Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-12
MUSKET AND PISTOL.
soTS OF THsK USED YESTERDAY WITH
SERIOUS RESULTS.
Senjamin fittmau Badly Wounds William
Dandridge with the rormer-Horse
Shot With the Latter.

AT The corner Of Second and Duval
streets about 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon William Dandrigc, colorod youth
about twenty years Of age, was shot and
quito seriously wounded 10y Benjamin
PitimAn, also colored.
Dandndge belongs to a gangof roughs,
who congrcgato nightly in the ncighbor-
hood Of Ouesty's store and render night
hideous by their yells.
THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
rittmsn keeps little store for the sale
Of irpits just across tie street from
OnesyS Friday evening cambridge
came INTO Piiunau's st4ae and charged
HIM with having given thSpolicc informa-
ton which led 10 Dncsty beng brought
before the Police Court charged with
keeping disOrlor,y house. cambridge
threatened 20 Kill Pittman The latter
went To- the Third police station md
swore out a warrant egainet the former.
aud It was placed in the hands Of on Off
Ger who went in search Of cambridge.
but he could not be found.
Yesterday evening cambridge came
back 10 Pittman's store, AMI told him he
would XIII bin before the police got him.
lie then walked toward Pitiman and
drew q revolver. The latter fed on; 10
his back yard. cambridge woat outinto
the street in front Of iho store, aad was
joined by other members Of ms gany
l1tlman went upstairs and got IN old
muskot loaded with bird. short, ana came
down into ms store and fired at Dau-
bridge, who Yves standing about twenty
steps from hiIn, several shot entering his
face and breast
Pittman then started 10 the Third
police station and met Officer Robins and
gave himself up.
cambridge Sss also carried totbe Third
pOlice-s station. and later sent 10 the City
almshouse, the city ambulance having
been summoned.
rERsoNAI.
Pittmsn is about sixty years Old, and 3
faid to be a quiet. peaceable man.
D0ncridge, better known as Cook
Child" belongs TO a gang Of aboutA
dozen roughs who give the police mud
trouble.
Gun AND WOUND.
The musket used by Pittman is IN ID
one OF the Belgium make, and las
carved upon the stock 90. l.. G. u,
$50, and was no donbt nsed 10y scnIe
Confederate or Federal soldier. IS
now IN tho possession Of the police.
While DaniIdgo's wounds are Jain
FIJI and m some respects serious thee Is
no present prospect that they will rove (
fatal The a.mshouse physician links
he viii certainly lose one eye, whicl WIS /.
pierced by shot Shot also cIlercd /.
the other eye, the face between theeyos, /.
sud several went into bis neck.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT a HORSE
Yesterday afternoon Isham ,hckson /
and Csmm johnson tboth colore,l made 4
preparations 10 20 into the county on "a 4
shooting expedition They had Engaged .
a horse and wagon belonging j. IL. /
Henry. Camm on getting into the .
wagon about = clock accidentally struck /
tine hammer of his muskat agaust the /
side Of the wagon, firing the sun and /
sending tho whole load into the 1T side /
OF the horse, badly iuluring hin. The /
wound will probably cause dead.
lshaIn and Camm were both arrested /
and taken to the third polictstaiion, /
but we're discharged, claiming 10 he .
friends aud the witnesses testlhlng that /
the shooting was mauiiostly accidental. .
II j. probably fortunate that the shot .
struck the horse, rs there we-a several
persons on the corner of Madison and .
Byrd streets when the shooting occurred.