Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-08
SHOT DEAD IN HIS TRACKS
shreveport Standard.

70 just as the last peals OF the t0llln
= bells were resounding throughout th
IS city, the sharp crack Of a pistol wa
IS heard in the rear of the "den" (w
n can give it no other name as it's a
d intolerable nuisance) at the head Q
: Milan street, known as the Red store
!, As quickly as possible large GROVE
: assembled to know the cause, an,
]; the only mark left was Aaron White
a a well known colored boy, an en-
$ ploye Of the barber-shops, lying OF
the ground weltering in blood flowing
from a dangerous wound he had re.
ceived from pistol ball. Police OF.
ficer McRady passed quickly out o.
J the door and made his way toward
the station house, where he armed
himself as best he could and accom-
panied by Mr.. j. r. Herndon, started
IN pursuit of the guilty parties. Eve
rything was excitement and it was
some time before we were enabled to
find out the facts in the case. We had
our reportorial augur with rs, how
ever, and were just as determined as
ever we were in our lite, to learn facts,
particularly when when we heard q
short time later that one OF the par
tier engaged in the trouble had been
shot dead by the officer. A little pa
tience and diligence put us in pos
session of the following facts, which
were established before the Mayors
court yesterday morning:
1t seems that some difficulty oc-
Cured to the saloon in rear of the
Red store between Eliza jackson,
colored woman of bad repute and
colored steamboat roustabout named
VIM. Bowie, in which some rough
words passed. The woman appealed
to Mr.. McRady, who is the policeman
on the beat, to arrest the man for be-
ing disOrderly and abusing her. Mr.. !
McRady entered the saloon, and as
there were two or three colored men
sitting around asked her to point out
the man and she pointed out Bowie.
lie took Bowie by the arm and told
him to consider himself under arrest
md go with him to tho station. Bowie
said something about getting his shoes
which were in house some distance
,tf, but the officer told him he could
get them afterward. when another
;oloied man sitting in the room,
lamed Abe Johnson, commenced in
erferring with the officer, and he,
'lcRady, told him if he didn't keep
Iuiet he would arrest him.
johnson said he be id ifhe would, {
here wasn't policemen enough in
hreveport to arrest him; and used
ther harsh language. He also said G
omething about Bowie being Grip g
led. Officer McRady then let 90 of S
owie and took hold of johnson, who S
a very stout man, and scuftied with C
i'm, calling on Elbridge Geary and d
aron White, two colored men, to $;
'slst him in making the arrest. The Ii
risoner threw Geary aside as 'if he G.
ere q boy" to use his own language ci
efore the mayors court, and contin- IL
I'd his scuflle with Officer McRady. is
Hing to his frisnd Bowie to grab ia
$ tMcRady's} pistol and shoot the
ID police s-n ola b-h. As quick NO
as told Bowie stepped forward and BIZ
abiding McRady's arms, snatched Br
e pistol from his hip pocket and q" a.
rev it down on him, but he jumped tr,
hind something to shelter him, and am
'wie deliberately turned and fred IN" '
Aaron White, who was running e,o
m him, saying III kill that black am
u OF a b--h anyhow. The ball ',e
=. ., str
'k effect in the right side of the eve
ek bone, passed up and was taken =
t under the left arm Just below the
'ulder. 1t evidently struck the
: lung as the wounded man spit
'od freely. DR.. Booth was called -
and performed the operation of ex- n
citing the ball, assisted bv Drs. Il
on and Cotey. Last night we
rned the wounded man was doing
well as could be expected. As
II as the shot was fred Bowie and
lnson made their way out at the
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