The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-20
LAIN FOR A WOMAN
ELECTIVE JERRY SHEA KILLED
IN a RIVALS QUARREL.
.oHN ]. HART HIS SLAYER.
VARIETY ACTRESS THE CAUSE or
THE TRAGEDY.


shea shot Ia the breast aud Fen
in Policeman Shcehan's Arms.
Lived Ten Minutes, hut Never
~poke-tInrt Arrested in the stable.
where lie Was EmpIoSed-The
woman Taken From Her Room NJ
the Planters 60 the Barraek--Coro-
ncr'. Jury Returned 81 Verdict Of
Voluntary MnnsiauEbter.
city Detective jerry Shea was shot ana
almost Instantly killed by John j. Hart.
manager Of the livery business 81 Luke
Carson. at SIS o'clock .ast night Tho
shooting took place la front Of the stables
Of Mr carson. 81 Abercorn aud HrouFhton
Hreefs.
Roth men are wen known 10 savannah
Hart s. a con OF Mr Francis Hart ana
besides hIs parents. has number of
brothers ami sisters living here. Be b.
young man WHO has borne always tho best
at Teputauous ana been respected
b. those with whom be has been
thrown Do contact ne served in ihe FIRST
Georgia during the spamsn-Amcrcan
War and made an excellent record. Aiter
the regiment return o. savann 10. he was
made adjutaut o. the First Battalion, but
resigned his commission some months ago
Shea has been connected with the DO
lice and detective apartments OF the city
Tor q number 81 years. and had esiab-
ished a r,putauon a. brave ard fearless
oficer. who never permitted the consider
alton o. personai danger 40 interfere with
Ms discharge o. duty lie was a man of
Inc appearance and physique and q great
physlcuI strength he was the senior
member Of tire detective force % savan-
nah
Accounts % the quarrel differ 10 ascrib-
iug the blame for the homicide. some teli-
inc that Hart shot IN self-defeusc. others
shat when the fatal shot was fired Shea
had not removed his own weapon from
mis- pocket. some Of the eye-witnesses 30
she homicide say that Shea fired the FIRST
shot. others that h. did not IRE a. al
until his breast had becn penetrated by
the bali from Harris revolver. and he was
Keeling 90 his death.
oman the Cause.
However conflicting the stories q the
actual events OF the homicide and those
shat Immediately preceded IL nay b..
there Is ~ doubt a. 20 the manner ia
which bad blood betwccn the two men
was stirred % and the nl-feelng cngcn-
dercd which has produced this anal and
fatal result a phrase describes the stu
auon-there was woman.
For many months both Hart and Shea
have been enamourcd OF Lizzie johnson.
a variety singer and actress at the Al
hambra Music HALL During the past year
she woman has nlled several engagements
an Savannah aud the men have been alter
nate favoritcs IN her doubtful regard.
VITA the subtlety OF the adventures. she
has played them against each other. and
sn the mind Of each OF them has added the
mans indlsposiilon TO be suppianted BY
a rival 20 the passion with which she had
smbued him There have been several
quarrels.
The mems unfortunate attachment for
she woman was az the root Of the trou-
bic An encounter between them bad been
.ssssy expected - those 30 we're fsBisi-
Ear with the circumstances Of the case.
but that Il should have been so serious
in It's results no one had anticipated
Hart was standing IN front OF his place
OF business on Broughton street. when
Shea passed. on his way 10 the station
house The men exchanged surly greet
srxs and in-femporod remarks. Patrol
man william Sheehan came up al this
time and Hart called upon him TO arrest
Shea. shcchan refused. lie did separate
The belieerents however. and according
a. an a.
trouble was over.
What happened then may be safely left
90 the testimony Of the witnesses az the
Coroner's inquest. In 80 far as least as
relates 10 the events Immediately pre-
ceding the Showing and % TO which OF
the men fired the first shot.
Two shots Fired.
The shots-there were but two-came in
muck succession. when the smoke clear
I'd SHEA was standing on the sidewalk
facing the stable. and Hart had disap-
pesred around the corner OF Abcrcorn
street Policeman sheahan ran 20 SUD
port the detective. thinking az first that
sIar, was the one who had been wounded.
JIo found his brother officer Keeling in his
arms.
Are you hurt. jerry he asked
ION. I'm an right" said the detective.
ana 70 saying fen bleeding TO the ground.
The ball from Harts revolver had enter
90 the lcft breast and he was bleeding
internally. Blood gushed. too. from his
mouth and nose Though he lived possi-
by ten minutes longer. he never spOk,
again.
In che meantime Pstrolman Dyer had
followed Hart around the corner Of Abb
.rcorn street and into The side door Of
she stable. lie caught up with Hart jus,
us the latter entered the stable and, win
mis- own revolver drawn, demanded Harris
surrender OF his weapon and himself
Hart made some demur 20 this sugges-
zion. but soon acauiesced. When Patrol
man gheehan came up. shortly after
wards. Dyer. who was not on duty. turned
his prisoner over 40 the other officer. The
slayer Of the detective was sent In the
patrol wagon to the police station house
and locked up.
Those who surrounded Shea, as he lay.
wounded unto death, upon the sidewalk,
DID what they rudely could for his com