Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-12
KILLED In HIS YARD
MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN THE
EAST END THIS MORNING.
s,. Go ps.tb-staternents Of
His VITO and Neighnor-""'''"
ssd wife Had Quarreisd'

vs,.r,ous murder was committees
a, s25 north Thlrty-nrst street at d"
early this morning. -
Robert Lewis. a colred man aoo"'
wears OF age, was shot ana kii'eo VI US
-, nv whom IL is not positively
known. 49,
,r, ,,o,, connected story given the
Dispatch man. who arrived on the see"S
charity after the shooting. was oy .hai '"a
Randolph. whose back lot touches Law"
yard on the side Martha says she was
an In accordance with her usuai CUSTOM
,.'a,oni,g her chickens when she hearu
t.ewl, and his wife scufiiing in the yai''
and she went to the fence and loohe"
over to watch them. Lewis hau No
s,cnse on the ground and was CHOKING
nor The woman told her husband tha'
che had n razor in her pocket ana was
going to cut him as soon as she so' "P'
FIRED THREE TIMES.
The, at this moment. Martha says
,,oI,,.,xnned negro by tho name vi
,ror, Williams ran through her yard anu
t,,,ned over the fence TO where the hsht
,yos i'm progress. She tMartha) calite
IA rom not to trouble TIE peopie' ""r
lust AZ that moment he raised p's,oi
and fired in the air, TO frigh'en u'e"'' 80,
thought. In moment ne Ni'N
shots and ran of. ~,
,,or,b, was posltive the man was rom
utui,a,rs as the house door was OPEN
and there was light enough for her 10
see. L. o. Lrov
Moro Of the shooting than she "ouu
tell. was lying on the floor IN her nous.
she was perfectly quiet until quesuohS
woro asked her. and then she would COM
mence moaning and groaning
THE wIFE'S STORY.
tror story was that her husband. VINO
ID haen drinking came up on n car win
- ohout 1870 O'Clock, and she WIS
nreacbiur TO him about lntcmperance ono
,,,ae eitring on the porch, she SAD, VII u
n Young man ran into the yaru, az
G-od a nistol several times. ana her nus
h,rd staggered into the back room anu
eoid he was shot and fell on tue houl
de,d lust before the nrSt report i''
husband asked the man what ne va ~,
inc IN the yard. The dead man VIC
' i've ',,d she did not know Tom Williams
ard was positiye that he could nave ~
r,asors "a the neighbors intlmated, LOT
killing her husband.
ONE LONG WRANGLE.
Afterwards the woman admitted 'ht0
sbc and her husband were dispuuhB !"
,ho var1 II seems that this was no
,htrg uncommon. for. according 10 tne
,at-Ibors the one year Of the coupe
..a,risd life has been one long wranSle.
~ mis- reason. when the woman stooi
~ ,hs norch after the killing and caiied
far b,ln mo- one came for nearly hlleeh
r,,r,,tes all taking it for granted mat
- -, the customary spats was IN pro-
gress ,,,o bolo T., the
obdomen. which looked as II u H''H"1
have been made By seVefal OAiS e''''
in near the same pace
THE NUMBH;R OF SHOTS.
,rhora was a great diversity IN tne
statements as tc the numper VI
0red Policeman Tallrpan, VINO was ses
oral blocks away. says he heli"' W
,binks eight shots, which would SHOW VA.
two niatols were used. Employees ~
, the c'r-sheds two squares away say 'h-l
we-e four and then three reports ''''
o,bers insist there were only three
sergeant Whitlock was on the b'ouII@
coon after the shooting. and was CON-.
nletsly nouplussed by the contral'.V3',S
a,atonants He returned to the st'blo"-
house for consultation. and later Or
, ,r,,,lor and Sergeant Matthews went oNe
=. ,.iau the remains and question 'he
! women.