The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-16
FOUGHT IN THE DARK
HOW DESPERATE NEGRO DID up
OFFICERS AND CITIZEN,
IS DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
HARVEY IN JAIL HOSPITAL SUI
FERING FROM DOZEN WOUNDS.

Air Line Engineer GOOlsby mt the
savannah Hospital Badly wound
ed as a Result of Their Encounter
With Vicious NeGrO-Omcer Davis
Not So Badly Hurt-Unarmed, Hart
ley Was in a Dark Room With
Harvey AIOne-POlice Had Trouble
Protecting Prisoner.
AS a result of their encounter in a
house in Perry lane, near Montgomery
street, with a desperate negro early
yesterday morning, an account of which
was given in the Morning News, Pa
trolman Hartley and John Goolsby, a
Seaboard Air Line engineer, are at the
Savannah Hospital.
Although not considered dangerously
wounded, both men are suffering a
great deal of pain and are not permit
ted to see any one. Officer Nose
Davis, who at the same time received
an ugly cash in the head, is not so
badly hurt, and is at his home. Reaf
Harvey, the negro who caused all of
the trouble, is in the hospital at the
county Jail, and his condition is re-
garded as dangerous. He is suffering
from two pistol shot wounds inflicted
by Patrolman Miller, and several scalp
wounds, inflicted by other officers.
At large fiatiron and a heavy iron
bar, the weapons used by the negro in
his attack upon the officers and Gools-
by. are held at police headquarters as
evidence, and if Harvey RECEIVERS he
will have to answer three charges of
assault with intent to murder. That
the negro was not killed when first
tackled in Perry lane was due to the
fact that the fight in which he was
victorious was made in the dark, and
the officers were afraid to shoot for
fear that they would wound each other.
This was made clear by Officer Davis
yesterday, when he made a full state
ment of the affray to the Superintend-
ent of police.
Arrested as Suspect.
Davis had been engaged with De-
tective Murphy in a search for the ne
gro, who robbed Miss Mcleod, but no
trace of him had been found. The
officers separated, and a few min
utes later Davis saw a negro on Perry
lane and Jefferson street. The man
was acting suspiciously, and the Of
ficer in plain clothes placed him under
arrest At that time Davis did not
recognize the negro as the one who
had done him up and escaped under
fire several months before in Ogle-
thorpe lane, near the Independent
Presbyterian Church.
AT the corner of Perry lane, and
Montgomery street Harvey pulled away
from the officer, and for the first time
Davis recognized him. The negro
is fleet-footed, and when he turned and
ran Davis fired one shot at him.
Harvey secured himself in a house and
barricaded the door, and windows.
Patrolman Hartley and one or two be-
lated citizens, including the Seaboard
Air Line engineer, were attracted by
the trouble and went to the assistance
of Davis. A boy with a bicycle agreed
to let the men have his lamp and make
search of the premises.
Fought in the Dark.
No sooner however, had the lamp
been pushed inside the door that blow
from the negro sent 1t to the moor
and extinguished it. This left the
room in darkness and the burly and
vicious negro had things practically
his own way. He struck Davis blow
across the head that sent him stag
gering backward into the laned, and
a second blow sent Engineer Goolsby
in the same direction.
the room was closed and Hartley was
left in the room with the desperate
negro. The officer had loaned his pis-
tol to a citizen who was assisting and
only had his club. He was at the mer-
cy of the negro and blow after blow
fell upon his head. The heavy iron
bar made deep gashes in the scalp
and Hartley fell to the floor uncon-
scious.
Jumped Back Fence.
Harvey made his escape by jumping
over the back fence and had disap-
peared when Patrolman Miller answer
ed the distress whistles. Hartley and
Goolsby We're both unable to continue
In the search and were taken at once
to the office of DR.. Heriot, from where
the were sent to the hospital.
Although the wound in his head bled
profusely Davis continued in the search
for the negro and plotted his brother
officers through the neighboring lanes.
Several officers had been hurried to
the scene and the search continued.
The camping grounds of Harvey, well
known to the police, were gone over
carefully and outbuildings in Liberty
trolman Miller located the negro in an
outbuilding near Barnard street.
Fought, Although wounded.
40 tie OIHCer STRUCK InaIcn Harvey
sprang for him. In a moment the
man in uniform had fired two bullets
into the negro, who seized his arms
ana grappled with him. Harvey is a
powerful individual, and ne had a
strong grip on Miller. Mounted Ser
geant Wood was only few feet away
and with others jumped for the ne
gro.
Several hard blows from the clubs of
the officers landed on the prisoner 9
mead, making a dozen wounds that sent
blood over the officers. 1t was with
olinculty that the police prevented citi-
Zens who had gathered from finishing
the negro, who continued insolent, al
though badly wounded. Even though
harvey RECEIVERS he has a long term
IN the pentitentiary ahead of him.
The negro is we'll know in police cir
cIes and has a hard name. He has
Deen in trouble with the. officers upon
inhumerable occasions and would have
oeen killed by Detective Murphy three
or Tour years ago had not a woman
5umped in front of the officer and
prevented his firing. Upon that occa-
sion Harvey hurled a brick at the
olncers head. After his fight several
HlFlths ago with officer Davis, he
Kept out of the way although the po-
HCe were looking for him.
Inc wounded engineer is not Mr..
FRANK Goolsby, employed by the Cen
JIal OF Georgia Railway Company. Mr..
FRANK Goolsby was on the road at
She time of the trouble and was kept
pusy explaining yesterday that he had
not been hurt