The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-19
SHOT THE WRONG MAN.
A Convict Guard Puts Two Bullets
Into Paris jenkins.

Into Paris jenkins.
Paris Jenkins, a negro living on Col.
Owens place on the Little Ogeechee. was
shot and badly wounded night before last
by charles Roaeb. a chain-gang guard.
Monday morning a convict named PbiIin
Stypes, who was sentenced i'm Decer,ber
10 twelve months, escaped from camp No.
l. Roach set out TO capture him. He
knew that Stypes had a mother living on
the Ogeechee river, and concluded tba+
he was most likely TO go to her house. He
DECIDED 10 lay IN wait for Stypes at the
bridge over the Little Ogeechee. and did
so.
Shortly after dark a man started TO
pass over the bridge whom he took 10 be
Stypes. He called on him TO surrender
and as the man did not seem disposed to
DO so advanced towards him. The negro
seized a piece Of scantling with which to
defend himself, and when he did so Roach
fired the ball striking him i'm the thigh.
The negro started to run when Roach
nred again. this time the ball lodging in
the elbow. The negro then ran off into the
marsh.
Roach went to the house Of a man
named Smith, living near the bridge. and
giving an account of what had happened
asked Tor assistance TO search for the
wounded negro After some DELAY he
went back on the road with Mr.. Smith.
A wagon passed them, driven by a negro.
with woman sitting beside him They
saw man lying in the bottom of the
wagon evidently in pain and concluded
that 1t was the man whom Roach had
shot and that he was being taken to the
city to physician. Roach decided to
follow the wagon into town as the best
means of ascertaining who the wounded
man was and capturing him if it was
styles. he lost sight Of the wagon near
the De Soto, and, after searching some
time, he woke up County Detective Nor
gan and the two hunted until nearly
daybreak, when they learned that the
man had been taken to the Office of Dr.
w. w. owens, where his wounds were
dressed. 1t was then about o'clock.
Detective Morgan called on DR.. Owens
in the forenoon and learned that the
wounded man was Paris jenkins and
that he lived on Col Owens place on the
Ogeechee.
After having his wounds dressed, Jenk-
ms was taken to the rear of No. SO
Broughton street. where he is at present.
jenkins wounds are not serious The
ball in his thigh passed through, making
a flesh wound. The pistol ball in his
elbow may give him some trouble.
Jenkins story of the shooting differs
materially from that told by the guard.
He is a young negro and not at
all bright. He said he was going
along the road about dusk, when the
guard rode up to him and demanded if he
were not Stypes and told him to show his
face. He replied that he was not Stypes,
and turned his head in the opposite direc-
ton. He went on down the road followed
by the guard until they reached the bridge.
where the guard jumped off his horse and
approached him with stick in one hand
and a pistol in the other. Roach struck
him with the stick, he said and he struck
back with a stick he had I'm his hand.
Roach then stepped back, he said, and fired
three shots. After firing he did not stop
to see If jenkins were hurt, but walked
off. The shooting took place about s
o'clock, and it was II o'clock when he
started for the city. one of the men who
brought jenkins in stated that they came
up with Mr.. Roach on the road, and that
he spoke to him. but that Roach made no
inquiry about the wounded man.