Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-08
SUTFOLK'S BUDGET
One Girl Killed and Another Des-
perateIy Wounded.
of n Gun IL xpiodrd with Fright
ruI Effect Tmc>dny Afternoon
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Suffolk. Va. Feb. THE peaceful
this afternoon transformed into fear
full scene of blood. agony and death
As Il result one daughter is dead. an
other has missing leg and is in n
dangerous condition, and n son is al
NEST mad with grief and remorse. He
threatens to kill himself and join hi.
pretty little sister in heaven.
Eighteen ycar-old Lyman Brothers
saw plenty Of robins nearby and he
wanted to shoot them. He got down
an old gun and took it into the dining
room to prime. AS he was poking a pin
into the tube the friction ignited' the
powder and there was u terrific eNplo-
sion. Iyman's two sisters, Hattie. aged
lS. and Willie. aged II. rolled over
grooming and bleeding Miss Hattie
died in II few minutes: Miss Whites
knee was so badly hurt the limb had
To be taken off.
THE DEADLY GUN.
Lyman sat near the dinner table in
tcnily liking his gun. Willie was sit
ting down and 1Iattic's head was rest
ing on her knees. The big charge of
No. shot tore through the back of
llattio'S head. II little on the right side
The neck was broken, the skull crushed
and several big arteries cut \ mass
Of nretty sikcn hair. clotted with
blood. and yawning ragged wound
marks the place where the cruel shot
did their deadly work.
The charge Of lead crashed through
the knee OF Miss Willie and the p;-l
caused her t. fall The bone. flesh and
muscles were all torn away where the
shot struck. Both girls bied profusely
and pools of blood soon warmed the
floor beneath them.
TIE RUN FOR a SURGEON.
Lyman was daxcd for an instant Mt
the awful work of his gun. FIe soon
realized the need of a surgeon Bare
head. excited and almost frantic with
remorse Lyman made rush for Suf-
folk. He Went tn the Office of DR.. r..
+. Parker and incohently told him
something had happened. He was too
breathless to tell much about it. Dr.
--7-rTrTrr111rvi It rrrI.IyC and hur-
ried to the scerc. Hattie was dead
Willie WAS in much pain. Dr. Parker
saw an ainputatiOn would have to be
done. He sent to town for DIR. j. NJ.
Gibson. who responded promptly They
made good job with the manned limb.
Willie is painfully hurt and will be i'll
long time, but the injuries are not
necessarily fatal. She was made ms
comfortable as possible. The remains
of Miss Hattie VIII be buried to-mor-
row. The family belongs to the Chris
tian Church
some fears are held for the bodily
safety of Lyman. tho boy who is re-
sponsbie for the death Of one sister
and dcparturc of anothcr's limb. He
threatened to kill himself and had ia
be restrained. so great was his grief
Lyman is good boy. will liked. indus
trious and honest. He has the com
munitys sympathy
The dead girl and her sister are sis
ters OF Mrs. William r. Jones. OF Cy-
press Chapel. and cousins of Assist
ant Postmaster Beverly Brothers
There We're several children on tbo
Mace when the fatal shot was fired
AIRS W. T. Jones children were there
some of them--and they wanted IN
see some robins Killed. The gun that
did the work was a double-barroI pun
Il muzzle loader.
In some respects this is one of the
saddcst events of Il decade. The dead
girls father was once beaten. had an
arm severed, was robbed and left for
dead. He recovered and still lives. The
men who assaulted him were hanged
They were Jim and Harvey. Mr.
brothers had $500 in cash but 1t was
not FOUND. That happened in 1858
VACCINATION ORDERED.
The Council of Suffolk is conserve
tive. The members want TO be on Tho
safe side. With that end in view ther.
was special meeting this afternoon
called 10" the purpose of considering.
the ACCESSIBILITY OF ordering a compui-
sorry vaccination. Present: Mayor X.
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