Louisiana capitolian., 1881-10-06
SHOT DEAD IN HIS TRACKS
Shreveport Standard.

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bells were resounding throughout the
city, the sharp crack of a pistol was
heard in the rear of the '!den" 1--WE
can give it no other name as it is an
intolerable nuisance) at the head o1
| Milan street, known as the Red store.
AS quickly as possible a large crowd
assembled to know the cause, and
the only mark left was Aaron White,
we'll known colored boy, an en-
ploye of the barber-shops, lying on
the ground weltering in blood flowing
from a dangerous wound he had re-
ceived from pistol bali. Police Of
ficer McRady passed quickly out OF
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 us, how
ever, and were juAas determined as
ever we were in our. lite, to learn facts,
particularly when when we heard a
short time later that one of the par
tier engaged in the trouble had been
shot dead by the officer. \ 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, a
colored woman of bad repute and a
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.
He took Bowie by the arm and told
him to consider himself under arrest
and go with him to tho station. Bowie
said somethingabout getting his shoes
which we're in a house some distance
off, but the officer told him he could
get them afterward. when another
cololed man sitting in the room,
named Abe Johnson, commenced in
terferring with the officer, and he,
told him if he didn't keep
quiet he would arrest him.
Johnson said he be id ifhe would,
there wasn't policemen enough in
Shreveport to arrest him; and used
other harsh language. He also said
about Bowie being Grip
pied. Officer McRady then let so Of
Bowie and took hold of Johnson, who
is a very stout man, and scutfled with
him, calling on Elbridge Geary and
Aaron White. two cOlOred men, to
assist him in making the arrest. The
prisoner threw Geary aside as ''if he
were a boy" to use his own language
before the mayors court, and contin-
ued his scuffie with Officer McRady,
calling to his frisnd Bowie to grab
his (McRady's) pistol and shoot the
Id police s-n ola b-h. As quick
ly as told Bowie stepped forward and
grabbing McRady's arms, snatched
the pistol from his hip pocket and
threw it down on him, but he jumped
behind something to shelter him, and
Bowie deliberately turned and fired
on Aaron White. who was running
from him, saying I'll kill that black
Sd of a b-h anyhow. The ball
took effect in the right side of the
back bone, passed up and was taken
out under the left arm just below the
shoulder. 1t evidently struck the
left lung as the wounded man spit
blood freely. DR.. Booth was called
IN and performed the operation of ex-
5ractins the ball, assisted by Drs.
Lyon and Cotey. Last night we
learned the wounded man was doing
as well as could be expected. AS
soon as the shot was fred Bowie and
Johnson made their way out at the
back gate and passed through the hol-