The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-07-03

The blood of human beings is get
ting to be so cheap that men take the
liberty to shoot and cut up people on
the least provocation. Scarcely a day
passes that there is not an account
Of a dastardly deed committed. On
Third avenue, North, between the pub
lie square and 10 Johnston avenue
seems to be the chosen haunt for these
seekers after human blood, and the
dives that are located on this avenue
between the points designated are be-
lieVed to be responsible for these evil
deeds. On any occasion, and especial
ly on Saturday night Third avenue,
from 10 Johnston to the public square,
the crowd is so thick that one
can scarcely pass. Men and wom-
en- thrOng the street and are con-
tinually crowding into the saloons
and the filthy restaurants in that
vicinity. 1t is the duty of the
officers to break up these dives. On
Saturday night another crime was
added to the list of murders that is the
record in Nashville.
James Brown, a young man about %
years Of age, was stabbed in the neck
by man named Ed Shannon, about
o'clock Saturday night, and died OF his
wounds at the City Hospital early Sun
day morning.
The quarrel between the two men
arose over the the request of Brown
for cigarette paper, which Shannon
refused The men were drinking in
Hartmans saloon on Third avenue,
North, and were apparently on good
| terms. Shannon, who is about 19 years
Of age, took out a package Of cigarette
papers and Brown requested one.
Shannon replied that he wouldn't
give his mother one of them," and
Brown insisted that he would have one
anyhow. 1t is said that Brown struck
shannon and at the latter drew a
knife which he plunged deep into the
right side of Browns neck, severing
one of the main arteries.
A man who works for Taylors un-
dertaking establishment saw the
wounded man run out of the saloon and
fall upon the sidewalk just opposite
the car barn, and telephoned the police
station. Brown was hurried to the
hospital in the patrol wagon, and
} everything possible done to save him,
, but he expired shortly after 2 o'clock
in the morning.
The police have a good description
of Shannon who came here from
Georeia recently, and they expect to
capture him before many days.
On Monday night another case that
came near proving fatal was an as
sault with a pistol on John Howell, a
. one arm porter employed by Pitts
. DeBerry, by one MAC" Shelton. A
I representative called to see Mrs. How
q ell at her home, but she was too il
to be seen. Shelton eluded the officers
4 on Monday night Three shots were
= fired by Shelton. only one taking eff
>. feet, this striking Howell in the back
After the shooting Patrolmen Long
: hurst and Van Tien, who heard tn,
> shots, summoned the patrol wagon ant
; at his own request Howell was takel
to the Mercy Hospital Later it wa
u found necessary to send him to tn
u City Hospital, where his injuries wer
L. found to be more serious than at frs
~ anticipated.
e. Little is known of the cause of tn
" shooting except that the men had
a, quarrel about a cOlored woman.
r Shelton was captured early Tuesda
Of morning by Detectives Irwin, DOVE
" Norton. Jones, Cummings and Jacob
ir The shooting occurred shortly aft'
IN 6 o'clock in the evening, but SheltC
he had made his escape before PatrC
lie men Longhurst and Van Tien, wi
boord the shots could reach the seen