Show horseman handy with gun washington courthouse obert 0 bert devaney De vancy a well known horseman shot and instantly killed miss llda lida bird at her home on john street ile he then turned the pistol on mrs afro bird mother of the victim and shot her in the abdomen inflicting probably a fatal wound later lie ho shot and killed title silas shackleford and finally killed himself tito tho motive motivo for tho the crimo is not known but Is supposed to bo ba jealousy devaney was white aged 43 yeam miss bird was colored and I 1 aged 22 years |