that while they
were serious there was no immediate
danger of her death. 1t was thought,
however, that they might result fatally
later on. The cause of the shooting, which
was done with a double barreled shotgun,
both barrels being fred at her, was that
she was engaged at the time in stealing
potatoes from the field, and when dis
covered she attempted to escape.
MORGAN on THE WATCH.
For some nights negroes have been 60
ing into Mr.. Exley's field and digging up
the potatoes, carrying them or whenever
an opportunity presented itself.
Morgan Is an Overseer on the place, and
he determined to put a stop to these
thefts and keep a guard over the prop
erty, Accordingly he went out in the
field last night with his shotgun one bar
rel of which was loaded with No. / shot
and the other with No. 4. He had not
waited long before he saw a shadow in
the darkness at some distance He too
was discovered, and the thief, who was
Silvia Jackson, started to run, carrying
with her part Of her load which she had
stolen.
Morgan says he could not see in the
darkness whether the thief was man or
a woman, and, in fact, that thought did
not enter his mind He called to her to
stop. but the call went UNDECIDED, and
Silvia only ran the faster. With that he
hred both barrels Of the gun at the fleeing
woman, and a large number of the shot
taking effect, she fell to the ground.
BROUGHT TO THE BARRACKS.
When Morgan reached the woman he
found that he had wounded her pretty
badly. and that she was unable to walk
and could hardly talk. He got one of the
hands on the place, put her into cart
on some straw, and brought her into
the barracks, where charges were pre-
ferred against her He said he judged
from her actions while coming in that
she was wounded quite badly, but how
bad he did not know
She had TO be carried from the cart into
the barracks by two policemen, being un-
able to move by herself. She was placed
on some blankets near the stove and DR.
Davis was summoned He examined and
dressed her wounds, and found that a
large quantity of the shot had entered
her hip and lower abdominal region, and
stated that while the wounds were Sc
rious, there was no immediate danger of
her death. He thought, however, that
they would eventually result fatally
Morgan was held at the barracks until il
could be ascertained what was the extent
OF her injuries, AMI when it was deter
mined that there was no immediate dan
ger Of her death he was released.