Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-04
A RIFLES LoSo SHOT
/. s.r,r,.. sulIe, Kan. a Woman . W."
Away.

'e'eu' an, , -, woman Of tweniyIou1'
,.h,Ie busy in the Kitchen OF her Do. .a,., ~
Gee Meridian street. East Boston, lu mot
a.. q o'clock Tuesday forenoon, g,st
ard almost instantly killed III wuu .,a ,v.v.
srr.ercd 10 he Il most uuaccou".'''s, han a
otta rss Iearipg over the stove wn1 ',a,r
Iulle, came crashing through the w"p la,
and struck her squirely ~ Va thon
I,sast. She leaped into the or M .,,sr.
s"u 10 tbe floor and few seconus LII.
yard died. The police were al onyn
col and m investigation started ,, an
.or II.nscom was also dctliicd' fLon ,,,,,'
domination Of the premises ana ,n' '.n.
,fior 81 the house it was quicNy -
ended that the ball had conn a.,v
I'm the payy-yard, in the Cniiieo,h v
district. and this theory was improssu
Tnsnecior Uanscom. who, by P,acms
Ind. cenciI in the hole made py th' ~. a.,
IN The window.sash, found that IL va
djrcc, line with The nayy-yaru' ,a;,
were sent around The docks 70 A. lii.
II any one had been praciicing VIZ - the
and others with the Inspector WIN n ,vos
rayy.vard. At the latter pace ., or
Iearuec that marine had hreu sno Sa;ore
over river pirate at fe" Iii'n". :. ,,,as do.
q o'clock this forenoon. in,s, ~ ..tinh
icrmined, must have been Tue JIM =, 'e ac-
killed Mrs. Butler, and the hlr'n 1I;" n,n,s
cordingly taken into CUSTOM. ,,,,,-saven
i John c. Murray. lie. y W." W! Yor,,
IT." onIis,ed only a month and hah ago.
To vas taken TO headquarters. and toid ths
following story: A.. .fro,,
Of The rovv.,ard from 7 10 . this mo nlng'
The old hin Pennsylvania Is Oeing ue-
showed. ard drift stuff attracts NUMBERS
ri r,yer.pirates about the front oil inc Naru'
who have become troublesome. Jhe cor
n rol of the guard told him that when one
g,t inside Of the Government me. Which
il Crawn about $50 feet ont from the slp'
L. warn him or. II he did not 90 at once
the uaripc should fire a shot over his held
for a positive and final warning,
and then, If he per sisted IN remalning
inside the line, the marine was 10
fire directly at him. A few minutes beIorc
o o'clock this morning one OF these IelloWs
was observed by Murray TO be inside the
line oud stealing the floating material trom
the oId Peunsylyana. Murray Sisnailrd
10 MN 10 20 of, but he id not move. HIS
fioure and his boat were both familiar 10
The marines eye, for be mad seen nm
many fines inside the line and bad cometo
know him IS one OF the most persistent pr
raiestlai infested the water inside the Gov
errmeut tne. When heidi not move after
me first warning, Murray raised his rifle
and fred over BIS head. He was carelulto
raise the weapon 50 that he would not run
my chance Of Injuring him in this mai
cattion. He never dreamed that the buuel
,Yiabt inilre anybody else. The pirate did
not wait for further proceedings, Dut hur.
Rcd out Of the way. \ few minutes ail'r,
Nurray's time being up. he was relieved.
when he was arrested. and n ne tod his
story. he was much a~touudcd 1T what had
b,ricned. His face and manner showed
his distress. Ills story wJs c0rrobpiatpd
~ others. He protested That n was
nic,eIy carrying out his instructions,
and bad no thought 90 ANYTHING
cl.c when be fired The shot. He "ls
70 warn the pirate, and he careful not 70
hi him. and he repeated that j. never en-
tered hi, mind tcat the shot might Int any
other person end that apy harm would
come from il. lie had supposed IL hld
dropped into the water. II j., c~im1ted
that the distance between the point where
the marine stood when be fired the
shot and TIC home 81 Mrs. Butler is about
a mile. The bail passed Though the sash
and then completely through the poor Wo-
mans body. Mrs. Butler, husband works
i'm tie city proper and had let home only q
little while before she was shot. The wclp
ons used by the sentrics are the Sprlug-
field brcechloaders, in which ij-caliblo
cartridges are used.