| Show FLIRTATION ENDED WITH SHOT Annoyed at the continued efforts of a fireman on a freight train of the Central Cen-tral railway to start a flirtation with her and determined to put 1 plop to his unsolicited attentions 1 woman who lives al the elevenmile post on the Central fired at her annoycr with a shotgun Wednesday of last week l as the train was whisked by on Its way to the city She does not know whether she hit tho object at which she aimed but presumes pre-sumes she did not as there has been no report of a casually along the line of road She uucceedod however In scaring the offender no badly he has not annoyed her again and probably will not do so oven If he retains his place with the road That also she hopes to prevent for this afternoon her husband will pay u visit to the officIals of the Central in Savannah endeavor to learn time Identity Iden-tity of her unnoyer and intended victim vic-tim and seek lo secure hlo expulsion from the service of the road According to the woman the persecution perse-cution to which she has been subjected has gone on for a long time The train on which the man fired was a way freight making regular stops up and down the line of the road AM It went up in the morning the fireman was on the side of the cab away from the wo mans home but coming toward tho city he was on her side 0 the track and annoyed her with his offensive attentions at-tentions He would wave and kiss his hnn wlve 1ls hand at her as one stood In the garden in front of her house smile and leer as the train passed and approaching and rtc parllng give tho bell a tap to announce his coming and bid farewell The thinG went on until she could endure I nn Wednesday morning as the time for the trains coming approached she provided herself with a gun and stood In 1 the garden The train came and framed In the window of the cab tho indignant woman saw a leering face while from It waved a hand in friendly graceful greeting She could stand It no longer and let fly The train had passed and she was unable however lo tell what effect her shot had produced I could have killed him easily she says In discussing the matter had it nol boon for tIm fear that I would also kill the engineer Pic had never offended of-fended me and I had no desire to hurt him Had It not been for this I would be perfectly secure from annoyance In time future and there would bo a vacancy va-cancy among the firemen of lie Central Cen-tral 1 would have shot when tho engine en-gine was opposite whore I stood and not waited unlll It had passedSu Vannab Press |
