The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-26

COURT
Did Some Business This Week.
Two Shootings--One Murder
And ssms MlHsr Cases Tried Before Ills Hon
or--.somsthips Rettsn IN Denmark.

The rumors af0at Tuesday nigh
that two murders, one white and on,
black, had been committed, were moi
believed, but Wednesday morning tn,
true facts we're brought to light.
II was the same old story -whiskey
craps and pistols Jesse Fields, whit,
man from Anguilla. was shot thre,
times by Policeman schrader, who wal
OF duty. The shooting occurred YER,
early Wednesday morning in the a real
room Of Hhanahan 3 saloon, near the X
n M. ". depot. Fields had been re
garded as dangerous man and had
been In trouble in this city about .
year ago.
Il seems that Fields and Win Floyd
another policeman who was also Of
duty, and several others were engaged
In game o. craps In this rear room,
when some words arose about the.dice,
and at the same time Fields, with %
open knife, started 1t Floyd or Grey.
ton Wetherbeee, another participant
In the game, when schrader, as he
himself states, 10 save his friends shot
Fields three times. one shot entering
the hack; and one II eAch leg, all be.
log 1red from the rear,
Deputy Sheriff lack Casey, who was
near at the time, arrested the man b.
hind the gunand placed him, IN the
county jail. Fields Waecafrisd 70 the
Klna's Daughaers Home md DFsJ. u,
Smythe summoned 10 his bedside. Up
on examination Of the wounds they
were not thought 10 be fatal. but com
plications set in and Fields is now
dying.
In his statement to the mayor Fields
said that another person shob him, not
knowing, as he was shot Ia the back
and Intoy icated az the time.
I The whole adair Is very much re-
Brettcd By our peopleaftersuch . quiet
and peaceble day had just passed. Just
recently some ofour policemen were
discharges for disorderly conduct and
now this occurrence has shown up
Greenyille's finest In q most deplor-
able and shameful light. The fact that
some ofour policemen frequent these
gambling hells ls enough TO aronsesthe
greatest indignation Of our citizens
and demand that the search light be
turned on and hidden things be re-
vealed. It is needless to say that here
after the police force Of Greenville
will be made up Of men who will
visit these places only when in the
performances duty.
Another five cent crap game in the
rear OF one Of the negro restaurants on
Walnut street run by Ike Judson, In
which all the shooters were negroes,
was the scene Of another killing be-
tween the hours OF 10 and II Tuesday
night.
Will Garner, guard on the Randolph
farm and who comes to the city after
prisoners, was shot and killed by
Steve Barrett, an employee Of the
Southern railroad
At this game the dispute was over
the whole snm OF five cents, the dis
pute being between the above named
negroes. Garner has always borne the
reputation of being a bully and great
buffer, and in this instance he was
Steve with all his might and
made right hand move for his gun.
Bnt Steve was the quIckest and called
The bluff by pouring two shots into
The buffer. the first shot entering his
heart, from which he died in few
minutes. Steve made his escape out
If the back door into the darkness.
Upon examination it was found that
3arnerdid nor have pistol on him, It
having been taken away from him In
HE early night.
Following are some Of minor arrests
# the day.
John Mann was charged with car
-ying concealed weapons, pair Of
xnucks He pleded guilty to the
charge and was fined ss5 and given
thirty days to boot
Roh fravlor. c1lored CHARGED wifh