The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-19
ON A MURDEROUS ERRAND.
W. f. BARCLAY WAS GOING TO KILL
j. :. FERRARA.

Instead. He Got Two Bullets From
Ferrara's PistOI-BarcIay Went TO
Ferrara's House and Attempted TO
shoot Him-The Trouble Grew Out
of the Fight in the Electric Rail-
way ONCE the Night BefOre-Bar-
clay Was IntOxicated-He is the
Man Who Killed J. r. Respess Five
Years Ago.
There came near being a killing last
night as a sequel to the free-for-all fight
of the Electric Railway motOrmen- and
conductors at the Office of the company
the night before. Some body might have
been killed then had not Detective God
bold run in and put an end to the affair
by arresting three of the participants.
The three men were fined 50 each by the
recorder yesterday morning. J. S. Ferrara
was one of the men so arrested and fined.
For some reason W. F. Barclay who was
in the row Monday night, but escaped ar
rest, seemed TO feel especially aggrieved
at Ferrara. Barclay declared yesterday
that he would kill Ferrara. The latter
knew that Barclay was a dangerous man
and went before Justice Naughtin and
swore out a peace warrant for him. The
warrant was placed in the hands of De-
tective Wetherhorn. but he was so busy
arrestlng the participants in the shooting
of Stephen Gibbons Saturday night that
1t was not served.
Mrs. Ferrara met Barclay in the after
noon and spoke to him about the threats
which she heard he had made against her
husband Barclay declared that he had
nothing against Ferrara and would not
hurt hair of his head if he could. His in
tentions were the opposite of his declara-
tiOns however, judging by his subsequent
actions About o'clock last night he went
to the house where the Ferraras live, at
Duffy and Drayton streets, and rang the
bell. Mr.. Ewing, who occupies the lower
floor, came to the door. Barclay said that
his name was Lee Smith and that he want
ed to see Ferrara. He was told that the
Ferraras occupied the upper floor and he
started up the stairs. Mrs Ferrara had
heard the conversation from the head of
the stairs and her suspicious We're arOus-
ed. She recognized the man as Barclay as
he came up the steps and Informed her
husband. Ferrara says that Barclay said
as he came up to him. John, I've come to
apologize to you, but I'm going to kill
YOU" at the same time presenting a pis-
The accounts after this are somewhat
confusing There were two or three pis-
tOl SnOtS ana Wnen MT. Ewing and Ed
Gerken, bOarder, rushed in they found
Ferrara with his pistol in his hand and
Mrs. Ferrara struggling with Barclay. 1t
seems that she seized hold of Barclays
pistol and wrung it out of his hand Bar
clay had two wounds, one in the left
thumb and the other in the right jaw,
both flesh wounds. Messrs. Ewing and
Gerken took charge of Barclay, while
Ferrara went out and telephoned for
policeman. Mounted officer Floyd was
sent to the house, and arrested both
IQnr Low LFaF- how fob
to the police barracks and locked up.
DIR. Corbin was called and examined Bar
clays wounds. He found that they were
not serious. 1t was stated at the bar
racks that Barclay was drunk when he
was brought in.
Barclay is the man who killed James E.
Respess in the Central railroad depot in
August, 1880. He escaped conviction for
this killing very narrowly, Respess' rela-
tives did not push the matter, and it was
nearly three years after the killing when
he was tried.