The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-03
SWEET REVENGE.
TWO SOUTHERN GIRLS DO THEIR
OWN SHOOTING.
one succeeds in Fatally Woundinc He,
i'etFayer-Cause of the Tragedy-Both
Girls Locked Up. but Defiant
The Wounded Men.

"HhANS, DEC. "A tragedy &C
CURED on Canal treet Saturday NIGHT
"hich has no parallel in the criminal ennaI.
Oh ehis city. 1t seems that John D. I,osar
ana Joseph Devenshire had been intiina I.
WIN Josephine and Georgiana Conway 70,
some time, and when their intimacy wa.
ooyected to at the girls home induced then
10 leave home and go and live with them
ne girls say that in the home provided
ior Them by the two men they led misera blt
ives suffering for the simplest necessitje,
ihelr love received a fatal blow when aftA,
hours OF pleading the men refused TO MARI,
0ieih ana when their brother and youuoa,
slsteF came and asked them to return TO thai,
mother they willingly complied. Such wa.
Vhe course OF events up to Saturday night,
Logan and Devonshire were walking az
canal street, near Baronne. Behind then
walked the two girls, dressed in circulars
TO all appearances merely taking an eyenins
walk. They were perfectly calm and col
leetel, and gave no Indication of their ta,.
iloie purpose. When the men were opp,
sue 'ayhe's confectionery the girl
qulckened their steps and, comm
close oehlnd the men, simultan
eonsly drew bulldog revolvers from then
cioaks anu fired. Georgiana, the elder sis
Ter, shot at Logan, and Josephine, selected
Devonshire as her target. Josephine's bulle
grazed DevonShireS back Just turning tn
SKIN. He immediately fled, but was quickly
followed by another bullet which abrase,
the skin on his neck The last shot causa
him to fall, but he was quickly on his feet
ana sought refuge in a store Josephine wa
caught by some one in the crowd, and aftel
a desperate struggle was disarmed.
! Logan was not so fortunate Georpiana,
bullet struck him in the small of the bacl,
passed through the kidneys and inflicted in
JuFies that will probably cause his death
AS the bullet entered lis body, he turne,
| quickly, wheeled, caught the woman's pisto
arm and attempted to wrench the weapoI
from her grasp. His wound had weakene,
him, however, and Georgiana was his mate
In strength, In their struggle the,
staggered against the confectionery door
forced it open, and fell on center-ta bl
in the saloon While lying across this tabl
| the girl fired q second time, the ball enter
ing Logan's cheek and SCATTERING the jaw
| bone. Logan then released the Girl, am
walking into an adjoining store rejoine
Devonshire and was conveyed to the Hospital
Georgiana was approached by the Pre-
prfetor of the confectionery and asked if sh
was injured.
mo, am not, she replied. 4 fred twice
| did it to protect my honor
Josephine, when arrested, said:
q shot Joseph Devonshire He is tn
father of my child He win not ruin an,
ther girl
The sisters were conveyed to the contra
| station and made as comfortable az possible
| They were visited i'll their cell Sunday. am
said they had passed a comfortable night
! Ge0rgiana, however, looked somewha
fatigued Both were perfectly COOL and i!
quired as TO the condition of the wounda
men. When told that Devonshire was Ne
hurt, Josephine expressed regret, say
ing she was willing to suffer forty years
size had only killed him Georgian el
| pressed a similar wish in regard to Loga.
Both said they were enceinto, and added
eve have no statement to make nor auE}
to explain, what was done could not b
helped
Georgiana Conway is % years old an
Josephine 20. Both are pretty brunets
average height, Georgiana being a trif
taller and more slender.
1t is rumored that the girls are of mike,
blood, and that for this reason the youn
men refused to marry them
John Logan is a son Of ex-Alderman Ms
Logan, prominent politician and foundry
man, and had an interest in his father
business. He was resting easy at last az
counts, but the surgeon expressed littl
hope
Joseph Davonshire is United States deput
marshal.
James Conway is a peaceable, quiet youn
man of studions and labonous habits. Il
clerked during tine day and taught school 6
night, thus supported his widowed motht
and three sisters. He is charged by Devon
shire with being accessory to the shootin!
and is now in prison.
One of Josephine's bullets struck gentl
man 100 yards from the scene of the shoe
ing, grazing the femoral artery. The woun
was dressed and causes little Inconvenience,
Public sympathy is entirely with the youn
women.