Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-02-01
HIS SON KILLED.
ROSCOE OLIVER SHOT
BY JULIAN TRAYLOR.
A Fight Between Boys.
MOST UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE.
Many Witnesses Testify,

Many Witnesses Testify,
Jackson Ward was shocked Wednes
day afternoon by the news of the kill
ing of Roscoe @. Oliver, son of Mr..
John Oliver, 8O8 N. 4th St, by Julian
Treylor, white, son Of Mr.. Jno. Tray
lor.
rhe coroner's jury met Thursday,
at P. NJ. at the coroner's room in
the new City Hall building. TIE facts
as testified before the aforesaid jury
are as follows:
JOHN A. MILLER,
white, said, 81 live on oOS N. 2nd St.
I am going on thirteen years OF age.
Bahen, Hulcher, Greentree, Kelly,
Wayne, brown and myself were play
ing pall up there and were gong back
home, ana had gotten on Ind St. be-
tween Hill and Coutts SITS. Two col
ored boys were coming up the hill with
q pocket full Of rocks, and called Us
Door white son of b, and COM
menced throwing rocks at US. We did
net trouble them first. We said moth
ing TO them. Julian Traylor raised
his gun TO scare them aud 1t went of
accidentally.
We did not think there was any
bullet in it, because we thought the
had shot the last one in a tree and did
not see him load it any more. The air
rifle shoots BIB % shot.
de shot it once and missed the col
cred boy. Then he put lead in it and
the colored boy put his hand in his
pocket as though he was going TO draw
8 pistol, then he fired again. He shot
the colored boy then. The gun went
OF twice. After the boy was shot, we
all ran away
We had TO get behind tree so that
the rocks thrown would not hit US.
We did not throw any rocks. The boy
that was shot vas with large crowd
; of other boys the day before and
threw rocks at US.
With them was colored man with
a shot gun. The man did not trouble
us. We did not throw any rocks st
them that day. but got out of the way.
Every time we go out there, the col
cred boys run US white boys away
they wont let us stay out there to
play ball out there by the grave yard.
We never do any thing but run away,
don't throw any rocks. The colored
boy was little over half a square of
when he was shot.
WILLIE BAHEN,
white, said, "I live at 920 N Ist st. ]
am I5 years old. L met these boys
and was half a square ahead of the
lot of boys, which had the trouble with
the deceased yesterday afternoon, and
saw the two colorsd boys throwing the
rocks ct the white boys, / kept on
walking, never stopped. Ibid not see
the white boys throw any rocks back.
! was walking along and heard the
report of rife. turned around and
at the second shot saw the boy fall.
thsa h<,r load 10 - 10
Julian Traylor shot the rifle. / only
heard him fire twice. / went on home.
saw a lot Of them running / was
not really with them. was not with
them the day before. went over to
Policeman Klinely to see about Mr..
Shields funeral and met up with
them. / had not been out from home
for thres weeks before that day.
ALLEN BROWN,
white. said: "I live at the corner OF
Second and Jackson, SITS. l am nine
wears old / was with the crowd OF
bovs Yesterday. We were coming
from playing ball yesterday when two
colored boys came from the bottom OF
the hill, and commenced throwing
rocks at us. / ran of a little ways
and l heard shot fred. / ran anC
heard no more shots fired. Ny bach
was to them. / was talking to Lee
Greentree. heard who fired the shot
Julian Traylor had the rifle and no on,
else had one.
don't know whether any of tn,
white boys threw any rocks. / know
didn't throw any, was in the roV
we had the day before. do not knoV
whether that boy, that was shot wa
with them because / did not see tn
boy that was shot. 1 did not knoV
him.
LAWRENCE HULCHER
said "I live at No. 2 w. Leigh st.
am lS years old We had been play
ing and were coming home, when tw
eolored boys came from down the bill
and commenced throwing rocks at u
We threw no rocks back at then
They threw about four rocks whe
Traylor turned around and shot a
them.
The boy that was shot cursed u
Traylor shot at him twice. The colo
ed boy was a little over a half squal
from Traylor. We then ran away"
LEO eREENTREE
sa;d. ST live at III E Leigh ST. a
II vearA> old. 1 was in half OF
souare of Ihe crowd of boys yesterdI
afternoon. ] saw one of the colort
boys throw rOcAS ~ SnOeS Oeuci DOJ
The white boys did not throw al
rocks. Iheard the gun fire once; b
did not see it Julian Trsylor tir'
the gun.
cHAsLEs z. WAYNE
\ said. "I live at 529 N. 4th St. a
"A 7ears old. was with the crowd
ooys when the shooting happene
Two coIored boys commenced thro
ing rocks at as. We had done not
ing to thsm
The boy that wss shot called out VIII
s-n Of a b Traylor shot and {
boy ran up to him and he shot aga
They were little over half-squE