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LIVEL\ TIME IT THE ( HUT'S.Hut ti»«* Exciting Incident \\n» !\otI ndcr flic Can van.Collins, fia., Jan. 11.—A circus pave two performances here to-day to a large crowd, notwithstanding the Inclemency ofthe weather. The people cheerfully wad-«d through three inches of mud and water for five hours this afternoon, and all seemed to he happy until the great show of the day started, outside the canvas.Some one approached Lewis Griffith a negro, and asked him If he had used soma objectionable epithet. Griffith's re-ply not being satisfactory, artd backing the reply with drawing a pistol, the fusillade commenced. Charlie Rewis, a youngman employed by D. A. Tyson as clerk in his saloon, and Griffith opened the ball by firing at one another at short range. Instantly it seemed as if everybody had been expecting “a hot time in the old town,” and enough guns appeared to make the writer think he had been ambushed by a regiment of Boers.Griffith's pistol was shot out of his hand, but he managed to gather it with his left and retreat at double-quick time down the railroad track. He managed to reload on the run and fired some left-hand shots at his pursuers. Griffith's ' troubles were not over yet. for the section man. seeing him corning with a pistol, smelled trouble and opened up on him, causing him to take to the woods.Itewls still pursued and fired one shot after they had disappeared from sight, and It is supposed by some people that Griffith has passed In his checksThe negro who was ehot here Christmas day is said to he past recovery.
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah, Georgia, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1900
Page 5
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Jeanie P.
CA, USA 15 Dec 2021
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