Show RACE WAR IN TENNESSEE white woman uses shotgun in fight with negroes memphis tenn mrs james wright of this city on monday shot and killed hilled leila gordon a negro v m oman mrs wright used a single bar meled shotgun she then reloaded the weapon and started in pursuit ol 01 mary davis another negro woman she shot at her once alter after a chase ot of nearly a block but the charge went wild the homicide followed a desperate struggle between white and negro women in which mrs john wright a sister inlaw in law of mrs james wright who lives with her received a bad beating at the hands ot of the davis and gordon women A quarrel over the children of the white woman being stopped from playing with some negro children living in the vicinity led to the fight |