| Show ONE R I Two Negroes Engage in Row RowAnd RowAnd And One Uses U es Revolver H On the Other HOWELL MAKES CAPTURE Buck staten in Dying Condition While Gun Man Lan Languishes Languishes in Jail rouble Occurs In III Candy Hill Hili Me Ic Saloon on Commercial St SI Principals Dope I I At Jl 11 this morning I trowell the colored on tho thoI I captured Jerry Chom In a aI I room of at a n house opposite the lutTI 5 wc cat t Third South street Chorn ChornI I a It white mon named Frank FrankI I I Merrill and ha had been with tho shortly after acter Chorn shot in tho tack Officer Howell got a line on 01 tho thoI I man mall through a 1 friend of ot who j became Indignant over oel tho shooting lie He saw aw Chorn and Merrill together af nC j tel ter tho shooting and an told tol I Officer How lIow j ell eU The latter went quietly to work I ami dually located the tho man mall at tho place stated staled Howell quietly entered the tho j and placed Chorn under arrest I Tho man did not resist and came ly I enough with tho officer AVord wan 1 tent to police headquarters that the themar themar mar had been caught and ami within 15 16 minutes Howell arrived with tho pris prisoner oner onel MAKES BRIEF STATEMENT horn Ohorn Is a light negro but has lIas tilt UJ appearance of oC a 11 Mexican Mexican can His hall hair while black Is quite Ills His skin Is of ot light cream color and his eyes arc of ot ll lIht ht brown hue He Ho did not appear at nt all ull ncr ner ous over his arrest but refused to taU talk beyond making the tho following brier statement to 10 Officer This never noor would hao happened If It Staten had not reached for his gUn KUn hen he ho throw tho dollar on till this table I saw the Iho butt hutt of or the gun us lie started to 10 pull It Il Ills Inside coat pocket 1 simply beat him to it nil all Candy McKenzie proprietor of lit the saloon where whelo the trouble vas wilS nt at tho th station when whon Chorn Cham was brought In lie HeRald aId that the two men had bad been friends for fol many years cara that In III California california each hud had bor hor front tho other Their Th lt last night was was over oel 1 I Mc eule mild suld Staten was regarded aa IlS aaa IlSa a quiet peaceful Jle man and ono onu not given to tu trouble making OTHERS RELEASED Bob n l Jone Joncs colored who was also with after atler tho shooting was arrested l t night and locked up wife ns as also taken into custody hut but attar atI r was placed under arrest they re both bOlh released The prisoner when taken to tho station refused to make mallo any statement beyond what ho said 10 Office Ho sent for fOI Attorney mid employed the latter to dc de him When Whon for tor his ilia 1001 ur fro he said ho did not have any un and refused to 10 say a what he h lid did with It after the shooting denies that tho men quarreled over a I gambling game and ami declares that he runs rims a respectable Place antI antl that the tho men nien playing foci when the tho trouble started CLAIMS SELF SEIF DISPENSE Chorn stated to 10 Captain that th t he shot hut but In self Belr defense and that utter after tho shooting he threw tho Ibe gun away on tho street Ho He went tack back later ho said 1 Iii to find the tho weapon but bul it was gone tho police pollee are ale holding Jerry horn Chorn a It Jockey jocko and hop head James bettor known an Ita Huck Buek also colored Is 11 lying on a It hoil od at Bt St hospital fatally wounded I Ho He will In nil all probability dlo before nightfall staten was WIlS shot by b Chorn Cham before 11 last night In Tandy Dill Bill 1 baloon and nn joint at 13 Commercial Tho Th sheeting was waR tile the result of ot a Kl lei between Chorn and Staten Slaten over money mone Chorn after atter tiring a 11 bullet I from a n as 38 caliber revolver Into Inlo tho k of ot Staten threatened to kill any anyone nn one ne who attempted to 10 detain him and anil made loade good Ills hili STORY STOny OF 01 EYEWITNESS E Affording A to tho story told 1 morning by a 11 colored man who In III tho Iho room where tho Iho shooting and Staten with other otherl had been shooting Tho fhe two became engaged in nn altercation over oel money matters mailers They Jho had loaned ouch other othel money at various times but tI IlO was 1011 It dispute as to 10 whether they were welO elen en or 01 not Chorn claimed that Stalen f o ti 1 him 51 I The latter declared that li ho did ld nut not Then Thon It Is IR alleged Chorn mid The J I see eo a 1 dollar of tr fu eill the Im to tako lale li II SECOND SHOT At AI this Ihl remark Staton reached In hiM hiMl looker l w out a It dollar and throw It I on 11 tin table lable of ot for money Chorn drew a It gun Iun staten aI the weapon started to tn run up 1111 Minis when way a up III Chon fired rb wont ent wide of oC Us mark markU U then Chorn took aim nt mill fired again Till in hot took look erred effect Tho bullet en reci Jack back ranged upward and andi i through tho thu Immediately an all was confusion loli Those hOBO In III till the loom lurked under tables behind choir chalm 1 I horn lost lo l his hut In III tin th confusion Ho 1 f Car P Ul It tho liun WANTED JUS 1118 liNt HAT is my In hat hH 1 ho hu demanded Donl do any moru In 1 le of oC tho You 01 black eel I Of ot WIY a or OJ ril Ill km kil every 11 11 A ful o of you YOI 1 1 hor h V 1 V tn Wilt I pled e 11 hil 1111 ml WOUND IH I FATAL PAl I wan wn taken talol to u drug by II II ot hil Ind xv m car 10 police pollo f J Dr nr n him hll Tho wound Iho I wa 1 Hot 10 SI Tho rho at atman t r I ls th man 1 no HO long longor lilI RII It or II 1 I m HAP ln NO GUN GUV Slaten old 1 0 l on him 10 11 01 hll J Ie 0 of I 40 yo 8 IY y ho w morely rely threw u I ola on Ihl i and a back I In II his pocket when Chorn quick as I a I Hash drew n I Staton ran 1 for Cor forthe the stairway and was ns halt half way war p when the tho first shot was fired Ired It I missed but the second took effect Staten did Ild not nol fall Immediately ly but In a tow seconds sank sUlk to tho Moor CROOKED JOCKEY Chorn Is married and ald lived le with his wife nt lt 23 Franklin avenue Ho Bo waR waRI wa waa a I jockey and rode nt at tho last meet nt tho fair Ho le was ruled oft or an another n other truck for alleged crooked work worl Ho Io was a hop flond and was regard regarded ed cd as IlS an IU ugly 1 customer by b other ne negroes le groes Just before the shooting ho he hall had a wrangle with lh another colored and ld mado threats 11 STATEN A COCAINE FIEND Staton was addicted to tho tA of ot cocaine He 1 is married and lul lived Ivd at t a Franklin avenue Ho u la 32 of at ago RI and CI hero from Irom Austin Austn Tox whine his mother lives lel She Iho hl been notified When hen Chorn mado a It demand for tor tho Jl 1 haying that him hll tho same Hame replied 1 If It I 1 do lD Ill Ill nOI pay Imy It IV Then hen Chorn declared ho would tako It I by h force he mo moment ment melt tho Iho wan 11 thrown on In the tho table tho shooting began During the early part of ot this winter Churn Chorn was WIS well wol supplied with non It Is claimed by those who were Homo somo what with tho fellow that ho had nt at least but lost nearly all al of U by hy Rumbling II 1 Ho Io lost money mOlley lust lost I night tho shooting mid In In a I mORt framo trum of ot mind At this writing Is II sll alive alve but word comes from tho Iho hospital that ho he Is II In a precarious condition and can cannot cannot not |
