The evening world., 1889-08-02
THE MISSISSIPPI L0WRYS,
A FAMILY WITH A REPUTATION FOR RE-
MARKABLE NERVE.

n ShO0tinG Auntr IN Nhtch tue tONerHoT =
Brother shot Two Men After Being
MortRiIy Wounded Himselr-The slug
gers Expected to De Pursued to the
Limit of the Executive Power.
Those who imagine that Gov. Lowry will
not do his best TO capture Sullivan and Kill
rain and punish them according to the laws
of Mississippi may be sadly fooled, " says n
correspondent of the arkansas Democrat.
The Lowry family is no;ed for courage
and determination, and it is reasonable to
suppose that the Governor will 70 to the
extreme limit of the power invested i'll him
as Executive TO bring these fellows back and
make them stand trial.
As an illus ration of the grit possessed by
the family. | will relate an incident which &C.
Cured in Miss sSippi some years ago in which
three men were killed in the twinkling of au
eye. a brother of Gov. lowry being one of the
number.
DR.. Lowry, rs he was kpown. lived at
townsville, Mist, on tho Sunfower River.
He carrioi on Il big mere ,ntile business and
at the same time practised medicine. Up tho
river a short distance lived u man named
Holman, vino was lannon's throughout that
region as n lawyer.
One day Io imam entered Lowry's store,
and, because he did not reCe We the attention
Lo considered due oil his rauk and station. he
made some remarks which speedily arou-c cd
the temper of both gentlemen. aud they
parted III an ill.humor. From this %incipient
stirling POINT arose a difference which
thrcatened IT, be serious.
Friends of both parties iutercedcd 0nd
tried to prevent any fatal encounter. ami
tn, y hatterel themselves that the trouble had
ali been smoDthed over.
IlIA IAV.N t,a nnNN. C,tNN nNtnr n nnNn1n
ny to the landing and Lowry started to 90
aboard to transact some business. Before
leaving the office. however. he was warned
by his confidential clerk, John Arnold, that
Holman was ON board the boat prepared 10
settle the trouble between them.
That makes no difference" replied
Lowry, " an gong on anyhow" and away
lie went.
steamer towards the office he PASSED Holman,
who stopped lin and remarked:
..Now's n good time to settle that little
dificu ty."
Just wait II minute" was Lowry's answer,
II have u little business to attend to u; the
Office"
With that he started off, but he hal
scarcely turned around before II pistol shot
was heard. Lowry wheeled, drew his re.
voiver and shot at the father-ln.law of
Holman, who was standing near HIM with a
drawn pistol. He then pulled down upon
Holman, but the bullet flew high.
Lowry was stone dead when re struck the
deck of the vessel. Holman raised his revolver
to fire again, but at that junction John Arnold
came running on the boat. Rushing NJ be-
hiud Holman. he caught his nm. eXclaiming
Don't shoot any more cant you see that
ycu have killed him 2"
What. is that you?" demanded Holman,
rs re turned the pistol down against Alnold's
breast and pulled the trigger. Another man
fell back fatally wounded, and thus II was
That three men lost their lives almost stimuli
~taneously.
The nerve exhibited by Lowry in shoot
ing twice after he was practically a dead man
himself was one of the features of the deplor-
able affair which was most freely discussed;
Holman was arrested and tried for the
murder of Lowry. but owing to the lapse of
time and frequent changes he was cleared.
This was considered rather remarkable. mas
much ms the case was prosecuted 10y Gov.
Lowry, who at that time was recognized as
one Of the foremost criminal lawyers of the
State.
The Governor is after the sluggers now,
and the incident Just related will show that
he belongs to n family possessing superabun-
dance of courage and nerve.