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The Bossicr Homicide.
ARREST OF G. y. NCTCHINS FOR
THE MURDER OF WILL II. LYON
IN COLD BLOOD.

The Details Even More Narrowing
Than at First Putiished-.The Prs
! oncr Removed to Shreveport 70
Fears Of HIS Being Lynchcd-.Bns
ial Of Will II. Lyon, the Youn:
Murdered Man -. The Murdere
Lynrhfd.
shreveport Dniiy 7;naes.l
We went over the river yesterday after
! noon to further investigate the homicid
" night before last, and became Statistic,
that our report of yesterday was cnrrcc
iii the main. IF anything, it was even
more c"ld-hloo1ed murder, for youn;
Lyon was sitting on tho shaft of n dray
when Hutchins. who was standing owe
him pulled his pi stol and fired, the rang
the ball took showing this. 1t pasSc'
clear through tho breast and was found il
the underShirt Of the unfortunate man
HutchinS' pistol must have been yer,
close, rs the lappel of Lyons coat wa
powder burned. Lyon jumped from hi
position on the drav, stepped upon tn
gallery of The store, which was 4 fey
| yards distant, and Just inside the stor
door Snatrhed q douhie-barrel shot gun
AS he came out one barrel went of ant
the other he fred in the direction 0
l1utchins, who WAS just entering Il gat
4 short distance above the store, II q
the buckshnt entering his (%lIutchins'
hip. Immediately after the last load wa
fired from the gun Lyon fell upon tn
gallery and soon expired.
Shortly after the killing DR.. Necsor
took Lyons pistol from his pocket, ant
found every chamber loaded. The un
fortunate man evidently, under. the ex
element, forgot he had & pistol on hi
person and made for the shotgun, boil
shells in which were found exploded
when it was picked up beside his deal
body.
~HCTCIiINs ARRESTED.
Night before last Pete Taylor, the colcr
ed man who was an eyewitness to til,
homicide, accompanied 10y Sheriff Lake
Chief of Police Austin and others as
posse, proceeded to the opposite side o
the river and arrested G.. u. Hutchins oI
the charge of murder. After being ar
rested IIutchins claimed that the shoot
ing WAS done in Self-defence. A guarC
was placed Owe him for the night, ant
yesterday morning the necessary atlida
Wit was made before Justice Prathor, am
he was placed in charge of Deputy Sheriff
ltN lCsluS, vi IDDSSlcI PARISH, WHO EN-
ploved Mr.. Willie WimbiSh aud others t.
assist in guarding him, at Mr.. James Fet
tcrman's house. where he WAS confined L
his bed on accoun Of his wound.
HrTCIIIS'S BECOMES ALARMED.
Yesterday afternoon, while Mr.. Win,
bish was sitting in the room, two men Ell
tered whom he thought were friends o
Hutchins, and lie asked them to he seat
ed. In n short time one of item said
"~fIello, Hutch. how do You fecl?" Hutch
ms said he felt great pain, when the mal
said, "D-n You, you talk sobercr to-day
than yesterday, when You wanted to xii
me-" The two mcn then made nov
mcnts rs if to draw their pistols, wlicr
lIutrhins called on WimbiSh for protec.
ton. and WiinbiSh threw his gun dowI
on the two men, telling them IIutchin.
was under arrest and could not be harm,
ed. The men then Withdrew. and short
~ aftcrward Deputy Sheriff DevercauX,
feeling his prisoner would not he safe dur.
ing the night, dispatched Wimbish tc
town for DR.. A. r. Booth, Iutchins' ply,
stefan, to see if he could be moved to
Shreveport for safe Keeping. The con.
sen. of the Doctor being obtained, Hutch
ms was brought over late last evening il,
a carriage and placed in our Jail. On his
way to Jail lIutchins remarked to Chic,
Austin that he WAS satisfied the best place
for him for the next few days was in oul
Jail.
BURIAL OF WILL II. LYON.
In accordance with ~ dispatch from his
mother, in Ahbeville, South Carolina
Will II. Lyon, the murdered man. was
buried about six o'rlork laat evening il
the burial ground, his remains being fol-
lowed bv 4 few friends.
The unfortunate affair has cast a gloom
ovcr the whole ncighiOrhood, as young
Lyon was well thought of by all who