The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08
RAWLSLIKELY TO RECOVER
His Physicians Now Say That His
Chances are Good.

] AurB. laws tells her STORY OF Ine
Shooting and the Circumstances
That Led Up to It-Said She Wrote
the Note to Warn Rawls of Her
| Husbands Intentions on His Life.
! She Denies That She Attempted
suicide-Rawls Shot Only Twice In
stead of Three Times.
/ Mr. W. H. Rawls, who was so badly
/ shot by Lemuel Davis day before yester-
| day and who was not expected to live,
will probably recover.
| Mr.. Rawls was shot only once IN the
body instead Of twice as at first supposed.
/ The bullet which entered his left side
ranged around and downward coming
out at the right groin, two holes being
made with one bullet. The bullet dropped
on the floor when the physicians were
dressing Mr. Rawls' wounds at Young
| love & Goodman's stables. 1t was picked
up by gentleman who supposed it to be
the bullet which made the wound in the
side of MIR. Rawls' head.
NOT AS DANGEROUS AS SUPPOSED.
The attention of the physicians was
called yesterday to the fact that MIR.
Rawls' trousers showed but one bullet
hole-that in the left side. This caused
them to make a closer examination of the
wounds, which satisfied them that both
| holes were made by the same bullet, and
that the wound was much less serious
than at first supposed. II was also evil
dent that the bullet had not pen
Grated the bladder as at first supposed.
MIR. Rawls' physicians, Drs. r. q. and
w. E. Norton, W. H. Elliott and William
Duncan, held a consultion at the hospital
nd viz -
facts stated, decided that no operation
was necessary. MIR. Rawls was much
brighter yesterday, but his physicians
gave orders that he should not be allowed
| to see any one except the mem bers of his
family.
SAID SHE WROTE THE,NoTE.
Mrs. Davis, the woman about whom
the trouble occurred, was seen yesterday
by a MORNING News reporter at her
home, No. 2716 West Broad street
Yes, / suppose am the cause of the
whole trouble" said Mrs. Davis in
answer to a question. my husband for
babe me seeing Mr.. Rawls or having any
thing further to do with him, but / in
sisted on keeping itup against his will.
IL is true that my husband caught
me writing a note to Mr.. Rawls
Thursday night and tried to take
it away from me, but | chewed it up. 1t
] L
tempted to commit suicide in any way.
When found that Mr.. Davis intended to
shoot Mr.. Rawls / determined TO give
him warning. | kept a watch for Mr..
Rawls, and when l saw him coming up
the street | ran to an upstairs window
and made signs to him not to come across
the street He paid no attention to me,
however, and when I saw him coming
across the street to where my husband
was | ran down to the door
81 heard him say, Bill, did you get
note from my wife2' Tell him yes, ,
said, but MIR. Rawls did not acknowledge
it, When ] saw that Mr.. Davis was
going to shoot l ran into the house.
did not see the shooting"
HAD KNOWN HIM ALL HER LIFE.
Concerning Mr. Rawls Mrs Davis said:
! 81 have known Mr.. Rawls and his family
all my life. l came from the same part
of the country. l saw him frequently at
my husbands shop, where he came to be
| shaved. Mr.. Rawls used to come here to
| see some cousins of mine who were stop
! ping here, and that is the way he began
coming TO the house. The night that my
! husband met Mr.. Rawls in the hallway
! and caused a row, he was here to see one
! of the young ladies. Mr.. Rawls used to
! stop to talk to me on his way to work
! My husband objected to this, but l con-
tinued to see him, and that is how the
whole trouble arose.
! Mrs. Davis is a woman of medium
height and stoutly built, of dark COM
! plexion and apparently about 30 years of
age. She said she had been married
eight years and had four children.
On advice of his counsel, Davis declined
| to sect any one at the Jail yesterday.
He was said to be much calmer and more
collected than he was the day before.