The Brookhaven leader., 1890-12-25
SHOOTING 1T OUT.
\ DEADLY FEUD BEARS
BLOODY FRUIT.
Three Young Men Engage in a
Desperate Encounter Near
Caseyyille.
Al Three Dangerously Shot.

MI ANatN - - C'h'hs
4 desperate shooting ARRAY took
place in this couDty Tuesday about q
mile south of Cascyyille, between
young Dave McRee on one side and
viii Blue aud Bob Applcwlite on the
either, in which all three of the par
Elephants were dangerously wounded.
An old fcud had existed between
Dave McRee and Will Blue prior to
the killing of young Penn McRee
Dawes rousinl by Blue near Union
Church last October, and the Staying
of Penn and what occurred that night
greatly intensified this feeling. Boil
Applewhite had previously had trou-
BILE with another cousin of Dave Nc
Rec and was an intimate friend OF
Blue. This was the relation existing
between the parties when the en-
counter of Tuesday was precipitated
On that day Will Blue and Bob APP
plewhite had been to Mr.. Will Nc.
Laurin's together in a gig and as they
nearcd the main road after leaving
Mr.. McLaurin's, Dave McRee was
passing along the main road on horse
back with a shot gun, going to a
neighbours after load OF corn, his
wagon and team having preceded
him some distance. Coming into the
road Immediately behind him, Blue
and Applewhite turned down the
road in the same direction to go
somewhere else, instead of taking the
other end, which led to their home.
McRee, noting this, and naturally in
ferring by the strained relations be-
tween himself and Blue that
they were following him to raise a
difficulty, suddenly stopped and
turned to meet the supposed attack.
Blue, on the other hand, seeing Nc
Rec turning, thought he had stopped
to make premeditated attack, and
commenced drawing his pistol. No
sooner had he made motion in this
direction than McRee fred with one
barrel of the shot gun and Blue fell.
McRee attempted to shoot Applewhite
with the other barrel, but it failed to
fire, and he then jumped from his
horse and drew his pistol, Applewhite
having meantime jumped from the gig
with his pistol and commenced shoot
ing. Both emptied their pistols at
each other, Applewhite throwing his
at McRee when it would no longer
shoot. and McRee closing i'm and
striking Applewhite blow on the
head with his gun.
Mr.. w. r. Williams, who lives
near Caseyvillc, was in town yester
day and gave this to a representative
of the LEADER as Apprentices ver-
sion of the atfray. We could not get
statement from McRee. There were
no eye witnesses except the partici-
pants.
Subsequent to the shooting, all
three were found by friends at differ
ent places on the road and their
weapons lying on the field of battle,
near Blue, who had never moved from
the spot where he first fell. His pis-
tol, undischarged, lay besides him.
EXTENT OF WOUNDS.
Dr. Barber of Brookliaven was call
ed Tuesday night to see all of the
parties, and yesterday afternoon gave
the LEADER the following as to the
nature of the wounds received by
each:
Blue was struck on the top of the
head by three large shot, two of them
ploughing through the skin several
inches and passing out without injury
to the skull. The third went a little
deeper and fractured the skull and
affected the brain, also passing out.
McRee was shot int he left forearm,
the ball ranging up to elbow, where it
was cut out, and near the navel, the
ball ranging to the left near surface
over the hip bone and was cut out of
rump.
Applewhite received a flesh wound
through the upper left arm, another
through the flesh of left hip, and
third ball in the breast above and to
left of heart, which could not be To-
Gated; he also had one or two cuts on
the head from blows received.
DIR. Barber regarded Blues condi-
ton as very critical, the others favor
able for recovery. Summing up,
though, he said all might die, or all
might recover.
The pistols used were SO Smith &
NELSON'S.