The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-08
BLOODY BATTLE WITH ABLACK
TWO KILLED AND THREE WOUND
ED At JACKSONVILLE.


dcrous Work Opened in Negro
Dive and wound Up in Barn.
where the Desperate Had Been
Driven 10 Bay-His Captor the
wounded Brother of the Murdered
Policeman.
Jacksonville, Fla, April Brit Glenn.
commonly known as kid Charlie a negro
gambler and desperate, ran amuck here
early this morning and a result two men
are dead and three wounded, one Of them
probably fatally
The killed are:
Napoleon stucks, a negro porter. en-
ployed in Ricller's saloon; shot in the
throat and his neck broken.
Edward Minor, a policeman; shot
through the heart.
The wounded are:
Jim Clenons, a negro commonly known
as Rag Jim; shot in the right thigh;
artery thought to be severed and may die.
James Minor. lieutenant OF police; shot
in the right ankle, wound slight.
A negro bootblack, name unknown; shot
in the right thigh; wound slight
stucks was the first man killed by
Glenn and it was while resisting arrest
that he kill Policeman Ed Minor and
wounded the others whose names are
given above.
stucks was killed about / o'clock this
morning in the RABBIT Foot" a notori-
Gus negro dive on West Bay street. A
crowd Of negroes were in the saloon and
Glenn drew pistol on a negro named
Willie Manning. Stucks jokingly said
that he would take the pistol away from
Glenn, and advanced toward him He
passed by Glenn. however, and went to-
ward the free and easy room in the
back part of the saloon. AS he neared
the door, he turned around, and Glenn
pulled out his pistol and fred stucks
was standing just in front Of the door
at the time. No words passed between
the two men, and no quarrel Of any kind
was heard
AS soon as Stucks was shot he rushed
out Of the front door of the saloon and
fell dead near the steps. Examination
showed that the bullet had struck him in
The throat just above the Adams apple
and passed through, breaking his neck
Glenn turned and fed as his victim was
falling, pursued by large crowd of ne
groes who soon lost sight Of him in the
darkness.
Shortly after Lieut. Minor, Sheriff Bow
den and other officials arrived on the
scene and began an organized hunt for
Glepn. All the negro dives in the western
portion of the city were searched and
about o'clock this morning the officers
bnF. -
the negroes subsequently shot was in
front of the pursuers and he found the
negro hiding on a lighter in McCoy's creek
half mile west from the scene of the
murder When Rag Jim" sighted Glenn.
he save the signal agreed upon. The mur-
derer then ran due east, followed by a
crowd of people. Glenn passed directly By
the saloon where he had killed Stuclzs sew
eral hours before. He headed for East
Jacksonville, probably hoping to escape in
asWamp which lies some distance beyond
the city limits. Glenn was fleet of foot
and easily distanced all Of his pursuers
save Rag Jim, who hung on like grim
Death. This was about o'clock in the
morning and the streets were deserted
save for the fleeing negro and his pur-
suers.
Finally the murderer, by desperate
spHrt. succeeded in leaving even Rag
JIM behind. BY this time the chase had
led into East Jacksonville, and the off,
GERS We're gathered near Hotel Rose
land, completely at fault. Just as they
We're about to abandon the pursuit in that
direction, the little bootblack, who was
and said that he had seen a negro run
into a barn near the hotel At that time
Lieut.. James Minor his brother Police
man Edward Minor, and Policeman Da-
Wis We're the only officers present, but
they We're accompanied by a large crowd
OF negroes who were as intent on cap
turing Glenn as the officers. as stucls
me murdered man, had been favorite
with his race.
On learning that the negro was in the
baln, the officers and crowd approached
1ohceInan Edward Minor and Lieut..
James Minor were the first to enter
4hey found that the negro had climbed
up INTO a loft in the barn and was lying
nehind pile of lumber which formed an
eHectual barrieade. Lieut. Minor called
on Glenn to surrender, and the negro's
answer was a shot. The officers returned
lhe fire, emptying their pistols, but the
negro was eltectualy protected by the
lumber. The Minors stepped out TO re-
load and Rag Jim" rushed into the barn.
In a moment he staggered out, bleeding
from a dangerous wound in the thigh.
Then the Minors re-entered ana the
luailade again began. Soon Ed Minor
handed his pistol to his brother. the lieu
tenant saying: "Jim, I'm shot" Then
the brave fellow staggered out of the
barn, lay down ON the grass and In three
minutes was dead.
The little bootblack, who had disclosed
The hunted mans place of hiding, here en-
tered the door, only to receive a bullet in
hls thigh, which, however did not in
lict "A serious wound.
The fusilade had now continued for ten
minutes, and OF the four men who had
entered the barn to arrest Glenn, one was
aead and two wounded. Lieut.. James
Alnor, however, was stiii IN the barn fir
lng az Glenn. who lay ia safety behind the
lumber Suddenly Glenn rose ~ and
tifed and dropped back behind the lum-