The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-23
BULLET IN HIS HEART
WILLIAM NEWsoNE, C0LoRED
SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET.
THE MURDERER ESCAPED
HE is THOUGHT TO BE FRANK
BROWN OF MACON.

sOmes Had Been DrinISing -The
Row Started About a Companion.
Man Who Did the shooting First
Cut william NewsOme on Shout
der Then SIashed Jarrett New
some in Several PInces-WiIliam
NewsOme Had started 10 Avenge
His Brother when He Was Shot.
William Newsome. colored. was shot
through the heart at Minis and West
Broad streets last night few minutes
before midnight. The murderer, an I'M
known negro, escaped.
In a fracas with the man who did the
shooting Jarrett Newsome, a brother of
the dead man, was severely cut on the
head, left cheek and left arm. This row
occurred, however, before the shooting.
The dead mana the wounded brother.
and half dozen witnesses, were taken to
the barracks. There jarrett Newsome was
seen by a Morning News reporter, and
gave his version of the two ARRAYS,
though, whether because he was drunk at
the time the trouble occurred, or whether
TOO frightened to know much about it, he
was unable to give very coherent state
ment.
From what could be gathered from
him, supplemented with the statements
of some of the other witnesses, it seems
that William and Jarrett Newsome. from
Hawkinsville, and who are mandolin and
guitar players, had been playing at va
rious places in Frogtown, and about II AS
o'clock, were, with a companion on Oak
street. There the party was joined by
a fourth man who tried to induce this
companion to leave the musicians and go
with him In some way this started
row, in which the fourth and unknown
man took the aggressive, and with
razor cut Willie Newsome on the shoul-
der. The wound, however. was very
slight, his coat and other clothes having
served to protect Newsome from dam
gerous cut. Jarrett Newsome then started
to his brothers aid but the man with
the razor turned on him and inflicted the
three wounds on the head, face and arm.
The Fatal Shooting.
The Newsomes then ran down Oak
street, reached West Broad and ran for
some distance. In some place or other
in the neighborhood of Minis street the
man who was afterward shot, placed his
mandolin, with the statement that he was
going out to find the man that had cut
his brother He was out of the place only
a few seconds. and had reached Minis
! street, when two shots were heard, and
he fell, with the hole in his breast.
Jarrett Newsome, when asked about the
matter. said that he knew nothing of his
brothers having gone into any place. nor
did he know what had become of the
mandolin. A bloody knife was found in
the pocket of Jarrett Newsome when he
was searched at the barracks. The man
said that after he was cut he had taken
this knife and attempted TO cut his as
sailant but had not reached him. The
blood on the knife, he said was his own.
George Bowles, coiored, is the only wit
ness under arrest who claims to know
who did the shooting, but says that he
did not see the two shots fired. He
charges that Newsome was killed by a
mulatto known Frank Brown, and that
Brown cut Jarrett Newsome. Bowles was
standing in a fruit stand when the New
some brothers entered. Jarrett was bleed
ing freely. but Willie was uninjured.
Both had their musical instruments. VIII
lie asked Bowles to take care of his man.
dolin, while he went out to find the
person who had cut his brother.
Beginning of the Quarrel.
Bowles said that he tried to induce the
men to let well enough alone and go to
a physician for treatment. Willie New
some would ROT listen to him, and
throwing his mandolin in the door, ran
out of the store with his brother Just
behind him. Bowles says that he heard
two pistol shots few minutes later
and that almost Immediately the negro
Brown ran north on West Broad street
He heard some one say that Brown had
done the cutting and shooting both
Bowles did not see any weapons In the
hands of the negro whom the police are
so diligently searching for. He was un-
able to say what became of the man in
the excitement that followed.
Dan Brown, colored, said that he was
talking with the Newsome boys. when the
shooting took place He was standing
on West Broad street when the two men
approached him. Jarrett was bleeding
freely from several wounds on the head
and arm and Brown advised him to go
to a doctor for treatment. The witness
said that the Newsomes refused and in
sisted that they intended 10 find the man
who had done all of the damage.
According to Brown a moment later a
man with white hat came up within a
few feet of where he stood and fired two
shots from his revolver. Brown said that
at the second shot Willie Newsome fell
to the ground The man who did the
shooting was a muldtto and Brown said
he can identify him. Death must have
been instantaneous, and Newsome never
spoke after the second shot was fired
The police believe that Browns story is
not altogether straight and he contradict
ed himself several times. II is believed
that he not only knows the man who fired
the fatal shot. but that he knows where
tho pistol came from and what became
of II after the shooting.
Police After the Murderer.
As soon as the homicide was reported
TO Desk Sergeant Murphy at police head
quarters the detectives were sent to the
scene. Supt. Reilly also left headquarters,
and at an early hour this morning was
out with his men trying to locate the
murderer Deputy Sheriff Sweeney and
Coroner Keller were also promptly noti-
fed and arrested some half dozen negroes
who are supposed TO know something Of
st.
Patrolman Clancy was the first officer
ia uniform 40 arrive on the scene. Officer