The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-26
JABEz MANN FOUND
TAKEN BACK TO THE INFIRMARY
FROM HIS SWEETHEART HOME.
HAD BEEN TO THUNDERBoLT.
SAID HE WALKED THERE NAKED
AND HUNGRY.


Night in a Dying Conditioner Col
Ored Physician Notified DIR. Bar
rOw-Mann Fought for Hours
Against Returning to Infirmary
and Was Carried There in Police
AmbuIance-Why He Left the Hos
pitaI-COIOred odd Fellows Insist
ed He'd Been Kidnaped-LittIe
Hope for Him Now.
With the same mystery that sur
rounded his departure from the Geor-
gia Infirmary Saturday midnight, the
negro Jabez Mann, turned up at $3.50
O'Clock last night at the home of his
sweetheart, Georgia Walker, at Park
Avenue lane, and Cuyler street.
Three hours later, and "a hours after
he left the In1rmary, Mann, was taken
back to the Infrmary in the police am
hulance For two hours after he was
found he fought against returning to
the hospital. He declared that he
knew that he could not recover and
he wanted to die in the home of the
woman he had intended to marry. He
expressed the belief that while he has
little chance for recovery under any
circumstances if he returned to the
Infirmary his death would be certain.
Mann was almost exhausted when
he raped family on the door of the
home Of Taylor Thompson, with whom
the Walker woman boards. The wo-
man herself opened the door and Mann
staggered into her room in the rear of
the house and fell on the bed. He ap-
peared to be suffering great pain. AL
though he had life the infirmary in a
nude condition, when he reached the
Park avenue lane house he wore a
coat and trousers. He was barefooted,
and layer after layer of adhesive plas-
tiers protected the wounds in his body.
These plasters made it possible, with
his wonderful vitality and remarkable
physique, to accomplish a feat so inn
probable that the physicians thought
IL impossible.
From Hospital 10 ThunderbOIt.
The wounded man told the woman
that after he jumped through the hos
pital window he ran through the coun-
try towards Thunderbolt. He went
past Thunderbolt and on his way he
secured the coat and trousers that he
wore when he made his temperance
in town. According to his story ne
was determined to get out of the hos
pital, and wandered aimlessly through
the country because he feared he would
be arrested if he came back to the city
He said he had covered over eight
miles
Suffering from his wound, which
was badly in need of attention, he de-
cidede to go to the Walker woman
and secure shelter and protection from
her. he promised that she would not
permit him to leave her room until
he died or recovered. 1t was decided
to call in a colored physician, and DIR.
Williams was sent for. When he
learned whoh is patient was he tele-
phoned DIR. Barrow.
Wanted TO Die Where He Was.
DIR. Barrow could scarcely believe
that the wounded man had turned up
under any such circumstances. He at
once notified police headquarters and
the ambulance with Mounted PATROL
man Woods was sent to his office. DR..
Barrow followed the ambulance in a
hanson to the address given him by
DIR. Williams. He found that the ad-
hesive plasters had held in the intes-
tines of his patient, who was in weak
and delirious condition. Mann stub
Dornly refused to return to the in
Urinary and the woman was equally as
determined that he should remain
where he was. The arguments by the
physician, the patrolman and members
of Manns lodge fell upon deaf ears.
Mann said he had left the hospital
because no one was permitted to see
him, and because his friends and
sweetheart were driven away when
they called. The woman was finally
induced to insist upon Mann returning
to the Inf1rmary. This was accom-
plished only after she had been as
sured that she could have a private
room and remain with him. Still the
wounded man refused to listen and de-
clared that his only friend-the woman
had turned against him. An effort
to lift him from the bed was resisted.
and he begged that he be allowed to
die there. If the woman would not
permit him to stay then he wanted to
be sent to his mother. near Americas.
His fight to prevent his removal COM
pletely exhausted him, and after
midnight he was placed on
stretcher and put into
the ambulance. 1t was nearly l o'clock
this morning before he reached the
hospital.
Back in the Inflrmary.
No one was more amazed at the ap-
pearance of Mann than DR.. Barrow,
unless il was Sam Lee, the negro or
derby on whose match the patient made
his remarkable escape. Lee declared
that he couldn't believe that the negro
had been caught alive and refused to
credit the statement until the ambu-
lance with police guard arrived at the
Infirmary. When asked in the morning
by Superintendent Reilly where the
missing negro could be found DR.. Bar
row said within a radius of 200 yards
from the spot on which he Jumped
How he could go any further after his
plunge through wire screen the ply
stefan was unable to then say.
THE adhesive plasters that / strap
ped on him Saturday made possible
what I believed impossible" said DR.
Barrow after Mann was found. The
patient had been restless on Saturday
and DIR. Barrow found il necessary to
put the plasters on. During Saturday
afternoon Mann become more restless
and other plasters were strapped tight
~ over the wounds. These plasters
alone prevented his mtestines dropping
out when he made a jump that would
have more than jolted a healthy man.
The negro's actions make the chances
while in the hospital DIR. Barrow con-
l. Oh