The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08
BLOODY ENCOUNTER.
ThOs. Stone Shot In The Back and
Supposed to be Mortally
Wounded.
The Statement Of the Wounded Man
Together With Those OF tho
Accused.

| At twenty minutes pnst IA o'clock this
morning. on Nj. Louis street. between
| Claiborne and Derbgny streets. Thos. Stone, II
| member of American HOOK md Ladder No q
| sns shot III the bHck md mortaly wounded
With pistol. alleged 10 havs been In the hands
III II. T. Calejn n clerk by occupation. Officer
| o. Leonard. on hearing tho report Of the pistol
required to the scene and found Stone lying on
tho bnnauette welterluE In blood.
! Assistance was immediately summoned md
| the wounded man was placed on u litter and
conveyed to tho Chati'y Hospital. His wound
| bsing exam mod by tho assistant house surgeon
was pronounced very dangerous ono. 1t being
ia tho LETT side or the back. Ia tho region of the
spinal column.
After tho wounded man WINS paeed In the
| ward. hs made the following statement:
AT about midnight was on 81. Louis street
GEAR Claiborne. 10 company With ono o. =
Davis, when We wore met by T. J. Ca!.ia and y
| leja hurInhed. fog lieut.. Coy. WITT and / for
On Ogden; A. dih ~ aaY G th draw BIZ !,
snapped then wheeled. md ns did 30 he
shot me In the ltck. Az soon as ] was shot
| feb 70 the paayomont md al tho PARTIES except
Davis ran off.
rho police. ns soon as they received tho above
information. arrested Caleia and avis. and
locked them UP in the Fourth Precinct station.
ons on him. but Davis was found to have u
Tranter pistol on him witt ono Of the cham
bsrs empty. On examining the. empty chamber.
it was found to have been reesntlr discharged.
Galeia WINS charged with shooting and wound
Ing Stone Will, lntent 70 murder. while Davis
and after the fact TO ths shooting ahd is also
charged With carrying conosaled weapons
Caleja. when Interviewed. said yrs walk
wse yelling hurraL for ogden. md tnen hur.
rahsa for Wilt While he WINS following for
bis man. offered to bet him that Lieut.. Gov
ii "a
liz did not take the boz. but pulled off his coat
~ II be wanted 10 tlaht.
At that moment heard u pistol snap: turned
md then hsnrd q renort ~ pistol ahot. AZ
soon ns ihs shot was fired Stone Walked off n
short dlstnn 70 and fell. nfter exclt,Imlng tba, he
xas shot; positively deny having shot Stone.
and further that 1 han u pistol on mo nt tho
time
Al j reiterated down tho street come ono fred
Davis. when Questioned. stated that Stone md
himself we're frinnds, and ,ltt nj midnight they
we're " king down ~. Louis street Stone wra
SPOKE to t,lcir, who wanted 10 bet "
hGpho did not ACCEPT tbs bet. but commenced
w ling r hia 9 ct. w. 1.-THE intonhed to fight.
TOT: the next moment he snapped pistol in
his hand. / then turned md wns stnrtled by
the reporter pistol, aud ut this came moment
az the exclamation Ut Stone. that he had boen
shot
Reporter-It was Caleja. then. that shot
btsue2
Prisoner Yes sir.
Reporter-Did you have pistol2
Prisoner o, sir
Reporter ,o,y II II then TINT n Trnpter
win ohD chamber empty. was found on your
person.
pistol will tell YOU. That was my pistol and
Ia " ~ running away ! fired ono shot up In
the mir.
The police opinion OF the shooting ARRAY Ii
that Cnl, in shot Stone and then handed tho
woapon To his friend Pnniker. who rnn away
with Il. while Davis. seeing his friend wounded
fred lit tfa'tin Gs be- ans tnking log bhil.
AT a o'eDck this morning tho police wore
hunting high nni low for the man Pnnlker. but
had not succeeded In nrresting him.