The daily gazette., 1879-06-09
|oI1RTH EDITION
Il wv IN ANGER
~ !, Bats Batson.
.uD,sPUTE. A. Ill. AN
n R&sE t.TG AND 4 WRATH
PLAY Ill BLOW.
H.. , saturday Sensation
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...,,,, r saturday Sensation
ou,c,pB-Two LITTLE Me-
yOrNd h,',,cr IN A GAME OF BALI
GRO Roi1 n'Ss n' ny USING THE BAT o
.sp ONE W. ,rAp. INSTEAD OF ON
THE O1lI y" urpomToRIAL INQuisi-
1aE BALI ~ HOMICIDE IN DETAIL
1oS-i onro lads, engaged IN an
Two ','1 .n',e over the p ossession OF
in'a'e"r hat. in the end of which, one
0a's .. vs. ",Mect of contention npon ,ns ,,as
dtiss ~. lu.y ycther with fatal effect, gives
ead q. .,,nn ,I another of those 'oatu,'ay
Filming ,i"ns which are becoming 20
ghl se'',p aiy frequent IN our city, @ Inc
armlnH,i ,,urier il il, was not pre-
uriel, l,' hnt was the outgrowtn OF
eltasa .ion. which among, boys,gives
bilen PaN ac,ious. the result OF which
Be to ma 'N a,, ,,amce than to anything
S' rug FATAL GAME.
.;,ilr took place some umr
The ho,T,, hnurs of 3 and g O'Clock
fweeh ' 'o 'aning. mi aud the scene was the
pur'lal hacL D,a ~ the row of negro ten
uf, lu'I 'a' mat lie on Jessup's Lane,
ted hO' w,rr,t street in the Mi th
y aOo'e n n@o o'clock Samuel David
arl' ~ .nnfortupate boy, who figures
aisoh' " "''h ,bn victim. left Mr.. James
lld cas- ',,t ynrd. where he works,
DfEL nffAfWHrnA tle
2. .o"f o" the tragedy, Upon ne open
ftne L',, D' n ,son top Of the bluff just mem
Np'L' w. met several boys of his Own
CDr"' r an, became engaged IN game OF
'V'' TI T lv nlayed for some time, ana at
a.. u.ham H." ,ired, auit playing and prepar-
II W.T. ,r,n An alteration app ars
WW' ..n at this poIut, between
laVt a. nnniher lad named William
h'on "T be- ,he bali and bat, both of
oHn, u ,yn.d by the latter. In ad-
Olun ,he two iisputants, Steven
ons NV" and Harry Backus lay on the
lln"v and Edward Backus stood
"a" "e' ,,nson had the ball and Brown
o",ai linn to give it up so he couid 20
"ms al Batson. on the other hanh,
Ow n,aJ ,h,. hat to knock the ball, saying,
,r'it M mel won't knock 1t far" The
.r,,, sized one and made of oak.
ii. Tinted this for some time, when
.,n Xxx Brown', hat and Brown in
,'V ,nsiched the hat of the other. Alter
m. wre.tlinr. the hats were returned
J,. ed Ineriiye owners and the subject
han r,vlr ed 10 the ball and bat again.
sWnhu. .nw the affair, say that thus far
.,b buv. we're in good humor. Brown
till held on 10 lht oal an" INC "'no, i'',' .,'
1.r,l,;e, in his Efforts to get possession
Tn 7 he heavy end rested on the
roLpl Ind both boys had hold. In
na,chl,l, II Balson made the handle
N Brovn above the eye, and this ap-
war, tnhaye been the point, from which
he fgDt started IN earnest. Brown
ommelcei cursIng Batson, ordering
Lm TO a We him the ball at once, and the
anrr threw II down the hill. The other
h.n ,lIuck at lIlisOn with the hat and
threw np his left arm to ward off the
blow add received the whole force of II
hpou / lat member. Batson instantly
tn but whether the force of the blow oil
Slewi ird, stumbling movement caused
bin 10 10 SO, is notdetintiely proved.
Bit,0h at once tried to regain his feet
bud as lie half arose from his PROSTATE
bGi,Ul. Brown raised the bat above his
leal and brought it down with all his
Orce apOn the hatle.s skull Of his oppo
teut. The spirit Of murder must have
beeu siTong in the lad, for ne instantly
flied me club again to r, peat The blow
pnl wOlll have done so. had not SteveI
EmmoN Ns ran up suddenly and snatche'
away, even aS it was scending. Bat
bon caught hold of the bat as Simmon
led II and raised himself to his feet
Hest med 10 be much injured and stag
g-Ted ,pme, but as he turned to 20 ava,
be rem Arked warningly;
I'm not done with you set, Bill
Brown, and will pay you back"
"lol can't scare me" replied Brown
Ma! W you'll let me alone after this"
BROWN IN CUSTODY.
Aft striking the fatal blow, whicl
10 one knew was TO be fatal, disput,
hsaTly ending in another fight, sprun
Up bel Ncen Brown and Simmons. Tn
was clll'ed chiefly by m effort on til
paEtOi Bruwnlo follow Batson and rene
lnr a 'Saull, which was prevented b
S.nnQhs He threatened to hit Sin
mons with the bat, and he (Simm IN
loOk from him and handed it to h
uo'her VINO came up, saylng, "take
away ltn don't ltt him hit any one else
Al1 Bdlson lett the scene of the alta
le Ill lhagrh to walk easily until near
lOmr' winch Is about Al yards away, bl
ne reached the door his mother had
ne'I 1lll' SHE took him in, In Il him {
Wv 'lQor, ana after washing his woui
Nh' ipr Doctor B. T. Smith, who did n
tnNo iot more than an hour, and u
eaptd.
Mall on TO o'clock, B"own was
neN .tSleN by officer Sherry, who found hi
b,ai 'lotherS home, IN ignorance of I
t"% ,l result OF his angry blow. He ca.
en.J, po"ce station very peaceably al
"'''efiy when locked up in cell
BROWN AND BATsoN.
Nviols 10 the Killing it had often he
L'm Lm'N,l that Brown was a ver- b
onr although young in years, bei
hav. we've t years OF age, he appears
of f,,r ooe', well acquainted in the Wi
far 's' htaoS generally. He work
lam ou''i,hr Iii the brickyards OF \
HI, h,h a. hrSg'' and was discharged
pe,s S"' ,,h'ru'lton and "pure cuss,
mnl,, ur lives with Mary Brown
Il " cnI'l woman IN the Ninth Ward, W
She aGoai'S I, 'l'S mother, but ,his is beca,
h. wa' "iu'n l nm and gave him her mar
Ola " ," oorh III Canada, and is the $
lrfthHa'i h""'ia'i named Adclina Baker. "
yhtn h'i Ia at MIS-. lirOwn's, and went av
WMIo ~, Nv was but three months ,
Qt.T ~ i, S Is trne that he is bad hoy, i
inCreaS"d mat his bad disposition ,
lr-afm", oy the umkind and rot
otlrr "u't "n he has received from
H1js onohs' who infest that local
alripS, ''uy iarge boy for his age, an,
upDns 81, NJ. n'nlat'o. lie has bright /,
Rpn u,Iigas, n,s face, and appears to be DE- a, !,
Sam,'1 SmSel' Tor his aga aud race. "
older ,,,, h'tHon, the victim, is a Y
year. an snan Brown, and more tha
Ieen oT f,"wlh = ' larger. He is said to h
pcSiinna peac"abIe nature and pood
Ninth W ouI The po ice officers of
II, BeOea. a' wa was employed by Mr.. .Ja,
wDrk vi f., who says he was apood bo
Lying anI II ia,her and mother are i
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