The colored American., 1900-09-01
4 SHOOTING sCRAPE.


shortly after tine dining room doors
were opened. Ii is said that MF HaTk
less who was shot cursed the bartender
a night or two prior 10 the shooting,
when taking so n cO!ored man who
was EN- pIOyed I'D the bar room; while in
tnIs conversation with the cOIoTed EN- E
ployee, the cashier, white man, over
neaId the conversation and told the bar
tender tn at Negro cursed him II Is
further ated tnat Harkless went TO
the bar again on the fjliO wing eatur'
day night and he W ss assaulted by The
bar tender with q big club. The matter
was supposed to have been settled when
Mr. COontZ (bar tender came to mis-
breakfast the next morning be struck
Mr. Haskless with club and as the
waiter saw bis revolver he begun 20
run and Mr.. COOntz ia pursuit of him
until Mr. Harkless came 10 the railing
of the long porch which was about 10
feet from the ground aud jumped over
1T to the ground. " nile MI Harkless
was in attitude of trying to get up to
run, leaving his back turned tn his pur
suer, ne (the Uartender) beg n 10 fire
at him. he fired the second time, the
bullet striking the right ri5t, lodging Ia
the left hand just under the thumb.
The news swept the entire dining room
like wild fire. an0 within q minute
about two hundred and fifty wsitess
and other colored help were seen stsou'
ing up and down the long porch with
fire In their eyes, many of whom
declared they would not work another
moment till the man was under arrest.
1t if said that two cfficers of the law
Zone Of whom was the chief were sit
ting at the table with Mr.. CnontZ iust
before the shooting and that the chief
saw COOntz clubbing the waiter. About
a hundgSd or more Of the cOlOred help
| crowded around the door in which the
! des perate man entered with the cry of
''let's get him" and it was for some
thirty or forty minutes before the man.
| sger and head waiter could get the men
| 10 go IN to their work The passions of
| the crowd were not ourtaiIed till the
manager had s ated that he was sorry
| OF the affair and that the man was un'
| der arrest and was taken to 1t Wisburg
| to the authOrite' IF the law. He also
said that he hoped that the bartender
would get The fullest extent Of the law.
There was q great deal of murmuripg
after this statement 10 the effect that it
was only sham arrest. and the rest
thing to do was to get the man and fog
him. The sentiment Is prevalent that
the officers knew Of the intent Of Mr..
COOntz. 1t is said Coontz told the
management that If he did not dis.
| charge shat Negro, he would kill him
the next morning The whole aff4ir
from all the evidenos seems to have
been premeditsted We are sorry that
such was the case but IN such contests
in " hich passions Of men are mere
powerful than sober reflection and good
Judgment. We can but Look for wi ss.
ness and disturbance Every thing is
quiet now and no furtheK trouble fs ex
pected Mr.. Harklesa Will leave this
afternoon for Clifton Forge where he
VIII be looked after at the hospital
Mr.. W. D. Board of Washington, D. c..
is here visiting Mr. BurgeH on Drv
Creek. Mr.. Bush left this week for
Baltimose, Nd. Mr.. Walter Lewis will
leave this afternoon for bis home in
charlottesville. Va. Mr.. ] Boom of
Washington, d. 4, will leave on or
about the first OF September He has
been VeSY attentive TO bis duties this
season and 1t is hoped by many of the
eadng men OF the hotel that he will
'turn again next summer. Messrs.
PaYta and Rrench who have been en-.
gagged In enlarging pictures have been
aoie TO make very creditabte shcw wing
indeed, since their large frames have
come. They are using two or three diff
ierent sizes Of frames in order that thew
might be able to put their work in the
hands OF the poor as we'll as those who
are IN good circumstances The game
OF base ball that was scheduled for last
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