The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-02
NEGRO CUT A SOLDIER.
Comrades of the Wounded Man
Nrcak Vengeance on Two.

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There was a serious ARRAY late S7tlr-
DAY night near the camp OF the Third
Georgia Regiment Buglcr John 81. Bar
bee. Company / Of the Second South Cay
DINA, was badly cut by a negro. The
uon, whose name was Brown. and who,
it is understood. worked in the bakery
at the camp Of the Ninth Illinois Begl-
r1ent. was seriously beaten by South Car
DINA soldiers and so was Albert Smith,
another negro who worked for officers Of
the Third Georgia.
Bugler Barbee whose home is at Chc--
ter, $. c.. is iu the regimentaI hospital,
waiting for his wounds 10 heal, and Smith
is at the Georgia Infirmary. where he was
sent by officers of the Third. 1t is not
thought either OF them Will die. though
both are painfully hurt.
The bugler has two bad gashes in the
left arm, one Of them being a severed
bicep. Another wound is about four inches
long and runs from a point just over the
heart down toward the stomach. Had
this gone trife deeper, Barbee would
be dead man. As it is, Or. Poore, as
sistant surgeon, says he will get wei.
Smith is beaten up about the head, and
has TWO OF three gashes about the head
and face that We're made, it is said. wish
a bayonct II is reported from the inirm.
airy that he also VIII probably recover.
No report could he gained of the cond-
ton of the third man that appeared relia-
bic, though il was rumored that he died.
Tho coroner had heard nothing of a death
from violent causes, however, and il is
likely that Brown. as his name was called,
was not so seriously hurt.
The negro Brown was the man who cut
street car, on which the trouble occurred.
and tried 10 make his escape. He was
not fast enough. however Smith was with
him, and the two were overtaken by tho
sc.diers before they had gotten very far
away. Then they were beaten up
The story of the affair, as gathered from
participants, is that the two negroes Were
or the car, going TO the First Division
camps. a number Of soldiers were also
aboard. The negroes were max
ing offensive remarks about the
letter, and finally an epithet was
used that provoked Sergt. King Of Com
pany G Of the Second South Carolina. be-
yond endurance. He knocked both the
men off the car, using, il is said, his
dubbed pistol. This didn't suit Brown
He ripped out am ugly looking knife and
jumped on the rear of the car. Barbee
was standing there looking out for the
had taken no part in the disturbance and
that he Was surprised when the negro
stabbed him three times. After his third
slash Brown jumped from the car and
Barbee jumped after him. He tainted as
soon as reached the ground. however, and
knew nothing further until he was brought
around at the hospital
The bugler's comrades saw the cutting
and all piled off the car and started i'm
pursuit of the negroes. 1t was not long
before they overlook them, and then the
result would probably have been more
serious than il was had not the guard Of
the Third Georgia been called out For
the past few days a sentinel has been sta
toned on the stretch Of roadway that ex-
tends from Dale avenue to the Thirds
camp. 1t was on this that the negroes
were overtaken by the soldiers. The SEN
tinel called the guard, and il was turned
out at once. 1t was just in time to res
cue Smith. Brown seemed to have got
ten lost in the shuttle in some way. He
was not taken 20 the Georgia camp with
Smith
All manner of rumors We're rife yester-
day about the affair. Until it began to
be known that the negro at the Thirds
camp was not the one who had done the
cutting there was talk of lynching and IL
was even reported that a party of the
South Carolinians was going to the in
Urinary last night to get him Smith dis
claims the cutting, though. He saws il
was the other fellow who did it and that
he had done nothing to justify the assault
that was made upon him One of the Of
ficers for whom he works stated that he
had found him a pretty steady negro and
that he thought he was probably telling
the truth about the affair