Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-15
SHOOTING AFFAIR.
A CoIOred Man Shot by a Policeman while
Resisting Arrest.

Resisting Arrest.
On yesterday afternoon about O. clock row
took place near the Gaut House. place of bad
repute on Crozier street. near the railroad cross
ing, in trying to quell which, the chief rIoter
RESISTED ARREST,
and was shot twice and severely wounded.
The facts as we learned them are these: Tom
Campbell, the man who was shot, went to the
house indicated and called for dinner, which
was brough him by a cOlOred woman named
Martha Bible, whom he had given small sum
! of money, S1.75, we were told, and after eating
his dinner, which he found great fault with,
told her to return the money. This she
DECLINED DOING.
which made Campbell very angry and he swOre
very roughly that he would have it, and tried
to take away the money by force but he did not
succeed. lie had set the dinner basket on the
floor and failing to get his money got madden
ifpossible, and kicked the basket in the mud
and left. He was absent few minutes when
her returned and kicked the basket into
the house, when he
RENEWED THE DISTURBANCE,
more violently than before, threatening to
kill thedusky damsel with scriptual name out
right. He was frequently requested to stop by
the inmates of the house, and one of them,
Margaret Phillips, told him she would send for
the police if he did not cease. This had no eff
feet on Cam pbell, who again made threats
AGAINST HER LIFE.
and was going to assault another of the crowd,
but she ran out of the room. In the mean
while the aid of the police had been invoked
and Policeman James George came IN to quell
the muss and told CAMPBELL in professional par
lance that he was under arrest" and caught
hold of him. Campbell, with violent oaths,
swore he could not be arrested and made savage
threats against Mr.. George, who drew his pIs-
tol and told him he had to come. The negro
~, hold Of ha6 throwing
his hat on the back of his head told the police
man that he
DARED HIM TO SHOOT.
At this stage of the game the women became
alarmed and implored Mr.. George not to shoot
him, when the officer put up his pistol ana
Jerking Campbell loose, showed i'm out OF the
door. As soon as they got outside Campbell
struck Mr.. George a heavy blow on the head with
his fist swearing he would kill him if he didn'tlet
him alone which he returned with his mace.
staggering him. but in falling he pulled George
down in the mud, when a
SEVERE sCUFFLE ENsUED
w hich lasted for some time. The mud was
very deep and seeing the disadvantage he
labOred under, he summoned aid from the by
ISLANDERS, none Of whom responded, however.
Both were struggling for possession of the mace,
when suddenly Campbell released his hold and
sprang up, running across the street. Seeing
this and fearing that the negro would attack
him with stones, which were plentiful on the
side of the road, and knowing the inequality Of
such a contest he drew his pistol and
FIRED TWO SHOTS.
both of which took effect one entering the back
and ranging through the bowels, which lodged
inside while the other struck further in front
and passed entirely through.
When struck, Campbell seemed to realize his
danger and ran off, apparently not much hurt;
He stopped q short distance off and crowd
soon collected, who proposed taking him to the
of of thew
all objected, and at length he was placed IN
wagon and started TO the house of one of his
friends some distance from town. BY this time
the authorities had been apprised of the diStur-
bancc and DR.. Boyd was sent for, who re-
paired in all haste to the scene and was &C
Companying the wagon, when the party were
met by the man to whose house Campbell was
being taken, who fatty refused to permit him
to come stating that he was worthless fellow,
who would not work and now when lie got him.
self in trouble he would not help him. Disgust
ed at the wrangling, the Doctor returned to the
city without making an examination OF the
wounds which were considered Of
a SERIOUS NATURE,
though whether mortal or not was not certainly
known. Campbell was at length taken to the
farm of DIR. Campbell his former owner, five
or six miles from town, where he now Isl The
wounded man was a brick mason by trade,
though seldom at work, and had the reputation
of being trifing fellow and hard case, gen
orally.
The house where the difficulty originated IS
inhabited by a bad lot and is avoided by re-
spectacle people.
Another account states that the shots were
fred while the policeman and negro were strug-
Cling and after Mr.. George had repeatedly
called for help, which, if it had been rendered,
would not have been DONE and instead of lying
on bed of suffering, Campbell would only
have passed night in the calaboose. Our in
formation is derived from eye-witnesses and we
rIH-of l1n 20 ~. fIoJyI told 10
Such occurrences are to be deeply deplored,
and generally have their origin in whisky, as in
this instance, Campbell being wild from the in
fuence of his potations.