Show Horrible Tragedy Mobile 28 Particulars have reached here of a horrible tragedy in Baldwin county near Sibleys Mill opposite Mobile Joel Johnston John-ston a well known citizen of the neighborhood was riding along the public roa when he was shot from behind a tree by a negro The first short struck Joel Johnston in the head stunning him and causing him to fall from his horse While on the ground the assassin shot him twice again in the wrist and in the side and then dragged him 300 yards and put him in a pond thinking him dead The negro then mounted the victims horse and rode off to a party in the neighborhood During Dur-ing the night Johnston revived and dragged himself home a distance of half a mile He told his brother Abe Johnston of the assault Ate as deputy sheriff determined to arrest ar-rest the negro He found him at Jim Malones As he made the arrest the negro drew his pistol Abe Johnston then shot him whereupon where-upon a negro shot Abe Johnston through the breast and then ran Johnston ran a little way after and fired at him but the negro ran on Johnston fell and died in fifteen minutes A crowd soon collected and started in search of the negro who was found dead shot through the breast and wrist He had runabout run-about half a mile down the creek and fell i > a the edge of a swamp |