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brother-in-law, who lives with
his father, r. E. Hardin, two
! miles southeast of the city.
1t appears that Jos. Hardin
was standing in front of the
GRADER building, on the west
side of the square talking to
some friends, when Burch pass
eh by him scrutinizing him very
closely, but saying nothing. A
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few miStes Eds JOS.
Hardin Is - aside
engaged in con dom
few minutes B%eh approaey
from the Moth with his eyes in
tently fixed on Jos. Hardin, and
his hand in the vicinity of his
trowsers pocket. whether the
hip or front pocket eyewitnesses
differ. When Burch was within
a few feet of him Hardin drew
his pistol and opened fire,
shooting four times in rapid sue
cession. Two of the balls took
effect, the first entering the
neck just to the left of the wind
pipe and Immediately above
the chest, the other took effect
in arm near the wrist breaking
the bone. The first intimation
any difficulty was the report
of the pistol, several parties
rushed up and discovered Mr..
Hardin's father trying to pre-
vent him from shooting any
more The wounded man was
taken to the Pennington house
where he was attended by DR..
J. T. Norris. The ball entered
the chest; the doctor regards
the wound as very serious. but
not necessarily fatal. By time
the shooting was over a large
crowd had gathered, Hardin
made his way through it and
ran around the square pursued
by Doran, of the police force,
whose statement is appended.
Arriving at the south side of the
square and a short distance
east of the gate some one had
unhitched a horse and had it
ready, Hardin mounted and pis-
tol in hand galloped out Sandy
street east going through Camp
town and making good his es-
cape. AS Hardin rode off peo-
pie stood amazed and wonder
ing why somebody didn't stop
him. Intellectual pursuit was
made. The cause of the diff
Guilty grew out of family
troubles. Mr.. R. E. Har-
din says that Burch had
mistreated his daughter, who is
Burch's wife, and sister to 10
seph Hardin. That he had been
demonstrated with on several
occasions, and that one or more
times his wife had left him and
he had made derogatory re-
marks concerning her in the
neighborhood. That he had
said he didn't care for the whole
Hardin family. He had sent
word to Joseph Hardin that he
wasn't afraid of him, as he,
Burch, was "heeled. Mr.. Har-
din says his son will come back
and surrender when the excite
ment cools down a little. The
determined look of Burch and
the threatening messages COM
municated to Hardin lead him
to believe that Burch was bent
on mischief. Such occurrences
are much to be regretted as they
are calculated to give our town
and county a very bad name
abroad. The BANNER simply
gives the particulars OF the af-
fair as near as they can be learn
ed with no disposition TO influ-
ence the case one way or the
other.
DoRAN'S STATEMENT.
Was standing in vicinity of
Woods drug store about 1880
o'clock and heard two pistol
shots in quick succession; look
ed east towards Abbott's build
ing and saw man with silver
mounted pistol in hand making
from sidewalk to middle o
street; did not know who the
man was; l took rly pistol from
pocket and holding it in my
hand gave chase for the man
who ran at rapid rate around
the corner to Main street, thence
west on Main street and when
about opposite Healy's store
he stumbled and fell; 7 then
made a rush forward when
some one caught me by the
arm and said "hold on, I'll catch
him, let me have your pistol"
| looked around and sdw it was
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