The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-30
RIOTER JACKSON WILL DIE.
The Street Car Trouble More Serious
Than Was Supposed.

story of the ARRAY - He Charges
Messrs. MCGOWAN and Everett With
Shooting at Him-The Facts Difficult
to Get At.
Simon Jackson, who was shot in the
row on the Suburban and West End street
car, reported in yesterdays MORNING
News, is in dying condition. Jackson
was shot through the left lung, the ball
entering two inchesa below the heart
The bullet was taken out yesterday
morning by DR.. r. G. Norton, who is at
tending Jackson DR.. Norton visited
jackson in the afternoon at his home in
Woodville, about two miles west Of the
city He said last night that Jackson's
chances of recovery are very slight.
Mackey Jackson, a cousin of Simon
jackson. who was also shot in the ARRAY,
was arrested early yesterday morning at
his mothers house near the old fair
grounds. by Detective BOssell and Officers
Kavanaugh and Brazzell. MacEey is
wounded IN two places, having a flesh
wound in the left thigh and a slight
wound in the right hand. He is said to
be the man who brought on the whole
difficulty, having first insulted the two
white men on the car before the car left
the city, and then attacked Mr. S. w.
Everitt when the car reached the end of
its route
JACKsON's ARREST.
Jackson's own story corroborates this
charge in part. He was arrested yester-
day morning about 80 O'Clock after the
officers had searched the whole of West
Savannah AS soon as Sergt Baughan,
who was on duty at the office, heard OF
the affair, he notified Detective Bossell
and sent him out with officers Kavanaugh
and Brazzel 10 arrest the guilty parties.
The officers searched West Savannah and
Woodville without finding Mackey Jack
son, he having left his home in the latter
village.
At 40 o'clock the officers arrived at
the home of Jackson's mother at Telfair
place near the fair grounds. His mother
denied that Jacksan was in the house.
but the officers insisted upon searching
it. JacksOn's mother attempted to arouse
him. but the officers were upon him before
he was half awake. Officer Kavanaugh
snapped cuff upon one wrist, but before
he could fasten the other wrist Jackson
recovered his faculties sufficiently to at
tempt a resistance. Detective Bossell
showed Colts six-shOoter under his
nose, however, which tanned him down at
once. A 3S-caliber pistol was found upon
jackson, with four of the chambers dis
charged.
SAID THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE LESS.
jackson told the officers after he had
been put under arrest that there was still
one load in the pistol, and that if he had
known who they were when they seized
hold Of him there would have been one
less Of them.
The police ambulance had been brought
along and jackson was put into IL and
taken to West Savannah for the purpose
of Identification by Messrs. Everitt and
McGovern, who were wounded in the af
fray.
That's the man who shot me-" said
jackson when he saw Mr.. McGovern.
That's the man l had down when |
was shot" he said when he saw Mr..
Everitt. The pistol which was found
upon him, jackson claimed to have taken
from Mr. Everitt. He claimed that he
had no pistol when the row began. Simon
jackson also claims that he had no pistol
Jackson was seen at the barracks by
MORNING News reporter. He talked
freely of the affair. He said he was
standing at the Central railroad depot
when the last West End car went out,
about II O'Clock He saw his sister on
the car and thought he would jump up
and ride out with her, as he had never
taken a ride on the new line. The car
stopped at the Central depot for the CON
ductOr TO collect fares.
START or THE ROW.
jackson claimed that he he said some
thing TO his sister about the fare and she
replied that she had already paid for
both, whereupon Mr. Everitt, who was
sitting just in front of him, called out to
the conductor that there was man there
who had not paid his fare, pointing him
out. jackson said he cursed MIR. Everitt
for a - liar and other offensive terms,
and that the latter swore back
at him. He thought no more of
the matter he says, and sup
posed il had been dropped When the
car stopped at the end OF the line, he got
of TO let a woman out, when Mr. Everitt
stepped down beside him, and exclaiming
''Where is that -- niggerp' and fired
at him. The ball went through his hand
and he then seized hold OF the pistol,
which he claims was discharged three
times while he was holding 1t. While he
was endeavoring to wrest the pistol from
MIR. Everitt, he says another white man
jumped down from the car and com.
menced firing at him, one ball going
through his leg.
GOT THE PISTOL.
He succeeded in getting Mr. Everitt's
pistol away from him, and the crowd hav-
ing scattered, left the place with his
sister He did not explain how IL was
that he went away with a loaded pistol
in his hand without shooting either of the
white men or without being shot again by
them. jackson said he did not know that
his cousin Simon had been shot until after
his arrest yesterday morning.
Mr. Everitt's statement to the police
agrees almost exactly with that
told by jackson as TO the begin
ming of the difficulty at the Cen
trail depot When the car arrived
at the end Of the route, he says. the two
Jacksons attempted to pull him from the
car, saying that they would get even
with him for what he had said at the
depot. After he had been pulled from
the car Mr.. J. w. McGovern, the only
other white man on the car besides the
motorman and <hc-conductor, came TO his
assistance. Mr.. Everitt stated that both
the Jacksons had pistols which they
used freely.
MIR. Everitts statement is borne out by
the conductor and motorman As there
was a large crowd of negroes on the car
ana only four white men it appears most
likely that the negroes were the ag-
gressors.
Another negro who was wounded in the
affair was located at the Charleston and
Savannah junction, but as Chief Green
declined 10 allow the ambulance 70 be
taken out of the city for the purpose OF
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