The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-23

A Reckless Nesro Put Two Bullets Into
Him-The Wounded Man Badly hut
Not Morally Wounded-The Seouu.
drel Chased by Bloodhounds.

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Him-The Wounded Man Badly Hut
Not Morally Wounded-The seoun.
drel Chased by Bloodhounds.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.. 2. F. Pen
ny, OF the clothing house of B. F.
Penny & Co, took the 3:45 p. m. train
on the Atlantic Coast Lin to go to his
plantation near Leland, about seven
miles from the city. to ship some to-
bacco TO Florence, s. c. Among the
passengers who got on the train were
five negroes who had bought tickets
TO Navassa a factory. five miles
from town. At Nayassa the five ne
groes got off the train, but got back
on the train when 1t pulled u and
were on the platform OF the first-class
car next to the second-class coach.
when he conductor, Captain Sam
Cannon. came by. Four of the negroes
said they were going on to Leland,
two miles further down the road and
paid their fare, which is 10 cents. The
n1th negro, whose name is Sam Gala
way, told Captain Cannon that he
had already given him a ticket TO Lee
land.
Captain Cannon told him that his
NANh|N was - 10 dSSd Ill Ildl lie Il
collected only two tickets to Leland,
one from Mr.. Penny and one from an
other man.
The negro in a violent manner re-
Piled, IF you say that, sir, you are
a ID lying - -" Captain
Cannon, under such a gross insult,
collared the negro. who commenced to
hght Violently, scratching Captain
Cannon on both wrists.
Captain j. w. LaMotte, one of the
conductors who was returning to
Florence, Henry Cobb, the colored por-
ter on the train, and a drummer. rush
ed up and separated the combatants,
and showed the negro into the second
class car. The scamp tried to draw a
pistol, but Captain LaMotte had a
knife in his hand and told him if he
drew a pistol he would cut his heart
out of him. He denied that he had a
pistol and Captain LaMotte searched
him, but could find no a He
failed, however, to look in the fellows
pants pockets.
One of the negroes who was with
Galloway then paid his fare. Mean
while the train had slowed down for
Leland and when it stopped the five
negroes, including Galloway, got off.
| Mr.. Penny also got off and Just as he
was getting down off the last step the
negro who had gotten about ten feet
from the train, turned around with a
| pistol in his hand and deliberately
fired back at a group Of men on or
about the platform. Captain LaNIotte
was holding to the guard rails lean
ing over Mr.. Penny, and it is supposed
that he fired at Captain LaMotte.
AS soon as the negro fired the first
shot, he ran about thirty yards and
turned and fired two more shots say
ing, Oh you, I'll get you" The first
shot at short range struck Mr.. Pen
ny right over the heart and embedded
itself in the flesh an inch from the left
nipple. Luckily for Mr.. Penny, he a
a bundle Of wooden clothing in his left
arm and the force of the bullet was
stayed by the bundle. It passed
through the bundle, and never went
deep enough to go in. 1t fell out of the
flesh u it caused. The second shot,
however, struck Mr.. Penny in the low
er part of the abdomen, to the right of
the pelvis and ranged towards the left
groin.
AS soon as he was shot, Mr.. Penny
drew a pistol to shoot at the negro,
but on account of the shock, his pistol
went off prematurely and sent the ball
about his own feet.
The negro in the meantime was run
ming for the woods about a hundred
yards away. Captain LaMotte borrow
ed a pistol from some n and pluckly
followed the negro nearly to the woods.
trying to shoot him, but the pistol
would not fire.
Mr.. Penny was bleeding profusely
and told Captain Cameron he was BAD
ly shot and to get him to a doctor as
quick as possible. Captain Cannon
then put Mr.. Penny back on the train
and ran Jack to the city. In the mean
time he telegraphed to the railroad au-
thorities what lac happend and they
had nr r II P,,ccol1 70 ~oaf {ho
train. They also had a carriage at the
depot and Mr.. Penny vas conveyed to
his home, 100 South Seventh street
where Drs. Bellamy and Russell gave
him attention. They probed for the
ball, but did not make any effort to
extract it, deeming it dangerous to
probe far enough to locate it. Mr.
Penny rested very we'll up to yesterday
afternoon, when he became very rest
less. 1t is not thought, however, that
he is MORALLY wounded.
The negro who shot Mr.. Penny is
about 10 years of age and works fol-
the Navassa Guano Company. He is
said by one who knows him to be
"mean as the devil" and a fellow OF
very bad reputation. About three
months 6 in a difficulty with an.
other negro his antagonist shot him
with a pistol but did not seriously
wound him. His father, Stephen Cal.
laway, lives at NavaSSa.
The railroad people made every eff.
fort to have the negro caught. A spe-
cial train was sent from Florence with
V bloodhOunds in charge of Jailer
Dennis and Detective Geo. S. Turbe-
vile. The special was run by Captain
K. r. Murrell as conductor and En-.
gineer G. NJ. Weathers. They left
Florence yesterday morning at ]
o'clock and got to Leland at 4:30 a. m.
a nnGCa u-o nroo ni1a1 md tu-o ~ tL<
dogs started on the trail of the shoot
er, while three were kept in reserve.
The dogs took the trail and ran nearly
to Orion plantation, but the trail fin
ally grew SO cold that the chase was
abandoned as fruitless. The dogs were
sent back to Florence IN the train yes
terday afternoon.
Sam Galloway. who is wanted fol-
shooting Mr.. Penny, as a smooth face,
l black negro and ON the day Of the