The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
SHOT AT A MAN, HIT A WOMAN.
Jim Moore'- slick Trick to Evade
Arrest.

A sharp pistol report from York street
lane, between Habersham and Lincoln
streets last night, attracted Policeman
Charles Collins from the barracks. Dora
Lawrence, colored had been shot by Jim
Moore, a negro. who fired the pistol at
third party. Moore was arrested under Pc
culiar circumstances and locked up ca
the charge of assault.
On hearing the report Policeman Col
Inns lost no time in getting to the place.
He hurried north on Habersham street,
and Just as he reached the lane, ran into
Moore, who was making his way out hur-
riedly. The negro was stopped and asked
II ne knew of any shooting, but denied
IL until pressed by the officer, who said
he heard the shot plainly, and knew
Moore heard 1t. Moore then pretended
ne was trying to suppress the facts from
fear He said he had been playing with
revolver, which was accidentally dis
charged The negro said he was on his
way 10 the barracks to report the AFFAIR
lest 1t should get him into trouble, and
expressed a desire that the officer accom-
pany him there.
Sergt. Killourhy was on duty at the
time, and when the negro appeared, ques-
toned him closely as to the affair There
were no witnesses to the shooting, it
seemed, and as the negro made such an
apparently truthful statement about the
accident, 1t was decided to release him.
But before doing this il was thought
best to look closer into the affair, so Col
Inns returned in company with Moore to
the house where the accident occurred for
the purpose of further investigating the
matter. A woman was in the door when
the officer walked UP. When asked If
that was where the shooting took place,
she replied that 1t was. When asked If
the pistol was accidentally discharged,
she again replied in the affirmative. This
seemed to settle the thing, and Collins
left the two together, and returned to the
barracks. If there had been any felonious
conduct on the part of Moore the officer
could at least say he had used every pos
sible means of detecting it.
Shortly after white boy reported to the
sergeant that Moore had shot at another
negro. The boy said he saw the shooting
and said the shot intended for a negro
man. went wild and struck the woman.
Collins went back to the lane the third
time, found Moore still there with the wo-
man, and arrested him. He was taken to
the station house, but declined to make
any statement about the affair, saying he
would soon get out of it,
A further investigation showed that Hen
~ Shellman, colored, of No. 116 Congress
street, west, was the man at whom Moore
directed the shot Shellman is in the en-
ploy of the Evans Grocery Company, at
Barnard and Congress streets, and during
the afternoon, picked up the Lawrence
woman, whom he was treating to a drive
They reached the woman's house after
dark, and there found Moore waiting for
them. Before the woman got out of the
buggy, Moore walked up with a pistol in
his hand, and addressing Shellman, asked
him what he meant by associating with
the woman. This Sheflman resented in curt
language, which caused Moore TO level
his pistol to shoot but the woman jumped
between them. The shot struck her in the
leg. She gave little attention to 1t, how
ever, and did not want a physician.