The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-13
NEwsPAPER MAN SHOT.
James a. Pugh Receives Two Bullet
Wounds In tho Head

James \. Pugh Receives Two Bullet
Wounds In tho Head.
serious shooting ARRAY, in which
James a Pugh, we'll known news
paper ran of this city, received two
severe flesh wounds upon the head ard
was otherwise injured, occurred on
Monday night. According to Mr..
Fughs statement to TINES reporter,
n ade Yesterday afternoon at his home,
No. 500 Luck Avenue the SHOOTING
occurred on monwenlth avenue
near the corner OF eighth Avenue, at
ABOUT o'ciocH in the evening. Mr.
Pugh said TO the reporter: II was at
the office about 9 o'clock writing, when
some ono Co ne in aud told me row
was In progress in the rear Of Hotel
Roanoke. ! walked over that way and
finding no excitement kept on ON,
Commonwealth avenue until reached
Eighth avenue, when two men an
preached me from behind and fred two
shots at me, both OF them taking effect
in my head. My assailant also beat me
with the but of tho pistol or some other
implement.
II was unarmed but did the best I
could at resisting the attack and finally
escaped and made my way 10 Fred
Peters saloon, which was the nearest
public house. After l got there they
telephoned for DR.. Cannaday who
dressed my wounds and took me home
in his buggy"
somewhat different story OF the az
fair is told by the police. At an early
hour yesterday morning Officer Flick
who pa trols q district in the Third ward,
telephone6 to police headquarters for
the sergeant, whom he said he wanted
to see on important business. Before
Sergeant Austin, who was on duty. re-
turned he saw Flick on his beat. About
four or five o'clock the two officers ar.
rested DOC" Hale and Mollie Hale, his
wife, both colored. as they stated, upon
suspicion that they were in some way
concerned in the shooting of Mr.. Pugh
Tho husband was discharged soon af ter
his arrest, but the woman was not re-
leased from custody until late yester-
day afternoon.
When Acting Chief of Police old and
the day force came on duty another
effort vas made to get at tho bottom of
tho facts in the case. Officer Aiken,
accompanied by Detective Schanck and
Lawyer A j. Oliver, went to the house
OF one Jack Pannill on Kim ball avenue.
They saw there Rosa Pannill and Mary
LaWSOu anu oIueTS, all COlOreO.
To these officers, at the suggestion of
Lawyer Oliver, Rosa Pannill told the
following:
"Mr. pugh had come to her house
about 10 o'clock, as near as she could
judge, and wanted to see the woman,
Mollie Hale, whom she says she had
invited down there that evening, the
two women being cousins. After some
words he went away but returned abou t
half hour afterwards. In the mean
time Floyd West, colored, had come to
the house and was admitted. When
Mr.. Pugh returned he again sought
admittance but was at first refused, as
West was dangerous character. He
made some remark about the woman
and West being there together. which
reused the ire OF West Rosa fed, and
as she run heard two pistol shots and
scuilie in the room where West and the
woman had been"
West is known to be brakeman on
the Norfolk and Western railroad, who
was due TO leave on freight train
drawing out from this city about
o'clock yesterday AFTERNOON. A war
rant was placed in the hands of Police
man Aiken for his arrest, and Acting
Chief OF Police Gold signiiied his in
tention OF using every means to find
the man, and would telegraph descrip-
tions Of him to surrounding places with
requests that he be arrested before he
leaves the State.