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Show Shot by negro while defending his wife LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 20.-C. A. JTag-oner, JTag-oner, a carpenter, was perhaps mortally wounded In his own home today. He told ' the police that a negro had entered his house and made an attempt to assault his wife, and in his endeavor to protect her he waa shot by the negro, who made his escape. Sixteen men have been arrested on suspicion. Half an hour before the negro attacked Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner, he also attempted to assault Mrs. Louis Jones, neighbor of the Wagoners. In the struggle Mrs. Jonee seised the negro's revolver, when he shot her into insensibility. It is also feared that she will die. |