The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-12
SHOT
Some Cotton SncL-, II Revolver
and "a shotgun.

Yesterday morning colored man
greatly excited, no much 50 as to be
hardly iutcllgible, came from neigh
bofhOUd SIX miles up the river with ac-
counts ui the shooting Of a negro, Green
llu ter by name, whom he reported
dead or Hs good ~ dead, amt tn man
Who did the suoOting as Mr.. Chas.
DAbuey, "a prominent farmer in that
scctIol He appeared before Justice
T. ans aud made formal com LIANT aud
"a war; nt wa issue aud placeI iu the
hands Of two deputy sheritfs, ho were
despatch d at once Ia the scene OF the
shooting. L ey re urned Last evening
unable to iiud the party named IN tue
Whrraut. ID ring he d ! full particu.
lars OF the occurrence were eHrne iron.
Hrtles ia the eighbOrhO d, the details
" which are as follows Gesterda!
NOR INK Mr.. Dabuey having with IN
IA gun loaded with BIRD shot, said to be
mum or eight, went to the house OF
Green Hunter, culored man, twenty
tiyc years Of age living near Mr.. Dab eI
IN the settlement out six mi up the
rlyer, to get some cotton sack
which belonged tu hlm and which We're
ia Hunters possession, and which ne re-
fused to i've up. On arriving at the
house, Mr.. Dabnoy called to Hunter,
who came to the doc and ii demand was
made uu him for the sacks. His re ~
was that he would be Cd id II he
should have them, and added that he
'Dabue } was Cd id --, aud at
at moment Hunte,'4 wife handed him
reyOlye which opening the door
slightly, he leyeled on Dabney ordering
hun to drop the gun he had in his hand.
Inst ad Of dropping the gun, Dabney
presented he gun ami Tired, til first
shot taking effect in the face u Hunter
and the second entering the door. Dab.
uey left the place thereupon, and assist.
nuCe WAS called and u physician sent for,
Hunter il said to b seriously but not
dangerously hurt, the charge OF bird shot
taking effect in the forehead aud one
eye, winch Is thought pr badly he will
lose, I. d IN the hand The latter wUuu
which ia in the knuckles and
that part OF the fingers be-
tween the second and third joints
seems to corrUboratc the statement O
Dabuey that when he fired Hunter had q
Il revolver leveled on him as they are
wounds Just such as would be received
with the arm stretched ont rasp ny Il
revolver or closed rs the fit would bt
IN such case. The wOun s are moi
likely 10 prove tHthl ana tue wounded
man will probably soon he about agait
though he may lose an eye.
The troub between Mr.. Dabney ant
Hunter IA said to have arisen ab ut {
set lement concerning rols, the former
having rented and to the latter the pas
year. Hunter 1t seems was about t,
abandon the land without gathering al
the crop and Mr. Dabney who had so d Z
ale Of cotton kept back prt II thu
mo 10y to / sure Hunters compliance
with his contract. This ia said to h ",
reused Hunters passio s, and troubl,
about settlement arose between the
two, Hunter moving OIL Dabney's farm
leaving part Of his crop ungatherrd AM
It is said making he threat that he Hno
Dabney couldn't live in the same coun
~. On Saturdag last Dabney accostel
Hunter abou the cotton sacks Of Dal
ny's which Hunter had at home, askinL
him to bri them back, to VIII ch Hun
ter rerl ed that he would be Cd d,
n he should ever have them. Ye-terda,
Mr.. Dabney went to gel the sacks n
Hunt RS house, with the result stat
Mr.. Dabney is step son OF Mr.. A. I
Rose,