The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-10
SHOT DEAD IN A QUARREL.
MAURICE f. SULLIVAN KILLED
PRESTON BROOKS, COLORED.

The Shooting the Result of "A Row
over Brooks Evidence Against 81
mon O'NeiI when O'NeiII Was
Discharged From the Police Force.
sullivan and O'NeIH Under Arrest.
They Refuse TO Talk.
Preston Brooks. colored, was shot and
killed about midnight by MauFice F. Sui
Ivan. The shooting took place at East
Broad and South Broad streets. Sul!i-
van gave himself up shortly afterwards
to Policeman Crimmins, saying that
crowd was after him.
Constable Simon ]. O'Neill, who was
with Sullivan, was arrested at his house
by Policeman Murphy. O'Neill was wash
ing the blood from his head coming from
a wound caused by a blow over the head
with a club. The two men were taken to
the barracks and locked up, being placed
in the same room with Charles Jem-
dal, who is held for the shooting
Of John Parker at Wilmington Sunday
morning.
There are two stories of the shooting,
Of course. O'Neill and Sullivan were seen
in the barracks by Morning News re-
porter, but they declined to say anything
about the shooting. Some of their friends
stated for them, however, that they had
gotten into a row with a crowd of me-
groes at East Broad and South Broad
streets, that they were hard pressed by
the negroes, and that Sullivan shot in
seif-delense, both men running off to
avoid being mobbed. This was all that
could be learned from this side of the
story.
j. Young, colored, said that he saw
ONeill go to the door of Ben Crum's free
and easy at Houston and South Broad
street lane and jerk Brooks out, claiming
that he intended to arrest him. Sullivan
was with ONeill. The latter charged
Brooks with being responsible for his dis
charge from the police force about a year
ago. Brooks found that the men had no
warrant for him and resisted arrest. He
was then beaten severely over the head.
The men then left him. Young volunteer
ed to go with him to the barracks to pre-
fer charges against O'Neill and
Sullivan. He went with Brooks to
the barracks, where Brooks reported
the attack upon them. They then went
down South Broad street to East Broad,
and stopped in front of w. f. Reds drug
store They had been there only a short
time when ONeill and Sullivan came up.
O'Neill saw Brooks and made a lunge at
him to seize him. Brooks started to run,
when Sullivan pursued him, firing at him
as he ran.
Four or five shots were fired. Brooks
turned into South Broad street lane and
fell, and the two white men ran off. This
was Youngs story of the affair.
Robert Bennett colored, told Of seeing
the beginning of the trouble at Crums
barroom. ONein, he said, arrested
Brooks. and started away with him.
When Brooks resisted O'Neill struck him
two blows over the head with brass
knucks or a pistol. Brooks fell down in
the street, and the two men left him.
Young came up at this time and went to
the barracks with Brooks.
Brooks lived only a few minutes after
he fell. A large crowd of negroes gath
cred around his body and were very
threatening in their remarks as to what
they would do with the slayers of Brooks
if they had the opportunity
Coroner Goette was notified and had the
body removed to his undertaking estab-
lishment. An inquest will be held to-
day.