Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

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sensational killing Of Ava Tom Bowden,
Of Up.the. Neck, has caused more talk
here than any single event since the
famous September hurricane of 1921,
when three vast Atlantic tidal secs roll
ing in from the southeast overswept the
island one after the other, drowning
many people and multitudes Of ponies.
The simple news in the matter is that
II men--all Chunkers-haye been
lodged in Acccmac county jail at
Drummondtown to answer for Bow
denis taking off. The Chdnkers are :
Irwin S. Sturgis, Arthur Burns, William
Mumford, John Daisey, solomon
Duiscy, William Bloxon, Henry SAVAGE,
Daniel Beebe, Oliver Jester, Lewis
Daniel, Frederick Fresh.
Chunker Sturgis did the killing and
he did it under the following circum-
stances: Last Saturday night he Joined
II "picked-up" gang and they went
hula. ballooing up the Neck. Their
purpose was to scare Sanctitied Preacher
Workman off the island. About 11.30
O'Clock the Chunkcrs were in front of
the Sanctifed Church. AS Workman
was not comeatablc and as about all the
windows in the church had been
smashed, the only thing left for them TO
do, according to their own notion of it,
was to kick up racket for the purpose
of terrifying the people who live in
oanctitied houses near by. Within Il
rod or so of the Sanctitied Church
dWelt Bowden, an oysterer-a
good peaceful man-with his wife
and six small children, all boys,
who range down in stair-steps
style from 10 years to seven months.
Bowden and his wife were in bed in the
upper front room of their stoIy-and-a
| half frame house. The mattress was on
the floor The baby was asleep between
| its father and mother, who were as still
] as death, listening TO the Ghunkers.
| they had been Sanctiilcationists but
were getting out Of :he church. 1t was
q hot night, and Bowden lay with his
| head close to the mosquito netting of an
open window, overlooking the Chunk
ers. There was u shot. A bullet cut
hole in the netting, entered Bowden's
| skull and embedded itself in his brain.
4 gush Of blood stained the weather.
boarding under the Window. The wife,
startled by the shot, reached over the
baby and put her hand on her husbands
body, calling "Tom Tom but like
| the fool III Macbeth, poor Tom was
a-cold
The Chunkers ran. Across the way
lived another Bowden, a zea!-tired Sane
| titicatioaist At first the story went that
Bowden had killed Bawden. The bit
terness Of brother against brother aud
kinsman against kinsman here in this
Sanctication war is intense; hence the
accusation. But on the coroner's war
rant Chunker after Chunker was gath
cred in. There was tall lying. The iu-
quest was searching A young Chunker
finally told the truth. Then Sturgis
confessed that he had fired off his
pistol. This pistol was found hidden
under pile of riggin on board the
oyster boat of which he is the captain.
sturgs is a one.eyed man and halls
from Drummondtown. He is said to
have killed woman on the Virginia
main As to age the jailed Chunkers
range from 10 to %. The Daiscys are
OF noted Revolutionary stock.
This is the simple news of the
ChunEer shooting, but back of the news
is big stoiy--a story that, in one
sense, is morally uncauny and disgust,
ing but, ii another sense, piquant and
amazing. Here it is;
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