Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-04
A STREET SHOOTING.
GEORGE BAENIsrYR TWICE WOUNDED
BY JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Result Of Row Near the Theatre Corner
Flight Of Shepherd,
&C., Co., &c. =

Last night about . quarter to 10
O'Clock considerable excitement wa
created by . shooting at the corner OF
Seventh and Broad streets, the victim
being Mr.. George Bannister, the pro-
prietor Of restaurant and bar-room on
Governor near Franklin street. As
soon as he was shot-in the left breast
and left foresrm-Bannister was helped
into Krause's saloon, and in reply to
the question, George, who shot your"
he said, Preston Nuckols and Joe
Shepherd shot me-"
ONE VERSION OF THE SHOOTING.
A man who states that he was with
Bannister when shot said =" We were
coming down Broad street. l had hold
Of his arm on ore side and another mao
on the other side. When we had near
ly reached the confectionery under the
Theatre we saw Joe Shepherd leaning
against post near the Theatre. Ban
mister remarked, good-nsturedly ;:
.Eere's Shepherd now Shepherd
stepped back about five feet and fired
1t Bspnister. The latter threw his coat
open with both hands and said = Here,
pour 'em all in me- Shepherd then
fred another shot after making one step
back"
BANNIsTER's STATEMENT.
After being taken into Krause's ss-
loon Bannister was laid on table, and
Drs. Oppenheimer, Smith, and Michaux
examined the wounds. Bannister com.
.plainsd principally Of pain in his left
arm. In reply to questions asked he
said that he was playing roulette in
Johnson's, on Seventh street between
Broad and Grace, and when he came
down stairs he went up to Nuckols,
who was on the sidewalk, and told the
latter that he bad treated him (Banuis-
teri badly. Then Shepherd, who stood
near by, said : "Shoot the son of b."
Nuckols drew pistol and fired two
shots. Itwas evident from Bannistcr's
statement that he had been drinking,
and that his thoughts were not clear
or concentrated. After awhile he said
that when shot the man who did the
firing was standing on the other side of
the street. At one time he exclaimed
"I'll kill Nuckols before morning."
The shooting was done with twenty
two calibre pistol.
NUCKoLS ARRESTED.
About half.past 10 o'clock Mr.. Pres
ton Nuckols, who is sporting-man, was
arrested and lodged in the Second sta
tion.house. A reporter Of the Dispatch
called at tie station and found him
seated by window smoking a cigar
and talking to two gentlemen. When
told that a reporter wanted to
see him he came forward, say
ing, "a newspaper.man wants to
see the desperado?" He talked in
a cheerful way about the occurrence,
and seemed not in the slightest degree
alarmed about the result of the case so
far as be was concerned. He denied
all knowledge of the shooting, except
that he heard the two shots fired. He
said he was standing on Seventh street
near Broad, by the new buildings,
when Bannister and another man passed
bin, arm in arm.
GENERAL REPORT.
The general version OF the immediate
difficulty is that Bannister came out Of
Johnson's saloon, and with two other
men walked up to Broad street; that
the shooting took place near the curbing
ON Seventh street, about on line with
the front wall Of the Theatre; that the
man who did the shooting was Joe
Shepherd, also sporting man; and
that as soon as he (Shepherd) fired the
two shots be ran rapidly away; that
DR.. Brock was sent for to attend the
wounded man, and when he ar
rived Bannister exclaimed, Here,
Doctor, come here. All, he'll fix me
all right" BaDnister was removed in
a hack TO his home.
Reports as to the cause are very con-
flictirg. One rumor says that Bannis-
ter said to Nuckols Pres, you are
very good man; you have whipped
Collie and several others in your time,
but you can't whip me that is, in
square, hand-to-hand fight" where
upon Shepherd said, &" Shoot him, Pres,
shoot him." Shepherd then shot him.
Another account is that the difficulty
first originated in Johnson's saloon
over game Of roulette and faro. They
broke in the glass Of the door by the
scufIle; then they went outside, and on
the sidewalk were some chairs. There
the difficulty was renewed, and both
men seized chairs, but friends parted
them. Bannister and q friend then
went up to Broad street and crossed
over to the Theatre corner, near which,
on Seventh street, Shepherd me. Ban.
mister and they again got to fussing.
and Shepherd fired two shots. One
ball is said to have made q mark on the
Theatre wall. The two wounds were
probably made by one ball. Bannister
says five shots we're fired, but he is
probably mistaken. A number Of par
ties say they only heard one.
THE WOUNDS.
Drs. Brock and 0ppenheimer are uu-
der the impression that Mr.. Bannister
was holding his arm out as if to ward
off blow and that the same ball made
10th wounds-thst is, that it went
through the fleshy part of the left fore
arm and struck the left shoulder, where
it broke the skin, but its force was so
near spent thatit did not enter. Neither
Of the wounds is at all dangerous.
BAIL REFUSED.
After Nuckols had been arrested and
taken to the statlon-house Justice ID. G.
Richardson was sent for, who refused
to bail the accused.
Shepherd had not been arrested at
midnight.