Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-07
THE PETERSBURG SHOOTING.
Now Believed that a Democrat Fired the
Shots.

A dispatch from Richmond to the Baltimore
-imP1icaH intimates that there a conspiracy
% get Gen. Malone into trouble by shooting
Harrison i'll front of the generals house election
night 1t is claimed that IL was deliberately
planned scheme on the part Of Romaine, Saal
and other democrats. The partisan conduct
of Mayor Collier and the bias he showed in ex-
aiming the witnesses Tuesday night are con-
demned by everybody. and taat nights event
will cause a revolution in the vote in the COM
ing municipal election. DR.. Leigh, the ply
sician who attended young Harrison, is the lead
ing physician in Petersburg, an old man of
about sixty years and lifelong democrat
No one here believes for an instant" said
he. fOr publication. that Gen. Malone shot
Mr.. Harrison. The truth. probably. will never
come out as TO who did fire those three shots,
but We are all convinced that it was not Gen.
Malone. Permit me TO state that the warrant
against Gen. Malone was sworn out by Ro-
maine against the most earnest protest of Mr.
Harrison. He feels perfectly sure that it was
not Gen. Malone who shot him. When he was
IN my Office last night Romaine urged him to
have Malone arrested. He refused and when
Romano declared that he himself would do it
he begged him not to do So / and almost
every one else in the room tried to reason with
Romaire and tried to explain to HIM the
brutality OF having Malone arrested at that
Time we IOlu MIN tnal Uen- ManOne would
he in the city for several days to come
and that today would do lust as we'll:
but he too much under the influence of
liquor 10 listen to any one. feel fully justified
in saving that of all the young men in the sere-
nadlng party not one really believes that me
general fired the shot" DR.. Leigh added that
unless secondary hemorrhage set in Mr.. Harri-
sons wound was not serious. 1t was somewhat
painful and would confne him to his bed for
perhaps two weeks.
Mr.. Harrison regrets the matter very much
He and Butler Malone are very warm friends
as were number of those III the party har-
rison and Malone had a bet of $3.50 on the 9Th
district. Harrison at first believed Butler
had shot him. Indeed, the general rumor at
first was that Butler. incensed at the insult to
his father. had shot into the crowd, not know
-lg who they were. nor aiming at any one. He
IL famous dead shot and could have killed
his man 1t is admitted now that no one knows
or ever will know.
Gen. MghOne's residence on Long Market
street has been the center of interest today
Romalne said today that express orders had
peen given not to fire any rockets at Malone 5
mouse. This Is clearly false. for the house front
bears the signs where the roman candles struck
II and on one OF the shutters the paint has been
burned OF. Besides. number of half-ex-
pIoded fireworks were found on the lawn in
'front.' OF the house.
The hustlngs court. before which Gen Ma
hone Will appear. opens here on the third
thursday OF December. Judge Bernard presid-
ing. The prosecuting attorney will draw up an
indictment against Gen. MahOne charging him
with shooting Harrison with intent to kill The
grand jury will investigate the matter and will
then either dismiss the matter or SEND it before
court. On conviction the punishment is i'm
prlsorment in the Penltentiary tor not less than
one and not more than ten Years