Daily Republican., 1883-06-14
iOIING NUTS REVENGE.
,urx THE ASSASSIV KILLED
NY THE NON OF TIE MAN
NE MURDExED.

rs,oSrowN, June l3--'"he body of
Ivman Dukes lies III the Jennings
,n:, 2 to-uipht cold in death. James
~, whose father, Captain a. Z. Mutt,
NV "O' murdered by Dukes on the 2th
Az of December last, has taken q
rrihle revenge. At - minutes atter
o,clock this evening Dukes was shot
~ almost instantly killed by young
~, who is ,he eldest son OF the late
,vhier of the Treasury.
Ink nnkes was standing in front of the
oun;nos House when the evening mail
rr;yrI7 a few minutes before seven.
IL remained there talking to several
cunaintanc.s and was apparently IN
he hest of humor, for he laughed and
nnyprssd in an unusually tree manner.
n.t before the shooting he started after
;s mail. Tue Post Office is only
[Iock from the Jennings House. 1t
ace, on Pittsnurg street and the bui!d'
no in which it is located stands on the
oTnrr Of Main and Pittsburg streets,
Nd has been known ever since its
rcct;or many years ago as the 'Kouhd
Former
FIVE SHOTS FIRED.
Immediately in front of the Post Of
irr aud iaclng on Main street, Is
tor. which has for many years been
,,rd as druggists establishment.
rhr drugs have been removed, and the
ro,d of the store is completely torn out
anL j., being re.modele,l for a banking
rnm, for the FIRST National Bank. In
hi, room, near Main street, stood James
Knit. and wien Dukes reached the spot
or pn a little hey ond where he s'ood,
Nut, vueued iire on him and shot him
two successive times in the back near
thr heart. Dukes started on DEED rur
p,lrs,led by Mutt, who fired three more
Shots Two OF them took effect III the
hack only about two inches from the
first two, and tho fifth and the last bull
LET struck him in the left ankle as he
was GOING Up the Post Office steps.
There are two steps leading up into the
Office, and when Dukes reached the top
oue he fell forward ON his face. There
was an immense crowd of peOrl" stand
ing around on the outside Of the office
and they ran in every direction to
rscap. the shots. The fifth ball only
arazpd the left ankle and glanced off
and went through some OF the lock
boxes,
al GOULD NOT HELP IT.
A nnmber Of persons rushed mp the
s,,p, After Dukes and at the same time
| policeman pegg ran up and caught
| Nut, VINO made no resistance whatever,
bu, aid 10 the officer i" Here, you take
thi, /" whereupon he gave him his re-
| yover.
Peg said 20 him You have done a
bau piece OF work. to which Mutt
replitd Yes. but could not help it,
The officer took Mutt to Jail and Dukes
wa carried to that same old room in the
Jennings House where Captain Nntt
was killed by him, and which be has
confined to ochnpy ever since
CoroNer Sturgeon arrived on the scene
of lne shooting and took charge OF
Dukes body. Dukes lived only about
half y minute after being shot the last
time A friend of his was at his SIDE
and he tried TO speak, but could only
mutCer something, but so indistmcti3
that it cou,d not be understood. He
knew who shot him, evidently, for he
turned around when the fist shot was
fired and looked at Mutt while he was
hrn., tn. second time and then ran. AS
soon as be was pronounced dead BY IN
Coroner the body was taken to thai
room OF his where he killed the fathe'
Of thy boy wLok killed him.
THE OFFICERS STORY.
The Coroner then impaneled hsjury
II was decided to postpone the eXaihl
natjua oi witnesses until to-lnorro'
morulas at O'Clock. One witness
however. was examined, and that WA
,ohYl legg, who witnessed the shoot
ins am. arrested Mutt. He testitic
tha, We was standing on the oppoSlt
corner and saw Dukes walking dow
the street. Mutt was in the room OF tn
Ground Corner" When Dukes Inv
4tenp, 4 bv Nutt, the latter shot twice
and Dukes cooked around and then RAJ
Nu,1 ran Af-ec him and fired thr'
more times The officer ran after thei
and caught Matt JUS after he had fire
jhe last sho.. Nntt, he said, mad y
resis aucc, BAT handed him his rnvolvr
saving: "fou take this. y The WI
ness iold l.,n he had done II bad PIE,
Of work, and Mutt replied : 81 couI
not hcl p it,
ARMED WITH DIRK AND REVoL'E
Tie jury then proceeded to examll
the body. The coat was first taken c
and SEARCHED. The pockets only co
tain~t some papers, which were n n
touched. The back had four bull
holes in tn. left hand side. The We
runiained nothing of amy imporfanc
ana me huies in the vest correSpohd'
viii, ,aosc III the coal A dirk-kni
wa, lulnd hanging TO the suspend
bu,,, &. On IH.kes' left side, where
coliN grasp il III an instant with L
riph, nanu, and in his right hirpock
was ,oupu sAe identical revolver wi
which he shot Captain Mutt. The dl
was ready .Ur a close encounter ana
revolver Tor long range. Many thoug
that the revolver used by Mutt was I
san. his father had at the time Duk
killed him, but it was not, 1t was
Colt }2-callhre and not so large as t
one his father had. All these tim
were taken by the Coroner.
On later examination of the wonn
it was found that three OF the balls a
not four penetrated the body. Ia
are so close together that a ring io
inches in diameter will cover them a
Two Of them went clear through
body and could be seen Just through
skin, and on the right side of the brea
and the other fractured rib,
near the middle of the breast as col
be. ;,
Dukes was dressed in o neat suit
dark clothes, single-breasted, cut-a"
coat and soft black hat, and carried,
he has always done, a little rattan ca
His collar was "a high one, aroC
which was tied ~ narrow cravat.
body will be left in the room "here
now lies until after the inquest Is .
tomorrow morning The undertah
are now at work laying him out. WI
he fell his forehead struck the II
with great force and made an u
bruisc On it. Before the CnronrN le
.,ant1amuu came into the room ;iiDu :