Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-28
BLOODY ROW.
In Which Ore of the Participants Received
Wound that will Probably Prove Fatal.

IN WI lCn OEc OF tne participants 0GCc1SGo
Wound that will Probably Prove Fatal
About half past 8 Yesterday morning, Mrs.
, Nettie Brisco, u cclored WOMAN who with
her husband kept lsudry one door east of
the Sherman hotel, east Of the Santa Fe
( depot on Douglas avenue, shot Alex Black
more, Il colored barber whose shop was in
the same building, the ball entering his neck
and penetrating the windpipe, then passing
downward aud backward, lodging as near as
can he sscertsined near the left shoulder
blade. The doctors suppose it lacerated the
the lung in its course.
The wound will probably prove fatal.
Both the woman and her husband fled after
the shooting but we're afterwards captured
and lodged in jail.
An EAGLE reporter reached the scene Of
the tragedy about twenty minutes after the
shooting at which time large crowd had
collected. The wounded man lay upon
narrow bed in small room belonging TO
| the Sherman house. He was in great agony,
breathing with great difficulty, while the
blood oozed from the wound and out of the
mouth Ct each respiration, while il appear
ed every moment as if he would strange.
A colored man held his head while
Doctors Bbbee and Hendren made prepara-
tons 10 dres. the wound. No one save the
three interested being present, and their sto-
ries differing widely in almost every partic
1a IA n tain Spet hlu
the row originated or how
the shooting was done. The
wounded man stated that they had some
trouble about furniture. and that Brisco
came into his shop with revolver and
threatened TO shoot him. The quarrel con-
tinued, and the Brisco woman came in from
the rear with Ratchet in her hand and her
husband handed her the revolver and told
her to shoot the damned black son Of a,
and that she did SO. His speech was dis
connected, and he could not give anything
like fall account of the affair Our repor-
ter visited the jail and found Brisco and the
woman in cell together. They told the
following story: They had rented the
building Of Mr.. Stone, and had let the front
room to Bisckmore He was drunk nearly
every day and they had lots Of trouble with
him. Yesterday they had sold their furni
ture to Mr. Blackwell and we're going to Ar
kansa. CITY The barber told Stone they
were going withou, paving the rent, which
was $50 stone came and
was .bou, 10 levy on the
goods, but they told Mr.. Blackwell to pay
the amount, which he did. Stone and
Blackwell then left and Briscoe went into the
barber shop and accused Blackmore Of tell
ing Stone. Blackmore put his hand to his
hip pocket and told him to get out or he
would shoot him. Briscoe then eft but soon
returned with revolver, saying he was
ready for him. The barber drew his ra-
zor and told him h. would kill him. Brisco
backed up into the kitchen or back room,
followed b. Blackmore. Brisc0e then hand
ed the revolver to the woman, telling Black
more 20 come out into the back yard and he
would fight him a square ifs. fight. The
woman stepped between them and the bar
Der grasped her hand TO wrench the revol
yer from her grasp, and the weapon was
discharged in the -suatble. Such is their
story Brisc9e and hi wife came here from
COLORADO about two months ago. The bar
Der j aid to be hard case. aud Was drunk
frequently. About noon he became easy,
TIE hemorrhsge stopped and he brcsthed
moro easily, the pulse became normal and
hopes of his recovery was entertained.
about > p. IN. he became worse; the Lemor-
rhage returned the pulse rose rapidly, and
Il syas feared he would die before midnight
The doctors have small hopes Of h;, rccov-
cry.
After the shooting Briscoe ran to the
Gi,bc Iron works and hid among some
trash over the blacksmith shop. where he
was found By police officer Dan Parks and
I,ha Clayton. The woman was found
abon: two hours later east of Chisholm creek |
among the bushes. Briscoe and the woman
are nlulattoes. They give their ages as 20
wears.