The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-08-18
Two COLORED MEN Shot.
Fred Shereah Dangerously Wounded
Sunday NIGHT.
A WOMAN CAUSES THE DIFFICULTY.
Thomas ViHsOn, Who Did the Shoot
ing, Makes His Escape-Two Po-
licmen and a Clerk Shot at by
Thomas Oliver Saturday Night
Oliver in Jail Pleading for Mercy.


1icmen and a Clerk Shot at b,
Thomas Oliver Saturday Night
Oliver in Jail Pleading for Mercy
Fred Shereah, a colOred man about
fifty years of age, was shot and seri
ously wounded between eight and
nine O'Clock Sunday night by ThoS
VinsOn in the rear of Baily Bros fac
tory.
The friends of the wounded men
say that the difficulty arose over a
colored woman named Martha Searcy.
Shereah and the woman, whom he
claimed as his ''best girl were play
ing in the yard when Vinson came up
and without saying word shot. him.
The ball entered about one inch and a
half above the right nipple. went
through the lung and lodged in the
muscle of the back, lacking only a
half inch of going through.
Vinson Immediately after the shoot
ing skipped to parts unknown. He is
a married man and his wife and chill
dren are said to reside in Salisbury.
DR.. John Bynum, assisted by DIR.
DOughton, removed the ball from
Shereah's back and dressed his
wounds. Little hope was entertained
for the wounded mans recovery at
first. This morning, however. his
pulse was strong and DR.. Bynum is Of
the opinion that he will recover pro-
vided he is not taken with an internal
hemOrrhage.
SHOT AT THE POLICEMAN.
Johnson Condor, South Carolina
negro, who claims to have come to
Winston from Mecklenbnrg county.
was shot in the leg by Policeman
Hammer Saturday night and painfully
wounded.
The difficulty originated by Condor
going to restaurant owned by Il. G.
Crouch in the rear of Robbins Bros
store and calling for a snack. The
clerk, Thomas Oliver, prepared the
meal butCondOr was slow in receiving
and paying for it. whereupon the
clerk asked his customer to take his
snack if he wanted it. Condor COM
menced curSing Oliver and at the
same time drew his pistol and at
tempted to shoot but the weapon for
tunately did nothing but snap.
A crowd soon gathered around
when the negro took to his heels. He
ran over to Third street and through
the court house square where he was
met by Policeman Hasten. who called
to Condor to halt. Condor pulled |
down on the officer, but kept running |
He went up Liberty street where he |
met Policeman Hammer face to face |
Condor snapped his pistol at the offic-
er. Had it fired it would no doubt |
have done fatal work. Mr. Hammer |
followed on in pursuit, notwithstand- |
ing the fact that the negro kept try |
ing to shoot him. He shot three |
times at Condor and the last time |
brought him to the ground just as he |
was turning the corner of Fifth |
and Old Town streets.
Condor Immediately realized his con |
dition and surrendered. Upon exam
ination it was aScertained that ball |
struck him in the calf of the right |
leg. The attending physician, Dr.
Dalton, is of the opinion that the lat
ter injury was caused by the fall and
not by the shot
He was carried to the Jail where
his wounds were dressed. He claims
that he was drunk Saturday night
and knows very little as to what hap
pened. The policemen say that lie
made splendid time for drunken
man.