Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-04
SHOT By THE TRAMP.
County Policeman YaTbr0uSh Fatally
Wounded.
The BsLL ENTERED his STOMACH
lie Continued Ia Perform His Duty
Eycn After Realizing That lie WINS
Desperately Wounded. and dubbed
and shot ut Ills Assnilunt.

County-POliceman J. H. NarbrouGh'
recent appointee OF Judge Nickham'
while attempting iast night TO arrest
three men who were trespassins on me
Chesapeake and ohio railway beyond the
corporate limits, was shot In the stomach
by one OF The THO. and dangerously
wounded. The shooting occurred about
400 wards west Of the Locomotive Works,
and lust al the foot OF Chestnut Hill
There has been considerable complaint
Of dcpredations being made on the cars
on the side tracks Of the Chesapeake
ana ohio road. eeveFal brass iournal-bear-
ings having been stolen within the pas.
ten days. aud Policemen Yarbrough and
Patterson were on the watch for the
thieves They attended lawn party.
which was ia progress on Chestnut HiH
and about O'Clock went down 20 the
railroad track and secretcd themselves
behind a LOT OF bOX-cars ADO9t half an
hour thereafter they observed a man
attempting 10 remove one a the journal
boarnIs from "a car. and Mr. AaFbfouSh
rushed out 20 arrest him.
SHOT IL THE STOMACH.
The man. who is thought to have been
"a negro. and was dressed In black pair
Of trousers and white coat drew his
revolver and fired on the policeman, the
bah takug effect in Mr.. NarbrouEh'
stomach He then ran on. but not be-
for. M. Narbr0uRh struck him over the
head with he club. The blow mad no
aIrsreu. effect on the man. and he con-
tinued to run. Mr. Iarbrough. though
realizing that he was dangerously
wounded did not give mp bat drawing rs
revolver opened fire ON Tie fugitive and
chased him Up The track. The officer fired
four times. and thinks one BAH took effect
In the mean time two more men came
out from behind the cars where they
had been secretcd and ran or pursued by
Mr. Patterson. who also fired on them.
THE AGENT NEAR BY.
Mr.. W. O. Whitlock. special agen, Of
Me railroad and a negro brakeman were
stationed some little distance west of
The TWO officers. They came out from
their hiding place when The shooting
occurred, ana joined I'm The pursuit
When Mr. Yarlroush came abreast of
AIr Wniuock be- Stacked up somewhat
and informed that official that he had been
shot. Then the chase was abandoned,
and Mcssrs Whitlock and Patterson car
ried the wounded officer up the hill TO the
lawn party. whore he was placed i'm his
buggy ana driven TO MS nome on 'hesl-
nut IIill.
DIS Hugh Taylor and Landon b. Ed
wards were summoned from this city,
and went Immediately on, 10 Mr.. Var
h-oughs house.
The doctors as soon as they examined
him. aaccrtaiuci that h. was desperately
wounded. and they a. once decided to
remove him 10 The Virginia Hospital,
where they probsd for the ball II had
entered the body on the left side. peno-
tratei the abdomen through 20 the liver,
and taking downward course, lodged
On the slncws of the back. lie had "a Sc
we're internal hemorrhage, which the
physicians found great difficulty IN check
ing. At o'clock this morning the doc
tors said there was no hope for him.
Mr. YaTbrough is - years Of age, Is
married and has three children, the eldest
Of whom Is years old. and The youngest
{ months. His wife. mother, and brother
accompanied him to the hospital ana
will remain until the end.
The tramps. when they made their es-
cape went through clump Of trees in
q wfstwardly direction. and at last ac-
counts no effort had been made to cap
b.