Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-01
SHOT BY A WOMAN.
ANOTHER SENSATION IN THE CITY OF
MANcHEsrER.
washington walker Receives very
Serious Wound from an un.
known Person.

The CITY Of Manchester. just across
the river from Richmond, was thrown
into a state Of intense excitement last
might by q shooting scrape which oc-
Cured at the corner OF Porter and
Twelfth streets. About q quarter to
10 O'Clock Q colored woman and man
wee seen standing on the sidewalk
Just at the corner OF the yard fence Of
the late Ajax Gsry's home engaged
in close conversation. 1t was
so dark, however, that nothing
could be seen further than to
distinguish tie forms Of the two. Seve-
raj persons who were close by heard
the woman say to the man in very
threatening manner, "All you have to
do is to strike me-" About this time
another man came down Twelfth street,
and, hearing the controversy, asked
what was the matter. The woman re-
piled, "Wbat in the HI have you got
to do with it?" The woman was
heard to say that il the man cut her
she would kill him, or something to
that amount.
THREE SHOTS FIRED.
IBstantaHeously the reports OF pis-
tol, three in immediate succession,
were heard, and the flashes seen. A
large number of persons from all direc-
tons ran to the scene of the shooting,
and Mr.. A. T. Snellings, the first to ar
rive, found the wounded man, who had
staggered oil few feet, sitting down by
the yard-feDce bleeding freely. The man
called for DIR. Ingram, whose office
and residence are on the opposite side
of Porter street, and uttered groans, but
did not say word. In the shortest
time imaginable there were at least
hundred persons around. Drs. Ingram
and Mathews soon arrived, and found
that one ball had entered the lower end
of the left Jaw and passed through,
lodging near the same point on the OPP
posite side Of the face. Upon exami-
nation there was found a flesh wound
on the point of the left shoulder about
one and half inches long and half
inch deep, which seemed to have been
done by glanciDg ball.
THE MAN RECOGNIZED.
There were number Of colored peo-
pie in the crowd, and several OF them
recognized the man as Washington
Walker, who lives in Richmond and
works at Mayo's tobacco-factory. As
soon as the physicians arrived and
looked at Walker they ordered that
wagon be gotten and he be taken down
to the city Jail. There was considera-
bic delay in getting the wagon, so
plank was procured from Duval & Ro-
bertson's undergrad, on which
Walker was borne to the jail and
laid on couch to rest. Here DR..
Ingram made q closer examination
and found that the ball, which entered
the lower part of the left jaw, had
passed under the base Of the tongue
and lodged in the right jaw. lie con.
siders the wound very serious one,
but not necessarily fatal. Spirits were
administered, but reaction had not
taken place, nor had Walker spoken
an hour after the shooting occurred.
WAS IT A WOMAN?
The question now arises, Who did
the shooting? Indications are that the
woman did, but no one knows who she
was. A short time after the occur
renee q colored woman named Louisa
Woody, who lives on Perry street be-
tween Eleventh ard Twelfth. and who
is well acquainted with Walker, was
seen running down from Twelfth street,
crying and screaming. When called
upon by Dispatch man Louisa said that
Walker left her house about ten minutes
before be was shot, saying that he was
going to Robinson's grocery, Twelfth
and Perry streets, but would soon re-
turn that no one was with him when
he left her house; that he had been
married, but his wife was separated
from him and lives in New York, and
that be lives in Richmond with his
mother.
bilE JEhhtb IbOoE'
William p. Short, who resides only
q door or two from Louisa Woody, said
that be was going up Twelfth street
from Hull towards Perry when the
shooting occurred; that he met woman
running down the street and caught
hold Of her, but she jerked loose.
When asked if be knew anything about
who did the shooting, Shert declined
to make any further statement, saying
that he would prefer giving his evidence
at the proper time on the witness
stand.
THE CRIMINAL NOT CAUGHT.
The police at once set to work to find
the would.be assassin, but At late
hour their labors in this direction were
without avail.
Manchester seems to be losing her
reputation for being aqulet city. This
is the second shooting affair which has
taken place there in the last five weeks,
besides two cutting scrapes and two
large fires.