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Show colored Ian who SHOT YOUNG LYON Theodore Kennedy Bound Over to the District Court With Bail Fixed at $1,500 Story of the Shooting in a Japanese Noodle House c I 1 The slory of the shooting of young Wallace Lyon by Theodore Kennedy, a negro, on the evening of December 15, 1009, at a Japanese noodle house, was told in (he municipal court this morning morn-ing by the eye-witnesses of the affair. It will be remembered that Ljon was shot through the neck by Kennedy while the two were in a scuffle on 1 he-floor he-floor of the place they were visiting, and it was consldeied miraculous tha'. the onng man survived the wound. Lyon appeared in the court room carrying a cane, the wound in the neck plainly visible and quite fresh He still suffers a stiff neck and it is with difficulty that he rnises his chin, but it is anticipated that the cords and muscles of the neck will return to their former condition and relieve the stiffness of today. After hearing the lesl itnony, the court bound Kennedy over to await the action of tho district court. 1 he bond was lixed at $1,3 10. The story told by Mr. Lvon on tho witness stand was that he and William Wil-liam and John B. Marriott niel the negro, Kennedy, in the Palm saloon on Twentv-fourth street on the night of the shooting and that he had a few wordi with him. The.x wero of little importance, e said, and he could not at this time remember what they were. The negro had placed a dollar on the bar. and asked them all to drink, but Mr. Lyon refused to drink A few minutes after the meeting at Uic Palm saloon, the witness stated stat-ed that at the Japanese n.odle house on Twenty-fourth street, between Grant and Lincoln avenues, while he and his two companions were seated at ono of the tables, preparatory to eating noodles and drinking tea, Kennedy Ken-nedy entered the place and took a seat ,'t the other side of the room. Lyon lapped on the table and called for tea, whereupon Kennedy told him ho need not get so gay. Lyon answered an-swered him by saying It was not necessary neces-sary fcr him, the negro, to be so smart. At this Kennedy arose from his seat and approached Lyon with his gun in hand, at the time saying he would "scar" him a little. Tho witness 6tated that Kennedy pushed the revolver against his forehead, fore-head, inflicting a wound. Lyon eith- Kennedy at the Palm saloon and again at the noodle house, where the shooting shoot-ing ocenrred. Their story of the negro ne-gro coming Into the place and opening a conversation with Lyon was the same as that told by Lyon. The- Haw-Kennedy Haw-Kennedy approach Lyon with a drawn revolver. The two men clinched and fell to the floor, when the shot was fired. They also stated that Kennedy ran out of the room as soon as he was free. M. Shlmomal, a Japanese lad of about sixteen years, testified that he was waiting on table the night the shooting of Lyon occurred He said that Mr. Lyon and his two friends came to the place first, and that when Keunedy came In, he and Lyon began talking about something. Kennedy, the witness said, approached Lvon with a revolver and pushed It against Lyon's fare. Lyon throw off his coat and the men began to fight. They fell to the floor, Lyon on lop. Shim-oinai Shim-oinai said he saw Kennedy place the revolver towaid Lyon's face and fire. Then Kennedy van out of tho room and the man that was shot was taken away. Lo Koy Farley, of the grocery store, of Farley & Matron on Lincoln avenue ave-nue and Twenty fourth street, stated that on the, evening of Deremler 15th, Kennedy came to hiR place and nskoii If lie could borrow his revolver. Mr. Farley said he told the man that he did not have one, but tho negro Insisted Insist-ed that he should ave a weapon, that ho was going to Provo aud waufod it as a matter of protection while on the trip. He finally gave Kennedy his revolver. In the course of a very short time, tho witness said, Kennedy returned and placed the revolver In the desk, at tho time telling Mr. Farley not to tell anybody that he had had tho gun, for he had Just killed a man with It. The witness said he examined the gun and found that It had been discharged dis-charged The gun was introduced In evidence and it was recognized by the witnesses as one that looked like the gun Kennedy Ken-nedy used when he shot Lyon. The defendant has not yet been able to furnish the 1,500 bond and remains In Jail. er struck Kennedy and knocked him down or else clinched with him and threw him, he was not positive. When they struck the floor, Mr. Lyon slated, the negro was under and that almost the instant they struck the floor Id the scuffle, Kennedy shot him through the neck. He explained! that the ball entered the neck just under the left jaw and ranged, slightly upwards, to the back of the neck, almost al-most immediately, back of the right ear. Mr. Lyon stated that he had never seen Kennedy before they met at the Palm saloon, and that he had no serious ser-ious trouble with him. He alsu stated stat-ed that he did not know what happened hap-pened after the shooting nutil he regained re-gained consciousness at his home. Tho Marriott boys both tcwtlllcd to the fact that they, with Lyon, met . - |