Daily Republican., 1882-08-02
SaOT IN THE HEAD.
.,ITG CASE I'M SOUTH
$500 rGTON Yet YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.

i o,,,ock Yesterday afternoon,
AbOut y y oS Sl Hugh Deucher was shot
au Names "a lWSTilmington under the fol-
DuSri wv circumstances. -, i, oows ha,opg.
Dn M9naSyS palmer who resides on But
to Mrs. Ioat r~ South Wilmington,
wood u 'tFs''fi .Ss 'field Of Mr.; Lentz, q
he into Sn SnG lives on the New Castle
cker, ", wnU Ons an mile from Third street
b abou. ony Iantz had the COWS put
dge, Nj Mrs. 1eUtn eO who had gone over
until M, y line h should return. In the
BranoyM Mra' MP Palmer came for the
antime ME s.ssd Mrs. Lentz $3,as com.
Is and ono." '"ses which she not think
asatoEy i0", a"~ refused to accept; but
sumcp1SSIm paImer to get three or four
Mrs, rSa would do the same, and
tSsy SDu had viewed the cotn corn ana 1pSs as ~
ed tno sS S bv their decision. While
goVeInosa, s, ~ was in the field with her
y pst%'s tSs shooting took place.
.o% oT0 information received Dy OlnceE u
TOM 'nsV Sa was in the act of swearing
hnon, 10 e.~t " last evening fer James
si.rs = s1a'y a Young colored man employ
pdeIs, " i" feutz, when that individual,
Oy ODyy,nanied m,, BY Mr.. and Mrs, Lentz
ompn" aar named Burns, walked in.
,a.s m GAS Immediately placed In the
Cu0,I A, onS the hearing proceeded with.
,1S !, SuH oniun sworn, and testified that
tuSI hSiE.nast one O'Clock yesterday
uS p.Donn ou Mrs. Palmer came to his
eluOOua ~ aud asked him to go and look at
w. " "nru "u in Lsntz's field that had
Y y destroyed E by her COWS. He was
snnmNs"iei p ""S by Hugh Dencher, Will
!. White and Mrs. Palmer. The
y ~ " want n into the field, and while
y ua,s looking around heard a shot
DeDcber clapped his hand to his
y y and exclaimed: "I'm shot, I'm
y tbe witness said ooh, l guess
y whep Dencher removed his hand
s.v where the ball had entered his
n a. Al that time there were several
\ on the porch, and they thought
n Il was q man with a red shirt who
ma witness went up TO the house,
4 told them that they had shot a
h, he then went back, and assisted
snrher home. TIe heard some one
SllO, "get out of there" just before
sbot was fred think 1t was a
6ite man that halloed.
William White, another one OF the
IN who was in the field, testified. but
1 evidence was merely a corrobora.
n Of the previous witness.
I'M Palmer testified to the fact of
4 cows getting in the field, and her
6uV to Mrs. Lentz and offering her $3
lei them out, which she refused she
'sn took the men with her, and went
the field when the shot was fred !;
w q smoke over towards LentZ's
Irch, where four or five men were
hiding. Heard Dencher exclaim
BIT he was shot, and Immediately
isr some one on the porch halloed
lot out Of there" or words to that eff
ct 1t was about 2 O'Clock in the
ternoon when the shooting occurred.
Nv the colored man Sanders at work
the field in the morning, but did not
Q him at all in the afternoon !; don't
low who 1t was that fred the shot.
Dennis Burns testified that he lives
ith Mr.. LeDtz, and they are greatly
lnOyed by men and boys who go in
le6ed and steal tomatoes and other
luCk. Yesterday afternoon saw several
srSOnS in the field, but did not recog.
10 them; hallOCd for them to get out
ID immediately afterwards heard the
port Of gun. The shot was fred by
lnders, who was in the corn, and the
Ind blew the smoke toward the porch
" the man going out with his hand
his head and thought that he was
liDg a tomato, until Mr.. Quinn came
the house and said that he was shot.
Joseph Lsntz was sworn, but as he
s away from home all day he knew
Thing about the affair, except what
had been told.
Mrs, Susan Lentz testified to her
oping the COWS for the damage they
done to the corn, and proposing to
s. Palmer to get the men to assess
amount to be paid. Thought they
uld come to the house, and had no
. that it was them in the field, call
Lhe attention Of the men on the place
Lne persons in the field, when they |
iGed at them to get out, Sanders fir.
sae gun, be was in the field when he
'anderS admitted that he fred the
! and the Mayor committed him to |
alt the result of the mans inju-
lugh Dencher, the man who was shot, |
Sat b. and Townsend street, and sells |
Oli through the city. He is we'll
,El Dy many storekeepers, and f am
@ VINO have been getting oil from him |
years After Dencher was taken
y y !. le was attended by DIR. Brown,
y iUund that the shot had entered
~ Inelett ear,and taking a,downward |
rSo -, came out at the chin. Th Q |
lnu IS not considered dangerous,
lUugh it is very painful. Mr.. |
vneT UI Is confined to his, bed.
.ieuy alter the conclusion of the |
!ptus certificate was received from
Drown stating that the wounded
W. was not in danger, and Sanders
! paced under $500 bail for his ap.
'ance at Court.
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