The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-22
STREET CAR MEN IN A TANGLE.
Conductor and NotOrman Stirred
Up Things in Southern Section.

Up Things in Southern Section.
In a quadrangular row, in which hands
and teeth. knives and chairs, played their
appointed part, and which last night as
stunned for time the slmiltude of mini
ature riot, J. NJ. Hodges was bitten in the
Zip and gashed in the head and neck. Oth-
er participants received various lesser in
juries, inflicted with chairs and other wea-
pons
The trouble found its root in the fact that
Hodges and S. l.. Sauis, who toge. her form
the crew of one OF the street railway
cars, running on the Aberc0Tn and Bar
nard bell, had what is called in street rail
way parlance, "a short day." which they
proceeded 10 enjoy after their own fash
ion. In the rounds they made the some
what frequent Acquaintance of one John
Bareycorn, with whom they communed
to the total discontinue Of Their heads and
legs In apparent high good humor and
good fellowship. they started on the jour
hey nome, both of them living on Second
street between AbercOrn and Drayton.
Ihere 1t was that the row began and cul-
minated, almost in front Of the houses oc-
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vial effects of their friends acquaintance
began to wear off, they became quarrel
some and aggressive and but very little
was necessary to start the row. That lit
tie was found In disagreement over some
laml4y question, that begun by the fe-
males OF the two clans, now engrossed the
lpsy attention of the males. The men. a
minute before the best of friends, collided
hedVliy win each other and a merry war
was soon in progress.
Sauls Is much older man than Hodges
ana MS son, who CHANGED to be nearr
thought IL incumbent upon him to espouse
his fathers quarrel. AT something lika
the same time, j. C. Strickland. a friend
OF hodges, entered the fstic arena and the
night became general Knives were drawn,
chairs We're hurriedly picked up and brand
lshed IN the air and the war of words ana
deeds went right merrily on.
The elder Sauls is a small man besides
his years, and these added disadvantages
ne thought gave him too much of a handi-
cap IN test of pure physical strength.
Whereupon, he pulled a knife from his
pocket and went to work on Hodges anat-
omy selecting such portions of the face
ana neck as came most easily and readily
within his reach. When the knife became
ineffective, he used his teeth to good ad-
vantage, securing fierce grip on Hodges
lip, and biting out a neat mouthful
At THIS stage of the game, Strickland
arrived with a char, with which he
pounded the elder Sauls over the head.
Mrs. Hodges, the wife of the man who
seemed to be getting The worst Of 1t. also
arrived upon the scene and with another
chair, used with good effect and right
readily eXhorted Sauls, the younger. TO 90
nome and mind his own business. There
a1ler there was to be seen only an indis-
criminate mixture of arms. legs, chairs,
md bot
common vortex. and from which proceeded
various and expressive opinions of gen
eral bad character. II was impossible to
understand by whom and of whom these
expressions We're being used.
Finally worn out by exertions worthy OF
a better cause and eXhorted of the neigh
bors TO keep the peace ana be of good be-
havior, the participants in the row quiet
ed down, each side awaiting rest and re-
newed strength and achievements.
There were still occasional and spasmod-
ic outbursts but the real thing, the fight
itself, lived in memory only. Its fame
spread abroad and reached the ears of Pa
trolman Tom Murphy. Searching for the
participants, he arfested the elder Sauls
and Strickland. Hodges was in bed with
a disordered face and two or three stitches
in his lip The younger Sauls was not to
be found until later, but was finally ar
rested by Murphy and Lieut.. Reilly, who
had made an examination of the case, its
causes, and its results. He ordered young
Sauls sent in 10 the station house
Of those arrested, S. L. Sauls, the father
is charged with fighting ca the streets and
with biting and cutting Hodges, while the
younger Sauls and Strickland are charged
merely with d,sorderly conduct and fight
ing on the streets. Hodges was not well
enough to be arrested, but he is also
charged with the same offenses that are
registered against the younger Sauls and
Strickland
1t is not easy to CLEAN from the tangled
mass of testimony on the subject the real
cause of the trouble, and every participant
has a radically different story to tell. One
of Them il is probable, expressed the
truth when he said well, we had all
been drinking COO much"