, 1875-06-02
ALMOST A MURDER.
Desperate Pistol Combat In q
BnEniu;
A VirEinian Will Lose His Right Arm
for Folly's Sake.

A shooting atfftT occurred isst midnight wl,lcl
nearly cost tso mon tholr lives, Aud lii a den b
infamy which II Is hopod will now bo cloasd ant
all tho parties prosecuted. Tho t,laoo reftrrol
10 Ia ostosalblv h csgar slora nj No. 17D Wet
fisdiaon street, kept by Carrie Uyke, alias B.pts
son, but 10 In reality
a HOUSE OF iIL.rAME,
and las boon tho object OF police survc',anc,
for son,o tsnao. AJbung and wel|.4lrosscd .na.,
WHO gtvcs hia hamo AZ Samuo! u. Floyd, from
LYnohburg Va, arriyc.l III tue city recently, AMI
Inst hl9lls Hcnb into tlio resost Of tho wumnt
1'y, Dyke, whom he formerly know II
na'9.moro; ~ m1sd Accordin? 10 TIL, abatement
q g. psve /. Ansell. we~hnown mock auetionccr
tho wospan :tvoin Intoxicated, and sitting III
room adjoining tho cigar ntore. In company wt.l
Lena Whisc. ano.her t.srnrutatlo CONNECTED
Will Iho ptace. ANGEL has benn IN The habit ol
HAaoiNu ABOUT TILE nluNto
In spte Of recent srEcst at,tt wa,nines. and IL
on torns OF Intimacy wit'I tho woman Dyko
Last night about u O'CLOCK, ho insisted on
putting Miss Dyks to bod, and mont 10 lar hs Ia
put 20 conch IL ordcr and diow her ohoes or,
IL tho meantime sho VAS III tho embraces
Of Floyd: ap1 mhon Anscll was about 10 unbu..
ton lcr drcas tho folmsr objected to Tho pro.
ccedlug, and. Ansoil anys, struck at him. rhe
woman srled to hold lim back, out he drew d
tsed At him. The latter todsed down to tho iioor
IN front Of tho woman and tho ball msspd u,t,l,
Ftorp FIRED AGAIN.
a and missed, and then Anaell, who lad bcou
9esoyeE aosdS sa9yc an9qs Tor s9co 70 s DIRE"
ay 4 liz sa.asOns:s ?ns' Tlie ssitnsIs aeH hss
Was lirely and eAci.ing for time,
both mon standing their ground and fsr.ug ROCK.
leasly mud royal dieas Of other liveh. Tho women
fan aitot tho nTst SHOT aud up To 1;30 this a. IN.
had not beel lonlsd.
..., AssELL's r1nsr snor m1asEo
Its marx aud wcnt through tho fLiu ratlitlon
wall aud out At the roar oul OF tho house,
Floyd sent another bali Into tbs ceiling Just as
Ansell sent q bullot crashing into lbs rjgn. arn,
aboyo tbs elbow, whic1, caused lin to iii u2on
Els back. ,Anseil seslng his antagonist down,
aud thiuktuE. no doubt, ho Was llItod, ra1,
cut 9t The front door just. IN Officer
1oAn =. Hoed camc running up, md cxcalt1ing,
Wa4
,, TAEKS TO THE STATION
close BY and then bot out With NJ officer to find
tho frightened ao1le1 doYcA.
FLUID maa removed 10 tho station and his
wound dressed by Clty-rllyBician Dunno, Tho
bones wcre shattered badly, anl tie Lall lodged
III tho ar1n., It IL quite probable that tho limb
Will have to be nMputatcl. Tho injured mau
refused to glyo auy account Of the ansny, sayiug
IL MAS Worbe to bare It published tllau to be sliOt
II Is due Othccr itoed to IN 7 TINT hn WIS nt
Tue soENH Or THE AFtnAY
In notnont aftor the first shots were rrod, but
too lnts ~ pieyont tue light.
Abesl! IL a young man whose associations havo
been bad aud, despite the warn,ngs OF Ills irlends
aud officers, has lounsed about tho dlge
OF Carrie Dyke, and on.ieAyored to asHlat that
person aa her efforts TO put on = garb ot virtue
oy mailing falao btatpmapta in the pubic prints
iu regard 10 her caaraoter and that ot tile
place she keeps. Bono young man iately fred
shot wantouiy In tho roum whora tho shooting
occurred last night. There nro other similar 70.
sofse TO t9at INDICATED on tho puullo thUrougA-
fares, and they Should bo bro9cu up.