The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
INQUIRIES CASE PUT OFF
ne VIII Plead Guilty to Running
Into the COIquftt Blues.

ne case against the parties who ran into
me Colquitt Blues Thursday night while
shat company was undergoing inspection
Os Lieut. satterlee, is still pending in The
police court.
me case against c. W. DYER. ebarsad
with being one of the parties. was dis
missed by the recorder yesterday morn
ing, but a fine of SO was assessed against
MIN Tor striking one of the soldiers. Over
gave bond and gave notice of an appeaI to
council He will endeayor IN sbo1, r..
ne ollS look very small part in the al
iaiF' ana that he merely resisted when
me eolored soldiers attempted to put him
uiiuer arrest for something he knew moth
ing about
Ia aiiies Mcclure. who appears to have
peeh the principal in the affafr vras ~
court. he asked for a postponement 11ntii
'HoIIoW morning in order to ena BILE him
- secure the presence of several wit
1855 N@hlch was granted by the re-
0oIuer. Mcclure told a Morning News
reporter that he intended to plead guilty.
had rather pay the fine and be done
VIII ", ne said. Il have had all the mo-
v vor1g,y 1 want out Of it. If | have done
wrong ! am willing to suffer for If I
nadn the least idea or intention of run
hIhS INTO the company 1t was merely
an accident; l am sorry for il, and am
GT,,lills 70 10 what can to repair the
w. F. Corbett, whose arrest was or-
uered by Recorder Wilson as one of the
partlclpants IN the affair, has not been
az az lIested yet. 1t is understood, however
that he will be in court tomorrow morn
iiIs.A witness 10 the affair said TO a Morn
Ins News reporter that Corbett who was
s sns man arrested by the squad of the Col
quItt Biues, was pulled away from them
ana pulled into the front door nor the
a4Ce door OF McBrides barrOom where
ne remained until the row subsidized
ne colored witnesses are badly mixed
up as 70 whether it was Mcclure or Cor
bett whom they had under arrest. aud
what became of one or both when they es-
cdped from them. II seems that both NJ
Gulre and COrbett were seized about the
same Time IN 'front.' of Crum's barroon
ana mat one escaped into the barrooIn
Whle the other was taken down the
street toward the barracks where he
made his escape at McBrides corner
The law quoted by Lieut.. Satterlee as
10 the right of troops on duty to make
arrests OF parties interfering with them
IN any manner IS very plain. Section Is,
Oh the acts of 1S7S-'79 reads as follows.
me oIncer commanding any detachment
company or battalion at any parade or
during the performance of any other duty
oruefed by proper authority, shall have
the authority TO arrest ana place under
cohnnement during the continuance of
such duty any person who shall in any
way Wilfully disturb or interrupt the
NDiN anu oiheliy proceedings OF SQcl
detachment company or battalion and such
person shall moreover be liable to prose-
cut1on in the superior court of the county
in which the offense is committed and on
conviction shall be fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding $50 or be imprisoned not more than
20 days or both at the discretion of the
court.
Section 16 of the acts of 1sS4-s5 gives the
right of way of the streets to troops on
parade or other duty ordered by proper
authority.
Policeman Barrett requested the privi-
lege of making a statement in court. He
denied positively the statements made by
several witnesses that he was one of the
first policemen to arrive at the scene, and
that he released the white prisoner after
having taken charge of him. Barrett said
that he arrived after Policemen Speight
and Reilly were on the scene and that the
only arrest made by him was a colored
hoodlum who was throwing rocks" at the
crowd. Henry Johnson was the name of
the man arrested by Barrett, and he was
fined by the recorder on the charge en-
tered against him by the policeman. Bar
rett said that the witnesses had mistaken
him for officer Speight.