Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-19
BY SAM HALL
] Dive Keeper Kills Pri-
Ute AIonzo Andrews.
=HER MAN WOUNDED
'sstsFs in Camp Greatly Incensed uu, TN.
Rs3soner is Spirited Away to Prevent
I'd Il Lynching. Curonor's
Inquest. ..U ...

StuAted in the county OH the outskirts
Of tne city, was the scene yesterday aft
l Yer between and o'clock of what
sappehrs to have been unjustitiable
inonldcide. Private AlonZo Andrews. Of
EonIpany l, l60th Indiana. was killed
safaght, and Private Jacob Admire OF
ne same company, was wounded in the
fitspot by Sam Hall. the negro su-
Maskeeper, whose place of business is
@Ey avenue. near the corporate line
s,sTating the city from the county.
Sshpoting occurred in the street.
Twas arrested Il short while later
sPoliceman a. X. Nellines in Rock
sand taken to the city Jail.
Jews Oh the shooting spread like
Nfire, and for several hours it Looked
At#Judgc Lynch would Preside over
Hsase. The soldiers i'll the Indiana
- IenIsnt were eager for al opportunity
avsngc the murder OF their co.lrade.
tthen finally Gained down when
g1ound they could NOT lay their
Idss8n Halt
iYates Andrews. Admire and Peter
slAWere out Of camp on iive-hour
ses,8and it seems that they went TO
shfield. All three "f the men had
HSarinking. but We're not intoxicated
:tlat they staggered or appeared to
ASsios, control of their mental fac
tEssdn other words. they knew what
HMere doing. They went into Halls
ntp get some beer. Hail. it APP
Twas not in the saloon at the time.
lGame in Il moment later. Some
yispassed between TWO of the SOL
aaahd the proprietor, but Andrews
Nnpt implicated. On the other hand.
tssaaid to have used his best efforts
tlatet down his comrades. Hall re-
fa@tu draw the beer. He went be-
HEahe bar picked UP a 32-calibre re
Harsand then cursed the soldiers. de-
r-Fs @Hrx J.,
Seshreath he ordered Ham James. ii
pplayer in his saloon. 10 close the
dS%SAndrews endeavored to restore
T.44ie told Hall he did not come
iIhH place with the intention of Gre
asA disturbance. and asked his
csades TO go OUT With him. Andrews
- -A- TssssYAllled up to Pehl. caught him
&SarIn anu took him out. The
oHSn was elected by the negro.
hninutes later Hall. With Piano
80 Names came out of the bar
;ssrSn and got into the formers buggy,
@5NIehl was standing on the outside.
Wat transpired afterwards is best told
5bsthe evidence taken before the cor
or. Hall started off at lively rate,
It's stated, and yelled back to the SOL
drs. who were standing in the road
td1eep away. Without Il word the
nfro raised up. whipped out his re-
NNer and fired three shots ut the SOL
dis. The first shot took effect in
Amires foot. The second missed. but
II third struck Andrews in the left
blast, killing him almost instantly.
TAILS horse was going at Il gallop to-
wrd the city. Mr.. e. r. Whitmore fol-
lo'er close behind Hall in his vehicle
an when he saw Policeman Vellines
or Jefferson avenue he hailed him,
teing the officer to arrest the negro.
ashe had just killed a man. Hall was
n I.nG ~ tIn.
thief of Police Boa,wright was one
ofIthe first persons To arrive at the
scne of the shooting. He took charge
ofithe body of the dead soldier ana
set for Justice Henry f. Jones' who
is also coroner for the county of
Warwick. In the meantime an ambu-
laTce wagon was sent for. and Colonel
CIV Gunder. commander of the 1GOth
Indiana regiment. WIS notified of the
killing. y Shnrt While later :, wagon,
arrived from the camp hospital and
Admire was taken away.
CORONEi:S INQUEST.
4 BY the order of Coroner Jones. Chief
II Messrs. j. B. Locke. d. Bruce Salley
Lewis Blankenship. y. j. Moore. Ed
ward Hurley and F.. c. Moore To view
he body and hold an inquest. While
he inquest was being held there was
considerable disorder. y number of
folders who heard of the shooting has
ened to Bloodield. and We're Vehement
n their abuse of colored people, sev-
raj hundred of whom We're standing
lround 1t WAS sometime before IL pro-
TOst guard arrived. but when Lieuten-
int johnson marched up Il squad OF
men with fixed bayonets the colored
'eople scurried away, going in every
Erection. Terror soon spread over the
,lace, for the negroes thought the SOL
liers came for revenge
The taking of testimony before the
oroner's jury took place at Justice
Iones office. Tie first witness exam
ned was DR. e. r. Gary. of this city,
Who held postmortem. He said
The only external wound I found
vas one on the left side just internal
o the shoulder joint. When | opened
he chest I found the ball had passed
through the chest, breaking the second
'ih.S The course of the ball was to-
ward the medium line and backward
Aftsrf entering the chest it pierced the
upper lobe Of the left lung and passed
;hrough into the back. The cause of
.ealh was a hemorrhage from the in
ury of the lung
Mr.. p: r. Whitmore. Of this city. was
lext called and sworn. He said:
was driving down Ivy avenue this
lfternoon and saw three soldiers in the
street. They came up to the front
Sneel OF sam Hairs buggy. Hall drove
away from them about five yards. He
hen turned and shot through the back
# his buggy. I noticed a soldier jump
IN as if hit in the foot. Hall was driv-
and shot the second time,
striking Alonzo Andrews. Then Hall
1rove Off faster. I followed after him
n my buggy. Hall stopped on the cor
Ter OF Twenty third street and Jeffer-
ION avenue. When I came up he start
ID to drive off. I told Policeman Vel
ines to arrest Hall, as he had killed a
nan: Before the shooting heard Kali
'ay:t Keep away 1t seemed to me
hat the soldiers wanted to get into
Halls buggy
These questions We're put to the wit
lsss by the jurors:
Q.I4ow far do you think the buggy
vas from Alonzo Andrews when he was
,hot2
All think between thirty-fve and
orty yards.
q Were. you looking at Hall or An
lTeWs at the time the second shot was
Ired2
S All was looking right at Hall.
Was, the attitude of the soldiers a
nenactng or Threatening one?
n AgfJo5ST5 think NOT