The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-29
THE KILLING OF CHARLES.
Men Claim to Have Fired the
Fatal Shot.


Fatal Shot.
Orleans Plcayune
las about ten minutes after 5 o'clock
Ith9 movement to smoke the negro cut
definite shape. That idea had been
4 from the very beginning, but there
bot anyone who seemed willing to I'M
L the responsibility. The engn>s were
out shortly sitsr 1870. in Anticipation of
zction. and they kent steam up, while
hemen took part in the hunt for the
ply after 3 o'clock VIM. Porteous, the
d OF Inc murdered officer who had ap-
4 on tho scene shortly after the beg e
cf the sesrgn. ana vas almost trenzi d
frlet, came rushing aoWn kaAIparC
bearing fve-kallOn can OF kerosene.
pn as tue crowd aaw hIM they caecreI
y the echo and opened the way Ior
h. ran out enc 10 Saratoga
II the OIL was taken from nun, but it
~ long before another man undertook
" oil setting fire to the building Il
done veIy cautiously, but successfully.
n in Ia bunutng being warned II the
bent They uade their escape, ana tne
v NNS Atb4ANNs IL a itN hAAt6 uEAlnS
j OF smoke began TO ascend TO ,h9
came the crucial moment. The men
y at various points TO watch Tor the
\ as he made his exit nom the building
n tenter hooks, a-i the tension was
plng aWlul. Bat Mt d nlau sTerVed
IBIS duty h considered il a. Quty he
10 his city 10 capture the fend, and
fTere I hundred guns ieveled on every
.Nhera he could possibly appear
fnail! dld crawl Oul by the rear stair
9nd made bis apo acance in the ar
{ Kitchen. on the uptown side OF tle
ga street house. Those posted in til
3 room OF that house saw HIM, and they
T. recklesSly az him that they empted
zglus anu then left the scene. Th re
1Wo men lett there, man namea Al
private IN the Cornell Guards, ald
~ man named Charles A. NOR I. BJth
II to have fired the fatal shot that set
p negro.
iell over in tho doorway and then tho
Vas passed tha h. had be killed. Ia
y there was the Widest pandemonium
Y outside, The crowd which had been
r. on Clio and Rampant streets, afraid
n Wilhin gunspot Of the nous lmme-
rushed over. aud soon SIra,oBa sire Il
4 aensely packed that it was impossible
within nifty feet OF the house
yelled and chsered and ABOVE the
could be heard cries OF Burn h.m"
MN Shoot him."
Flen men rushed into the house and
10 pour lead into the PROSTATE form
negro They kicked 1t and roll d
X They dragged it out on the side
&nd the crowd went wild.
shody was thrown halfway across the
ana there It lay, a most horrible
We tn crowd Jumped on IL an
II and shot in;o 1t, and then Officer
+srd came up, brandishing his double
" shotgun As he placed the muzzl e
q the negros side he exclaimed: Now
$ys | am a coward?" Then he let &c
palrels, and the crowd cheored,
police had a terrible time Three OF
%lcers, assisted by Mr.. De Bsrgue, the
/. IN tbs detectives office, gathered
x ine body, dragged It into the sire t.
~ euTbing on the other de. and Their
fotsa TO protect H. It was har
Nnlcn they but half performed, Ever
y sl' wearing a sun bonnet. came up
41slng her way through the dense
a 2azed down on the begrlmel auC
= corpse and tried to kick Il, but was
n then Young man cane pushing his
,NSrouEh the crowd bearing a can Of
~ and the crowd sent up a cheer
*aewtd the shout TO Burn h M"
n az mis- juncture the patrol wagon
%lp ana dispersed he crowd which had
II very threatening, and the body wa
~ H. under sroat Difficult y, II startct
aloHa. street to Erato. thence dowr
20 the station As il pa sed through
49, thiy showed a disposition to s.oI
"soh' but the officers within determine
q Ieg Inc BODY he taken from them. ant
n oEe through the crowd Mt breakne'l