The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-17
CALLED 1T MURDER.
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said no. Brooks wanted TO know, then
why he should fuss so. Brooks asked the
lady if she was with Burns, and
she said, no. she was with him. Burns
began talking about what he was going
TO do, and told Brooks to shout. When
ne told Brooks to shout. he ran his hand
back to his hind pocket, but what he Wes
going to get l don't known. At that time
Brooks shot him. Brooks walked slowly
towards Liberty street. l never saw
what Burns did. heard Burns say he
was going to have him arrested. He didn't
call names. Clifford ran across the
street and fell over some lumber, and
then / went across and helped her up !
was in the lane about jefferson street
when the other shots were fired. / Kept
on going.
PoIicemnn's Testimony.
Patrolman J. Brown % 314 Montgomery
street said:
About 2:lO o'clock this morning / was
coming up New street, and just before
got to West Broad street l heard pistol
shot ran and saw Brooks run down
Liberty street from West Broad and fol-
lowed him up. 1 knew him by his light
overcoat. He turned into Montgomery
from Liberty, when l was turning into
Liberty from West Broad street When
/ got to the corner of Montgomery street
j met the negro tndl Was SnOi dShtu
him which way that man had gone. one
man said: He went in that gate An
other said he had gone down the lane
and I went that way. just as ! got into
the lane between Montgomery and JET
ferson streets, there were three shots
fired-two in rapid succession, ana the
other moment later. 1t appeared to me
that the shots were on Jefferson street,
between Perry lane and Liberty street
N-,xur aarsa1 fhUwF u
found Patrolman Fender on the sidewalk.
There were colored man and
woman standing on Jefferson and
Liberty streets, just opposite where
Fender was. l asked the man if he knew
which way that man went, and he SAID
he didn't known. 1 then blew my whistle
for help and Sergt. Powell came up ana
asked what the trouble was. / told him
and asked him to go to the Central Rail
road Office and notify police headquar-
tiers. / staid there until Dr. Heriot came,
and took him to his office. l didn't see
any of the shots fired, but saw the man
with the light overcoat, identified as
Brooks, running away.
Dan ReiIIy's Evidence.
Dan Reilly Of Perry street near West
Broad, said:
About o'clock this morning | hap
pened to be on West Broad street near
the Central Railroad depot. l heard a
shot fired. I saw two or three persons
cross the street. L heard woman say
please don't let him shoot me" In
that time a man and a woman came run
ming across the street towards where /
was They went through Perry street
lane and the other man went towards
Liberty street. The man who went to-
wards Liberty street had ON a light over
coat and a high black hat. About two or
three minutes later l heard a couple of
shots. saw Patrolman Brown running,
and l followed him behind. When 1 turn
ed the corner of Liberty and Montgomery
streets / met Burns. Policeman Brown
asked who was doing all the shooting
around there. Burns said that it was a
man by the name of Brooks and describ-
cd him as the man 1 mentioned.
l told Mr. Brown he had bet
ter hold Burns. Burns said no. because
i am shot already. / told Mr.. Brown to
go ahead and look for Brooks and Possum,
James Days, and 1 would hold Burns for
him. I walked through Perry street lane
from Montgomery to jefferson with Burns.
Turning Jefferson, going south, saw Mr..
Brown and the wounded officer ON the
ground. At first l thought MIR. Brown
had Brooks under arrest. Mr. Brown
told me that he (Brooks) had shot the
policeman, and TO go 10 the barracks and
telephone to headquarters. l ran as fast
as / could and told the policeman station
ed there. In the meantime l met Postum.
l walked back as far as Montgomery and
Liberty streets. While crossing Mont
gomery street saw the man that 1 knew
was Brooks. He was coming towards
Liberty street in the dark, and l told the
policeman to hold him up. l got on one
side and Postum on the other, and the
policeman grabbed him. Then we went
back 10 where Mr.. Brown was When
we got there Burns said, Yes that's the
man that shot me When we caught
Brooks he had come out of Perry street
lane into jefferson street"
sergt. PoweIl's story.
Sergeant of Police W. II. Powell said:
About 2:10 this morning my wife called
me and told me that there was row in
the lane. BY the time l got up my
brother told me that some one had been
shot on the street, and i got on my
clothing. / saw Fender on the ground
and Patrolman Brown standing by him.
/ asked Brown what was the matter. 1
asked Brown which way he ran and l
understood him to say up the lane, and
sent a couple of boys to the passenger
shed to notify police headquarters. 1 ran
up Liberty street, and just as / go TO
Montgomery street l saw Brooks coming
across from Perry street lane towards
Liberty and Montgomery. About
that time l saw the two boys
coming back from the passenger shed.
sold Brooks to halt. He asked me what
] wanted. l told him l wanted him for
shooting a policeman. He said L haven't
got any pistol you can search me- BY
that time the two colored boys came
up and said, that is the mani 1 kept
him covered and had the two boys search
him. He continued to say that it was
not he, and that he never carried a pistol
When l got to jefferson street the negro