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Show NEGROfTH BAD'RECIFi) Shoots Two Women and Attempts to Kill Postmaster El Paso. July 25. Frank Lawson. a negro, anil formerly a member of th.. Twenty-fifth United' States lafantry (colored) and among those dismissed from the service following the "shooting "shoot-ing up" of Brownsville, Texas, forced his way into the home of his father-In father-In law. C. C. Shelton, this morning, shot bis wife and his mother in law, Mrs. Shelton, and van. Postmaster J. A Smith, who was passing, attempted to capture the negro. ne-gro. The latter llred once, but missed, miss-ed, then, as Mr. Sm.th closed in, the negro pressed tho gun into the postmaster's post-master's stomach, and pulled the trigger again, but the pun mlsped fire. The necro was soon captured and officers rescued him from the mob Just in time to prevent a lynching. Both women shot by Lawson will die. |