Show THE COURT WAS ARMED chief justice of tennessee shoots a lawyer chattanooga dec IG 16 chief calef justice D it snodgrass of the supreme court of tennessee shot and painfully in lured lawyer job john 1 I 1 1 U beasley in the hie I 1 law aw otrice of cong congressman ressman brown in ili this thia city a few minutes before noon today judge snodgrass entered the law bince to see spurlock the partner of congressman brown neasley beasley was sitting ting at a L desk and the judge walking up to him denounce nn an article in chiq mornings times which over his beasleyy Bea signature as n a lie Jl casley protested that it was waa the truth they came to blows and judge snodgrass drew a pistol arid and shot at beasley twice one ball entered the 1 left eft arm near fit the wrist and came out 1 rear the elbow the other ball lodged lodge in the ceiling the charges made by beasley in his card were to the effect that the 9 su u dieme court rendered a decision in ili a railroad lail road debt dc bt case cas of the state from a leal standpoint not from that of justice judge snodgrass went before justice turn tom cowart covart waived trial and upon giving 1000 bonds was released |