The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-27
USED PISTOL AND CLUB.
PatrOImen williams and CrOnin Had
Ugly Prisoners to Deal with.

Ugly Prisoners to Deal With.
Between and o'clock yesterday morn
ing was rife with exciting combats be
tween the police and negroes whom they
were attempting to and did finally arrest.
George Carter, colored, was shot and bad
ly wounded by Patrolman Williams and
Patrolman Cronin found il necessary to
club Edward Logan almost into uncon-
seriousness before it was possible to arrest
him
The first of these early morning diff
culhes took place in Oglethorpe lane, be-
tween Montgomery and jefferson streets,
about o'clock. Patrolman Williams, in
the course of his investigation of the peace
and quiet of the nelghborhood, had walked
down the lane The place is bad, and en-
joys with the police a reputation that is
exceedingly unsavory. 1t is a habitat of
criminals and fugitlyes from the ven
geance of the law, and the policeman on
duty in that vicinity is expected to keep
close watch on the acts and doings of
The lane residents. Irrespective of any
question of duty, as it is usually esteem
ed rather necessary for his own safety
eyes are Wide open and he sees every
thing that occurs.
When Williams reached a point about
the middle of the block, in the lane. he
saw a negro, whom he had heard for
some time. The negro was INDUCING in
profanity of tha most violent and sour
rilous kind, that included in its denuncia-
ton about every man, woman and child
in the wide, wide world. Williams was
not excluded and he finally stalked over
to the negro and informed him that he
thought 1t about time that he should be
in bed. The response was another outburst
of profanity
Williams told the negro that unless he
ceased his noise and went home
he would be placed under arrest. Atrial
point the negro made his star play Step-
ping off about ten PAGES, he calmly stoD-
ped and said that both he and the officer
We're armed and that some shooting prac-
tice would be necessary to decide the cues
ton as to whether he would go to The sta
ton house or not, As he said this he plac-
ed his hand on the hip pocket of his trou-
| sers and defed the policeman to come on.
Williams drew his revolver and began 10
fac as he advanced. He fired three shots
two of which took effect, one in the Jeff
arm and the other in the right shoulder of
the negro. BY that time Carter had ceased
| his refusal TO go to the station house ana
with many yels eff agony and pain. an
nounced his perfect willingness TO accom-
pany the policeman anywhere he wanted
to take him. WI liams called the wagon
! and sent his prisoner in.
At the station house the negro gave his
name as George Carter. He had been al
most completely sobered by the pain he
was suffering and was penitent enough
DR.. Levi was called 10 the station house
and after an examination directed that
Carter be taken to the Georgia Inir1narv
where he will be treated until the condi-
ton of his wounds permits his attendance
at session OF the Police Court, He is
charged on the docket In The sergeanCs
office with being drunk and dlsorleriy. and
with resisting and threatening to shoot an
officer in the discharge OF his duty
No revolver was found on Carter when
he was searched at the station house but
he had a razor. 1t is thought that if he
did have revolver, he managed to throw
1t away in the confusion in the lane in
which the shooting took place, which Is
dark enough to make It's finding during
the night or early morning quite a matter
of impossibiity. The more plausible ex-
PLANTATION, though, is that he never had a
revolver, and that his threat to shoot the
policeman was a pure BLUM, that he was
surprised after It had been made to ana
would not work.
An hour later there was another strug-
gle between a policeman and the man he
was attempting to arrest. This took Mace
In Waldburg lane near Montgomery street
after previous difficulty in which a vii
ness in the case had his nose slashed
open from top TO bottom with a razor.
James Wright. colored, and a woman
whose name has not been given. were In
a house in the lane The docket says thar
the house was Wrghts home but about
that there seems 70 be some doubt. The
fact that the man and woman We're in the
house together became known to Edwatd
Logan, who claims to be the afiianced OF