The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-24

Collins, in no manner related to him,
had complained to the desk sergeant
that there was man lettering around
her house. Collins commended that he
did not arrest Greene until he had
been taken to the house OF the COM
plainant. He denied that he had adj
| dressed Greene first, and claimed that
Greene had first said to him, What in
the - are you following me for?''
Collins Statement.
Continuing Collins says in his state
ment; I said, Mrs. Collins. is this
the man? She said, Yes, Mr.. Collins,
he looks just like the man.
The man then said, Yes; / was on
your corner. but not on the sidewalk
l then said to Mrs. Collins. Do you
want him arrested? She said. No, If
you know him, or he can explain him
self, let him 60 replied then. No.
don't know the man, but will take
him over to the sergeant's Office. /
then ask him to go with me to the
barracks. His reply was, No; I will
not go with you anywhere l said, Yes
you will, and then, for the first time,
1 put my hand on him. l did not do
this roughly, but simply placed my
hands on his arm. He jerked loose from
me and said, How dare you put your
hands on me, you scoundrel? Then l
took hold of him for the purpose Of
carrying him.
II led him in the direction of the
Habersham street gate, which was the
nearest entrance to the barracks yard,
and it was my purpose to take him, at
that time, to the serEeant's office.
had proceeded with him in the direc-
ton of the sergeant's office, through
the back yard, until a little more than
half the distance had been traversed,
when he said, after continued cursing
and abuse, I'm good notion to whip
you anyhow, you - - and
suddenly. to my great surprise. he
hauled off and struck me with all his
force and power in the left breast, at
the base of the neck. The blow was
an upper-cut, with both fists, and was
aimed at my jaw. The blow knocked
me from him, and l staggered off the
sidewalk Then it was that, for the
first time, jerked out my club. l said
to him, If you hit me again, I'll hurt
you, and hurt you bad. Now, I'm going
to lock you up.'
Said He Didn't Strike Greene.
II did not strike him, nor did 1 ham
die him roughly. because l thought
that he was a man whom could man
age without without beating. and ac-
cordingly got behind him and grasped
an arm with each hand and showed
him in front of me to the door of the
station house. 1 called Mr.. Higgins,
who was on the inside of the station
house, to come and open the door. Mr.
Higgins opened the door. and showed
the man inside. All this time he was
cursing and abusing me. Up to this
time did not know who the man was,
nor had he given me his name. When
inside the door I asked him his name.
His reply was a volley Of abuse Then
Mr.. Higgins said, Why don't you give
your name?' In reply to Mr.. Higgins
he said his name was Henry G. Greene.
He then turned to me and began to
abuse me again, and attempted to hit
me. Then grabbed him again and
said, MIR Higgins. for Gods sake tell
me wheTe to put this man before /
have to hurt him.
Fought Against Going in Cell.
"Mr. Higgins pointed to the cell in
which the man was to be placed. /
attempted to put him in the cell, but
he resisted me, and as / was showing
him into a cell, Mr. Higgins came for
ward to my assistance. After he was
in the cell, he grabbed up the long
bench that was inside the cell. and be-
gan to ram the door with it. While
doing this he cursed me for all vile
things ina ginable. He cursed the en-
tire police department. Among other
dirty cur This conduct on his part,
and in fact. his entire conduct up to
this time. had not been calculated to