The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-14
GREEN AFTER HIS WIFE.
He Precipitated a Row in which He
and Another Green Were Badly

He PreciPitated a Row in which He
and Another Green Were Badly
Cut.
There was a lively row on Mr.. Fletcher
Exley's place, west Of the city, near the
Vale Royal mills, early yesterday morn
ing, in which two negroes named Green
were seriously cut. The two men are no
kin 10 each other. though their family
relations seemed to have gotten badly
mixed.
Wednesday morning Harrison Green
went out 20 the house of Tom Green, who
lVes on Mr.. Exley's place and demanded
ms wife and child, who had left him
anu taken refuge there. He secured his
VIE and child and brought them TO a
mouse In the city. He left them there,
but when he returned in the afternoon
tney We're gone. He concluded that his
wife had gone back to Tom Green's
house and taken the child with her, so
ne went back there after them.
he evidently went with the intention
OF securing his wife and child or causing
trouble. Arriving there, he was informed
by Tom Green that his wife was not there
He insisted that she was there, and de-
manded that Tom Green give her up 10
MIN. The latter insisted that the woman
was not at his house, and that he did
not know where she was, and the argu-
ment ended for the night by his shutting
Harrison Green out of the house.
Tom Green thought doubtless that this
ended the matter, but he did not know
the other man. Early yesterday morning
when Tom Green got up and opened the
door OF his house, Harrison Green rushed
IN. he had been lying in wait outside all
night, II seems, and was determined to
nave his wife or blood He attempted to
put The intruder out when the deserted
Green assaulted him with a knife in
nicting several severe wounds. The wo-
- in 4 / Il
great excitement.
Harrison Green rushed out of the house,
pursued by Tom Green's two brothers,
Richard and William. They pursued him
some distance down the road, caught him
and brought him back A large crowd had
gathered and there was talk Of mObbing
the prisoner. Advice of older heads pre-
vailed, however, and the brothers turned
the prisoner over TO other parties to be
brought to the city.
1t was then discovered that Harrison
Green had a bad cut between the shoulder
blades which he said, was inflicted by
one or the Green brothers when they
caught up with him. He was brought to
the city, however. and turned over to a
policeman at the Ocean Steamship wharf
who sent him to the barracks.
Tom Green was not so badly cut but
that he was able to appear in police court
a little investigation satisfied Recorder
wilson that il was a badly mixed up case
ana ne ordered Tom Green locked up, and
also continued the case to secure further
evidence. Detective Godbold and Police
man Murphy went out to the scene in the
afternoon by direction of Chief McDer-
mott, and brought in several of the wit
hiesses 10 the affair From them they
learned that Richard and Willie Green
were the men who had cut Harrison
Green. The officers made another trim to
the scene and brought in the two Green
brothers The recorder viii ,1rlor+,i,, -
sltt the case this morning. 1t has not vet
peen brought out whether or not Harri-
son Green's wife was in Tom Green's
house during the night
A queer coincidence is that the case ~,
the docket just preceding this one is also
or two Greens, man and woman chare-
ed with fighting This occurred I'm tbe
CITY, however, and has no connection with
the succeeding case WIN