Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-21

Crooks, who keep "a store near the
scene Of the tragedy. heard the shots.
justices r. L.. Atwood and u. +. Pritch-
ard We're notified and coroner's jury
was sempaneled as follows: Messrs. o.
b. Mears, foreman;S J.}J. Herricls. w. T.
Etheridge,sE e. J. Herrick, H. W. Miller
and Jacob Gettel. X h
Mr. Flemming' and his wife were ex-
amined and their testimony regard
ing the Shooting was as stated
above. Mrs. Flemming also told how
she ran rom one room to another when
the mob fired on the house. One OF the
bullets Of theSattacktng party crashed
through a window pane Of one room
Just after she left It.
1t would appear that the victim ap-
preached the house from in front while
the main body Of the party was on the
SIDE Of the house toward the she'll road
The men there fired from behind
smalt clubhouse, and a number of bull
let holes show plainly on this side. Here
also IS the window pane with q bullet
hole through 1t.
man (name unknown) had met death
as the result of a gunshot wound in
ficted by o. ]. Flemming, while In
vading the home OF said Flemmlng
with q mob, with intent to do violence
to said Flemming.
FLEMMING MUCH EXCITED.
AS strangers first began to arrive at
flemming's place yesterday after day
break ne was much excited and parad-
ed up and down on his porch with his
shot gun, ready to kill anyone who
came near, If he deemed it necessary
Tor his safety. Later he dropped the
gun and kept several revolvers in his
pockets handy for instant use. In one
pocket of his coat were q quantity of
cartridges.
THE FLEMMING FAMILY.
Mr.. Flemming, who is Justice Of the
peace, resides on farm OF 500 acres
on Bayside road, about a quarter of
q mile from the store of J. T. Crook
C Bro. He has a comfortable two
story frame house with numerous out
buildings around It, He has lived there
for many years. Besides himself, the
other occupants of the house are his
wife and three sons and three daugh-
ters. The eldest at home IS the
teacher of Bayside Public School. One
of their daughters is a student in
school at Farmville.
r. B. GILMORE.
The Identity of the slain man Is not
known. On his person was found @
few papers of no value, some cards.
and q small book-the bylaws and
constitution of the Phoebus Fire Com
pany. On this was written the name
r. b. Gilmore. There was also a small
which was written, Went to work
for t. J. Daily, Phoebus. Va, March
10th, 1892" A memorandum of small
collections might indicate his connec-
ton In some capacity with industrial
insurance.
SELDOM USED A GUN.
The Virginlan-Pilot, having heard
that F'lemming is a fine shot, asked him
If he used gun often to keep in prac-
tice. He replied that he had not had
gun in his hand for a long time, until
the other day( meaning probably the
day that young Snyder was killed).
He claimed to be only an ordinary
shot. He pointed out to the. crowd at
the inquest the location Of the back
gate, from which he is said to have
shot Snyder, the cedar tree so fire.
quently mentioned, and the edge of
the woods, the scene of the former
tragedy.
1t Is believed that the party that
attacked Flemming's house went from
Huntersville. The attack Is only what
was expected by many, and 1t is init
mated that the end is not yet. There
was an air of suppressed excitement
around the Flemming farm yesterday,
as II something more might happen at
any time.
TALK WITH A MEMBER OF TILE
MOB.
A man who said he was one of the
crowd that went after Flemming called
up the Virginian-Pilot yesterday after
noon, and said he wanted to correct
the report that young Snyder's grand
father was killed. He said the grand
father of Snyder was with him at the
time. He said that the crowd went
from Huntersville and that there were
about thirty-ffve of them. They meant
to see that justice was done in Elem
ming'S case.