The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-02

opened the door OF our room. and said 20
me II am going down stairs and get car
ter's pistol and I will fix you. YOU yellow
of --." She then ran on out OF the
door and went down stairs. aud { came
right on behind her 10 katCh her and
keep her from getting a pistol ana shoot
ing M and 10 quiet her d Gould.
IL did not want 60 kill her. and did not
have any such idea in my head. As ] was
telling YOU I ran on down stairs behind
my wife. and she went IN the dining room
door of Carriers rooms; the door was
slammed Just about the time ! got there
and was fastened. / ran right square in
TO this door with my right arm and my
right shoulder. Il was a little thin. white
pine door with thin panels. and my weight
broke one OF these through when I went
20 push ia. just as the panel broke some
body inside began 90 shoot II was dark
and I could not see who IL was or where
the shooting was from. one shot was
fred then. ] don't know who fired this
shot or whore Il went. IL looked 20 mo
II / stood there that I was going 20 get
shot unless ! did something. aud put my
pistol through the panel Of the door and
tired Il twice. did rot hear anything
then for about moment and / did not
zee anybody anywhere.
thought that they were trying TO slip
up on me somewhere and shoot me. AMI
put some new cartridges Ia my pistol.
that I had IN my pocket for several DAYS,
and walked toward the front door Of the
entry-way to go out into the street and
get out Of the way. As / passed Carter :
front room door which b. In the 'front.'
part OF the entry-why, somebody came e
this door and I ran back in the hack %
tn. entrv-vay again. Just as I ran hack
whoever q was that was al the front door
shot IA me II was very dark len this en-
trg-Way. for there was no light ana !
could not see az all. / was then nack
down near the door OF the dining room
where the panel OF the door was broken
out. ami there was another shot hred
from Within the dining ROOM ana then
arcd my pistol through the broken panel
Of The door. / saw the figure Of someone
Ia the front part OF the eutry-Way' dud
saw that " / went out that way would
proh,bly get shot or have somebody do
<omathina 40 me- aud went back up
stairs as fast as I could and as ! went
uD stairs / was shot at again. When
got 40 there ] shut my door. put my pls-
toi bnck OF the bureau and got out OF the
window. for | was afraid Y went back
down stairs TO get out they would shoot
me.
Il then went straight 20 the Police Bar
racks and gave myself up. for I thought
that / was Justified IN what ] had done.
ala not know that anybody was sho, eX-
cent my wife. when she was shos WINE
We were tusseiing. until after they put
me IN IAN and I heard about u ~ the
newspapers. / never saw any one uoMu
stairs except the persons at the front aoor
az the entry way when I tried TO 80 ous'
and / never shot down stairs except 10
protect myself"
The arguments for the defense were
made by Mossrs r. ". Lester and Shelby
Myrick and for the state by solicitor Cen
erai " W. Osborne. Mr.. Myrick made
the concluding argument and Il evidently
carried weight with the jury. After be-
ing out something like an hour the jury
rsturned with n verdict OF guilty OF No' Jun
tary manslaughter and sentence was IN
n,sea bv Judge Falligant IN accordance
with this finding.