The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

20 do g." 10 intelligent statement could
T b. gotten from him. Dr. BloOdworth sent
d him 20 the Georgia Inlrmary, with in
/ stuctiOns that artificial heat be used TO
keep warmth in the body. The doctor
said an the time that 30 was very doubtful
! If Jordan would 1--we over an hour OF
two.
The woman's wounds were dressed by
I Dr-. Bloodworth ana Aiken. She was
+ quite seriously hurt one bullet the first
T shot doubtless. struck her under the
! right eve, Glanced around the bone under
I the eye. and came out coca the side OF the
f face under the ear. This wound was
dressed by Dr. Aiken. " no said that the
eye ball was badly powder burned. other
wise the wound was not serious The
, fact that The eye was powder burned
showed that the pistol must have been
held close TO her face when the first
shot was fred The second shot was in
fhe back OF the neck. the bullet rang
if g downward into the chest Dr. Blood
worth probei for IT, but could not find
DO. The seriousness of this Wound depends
upon the direction taken ~ the bullet
The wounds OF little Le ola, the 3-ycar-
old girl were dressed by DIT. Blood
worth. one bullet passed through the
neshy part of the left cheek, making a
flesh wound Another bullet pierced the
q eht arm az the wrist. also a flesh wound.
NO bones being broken. u was a pitiful
SD sht. the mother lying moaning upon
lounge ana begging for her baby and tho
lit.le child crying for her mother with
the dead body of the little boy lying at
the door.
The relatives and friends OF the family
behaved in very commcndable man
ner. They We're not excited and showed
"a dc sire 10 aid In every manner possi-
bic. obeying implicitly all instructions o.
the physicians and the police.
The woman was able TO talk n little
after her wounds were dressed. though
she gave no satisfactory reason why her
husband should wish TO murder her and
her children. She said they had a falling
out before Chris tmas because she did not
have his break fast ready for him one
morning. and hs said he would not live
with her any more. He came back every
day or Sc. however. and threatened and
abused her. Gu rstmas night he came to
the house, she said. and threatened TO kill
her and so terrified her that she went be
fore Justice Elsiuger and swore out a
peace warrant against him. Jordan had
been to the house several times since, she
said. and continued TO supply the family
with provisions.
Speaking Of the shooting, she said: "Jor-
dan came into the house and asked Vic
toria Kelly and Amelia Hazel, who were
there with me, 10 excuse the house and
they went ont. He then shut the door
and pulled down the curtains. He said he
he was going to leave me, but would give
me a support for the children. and asked
how much / wanted ! said | would leave
that TO him. lie said he wanted to talk
with me and the children and told me to
sit down. I sat down and then ne pulled
out his pistol and commenced shooting. /
ran to the door and fell. The little boy
ran after me, crying: Don't Kill mamma
Then he turned and shot the boy He fell
right on top Of me. Then he shot the
baby"
Fanny Jordan, who lives across the lane
from the Jordan house, said she heard the
shots and ran to her stoop. She saw Lizzie
run out and fall on the stoop, and the
boy follow and fall on top of her. She
heard other shots and saw the little girl
run 10 the door wringing her hands Jor-
dan did not come to the door. but fired
from the inside.
Aaron Williams. colored. said he was
standing on L'rayton street. at the corner
of the lane, when he heard the shooting
Ne counted five shots. He ran down the
lune toward the sound OF the shooting and
heard more shots. He saw the woman and
the boy fall in the stoop. The door was
then shut. He was one of the first to en-
ter the house.
Victoria Kelly. who boarded with the
Jordans, claimed to know nothing about
the previous difficulties between the hus-
band and wife. She was in the house
when Jordan came in. She and Amelia
Hazel, who happened to be there at the
time. went down to Sarah Green's house
They heard the shots a few minutes after
they left
Coroner Dixon. after a preliminary in
Vestigation, announced that he would hold
an inquest upon the body of Edward Jor-
dan, the dead boy, at 10 o'clock this morn
ing George Jordan died at the Georgia
Inhrmary at 6:10 o'clock, about two hours
after his arrival there. Just before dying
he asked the nurse to pray for him The
inquest over his body win probably be
held this morning also.
The affair is one OF the most sensa-
tional Of the kind that ever occurred in
Savannah. 1t bears some resemblance to
the affair which occurred at Mr.. Inger-
soil Washburns place on Henry street
last summer, when a negro man shot his
mistress and then shot himself. The man
died, but the woman recovered.
The only way to cure catarrh is to
purify the blood. Hoods Sarsaparila
purihes the blood and tones up the whole
system.-ad.