The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-26
SHOT IN COLD BLOOD
WILLY JONES. NEGRO. KILLED
on WEST BROAD STREET.
SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED.
THREE or THOSE IMPLICATED
ARE HELD BY THE POLICE.

Two Negroes Fired at Jones Feet,
II Is Alleged, Before Fatal shot
Was Fired by walter LIOyd-LIOyd
Made His Escape, But His Com
paniOns Are in CustOdy-It Is
Charged That One of the Men I'm
der Arrest Shot at White Man
who Was Following Party.
wounded Man Ran Half n Block.
In cold blood Wylly Jones, a negro,
was shot and KILLED at Gwinnett and
West Broad streets early last night.
William Henry Bland alias Rabbit"
Willie Jenkins alias, Little Willie, -"
and Willie Ferrebee. alias Tub" all
negroes, are held at the police station
in connection with the shooting. The
police are searching for Walter Lloyd
who is charged with having fired the
shot that killed Jones.
From the information secured by the
detectives the shooting of Jones was
entirely unprovoked. 1t is charged
that both Lloyd and Bland fired at
Jones, and that a few minutes after
wards Bland fired one shot at Mr..
]. p. Wise. citizen Of Stilson, who
was following the party that did the
shooting With the detectives close
on their heels Bland, Jenkins and Fer
rebee surrendered at police headquar-
tiers.
1t was evident to the officers that
the negroes had agreed upon a story
1ofnad
ately with the desired result. They all
told different stories, although Ferrebee
the last of the trio questioned. finally
admitted that Bland had fired two
shots and Lloyd had fired three. Only
one bullet struck Jones, and he died
a minute or two later. The ball enter
ed the left breast near the heart and
the negro ran to Gwinnett lane, where
he fell dead.
SkyIarLing with Revolver.
The negroes had been skylarking with
a revolver owned by Walter Bagnen of
No. sos Oak street. Jones was not
member of the party that had been
around the fruit stand on the corner
during the greater part of the after
noon. 1t seems. however that he took
d hand in the tussle for Bagnen's pis-
toll. 1t was after this tussle was over,
however, that the shooting occurred.
Three shots were fired at Jones feet
and the fourth at his body.
Ferrebee says that Bland fired the
first shot at Jones feet. and that Lloyd
fired two shots at the negro's feet. and
then the third shot that struck him in
the breast. The four negroes ran off
together and were followed by Mr..
Wise who was forced to retreat when
they turned upon him and shot. Ferre-
bee says that Bland fired the shot at
Mr.. Wise.
BLAND Denies Charges.
Bland denies having had a pistol.
He says that he did none of the shoot
ing and that only four shots in all
were fired. These, he declares, were
fired by Lloyd. Bland stated to the
police that Lloyd fired two shots at
Jones' feet and the third into his
breast. The fourth shot he claims
was fired at Mr.. Wise. Bland stated
that Jenkins had pistol, but did not
use il.
Jenkins tells still another story. He
says that he did not have a weapon of
any sort and that Lloyd was the only
one who shot. He denied that Bland
did any shooting, or even had a pis-
tol. Ferrebee made practically the
same statement at the start, but later
broke down and confessed to the facts
alreadN related. Although mounted
patrolmen and the city detectives were
on the scene early it was with the
greatest difficulty that any information
was secured.