The daily gazette., 1883-09-10
REPRINTED FROM s1Tnss.
FATAL SHOOTING Arrn,.
An Encounter That I,TU

Inls afternoon about l2 20 o,o,a's oes
ing TOOK place on Eleventh s,rnos .ucS Shoot
fatally. wal probably result
The parties to The affrav .,.
List and George Tay,or o Lewis 7,
hev. Father TAYLOR Oh son Of
time preached at Union NJ ~ one
from what can be learned NJ ~ ~ Church,
appears tat Mr.. Dean and h,s sue r anair 1t
la'ter a niece of the injured m"r we, the
az the house Of Lewis List 1o,h' ooarded F
shooter, at No. 800 East Eleventh ., o The
On Monday evening last von,'It oIr tt
MRS. Dean had a few word MI At aud
List Knocked her down. Ye.tara. Y, nnalIy,
relatives OF the lady called at tha some
J ISL and demanded the wardroh" hn," nuuse Of
70 Mrs. Dean, she having prevIon.,r ,%'i'oaagng 'oagg
mouse. Their demand was refused '''' 'ae
Alter the noon whistles had hlom.
lor, who works at Pickles foundry ia. iay
Lists house TO make another dsmoss' "sa'
MRS. Deans clothing. Young II.t w Ot
the request and a war Of word ae, aeiusd
Finally List knocked Taylor dow s,saeO
while he was still lying on The ru \. wa AnO
the senior List came out of the hams S,a
club. "0u0e with
Taylor seeing this jumped TO bis foo,
started to run and was chased by Iist ssl aaa
tlred two shots after him. After as ras., NuO
Taylor and Kirkwood ftreets the nn,sna
turned upon his pursuer and chsiod pS1aeu NY
back TO Eleventh 'treet Being CLOSELY nna u@
sued List ran into the eLtry of Mr. W. Pa,'
No. 6l0 Eleventh street, and turU''. u
around quickly drew hi.
revolver and fred at Taylor. The hall ,ool ~
effect in the left eye. "OA
Taylor at once dropped to the pavauo,,
After firing the shot List ran through hs' Nv
Ford's house to the yard, and leaning Ir,' ~1'.
the back fence, disappeared. ''''
The shooting created intense erC,tew.,,
around the neighboI hood, and in few mO
meuts the wounded man, who was lv,n.
upon the pavement, was surrounded bS )
large crowd. Word was sent 10 DR. x,
bles, who, upon arriving, did all in h,
power to help the wounded man. III,
wound will in all probability prove htsl
The wounded man was driven 10 the Ci,v
Hall and taken into the court room ,nS
made as comfortable as possible until DR. A
II. Grimshaw arrived and examined N,
wound. Owing to the lack of facilities III,
physician was unable to positively dets,
J. mine where the bullet had entered, but froO
!, bone Immediately back Of It ",
l. inclined to believe that the bu
> let entered at the back of the head an
le passed clear through. The eyeball v,
, burst aud the eye badly swollen an
- blackened. From the time the shooting o.
u CURED Taylor has been unconscious. I
:, was removed TO his residence on Adam
street near Delaware avenue, whe
made and the wound probe
His chances for living are pronounc
exceedingly small by the attending physical
who entertains no hope whatever that
will live.
After List had committed his awful de
he started up Tenth street. Hugh Stew,
was sitting on the steps Of his residence,
$40 East Tenth street, and as List passed
said 81 will shoot the first s. of b.
that comes near me-"
On looking down the street, Stewart 6
L.. Lists father coming with club a
thinking that the young ma
" threats were directed against his fail
Ise crept cautiously up behind young List d
on throwing his arms around his shoulders
eo tempted to disarm him OF the pistol
carried.
10 The old man, noticing what was TAXI
place between his son aud stewart, hurr
A up and as he came within speaking dsIaI
z shouted 10 Stewart, "'ll knock your d
v brains out II you don't let him 90"
Stewart all this time had been trying
best TO get the revolver away from yoc
List and during the scuffle the weapon
.. exploded, the bullet narrowly missing
n head of stewart, who then loosed bis he
About this time Stewards wife came out
es forced her husband in the alley, when
~ ~ again presented the revolver at him
O0 snapped the trigger, but fortunately
gs U.s weapon missed fire.
SS @ List then proceeded up Tenth street
or the VulcaLized Fibre Company's and
81 ~ the workmen to flight who had come Ou
a. the pavement when the scutfle between
and Stewart took place by pointing bill
$50 yolver and threatening to shoot the first
e. who would raise hand against him
o From here he proceeded home
800 gave his revolver to his mot
b. who hid 1t in cupoO
ns. In the kitchen and attempted to conceal
Ing fact, when Officer Kennedy applied 10
After some persuasion on the part Ol
officer the mother, with tears in her
'' went to the kitchen and procured
weapon, which she hanued over
officer.
The pistol is a small seVen'shoo'e
:. about 90 calibre and is one OF the = =
. cheap weapons of the kind iouha d
Front street. -.
- List was arrested at his home BY o.
Tibbetts, and taken to the police s'A
where he is held in custody.
WHO THE MURDERER IS
Lewis F. List, who has thus place.
life in jeopardy by taking the lile OF anot y,
} is a paper hanger by trade, and lives az
Walnut street. He is a son OF Lews
r who, about 20 years ago, shot aud kled -
IL liceman John Baylis. The officer, us', ti
to arrest List, who was drunk and dlsULl y
on the streets, followed him into .ne IN ~
when List, after he was fairly inside, "a tu
and shot him in the head, the Woaua
ducing Instant death. List was trleu S'
Castle, but was acquitted op
ground that the officer hSu Gu, u
his house without q warrant, ana Was y e
by tresspasser whom the occuPltf =, u,
premises, List, had right to resist CIV