Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-30
Church Lewis Killed Tom Fogarty
in Self Defense.
AND LEWIS MAY ALSO DIE.
The Shooting Occurred at Church Lewis
Saloon Princess Ammo Avenue Fo-
gnrty Had Been Elected For Creating n
Disturbance and Returned to Meet His
Doath-Tho Coroner's Jury Exoneratcs
LOWS.

Thomas Fogarty is dead; Charles
Lewis is seriously wounded He ia
shot three times in the body and
so seriously wounded that he was re-
ported dead
Thomas Fogarty was shot once in
the temple and was dead after he had
gone ten PAGES outside of the door of
the bar-room of Church Lewis. where
the shooting occurred. This bar-room
is in Chapel street. at Princess Anne
road, just outside the city limits.
About 10 o'clock Thomas Fogarty.
james Ninnear and others were in
Church Lewis saloon and began to
quarrel. The statement of the bar
keeper George Growing, is that Fog
arty and Kinnear became noisy and
Lewis finally ordered them out of the
saloon.
RENEWED THE QUARREL.
They went out, but within few
minutes Fogarty returned and came
In the door curslng and firing Il pistol
at Lewis. He fired three times.
Lewis, who was leaning against the
counter. turned and fired once. The
ball struck Fogarty just above the left
eye, and before he could run ten PAGES
he dropped dead.
LEWIS is SHOT.
Friends came to the assistance of
Lewis Immediately after the shooting
was over. He was stu able to stand
but was leaning heavily against the
bar. He was assisted to n couch in an
adjoining room, where he awaited his
wife and DR.. Southgate Leigh, who
had been summoned.
Mrs. Lewis came first. She was calm
but evidently she had heard that Mr..
Lewis was dying.
SENT TO HOSPITAL.
! DR.. Leigh came soon afterward and
AFTER partial examination he stated
that Lewis was doing fairly well, but
that the wounds were so serious that
he must be sent to the hospital. He
did not attempt to make a definite eX-
animation, but he said that Lewis was
hit two or three times in the body, the
shots seeming to have pierced the alb
domen.
DR.. Leigh went with Lewis to the
Protestant Hospital in order to exam
inc and dress the wounds.
FoGARTY'S CAREER.
Thomas Fogarty was a blacksmith
by trade and we'll known. He is said
to have been Woodworking young
man or ordinary good character. but
addicted to drink. When under the in
fiuence of liquor, however he was a
bad citizen. He was recently released
from Jail. where he has been serving a
sentence for an assault on Chinaman
about three months ago. He is the son
OF Richard j. Fogarty. n well! known
and respected citizen of Kelly avenue.
Brambleton. He was about Il years OF
age.
KINNEAR'Ss STATEMENT.
About II o'clock James Kinnear. a
young man who lives on Chapel street
near tho scene of the shooting. was
brought to the police station by officer
George and held for the county on n
charge of shooting. Kinnear had a
bad scalp wound on the back of the
head and had also been pounded over
the body.
Kinnear's statement was that he.
Tom Fogarty and others were skylark-
ing at Church Lewis place and slap
ping each other with pieces of ceiling
boards. but the fun developed into a
row, and kinnear was pounded over
the head and body. He ran to the door
and escaped to place across the
street. While there some one ran III
and said Tom Fogarty and Church
Lewis had killed each other.
KINNEAR's WOUNDS DRESSED.
AS soon rs Kinnear reached the po-
lice station his head was examined
and dressed by Turnkey Holiday.
The wound was about an inch and a
to await an investigation of the case.
From his own statement he was not
present at the time of the shooting of
Lewis and Fogarty. although he states
that before he ran Church Lewis fired
several shots at HIM.
FOGARTY LAY DEAD.
The body Of Fogarty lay where he
fell. 1t seems that he realized that the
shot had killed him. for he evidently
ran outside the back door of the saloon,
about ten PAGES. and there dropped
dead. His body lay there when Justice
a. II. Hawks came and summoned q
jury. The justice sat there on a beer
keg and in the dim light Of q single
lantern watched the physician examine
the wound and listened to the state
ment of the location The effect was
awfully evident from the gaping hole
in the forehead, almost in the right
eye, and from the bloody body