Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-22
A CRUEL CUTTING.
Two Blacksmiths Get Into a Fight and
One Cuts the Other in the StOm-
aeh Fatally.
The Arrest Of the Murderer by Capt.
O'HAVer and Officer Hedrick on
Bagby Avenue.
A Hard Citizen, Who Will Probably
straightforward Death Ex-
peeted Before Morning.

List night about 6 o'clock terrible TRACE.
DIV occurred on the corner of Bull Run and
Poplar streets. near Hessen's drug store. The
parties to it were two blacksmiths, John
Norwood, aged twenty-tbree, and Billy
Wonder, who is about he same 9ge. About
a week ago Wonder was discharged from
Dreve's blacksmith-shop, and Norwood wa.
resulted from it A few days ago Wonder
called at Dreve's and said everybody there
"wss a suck" Norwood was putting on his
shirt at the time, and he remarked that he
was not. A fight ensued, and when Nor
wood got his shirt on it is said he gave
Wonder good licking.
THE FIRST QUARREL.
short time before O'Clock yesterday
Wonder, who is a married man, went TO the
Poplar street markethouse and purcha sed
some vegetables and started for home. At
the corner of Alabama and Bull Run streets
he met Norwood and his cousin, Tom Alex
ander. A quarrel arose, which ended in a
fight, in which both parties we're wounded.
Norwood claimed TO have been hit over the
head with brass knucks and at any rate he
was so badly hurt that he sought drug
store. Wonder was also hurt, and he went
back to the markethouse where his uncle.
Nick Kerr, the butcher, keeps stall. Mrs.
Dean, stall-keeper, asked him how he had
got his eye cur, and ne told her and his uncle
that some men had jumped upon him. He
back in the direction of Alabama and Bull
Ran. On the way he met man by the
name of John Dougher, whom he told
that he
INTENDED KILLING NORWOOD.
Near Hessen's drug store he met Nor
wood, Alexander and a young man named
Will Stanley. The latter saw the second
and fatal fight only. He says that when
Wonder came up he remarked to Norwood: :
eve have met before, and 1 hope you
have got enough of it,"
"Yes," said Norwood, 81 have had enough
of it; but still think you treated me 10 a
bad way"
Wonder then staggered up against Nor
wood, and plunged The knife about
A DOZEN TIMES
into Norwood's stomach. He then turned
his attention to Alexander, cut him over the
head once and put him to fight, taking out
after him and pursuing him to Alabama
street, where Alexander escaped. Wonder
also disappeared then. Norwood was carried
into the store with his bowels literally hang
ing out, snd doctor was summoned. He
was suffering most intensely, but still re-
tanned his senses. He was informed by the
doctor that he could not live, and was asked
to make statement, which he did. Mr..
Nike Garvin, who was present, took it in
writing. II was as follows;
JOHN NoRwooD's STATEMENT.
l met Billy Wonder at the corner of Bull Run
aid Alabama streets Wonder hit me with some
thing like brassknucks. 1 was cut in the head
and coming TO the drug store to get my wound
dressed, and met Wonder again on Bull Run street.
He staggered ag ainst me and l tried to hit him
when he cut me with knife. We had fight al
Harry Dreve's shop a week or two ago and Wonder
struck me while was pulling my shirt over my
head. 1 do not know what kind OF knife it was.
The above statement is testified to BY q.
A. Hessen, NJ I. Garvin and John MOZART
land.
THE PARTIES.
Norwood was taken TO his residence on
Robson street. He is spoken of as an in
dus rious young man, and is the son Of
Saunders Norwood, a well-to-do, hardwork-
ing man. Wonder has a wife and a child
He is a big brute of fellow, and drinks
hard. His crime last night was an unadul-
Lerated attempt 10 murder.
Capt O'Haver and Officer Hedrick caaghl
Wonder about 1920 o'clock. He had taken
his wife and gone out to his uncle's on Baeby
avenue, north of johnson. There
AIKEN by the officers and brought
DR.. Henning repoT
Norwood is bound to die, though Eg
possibly live-untii davh<esk.