The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-22
WENT TO COLLECT A BILL.
1t PTecipitated a Difficulty and the
Police Had a Hard Time.

John Hanley, Colored, Beat over the
Head, and His Assailants Defy Ar
rest-A General Row the Result.
Several Hundred People Gather" at
the scene-A Woman Fights Po-
Eceman.
Great excitement prevailed for some
time on Perry street, near Habersham,
yesterday, as a consequence of the arrest
Of a negro named George Henson.
Yesterday John Harley, an old negro
man who lives at Bolton and OFT streets,
went around to George Henson's house,
1873 Perry street, and presented a bill for
money loaned by Harley to Henson. The
old darby says that Henson was very
much in need of funds some time ago, and
he let him have twenty dollars on loan.
When he went to Henson to get the
money yesterday, Henson refused to pay
up, and some hot words ensued. Henson
jumped on to the old man and beat him
severely. Henson's wife, Fannie got a
club and gave it to her husband, who
used the bludgeou with great effect on old
Harley's head. The police came up about
that time and Henson got in his house
and dehed arrest.
THEY DEFIED ARREST.
Fannie Henson, two negro men and Lizzie
Parker, stood defiantly at Henson's back,
and said that no arrest should be
made in that house. Policemen
Il. F. Davis, James Mcclure and p. J.
Corners, driver of the patrol wagon,
were not to be kept from their duty in
that way.
They went into the house, grabbed the
prisoner, and then followed a regular free
fight, inside and outside. The officers
were fighting with the men and women
on the inside; the thousand or more peo-
pie who had gathered around the house
were yelling and shouting; Take him ~
Don't let him take you" "Hit him if
he puts his hands on you'll" Such express
sions dlling the air for some time. Ne
gro men would rush to the door, while
some few of the whites who had
gathered would push the intruders
back 1t seemed that there would
be a regular pitched battle on the outside
also.
In the meantime the brave officers were
doing all they could with the negroes
on the inside, and finally subdued them
Henson was carried to the barracks and
on the way started to curse and abuse the
policemen, but was quoted in way more
telling than eloquent.
After the policemen had ensconced Hen
son safely in the barracks, they came
back to the scene of battle for the wife
and the others who had aided in the re-
sistance. The men had fed, and the two
women were making their escape from
the rear of the house when the officers
returned.
FOUGHT THE POLICEMEN.
Fannie Henson, being foiled in her at
tempt TO escape, swOre that she would
not be taken, and fought like a tigress.
Policeman Mcclure had a hard time in
subduing her. Lizzie Parker was also
taken in. and soon the Red Maria gave
them both free ride to the barracks.
The officers are after the two men who
were in the house and trying to rescue
the prisoner
Fannie Henson and Lizzie Parker are
charged with interfering with an
officer in the discharge of
his duty and endeavorlng to
rescue pisoner from of
ficers. George Henson will answer to
the charge of assault
1t is said that it is becoming a common
thing for negroes when arrested by an
officer around and about some of the side
streets to resist arrest, and that crowd
which is almost always around goes to
the assistance of the man wanted. Police
men Davis and Mcclure and Driver Con-
ersn certainly had a hard time of it yes
terday afternoon. 1t looked at one time
as if they would be set upon by the whole
mob of colored men and women who were
muttering invectives against the officers
and otherwise exhibiting a desire to in
terfere.