Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-25
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A Negro Shoots His Wife and Son.

Yesterday about neon negro barbe
named John WALLACE, residing and doing
business in Mount Joy, quarreled with hi
wife, and taking up gun which he hat
loaded heavily with shot short time be
fore, aimed it at her and discharged it as
she was in the act of running out of the
front door of her house. The shot took
effect just above the left hip, passed
through her body and came out to the left
of the navel, tearing away the flesh and
making hole large enough to thrust a
mans finger through. One of WALLACE
sons was in front of his mother at the time
and received several shot in the head but
was not dangerously injured. Mrs. WALLACE
cry Of MURDER" and the report of the
gun, soon brought number of persons to
the scene and WALLACE was taken into Gus
tOdy. He claims that the discharge of the
gun was accidental, but his wife says it
was intentional and that he has frequently
before threatened her life, he being OF
very jealous disposition. Some of Wal
lagos friends think that he was not alto
getber responsible for his act, as he has
been seriously ill recently, having been
confined to his bed for several weeks with
nervous affection.
DR.. Harry, of Mount Joy, who was
called in to attend Mrs. WALLACE, says her
condition is critical, as her spine and ribs
are injured and that the flesh wounds are
dangerously close to the vital organs.
WALLACE was taken in charge by Mount
10y officer, who ironed him and brought
him to the county prison, to await the re-
suit of Mrs. Wallage's injuries.
WALLACE is well known in this city, hav-
ing carried on barbering a year or two
ago in the basement of the Schiller house,
North Queen street, and also opposite the
Farmers Northern market. He is a rather
powerfully built man, of rather pleasing
address, but is said by those who know
him to be a presumptuous and "mean
nigger," who always avoided paying his
debts. He owns small property in
Mount JOY, which was recently seized by
the sheriff and is to be offered at sheriff7s
sale on the 9th of March.
Another Account of 1t.
Special TO the INTELLIGENCER.
MOUNT JOY, Pa, Feb. 25.-JOhn VOL
lege is colored barber who has resided
here some years. For some time past he
had shop under the Schiller house, Lam
caster, but lately reopened in Mount Joy
his family living here all the time. He
has been dyspeptic, and is far gone with
consumption; he is much dcbilitated, and
much of his time he has been confined to
the house and to bed. He was sitting up
yesterday, and about 1 o'clock sent one of
his sons upstairs to get the gun which he
wanted to elk" While fixing it his
wife desired him to put it away,
thinking it dangerous. Wollege replied
danger as he had the cock off. He creased
it, replaced the cock, and the weapon was
discharged accidentally as Wollege states.
At the moment of the discharge Mrs. VOL
lese had partly turned to enter an ad-
joining room. The charge entered the
abdomen below the stomach Oh the
left side but towards the front and
clme out on the left side of the back
bone, and her clothing was set on fire by
the discharge. Part of the charge wound
ed his oldest son, Ellsworth WOllege, aged
about ID years, who was standing near his
mother ut the time. The gun was charged
with shot and the boy wounded in the
head.
Rachael Miller is Wollege's mother-in-
law and an inmate of his family. On her
complaint, charging Wollege with assault
and battery with intent to murder, he was
committed to prison this morning.
Wollege. The mother-in-law and
wife believe the shooting was pre-
meditated. He was jealous of her at times
and threatened her life on two occasions.
Besides being sick, Wollege has been
much depressed i'll spirits, his property
having been seized by the sheriff. The
theory has been advanced that he intended
to murder his family and commit suicide,
because at the time of the shooting there was
razor within his reach. 1t is also stated
that the gun was an old one and had not
been used for some time that somebody
had been prowling about Wollege's prem
ises at night to steal chickens, as he sup
posed that he only loaded the gun day
before yesterday so us to be ready for the
chicken thief and after having loaded it
thought it needed fixing and greasing.
Mrs. Wollege is still living; her condition
is considered dangerous. The sons wound
bled profusely, but is not considered dan
gerOus.
Using Revolver on a Runaway.
On Sunday while gang of laborers
were working in the tunnel being
excavated by the Pennsylvania rail-
road near the Gap, a man named
Knox, it is alleged, badly beat balky
mule he was driving. Officer Brady of the
railroad police was sent for to arrest
Knox, and arrived at the tunnel on Mon
day morning about 8 clock. When Knox
saw him coming he took to his heels and
ran, and Brady fired two shots after him,
but did not succeed in bringing him to a
halt. A witness to the affair states that