The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-31
FEELS SORRY NOW
DOUGH- AS SAYS he DID NOT KNOW
THEY WERE OFFICERS.
Means on Cot In the City Prison--Gives
His Version OF the TrOuble--Did Not
Steal the Cap and Was Afraid of the
Men i'm the Store--First Realizes the
Nor Were Odicers When He Got a Good
Look at Harry Sufton--Says Tom Voss
Discharged the Revolver Pulling 1t
Through His Hand.

| Discharged the Revolver Pulling 1t
Through His Hand.
/ The young colored man who created
! so much excitement night before last
| and who is supposed to have glanced
/. a bullet from his revolver across the
head OF Detective Bedford Wood lay
on cot in the city prison yesterday
morning moaning piteously.
The wound in the top of his head
sent for Dr. Hoffman DIR. Hoffman
examined the young mans wound and
tested his temperature after which he
told him he was unnecessarily alarmed,
that he was all right.
After DIR. Hoffman left a reporter for
the Eagle went down into the lower
hall and asked the wounded man to
come out Of his cell which he did, and
come to the door that separates the two
halls
II want you to tell me all about the
trouble. The Eagle will give you
fair show in whatever you may wish
to say in regard to it,
Il would like to talk but am pretty
sick now. 1 have not eaten anything
since this occurred. I could not eat
any breakfast his morning.
Finally the young man concluded to
talk and in answer TO questions, he
said:
Il am now about 81 years old and was
born and raised in Texas. / have been
in Wichita for some time and me and
my partner. Stephenson, live at 215
North Water street, just above the big
wholesale grocery.
el
for Dixie Lee, and was employed there
when this trouble occurred.
Il will tell you how it all happened:
1 went into a store on North Main Fri
day night and when in there the store
keeper accused me of stealing a cap. I
had not stolen any cap and did not
want to be abused, so when they Jump
ed onto me was alarmed and in order
TO make my escape / drew little %
calibre revolver and scared them off.
Il then went home and when the
crowd came there after me thought it
was the men from the store and / was
afraid they intended to do me some
harm The little % revolver would not
hurt anybody. 1t was only fit to
make a play with when You do not
want to shoot.
Il had a good revolver in another
room and / ran and got it intending to
get away from the crowd when a man.
whom bhave since learned was con-
stable, Voss 1 think is his name, ran in
and caught me.
Il had the revolver clasped in my
hand and when they jerked it through
my hand it pulled the hammer back
and it went off. That was the only
shot ] heard.
Il did not know that any of the men
were officers until / got good look at
Harry Sutton. 1 knew he was an officer
but l did not knew Wood or any of the |
other men.
81 never had any idea of resisting the |
officers and if / had konwn that the |
men were officers and that would be |
safe from harm in their hands this
trouble would never have happened
Il did not steal any cap and am |
sorry that 1 gave the officers any trou- |
BILE. ] never intended to resist or in
jure an officer.
Yes, / am alarmed, and have been |
ever since L found out that the men
were officers. l know it is not right to |
resist an officer, and L never intended |
to do that"
Douglass stood up by the door while
he was talking and he become nervous !
and was compelled to go and lie down
The fact that he had resisted the offic-
ers seemed to worry him more than his
wound and he asked the reporter If he |
would be sent to the penitentiary for