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Show SAVAGE NEGRO RUNS AMUCK; TWO KILLED. INDIANAPOLIS. March 23. John Willis and Mrs. laura Jeffries, aged 19, were killed, and ''rank Bowden and Mrs. Lucy Coleman were shot through the right and left arm by Albert Wri(?ht last night at the home of Mrs. Coleman here. All are negroes. Cora Carr of JeffersonvUle. Ind., was visiting Mrs. Coleman and the other J victims were callers. 1. Wright had been calling on the Carr girl and came to the houpe. They talked outside, and when she came in Wright followed her, chasing her through the house. Willis tried to quiet him and was killed. Wright then shot Mrs. Jeffries through the heart and emptied his pistol at Rowden and Mrs. Coleman, wounding them both. The Carr girl escaped by hiding under a bed in a rear room. When his gun was empty Wright ran away and Is being pursued. t |