Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-14
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
SILAS FREEMAN, COLORED, FIRED TWO SHOTS
ATDAYE GRANT,
AZ the Pool Room Of the Latter, on Eleventh Street
A Long and Exciting Chase, and a
Capture By the Police.

| All that part or the city, from
Eleventh street, south along the river
to and across the creek, and on down TO
the extreme southern end Of town,
was thrown into fever of excitement,
between half-past twelve and half-past
one o'clock, yesterday afternoon, by
the firing OF two shots by Silas Free
man, at Dave Grant, the well-known
colored man, and the flight Of Freeman
to the neighborhood Of Forty-sixth and
! WetZel street, where he was captured
in limestone quarry by Officers
Menkemyer and O'Bren, after he had
been compelled to surrender at the muz-
zle Of a shotgun in the hands of
Will Lantry. The turmoil was
! especially great in the Eighth
ward, where it was currently reported
and generally believed, for time, that
| Freeman had cut the throat of white
woman, who had resisted unlawful ad
vances by him, aud there was a co.,
| siderable manifestation Of feeling until
/ llC OIIOl was BldiuNhg AhO p4ioOhCA
| being greeted with cries Of chang
| him!" etc.
The trouble had its origin last Mon
day night, in Dave Grants pool room,
on Eleventh street, between Main and
Water. On that night there were
number of colored men congregated in
the place, among them being Grant, the
proprietor, Freeman, and Hezekiah
Lucre. Lucre asked Freeman for a
chew Of scrap" tobacco, and being told
that he had mono, preferred the same
| request TO Grant, who answered in the
| same way. Freeman then proposed to
Lucre that they go out and get a paper
| OF scrap" whereupon, according TO
| Freeman, Grant said, sit don't take two
of you to get paper Of scrap does it?"
accompanied by an oath. The two men
went out, got the tobacco. and drink,
and on returning the trouble was re-
newed between Freeman and Grant, and
Grant struck Freeman on the nose, cut
ting il badly, and knocking him down.
| Freeman went out, when Grant followed
! him, and caught him by the collar and
! applied an energetic epithet TO him.
| The next day Freeman was not
| able TO 20 TO his work,
| and when he reported Wednesday,
| he was discharged for negleCting his
/ duties. Wednesday night Freeman met
Grant and asked him why he had treat
| cd him as he had done, when Grant
! again applied the Objectiona bic epithet
to him, and said ''you keep quiet, or I'll
kill you" Yesterday about half-past
/ twelve, Freeman again went 20 Grants
| place, and asked him about the attack
| upon him, and Grant again applied
/ the epithet. Freeman picked up bill
| lard ball and hit Grant on the jaw with
! IL. Grant and another man made a
| break for Freeman, who drew his re-
volver and fred two shots at Grant.
Surprising he had hit him, Freeman ran
out of the place, down Eleventh street
to Water, and down water, closely fol-
lowed by Chief Of Police McNichol.
The latter ran Freeman as far as Six
teenth street, and then went TO a tele-
| phone and sent word to officer O'Brien,
in the Sixth ward, to watch
for and capture the fugitive.
| O'Brlen got on the trail
OF the fellow in the lower part Of the
SlAlu "diN, duu iNu MN AuI OOnh ihNv
| the Eighth, where Freeman made for
BenwoOd, and then doubled back
north and ran for the hill
side, followed by a large crowd,
and took refuge in quarry below
Forty-fourth street, There he drew his
revolver and kept the crowd at bay IN
Ill VIM. Lantry and VIM. Oberly came
up with shotgunS. In attempting to
cover Freeman Oberly fell and his gun
was discharged, but no one was hurt.
| Officers Mlnkemeyer and O'Brien ar
rived, when he was captured and was
taken to the City Hall, and later before
Justice Phillips, who committed him to
| Jail for an examination.
1t was Freeman's intention to leave
town, yesterday, and it is thought he
went TO Grants place for the purpose
Of renewing the quarrel and shooting
him before he left.