The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
DAILY ti0 A YEAR,
CENTS a COPY
WEEKLY, 2-TIMES- WEEK q A YEAR !
FIVE MEN SHOT BY A ANECRO.
He Opens His Bloody Work by Killing
One Of His Own Race.

The Next Person Killed a White Man,
Who Was Watching the Fight With the
Polioe-A Detective and Two Police
Men Wounded The Detectives
Wounds Expected to Prove Fatal.
The Desperate Finally Arrested and
Landed in Jail.
Augusta Ga, Dec. 23-'rre Sunday quiet
of Augusta was rudcly disturbed to-day
by the brutal work of a negro desperado.
and as a result one citizen is dead and
three policemen are wounded. two OF them
seriously. and one probably fatally To-
day negro from Carolina brought news
10 the police headquarters that a Caro-
lima negro named Jabcz Virgins had
killed another negro named Anderson Will
hams last night six miles from Augusta.
and was then in hiding In house in this
city. A detective. Joe Murray. accom-
panied a negro to the place. and when the
! locality was reached, the two policemen
on the beach were summoned by DETECTIVES
Murray to surround the house and assist
him in the arrest The negro was located
in small outhouse and Detective MUIR
ray went to the back door and Policeman
Stringer TO the front The negro refused
to open the door and the detective put his
shoulder against 1t and dashed IL open.
As the door swung open It disclosed the
negro Virgins with pistol In each hand
and he at once fired on the detective. At
the same time Policeman Stringer en-
! tered from the front. and three-cornered
/ duel ensued
! The crowd on the outside heard a fusi-
lade Of shots. but could not tell who was
\ being shot until the negro rushed out.
/ pistol In hand. and scaled the fence at
/ a bound Lieut. DESMOND and Policeman
wIenn gave chase. firing at the fugitive
as he ran. The negro ran towards the
river hoping to escape back into Caro-
/ lima. lie ran down the blum OF the river
to the waters edge and hid himself under
some willows just at the foot of Mills
! street. He could not be seen. but Polica-
man Wrenn advanced close 10 the shrub-
berry. and then the desperate villain
opened fire again. hitting officer Wrenn
In the leg, disabling him. The murderer
then dashed up to the top OF the bank
and ran toward the North Augusta bridge.
When the negro fired at Policeman Wrenn
a crowd had gathered at the top of the
bluff At the second shot, an old white
man named Davis exclaimed He has.
killed me-" and placing his hand over
his heart, fell forward.
In the meantime the negro was headed
off by a crowd at the bridge and brought
to bay. He continued to fire at those
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tolls were emptled. He was shot at him
self, perhaps forty times. but escaped
without a scratch. He was finally over
powered and placed in Jail at once. as
there were some excited people crying
out Lynch him"
When the chase was over and the pris-
oner arrested It was found that his aim
had been deadly. Old man Davis died in
about an hour. Policeman Wrenn was
disabled and Detective Murray and Po-
Iiceman stringer were both shot through
the head.
A bullet entered Policeman Stringers
face on the right and passed out on tho
left. cutting out one eye.
Detective Murray was hit by two balls.
one passing through the left nostril aud
another entering the right cheek. inch
to the right Of the nose. coming out at
\ the back of his head. He will probably
die.
Tonight several people went to the jail.
but the great majority of them were spec-
tators. and there were probably less than
fifty who really proposed TO take hand
/ in Iynching They were without a leader
or any organization. and when they found
that the mayor, sheriff and chief of po-
lice were there with an ample police
force to protect the jail, and that the
\ prisoner would not be surrendered to
them, they soon dispersed.
/ Gov. Atkinson was telegraphed TO for
| permission to call out the militia, II neces-
I sary but there was no necessity. Theirs
/ is no danger Of lynching.
The adjourned term Of Richmond supc-
rior court will be held next month and
Judge Galloway will call the grand jury
together Immediately after the holidays.
have an indictment found and the murders
er tried.
The officers and the community deserve
credit for their law-abiding spirit in the
face of great provocation.
After the mob had been dispersed from
in front Of the jail Speaker Fleming and
some of the officers went to Virgins
cell and found him sleeping as soundly
as though his conscience was clear.
ATLANTA'S FAMOUS JAUK-PoT.
Will McElwin Brought Back for Prose-
cution in the CUNNINGHAM Case.
Atlanta. Ga, Dec. 23.-It is risky BUSH