The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
KILLED BY WOMAM'S BITE
Annie Jenkins Dies With LOCkjaW
From a Teeth Wound.

The Back of Her Hand Bitten Out In
Quarrel by Kate Grant and the Bite
Produced Inflammation and Tetanus.
The Grant Woman Arrested-The
OCCUR nee Brings Up the Supersti-
tion About Blue Gum Negroes.
Annie Jenkins, colored, who lives in
Indian street lane, near West Broad, died
early yesterday morning from the effects
of bite on the hand inflicted about two
weeks ago by Katie Grant, a negro
woman, supposedly Of the blue gum
species.
Little was thought about the wound at
the time, it being the result of a quarrel
between the two women; but the hand
began to swell, and finally lockjaw set in,
which resulted in death.
About two weeks ago the women had a
quarrel, in which neither was very care
full in her choice Of epithets applied
to the other. The Jenkins woman,
however, somewhat outstripped her
opponent in the tongue lashing part of
the quarrel, and in the general melee the
the Grant woman got the back of Annie
Jenkins right hand between her teeth
and bit piece of it out.
The wound was painful one but did
not appear serious. The next day the
jenkins woman went to the office of So
licitor General Fras er and explained her
case. Her hand, it seemed ,ihad already
begun to swell and she was carrying her
arm in sling She was advised
10 consult magistrate which
she did. A warrant against the
Grant woman was sworn out
at the Office of Justice Warning Russell,
Jr., and the woman gave bond for her
appearance.
BLOOD POISONING SET IN.
From that time on the woman's arm
began to swell all the way from her hand
TO her shoulder. Blood poisoning and
Inflammation set in, and finally lockiaw.
The woman became worse and worse UNI
Til last Sunday morning, when Drs. r.
G. and w. r. Norton were called to at
tend the case. They found the woman
suffering from lockjaw, which produced
tetanic spasms, making her so violent
that nothing could be done with
her except when she was under
the influence of opiates With the lock-
jaw 1t was hard matter to get her to
take any medicine, but her mouth was
finally forced open far enough for that
PNA PO9C' hC ClAGtb VI LI0 SGNtIO SJdSUlS,
however, finally resulted in the woman's
death at an early hour yesterday morning
This information, together with the re-
port that the Grant woman was about to
leave town, was carried to Detective
Morgan yesterday morning before he had
arisen, and he Immediately went down
and placed the woman under arrest She
was found at her nome in Indian street
lane.
SENT TO JAIL.
She was taken to Justice Russell's Office,
where she was committed to Jail under
charge of involun tary manslaughter in the
commission of an unlawful act.
The Grant woman says she had quar-
rel with Annie Jenkins and Annie called
her name which she could not stand,
she saying she would bite any woman who
applied such name to her.
DR.. r. G. Norton said last night that
the Grant woman was of the genuine
blue gum species. The bite of the blue
gum negroes is looked upon among their
class as beingfully as dangerous as,the bite
Of arattlesnake and, while tits considered
by many superstition, it would seem
from some instances that there is some
thing of fact in it. DR. Norton said, how
ever, when asked about the matter, that
he regarded the bite of any human being
as dangerous and poisonous to another. 1t
was his opinion that the bite of a blue
gum negro was no more dangerous than
that of any other person, both being liable
to produce lockjaw and tetanic spasmS