The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-05
stabbed IN THE BACK.
Tom Chisholm Tries TO Sever PAT
O'NeIII's SHINE

Pat o NELL was seriously and probably
fatally cut by a negro named Tom CHS
holm. in Adolph Both's grocery and
saloon. at West Broad and River streets,
yesterday. about I o'clock.
O'Nenl is employed az the electric light
works. He had been TO the Palmer Hard
ware Companys store for box of riv-
cts and was returning to the works when
he stepped into the bar Of Both's place.
Chisholm was i'm the bar, and without
any particular reason, the men began ban
dying words. Presently OMEN called
Chisholm O liar and the latter cursed
him. O'SeW struck the negro with the
package OF rivets which he had I'm his
hand and Chisholm cursed him again.
q Nell struck him another blow with the
package of rlyets. when Chisholm drew
a knife. and seiZing hold Of O Nell, drew
u across his back, making a deep wound
70 me. right OF the, spinal column, about
the middle of the back.
When he saw what he had done CHS
holm ran out Of The door and down the
street. O'Neiu staggered into the gro
Gerry side and stated 10 Mr.. Both that the
negro had cut him. He then Went out the
door and walked up the street to Duke
drug store, two blocks away. 1t was seen
there that he was seriously hurt and
physicians were telephOned for DrS. X.
G. Norton and +. II. Nichols responded.
eu ana dressed the wound They found
that the knife had penetrated the lower
lobe of the right lung and severing one
Of the important arteries leading from
the spinal column. The artery was tied
ana the flow of blood externally stopped,
though the wound continued 20 bleed in
ternally. O'Neill was removed to his home,
no. 10 lnQian street where ne Is being
attended by DIT. Norton The physicians
have very little hope of his recovery.
After running away from the store,
Chisholm got a boat and crossed over to
the South Carolina side of the river. In
formation OF the cutting reached the pO-
lice barracks shortly after the occurrence
ana Detectives klley ana Scully were
sent in pursuit of Chisholm. They fol-
lowed him over TO the South Carolina
side, but did not succeed in catching him.
Chisholm came down to the city yester-
day morning from Rice Hope plantation
with boat load Of wood. He is we'll
known here, having worked In and around
savannah FOR number of years. He is
about 80 years old, and Is a member OF
the colored post Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic.
A Morning News reporter saw O'Nen
at his house about two hours after the
cutting. He was resting easy at the time,
though very weak, having lost great
81 had been to the Palmer Hardware
Company's for package of rivets," he
said, and stopped in at Both's place to
get piece of tobacco. ] was whistling
and singing as / usually am. This negro
was I'm there and begun to give me some
Of his lip. 1 asked him what he meant,
and he gave me some more of his talk
package of riyets. He cursed me again
and / struck him another blow. Then he
drew his knife and stabbed me in the
back. l put my hand in the wound, and
seeing that / was badly cut, / ran out
and ran up to Dukes drug store.
At Both's place it was stated that
O'Neil came I'm and wanted a drink
which the barkeeper refused to let him
have, as he had instructions not to sell
ONein any more. Chisholm was also in
there trying to get a drink on credit
which the barkeeper declined to let him
have without the permission of the pro-
prietor. Instead of sympathizing with
each other in their mutual misfortune the
two men began to quarrel and curse each
other. The barkeeper paid no particular
attention until he saw O'Nell strike Chis-
holm and saw the latter draw a sheath
knife and stab O'Neill in the back. CHS
holm ran out the street door and O'Nein
ran into the grocery where he told Pro-
prietor Both that the negro had cut him.
Mr.. Both did not know how badly he
was cut and O'Neill walked out, saying
he was going to Dukes drug store.
O'Neill was formerly a member of the
fire department. being engineer of the
chemical engine. but was dropped about
two years ago. He was a good machinist
but fondness for drink has been his ruin