The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-27
A DEADLY DUEL IN A STORE.
\ ATwENTY-TwO SHOTS FIRED AND
BOTH PRINCIPALS DEAD.

Two other Men Who Took n Hand i'm
the shooting Now Under Arrest.
The Fatal Encounter n Sequence
of "A shooting Array That Occurred
Three Weeks Ago-EIghf Pistols
Taken From the Parties Engaged
I'm the Fight.
Montgomery, Ala. April GA special
from Selma, Ala. gives the particulars Of
n terrible duel which took place there to-
day. II was the outcome Of feud which
has existed between the Dudicys and their
friends on the one side and the Haynes
and their friends on tho other for years.
humorous fights AMI shooting scrapes
have occurred between the parties, but
none have been as serious as the one to-
day.
About three weeks ago "sonk" Dudley
and James Mlnter had a fight in which
Dudley was shot and seriously wounded.
Alinter gave himself up to the sheriff and
was to have had his preliminary trial in
Selma to-day. This attracted many
friends from both sides to the town.
Among them were Robert Browning.
nephew OF James Minter. and Ed Dudley.
son OF "sonk" Dudley. These two wero
the principals in to-day's fight
Browning and Dudley entered Henry
Cassins' store and each passed separates
~ to the rear Those in front soon heard
the words: III you want anything you
can get it
Both drew pistols and began firing. Ths
firing was rapid and both men sank to
the floor An instant later both raised
themselves partially from the hoor and
drawing other pistols continued firing.
The sheriff, hearing the shooting. went
in Both men were stretched on the
floor, their feet touching. Browning was
dead and Dudley was gasping for breath.
Browning was hit fve times, the fatal
shot entering just back of the ear, three
others having entered his wrist and one
hospital and when he was removed from
the cot. two balls which has passed clean
through him fell to the floor.
When the sheriff reached the scene e.
II. Sneed was in the act of firing, pre-
sumably at Dudley. as he was a clerk for
Browning. Joe Dudley, an uncle OF Ed,
rushed in and when examined two balls
were missing from his pistol. Sneed was
afterward arrested and on his person were
two pistols, one of which was empty.
Later dispatches say the two Dudley's
Joe and Ed, entered three stores on Water
street and passed back 10 the rear for
water 1t was evident they were look
ing FOR some one. When they reached
Cassin's store the younger man. Ed.
passed In, brushing against Browning,
and went on TO the rear Browning fol-
lowed and some words passed. when the
firing began Joe Dudley rushed In and
fired three balls into the PROSTATE body
OF Browning. AS he did that Sneed fired
at him four times, but missed every shot.
When Dudley wes taken TO the hos
pital and his wounds examined, the doc
tors told him that there was one chance
In thousand for him to survive by re-
sorting TO an operation. He said he would
take thar chance, but died before 1t was
completed. IL was found that his bowels
were pierced in twenty-five places, and
his liver in three.
Browning was p years old, and unmar-
ried.
Dudley was 80 years old, and leaves
a wife and two children.
Joe Dudley and Sneed are both In jail.
AS near as can be ascertalned twenty
two shots were fred. Eight pistols were
taken from the parties engaged in the
fight.