, 1879-05-06
Ills First Shot Enters the Groin
OF III Unfortunate Printer.
His Second Strikes Another
Printer In One Of
Ills Legs.
The Poor Man Jumps from n Window
and Brenks 10th Ills Ankles.
Escape Of tho Man tho Assassin Was
After All tho Whilo.
An Exciting Tragedy Near Nashville
-.-The Era OF Crime.

5stcta, Dfs1a.ch 10 Tie Tribune.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 5-Caivtn A. Light
i5 tic publisher Ut weekly pauer, the organ OF
tho COMMUNISTS which lias been called lalf
dozen different namcs, ind Is HOW known ns
thu Democra!. 1t Is disseputablu in tho cxtreme,
mil has BEEN channel Tor all n,unner OF daallg-
naut gossip and personal slaadcr. Now aud
then tho SATURDAY. Hera Il, cd[tel by George C.
Harding, mai, Who drinks bird, Inns paid Its
RESPECTS to Light In yerY sevora terms. Within
the pasL few weeks tho Uemoerat has, in return,
brsu apcc!aliT abuslse Of Harding personally. dr.
sounding to tho lowest u,d ytlast abuse. Last
night, whils Inddr tl1o influence Of liquor, IIar-
ding visited 1.,glt's liunso, and, after nil utlsuc
ccssiul assault With pistol, was arrested unlt
put Into Tie statun house. Bctwccn ! and q
o'ulock th!smorninH The Mayor relcasel him upon
$500 bail. At o'clock Harding left hts house,
still somawhat the VERSE for lIdiur, an1, after
taking anu..,cr .tltlok, wcMt tu pawnbroker's
shop n1,l bought largo Colt's cavalry revolver
which l,p loaded with powder usd ball. lie
tl,eh went over 10 tho building; wlcru Lights
printing gollce Is located, al11, opening tho door
Of room which is situated In the Becond story
stcadtcs, himself hqhlnl the door arl opened
,1se upon Light, who was standing at the iul-
posing -stonc. Light lodged the ilrst shot, and
ARQ JUL Dkl - pl"LGt .0tN'tAAu1$s ~ tAe2t
named Gerhard Llz!us, In the groin. Harding
fired a secouu shot, which missed Light, but
hit another printer na'nod Nsehard Walters
In the leg. Tie latter, fearing further
damage, ut onco jumped through. d
wlulow, md, In falling ,,pon tho pavement, suf
ferel fracture Of both Ills ankles, which will
lay him up for wccks mud nalsu liinl cripple for
life. Harding tried to sllbot three tfn!cs inorc,
but oulY tho caps exploded. uu tladu no at-
tempt to shoot tho sixth tuad. An 0crupant ot
an adjacent room, attracted by the f1rtug, lcu
t,[m away, uardItA saying tse hatt tccn trying to
kill 81 damned rat" Light ran out ot: tic
room and building. uni to tll1 Court
Elouse, where llu asked protection, AMI
lodged complaint aUainst tho matt
wip had 70 purs[stantly soukht h!s life.
L[k!ns, WHO was badly wounded, wns
tnken intn DOCTORS oItlce, ha wound probGd,
mud tho ball rrmoynl. Tho hail entered thu
loft si.1e, above thu htp.bouc, turned upward,
crossed the spine, and WIS taken cut 4n, inch
u1,,l u lalf from tho spine TIL thu right sdu.s It
was foared Tint thu wound was latai, hut O Inter
examination lends to ,bslivl ,lsat tie lnun will
RECOVER, nitt.ougl, ho Is badly hurt. Harding
was arrestsd at ILLS owl, oillto, where lc had
guno after Tho shooting, aud tason at on9e boz
fore tic ur4Ml Jury upon four charges of nB-
saute u,ltt bdt1nry Witt intsnt to kill. Upon
ttfiaMof ii = item Hrbat' wus fscd, but, in
tho casa Of I!znls Alasor Cayou
lectncd to admit To bali, awaiting tho certain
results OF tho wound, ilardinY declines to
tnalsc any detailed statomont, but cxprossna
"lccp sorrnw" tt'at as,Y (uuocuut mau lAs bcuu
mode to sul1ur. lio sent word this afternoon
to Lfzlns TINT lo would pny Ills doctor's bill a,.d
MI expuiscsl The trouble between Light md
Harding Is Of two yeaEs' duration, nul l,as bucu
bitter to the last do4gee. Sentiment now Is
universal against uurllng. Oplnion is frculy
exprtssel tllnt nnrdtng Ia Aild las been lnsane,
nnd Irresponsible for Ills actioM. IIo has
ueen Ercnt sufferer for years from
troubles In tlle hcnG, and hIs g been
cosnpelled to visit tho 1iot Springs frequently
iu ubtatn reltuf. This last visit, frum which lla
returned only two or throo days ago. tntlal TO
benefit tim, n1,d ho las complained Of tusom.
,ia, loss Of 1nomory, u,ld iuss Ut common sense.
4 {an,ily bereavement suffered sou,u years ugo
greatly affected Harding phya!callY HlId mentai-
ly, a1d he has never fully rupoyere1. Whom
Harding asked for Ruh from :ho pawnbroker
lu sala hu wanted It to kill cuts. lie atuutly
denies my intention OF killing Lirht last night,
saying tnut II no wantcdto shoot him lo would
never have gono to hts house, but that he al,nply
desired to have n talk With lin.
Lator investigation shows that an issue Of tho
Democrat week ago contained tlle wis luslnuu.
tiun tliat ilarding was himself tNu orRiu Ut
his daughters dtsgraco md death, four or iyo
years ogo, cut OF which gruw laarling's atto1npt
to kill Light. This was kept frO,n Ills know1-
! edge TIL lust FrlAy, when OIL iadsrtcct friend
| showed It to hlul,