The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-09

capture would not be an easy matter
unless he were taken unawares.
AS the officers approached the house
they heard a noise inside as if a fight
We're going on, and they rushed to the
window. They saw at glance that
the negro was raVing. He was smash
ing the chairs and piling them in the
fire place. After a hasty consultation
it was decided to wait few minutes
and see if he would not quiet down.
After piling everything he could in
the fire place the negro sat down. A
slight noise made by one of the officers
attracted his attention and he rushed
to the window with a monkey-wrench
in his hand. He peered out but see
ing no one again t%nk his seat. The
officers started towards the house and
the noise again attracted the maniac,
who was on the alert. This time he
came to the window with a double
barreled shot gun, but soon resumed
his seat again.
Officers Made n Rush.
The officers then made a rush for
the house, and pushing the door open
made a dash for the negro, to over
power him before he could do any
injury. Williams was quick as a flash
and before he could be overpowered
made a desperate fight. He had a
long knife in his hand, and in the
struggle he succeeded in getting one
arm free. He made a vicious lunge
at Officer McQuade. but the blow was.
partly warded by officer Brown, who
threw his club in front of the negro's
arm.
The knife blade glanced along Of
11cer McQuade's skull. infiicting a
wound five inches long. The wound
ed officer drew his pistol and at the
first opportunity he had of firing,
without injuring either of the other
officers, who were struggling with the
maniac, he attempted to fire, but the
pistol would not go off.
For several minutes the struggle
continued before the officers could use
their clubs with any effect. "A perfect
rain of blows on the head of the in
furiated madman, soon quoted him, and
he was handcuffed, placed in the pa
troll wagon and taken to the police
station.
DR.. Morrison, who was in a nearby
house attending to the mother of the
negro, who had been stabbed earlier
in the night, appeared on the scene
just as the negro was subdued, and
made a hasty examination of Officer
McQuade's wound. Although bleeding
profusely DIR. Morrison said the
wound was not necessarily dangerous,
though the great loss of blood TO a
man of McQuades age was serious to
a degree.
The wounded officer was carried to
his home. where the wound was sew
ed up, and at late hour he was rest
ing comfortably.
other onicers Were Bruised.
officers Brown and Clancy were both
badly used up in the struggle with the
rnadman. When they returned to po-
lice headquarters they were both
covered with blood and it was thought
that they too had been wounded. Be
yond a few bruises and bumps. how
ever, neither suffered injury.
The officers said Williams was one of
the most powerful men they had ever
tried to arrest, and fought with all the
fury commonly accredited TO a mad
man.
Dr. Morrison also dressed the wounds
of the negro temporarily, and said that
he would, no doubt, recover.
The noise of the struggle created
considerable excitement, as nearly
everyone living in that neighborhood
were wrought up over the reports Of
the wild things accredited to the
maniac
Williams had run his wife and two
children out Of the house in addition to
stabbing his mother and brother. The
wounds of neither are considered
serious.
Patrolman McQuade is the Oldest
member of the police department, and
has had many close calls. He has
been shot a half dozen times, and
has been 81 deaths door more than
once. Because Of his splendid physical
condition n Is believed that the wound
ed officer will recover, although he lost
. great deal OF blood, a..