The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-28
A FATAL SHOT.
Two Dusky Sons of Ham Get Into an
Alteration Over Woman.
Which Results in George Reed Shoot.
ing George Boyd in his Own
Kitchen.

From the time the good Lord in his
infinite wisdom saw fit to extract rib
from Adam to be used in making wom-
an, she has been the cause of sin, woe
and death. Why, woman, the fairest,
land we must admit the most beautiful
being ever created should be the cause
of so much sin committed is a question
that has puzzled the whole world to
answer But to digress.
About half past seven o'clock Sunday
night, people who were passing Fourth
avenue and Ninteenth street heard shot,
and soon saw negro emerging from the
back door of the house on dead run
fastening to the scene, the ARGUS
reporter found all in confusion. The
white men. On lounge in the parl0r,
lay George Boyd with bullet lodged
just below his heart On making inquir
les of Miss Allie Payne, she made the
following statement: The man who shot
Mr. Boyd is named George Reed He
worked at Weyerhauser & Dankmann's
saw mill and boarded here. He has
boarded here for about SIX months He
was quiet, orderlyiyoung man. He came
in to the house about O'Clock this even
ing and ate supper. Mr.. Boyd came in
soon after. After Reed had eaten his
supper he said he was going to church.
Mr.. Boyd then told him he had better
take the key of the house with him, as he
did not want to be woke up when he
came in. Reed said he did not want the
key. Then both of them went out into
the kitchen. heard Mr.. Boyd tell Reed
that he could get him another boarding
house. The next thing | heard was a
pistol shot, and MI Boyd hollered out,
Oh God, am killed! We then got him on
the lounge here. Reed then run away.
That is all know about it
1t appears, from what we can hear, that
Reed had been paying attentions to Miss
Payne. Miss Payne is nice looking
colored girl and is quite "A belle in
colored circles. She is modest and
is everywhere spoken well of by those
who know her. Sunday afternoon she
was in the house. She had all the doors
locked Reed came to the house and
wanted to get in. She refused to let him
come in. Then he raised one of the
windows and crawled through it into tie
house. When Boyd came home Miss
Payne told him of what Reed had done,
and he reproved him severely. In all
probability this was the cause of the
shooting When Reed left the house he
went down to the lower END of the city
and from there all trace of him was lost
He is hard cGse 1t is said he killed a
man in Mississippi, and a reward of
: 900 is offered for his capture. The
police have photograph of Reed, and
he will be captured Word wa:
received by the police this morning thai
he had been seen out near Milan. Two
policemen went out there this morning
With the assistance of Peter Heverling
the valiant marshal of Milan, :hcy vii
capture him if they can find him. Boyd
is an industrious colored man He Ia.
been working for the c.. B. & Q folks,
and is highly spoken of by Mr., Mack. His
chances for recovery are slim, Ifintiam-
nation sets in nothing can save
him. No trace of the ball can bt
found by DR.. Carter He probed for ii
last night, but his probe would go nC
farther than the fifth rib The revolver
used was a % calibre. 1t is to be hopet
Reed will be captured and m ade an exam
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