The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-08

ment he called out: Lieutenant, IN give
up. il you won't let 'em kill me-"
All right" replied Minor. Throw down
your pistol ana come down" The negro
ooeyed and the next minute Lieut.. Minor
leu his prisoner from the barn.
As The lieutenant stepped forth with his
prisoner the first object that his eyes
zen upon was the corpse of his brother. Ed,
iylhs near The door of the barn. Until
then the lieutenant did not know his
brother was dead
The lieutenant led the negro toward the
CITY jail. which was more than a mile
away, followed by an immense crowd
clamoring for the negro's blood. Near
the city Jail, Policeman Ed Holland APP
preached with pistol drawn, swearing he
would kill the negro and avenge his brother
officer, Ed Minor. The lieutenant placed
MS pistol against Hollands head and
said: This man is a prisoner and as such
sacred. II you shoot him. 1 viii blow out
your brains"
So Lieut.. Minor brought the negro safe
" TO jail. This was about o'clock and
oy o'clock there were rumors that
mob was forming to storm the jail and
lynch the negro. The mob was said to
oe composed of negroes as well as white
nen. as the former We're enraged over
the killing Of Stucks by Glenn. This ru-
NOR proved to be untrue. but the officers
IN order to run no risks removed the
negro secretly from the jail rOwed him
across the st. Johns river tagged down
the train for St. Augustine when it
passed ana carried the negro to the An
elent City. where he was placed in jail.
The officers were confident of their abil-
ity to protect the negro, but the excite
ment in Jacksonville was so great that
they feared a bloody conflict might re-
suit unless the negro was removed to
distant county.
Brit Glenn, the murderer, came here
from Columbia. S. c. He was once
train hand on Columbia and Greenville
railroad. He is about 50 years old and is
noted among the negroes as desperado.
Policeman Ed Minor, who was killed in
the battle at the barn, was q years old
and was a fearless officer, who was very
popular in Jacksonville.
jim Clemons, or Rag Jim,' who so per-
sistently pursued Glenn and was prob
ably fatally shot, is a familiar figure in
Jacksonville and the white people are loud
in their praise Of his conduct.
Lieut.. Jim Minor has been on the police
force only few years. He is % years old,
and has captured more murderers single
handed than all the otner members Of the
force. Ills wound in the ankle is slight
The battle occurred near Hotel Rose
land, which was full of guests. and the
shooting caused the greatest excitement
among them Frequent shriells came from
the ladies.
The Rabbit Foot saloon, in which
Sucks was killed by Glenn. is noted for
the frequency of the murders occurring
therein. Stucks is the sixth man killed
there in two years, and not one of the
murders has been followed by a hanging
The last one undoubtedly will be.
Inc shooting of Officer Minor
seems to have melted other
desperate negroes to the same kind
OF deeds of prowess, there being among
a certain class an antipathy to all who
wear a police uniform. Early tonight
Ofhcer Alexander was shot at. He found
a negro with a smoking pistol in his hand
and arrested him.