The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-07

I d. Charlton. J. J. Powers, N. A. Buttimer.
/ Timothy ODOnOvan, c. +. Whelan and
I William Cess.
Eddie Leuders was the first witness
I sworn He saw the killing from across
/ the street He said:
"A few minutes before s o'clock I was
coming from DR.. Aiken's Office. When
. half way between there and Abercorn
/ street. on the north side Of the street. my
attention was called TO loud talking in
/ the engine house. 1 did not understand
/ what was said. When ! got within twenty
I feet Of the corner I saw keenan, and
/ Founder on the sidewalk Mr. Glass was
| sitting inside. They were in front OF the
I door on South Broad street. There were
I no other iiremen In sight at the time.
I When ! got 20 DIT. Nichols Office / heard
| keenan, say: you did" With that he
I shook his finger in Founders face. He
| was then standing about 40 inches from
Founder. Founder stepped back a
/ step and put his hand in
/ his bosom. and before Keenan,
could move fired five shots in rapid sue
/ cession. AS far as I could judge from
I Keenan's back. the first shot struck him
| in the neck He made a lunge forward,
l recovered himself and staggered back 10
the green. where he fell. ran over, turned
him on his side to stop the flow Of blood,
which was flowing freely from his neck.
The firemen began coming from all the
[ doors in the engine house. AS soon as they
saw what had happened several started
IN search Of a physician. In the meantime,
Dr. Aiken had arrived He said the man
was dying, and asked one OF
the men to go for another
doctor, telling him 10 come prepared
TO tie up an artery. There were soon sew
eral other physicians on the scene, DR..
Harris, Or. Dunn and others, whom ] did
not know. DR.. Harris went TO work 10
see what could be done. He said that an
artery had been severed in the neck and
that the windpipe had also been pune
tured. He asked how many wounds there
were. ] showed him one on the head he
had not seen up to that time. An exami-
nation showed that the ball was lodged
about two inches from where il entered
the skull. He extracted the ball, and by
that time the man was dead. The body
was then taken away in the police am
bulance. I saw no weapon in Keenans
hand. ! am sure he had none. lie made
no attempt to strike Founder was
backed up against the engine
house door on Abercorn street cor
ner. Mr.. Bashlor was sitting between the
door Of the chemical engine room, and the
hose wagon with his back to South
Broad street. / saw no one else besides
these three parties at the time of the shoot
ing / saw Founder look back into the ell
CINE house as If some one had spoken TO
him. After the shooting Founder walked
into the engine house. but soon came out.
He had on his coat and a revolver in his
left hand He started across Abercorn
street, got as far as the car track, where
he was met by officer Speight. He handed
him the pistol and walked along with him
to the barracks.
When the first shot was fired" Lueders
said, TX eenan was leaning a little to one
side on mis- left leg. He dropped his head
and staggered back, and then recovered.
He continued 20 stagger as the successive
shots were fired. Founder only took one
step forward as he fired the first shot. Kee-
nan made no other demonstration except
to point his finger at Founder.
Before 1 got TO keenan, when / was
on the green / heard a remark from the
engine house. by -. Founder done
him" II was Robert Glass who spoke.
recognized his voice"
William Granger, also fireman at head
quarters. was the second witness. He
was on duty one night last week, he said.
when Founder came in and said to him.
well. ] guess If Keenan, and Laird are
discharged keenan, viii blame me for the
affair, and will attempt to take il out on
me If he does I will fix him, as ] don't
propose 10 take II of any one
Granger was on his way back from sup
per when the shooting occurred. Keenan,
was IN the truck yard in the rear of head
quarters when he left for supper half an
hour before. keenan, had been drinking.
but Granger could not say that he was
drunk. He heard Keenan, threaten one
night last week that he would whip. Poun-
der If he got discharged. Keenan, said
that Founder had given false evidence
against him before the fire committed
Granger said he had only known keenan,
since the latter had been in the fire de-
partment. He seemed to be always in a
good humor. laughing and joking.
Moses Gordon, little white boy II years
old, said: Il was coming up South Broad
street to Abercorn, when two firemen
started out. One of them had pistol and
shot the other He shot four times. The
man shot backed out toward the green.
The other man shot at him as he backed
off. The man who was shot lay down on the
green. The man who had the pistol walked
back into the house and then came out
and started across Abercorn street. He
met a policeman and gave him the pistol
Gordon said the firing began almost as
soon as the two men got on the street.
Fireman James Buckley said
that he was up stairs in bed
when the shooting took place, and lid
not know any of the particulars
Frank keenan, came up stairs about )
1 o'clock" he said, "and went to Hanley' ,
bed. AS he did so l woke up. 1 heard
I him ask Hanley to come down stairs.
! IheN Ildu snort conversation ana Han
/ ley said No. Keenan, took him by the
! feet and pulled him out of bed. Hanley
/ said he was not going down. Keenan, had
\ little terrier with him and he threw the
/ dog on the bed and said, Dick. stay in
| bed with him. He then walked off and
/ called the dog and went down stairs. II
was about fifteen minutes after that
\ when l hear pistol shots. l only counted
four shots. Hanley ran to the window and
said Founder has shot Keenan, /
/ jumped up, and when I got to the win
dow keenan, was in a STOPPING position
about to fall. Kearney was holding him
up and called to me to come down and
/ go for a doctor
Il went over to where Keenan, was lying
| DIR. Harris was coming across South Broad
| street. He looked at keenan,, probed the
wound and took one ball Que OF his head >"
| In the forenoon. before went to dinner l
was talking with keenan, He said Mr..
Tiedeman had given him a job and he was
! going TO work Monday. When l saw Kee-
nan before the shooting he was not drunk,
but looked as If he might have been drink
ing. He was laughing and joking with
Hanley and did not seem quarrelsome.
Simon Kearney was the next witness.
| Between 4 and o'clock" he said, "Kee-