The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
Seauty is a Fatal Gift 20 IA Girl
~ She Lacks c ood Sense.

GREENsILLE, June ii A ,hp tug
ScraFc occurred ia this city abua- ~ to-
cay, the circumstance oi which embrace
a sad and shameful, story. lsIaoT has
filed tue air tor several days pas ~ the
eed lcilou OF a sixteen YEA old laughter
Of Mr.. l. W kAy. BY T. Wash Floyd
a Young merchant, aud OF az IsDFoudiuE
hostile meetlag between the -eIucer aud
the father. Conferences wcre h4d, Al
which Floyd made a fat and 3%e,itive de-
MIA Of any aul al! oi the facf> alleged,
aud ayowuu the report aSiau1tr8u> iaist-
hood originating with VI. Il. llarTI,ou, a
young mal VIII had previously been PAY
ny attent 81 Is Miss Ray. tloyt ana
Harrison were brought lace to face yes
terdAy. when Harrison asserted TO be tru
what he had previously stated, name
that he had - erAl nights ago seen Ley i
take Mis-. Ray - his room, where hC rr
manned c.osettI SIth her Tor >pfac Ul
Fioyd thereupDu yiIie.: Harrison a ia..
spd Immediately pistols were dr@"h
Harrison was u the act 81 firing When
hi, hand was callH aud d tragedy lit-
vented The scuuctlou was Sfugtiy at
MED BY Miss hay, 4H1 her I.ate iAtAe.
wa quite al a los, to know whom 10 =
10 account. The whole truth came y
light list night, however, BY a tuli auc
detailed confession from the girl 10 her
parents.
The story reveals the ruin of the ul-
fortunate girl who Is the po>>e>~or 81
rare beauty. About TWO weeks aeo. an
cordiug to Mis-, Hays ccoun she Wt>
taken out for a buggy ride By Floyd
When they mad reached the top OF li-l~
Mountain Size was induced 70 stfaI AN a
the cool recess and ravlnt' I'll the
mountain. Bodies OF vine had Utcu
provided by fuyd, and the victim OF his
passion WAS iut.ccd t. imbibe unul she
was Wei uudet the influence of the wine.
They returned e. the city about = . clock
that night. nee then the luvelglcment
OF the girl into he room, as told Dy llar-
rison, Is alleged 10 have occurred.
About II o'clock to day Mr. Kay, ac
compauicd by his brotherin law. Mr. IL
O King, repaired to Floyd's oil ~, il
The part Of the store Of Ljpscombe. Rus
sell 4 Co. Kay made a formal demand
upon Floyd that lie should at once marrl
his outraged daughter. Floyd made a
positive refusal and the shooting began.
Floyd Ia anticipate on Of what wa com
lag had a cooked pistol in his hand in his
coat pocket and fired as Kay was drawing
his pistol from his hip pocket. The
firing was in quick succession, Floyd fir
ing three times and Kay twice. Kay
second shot took effect in Floyd's tight
side and a third shot from Hays pistol,
which would doubtless have proven fatal,
was prevented by the seizure Of Rays
hand and pistol by others present. Kay
was not hit. Floyd second shot pcnc-
tIated the right arm of Mr.. L. w. Davis.
who was standing probably twenty feet
of, causing a painful wound and a slight
fracture. The impression being that
Floyd was probably fatally wounded, he
was taken on a litter To the Exchange
Hotel, where his wound was treated by
DR.. i. l.. Earle. The bali penetrated
the right side of the abdomen, being !,
slanting shot, and came out about eight
inches from the place it entered. Its
range was probably not deep enough into
the body to penetrate the petroleum
No serious results are anticipated Mr.
Kay, tesiCving he had Killed his antago-
mist, surrendered at once to Sheriff Gil
reath. lie was held but "a short time how
ever, and was released as soon Is 1t was
known that Floyd 5 wound was not c,u-
Sidered fatal. Public sentiment ani
sympathy are with Kay and his family.