The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-22
TAKEN BY STEALTH
DESPERATE TOM GALLISHAw CAP
TURED AT GRIMBALL'S POINT.
MADE NO RESISTANCE.
COUNTY OFFICERS WERE UPON
HIM BEFORE HE KNEW OF
THEIR PRESENCE.

GaIIishaw Wanted on Two Charges
Shot Two Negroes mt Dance Mt
Isle of Hope. Then Made His Es-
Cape-Hfd Several Weeks, Then
Went on n Hunt for Negro Mt
Montgomery TerrOrized Tint
Place and Made Escape Again.
Says He Shot Men in Self-Defense,
hut Was Afraid to Surrender.
Tom Gallishaw. an Isle of Hope ne
gro, who has been badly wanted by
the county authorities for some time
on two charges of assault with intent
to murder, was arrested yesterday
morning by Chief Deputy Sheriff T. j..
Sweeney, and Deputies E. C. Harti-
gan, Charles H. Fennell and ]. NJ.
Thompson Though a desperate negro,
he was taken without any resistance
on his part, as the officers had so laid
their plans that the man was totally
unaware Of their presence until they
had him.
The arrest was made at Gallishaw's
own house, located near Grimbalrs
Point. To reach that place the off,
GERS We're forced to abandon their
wagon and go stealthily through brush
and woods, where the heat, intense
even in the open, was almost unbear-
able, and where there were myriads
of mosquitoes to add to the mems suf-
ferings. Their patience and sufferings
were rewarded, however, for all I'M
seen they finally surrounded the house,
entered it and captured Gallishaw be-
fore he knew they were even looking
for him.
Desperate Character.
Galnshaw, who is known to the
county authorities as one of the most
desperate men in the vicinity Of Isle
of Hope, and. in fact anywhere along
the immediate coast, got into his
present difficulty through a fondness
for drink, a hasty temper and an ever
ready gun. At a negro dance given
at Isle of Hope some months ago this
combination of qualities led him in
quarrel with some of the Other at
PENDANTS and the affair ended in Gal
lisnaw's shooting two of the man, Jim
Thompson and Sam Godfrey. after
which he made his escape.
Though neither of the wounded men
died Gallishaw stayed in hiding for
a long time knowing that the author
tiles were after him. 1t is reported that
during his hiding he was fed and
taken care of by the negroes of the
vicinity he happened to select to live
in, and these dared not do otherwise
as the fugitive threatened them with
death if they denied his wants, and
he was a man known to hold life
cheap.
Run Amuck at Montgomery.
Finally Gallishaw heard that there
was a man at Montgomery who had
sworn out a warrant for his arrest,
and so on the night of July q he
tanked up on fiery whis-
ky. and with his ever pres
ent Winchester as a companion he
went to Montgomery for the express
ed purpose of killing the man who had
the temerity to try to have him ar
rested. He didn't find the man, but
he made things so lively along the
bluff with his curses and threats to
shoot that residents telephoned to the
city for assistance in Kidding them
selves of the man. Before the officers
could get to the bluff, however, CAL
lisha had taken himself off.
Recently it was learned that he had
returned to his home and old haunts
near Isle of Hope, and the officers dis
patched a man to him with the mes
sage that it would be better for him
ultimately, If he would surrender.
Gallishaw made the negro stand long
way off while he delivered his message,
and at it's conclusion his only reply
was that he would kill the first
-- -- that came near him.
AS he wouldn't come the officers de-
cided to bring him and so laid the
plans that wer successfully carried out
yesterday morning. Gallishaw's story,
told while on the way to the city, is
that he shot the two men at the
dance in self-defense, and that he
feared to surrender because he thought
he might be shot. He says also that
a part of the time since the shooting
he has spent in Bryan county.
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