The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-09-30

Killing a Hornet.
[IIot Springs special To Little Rock Gazette.l
This morning the trouble which |
has been brewing between Charles
Matthews, editor of the Hornet,
and the proprietors of the Airing
ton hotel, eliminated in a bloody |
tragedy, resulting in the outright |
death of Matthews and seriously |
wounding of ID. G. Rugg. Colonel
s. W. Fordyce and ID. c. Rugg |
were going up the street and met !
Matthews at the news stand oppo-
site the Palace bath house. For
dyce accosted Matthews and ask |
ed: why, in addition to pursuing |
him for years, he reflected on his I
family during his ABSENCE having
referance to an article in which /
Matthews spoke of the Arlington
gang having gone to the Mammoth |
Cave to hatch some scheme, the |
persons going being Mrs. Fordyce,
Colonel and Mrs. Rugg, and their
families.
To this inquiry of Fordyee's no
reply was made by Matthews, ex-
cept by drawing a pistol and shoot
ing at him without effect. Fordyce
then struck Matthews several
times with u stick. The latter re-
treated, firing his pistol, a ball
from which struck Rugg, who was
just behind Fordyce, taking effect
in his thigh aud passing mp into
the scrotum. Rugg then drew his
pistol and commenced firing at
Matthews, who retreated into the
street, receiving a ball in the left
temple, one through his heart and
another in the left wrist. He fell
dead in the mud Of the street,
bleeding profusely. Great con-
sternation and excitement prevails
throughout the entire city.
The killing of Matthews was not
unexpected. For some time he
has waged q bitter fight through
his paper on the Arlington hotel,
of which Rugg & Fordyce are part
owners. His charges were out.
spoken and continued, among 9TH
CT things declaring that ex-senator
Dorsey was bribed by them to Sc
cure the lease of the governmeE.
ground on which the Arlington
stands through Misrepresentation
He referred to every expedient
and daily harrasscd them, going sc
far as to speak Of the departure o
one of them and their family tt
Kentucky, as the going out of thu
Arlington gang to hatch up o new
scheme, reference being made t
this when the parties met, as sta
ted. Both Rugg and Fordyce arr
under arrest; also Frank Flynn,
prominent character here, who wal
present, and said by some personI
/. to have fred shot at Matthew
: during the fight in return for ont
fired at him by the deceased
Flynn's friends, however, claim hi
innocence of the alleged participa
/. ton in the affair. The history 0
Matthews, the deceased, Is al
eventful one. He came from Tex
as here, and his record while Their
was one of many desperate encoun
ters with Texans, and his bod.
bears numerous scars. In one o
! these escapades at Austin, he re
ceived a pistol shot wound through
the mouth by the noted Be-
Thompson, deceased. He came t
/, Hot Springs in 1875, and engages
in running newspaper. Som,
time after he provoked by his wri
tings street encounter with eS
Mayor I. i. Einde, in which b
: received serious wounds. On Au
gust LIST Matthews was shot inel
fectually by Colonel ID. @. Rugl
Matthews leaves a wife and child
He was married IN Buffalo, N. Y
! and was originally from the Nortl
, but a native of England. Colone
Rugg and Fordyce are alsQ<9for
: the North.