The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

Yesterday the sentence of Walter Sill
We, white. who has been serving a
tenn on the Dad at the convict camp
at Castle Haynes, expired and he was
discharged. He was sent to the city in
a cart and a negro "trustY named
Bert Green was sent with him to take
some purchases back to camp Green
is now serving q term that will not be
up till January 10Th
When the two came to the city they
began to drin and the result was that
both got shot.
About $50 o'clock last evening they
were at the saloon of James Chapman,
on Second and Brunswick streets. in
h section of the city known as Dross
Neck, and they were so disorderly that
Mr.. Chapman ordered them out OF his
place. They refused TO go n kicked
up big row, cursing and swearing out
rageously. Mr.. Chapman elected them
from the saloon and as they insisted on
going back in he shut the door. Silvey
Icd the negro on and they told Mr..
Chapman IL he did not let them in they
would break the door down.
MIR. Chapman tried to get them TO go
off, but they swore they would go in If
they had break in. They were told
that if they broke in they would get
shot. They then began TO smash things,
the ngTO knocking in the front door and
SiIVey q window.
Mr.. Chapman got his pistol and when
the negro got in the door he warned
him that if he came into the saloon he
would shoot him. The negro advanced
and Mr.. Chapman let a ball fly at him.
BY this time Snvey had broken into
the windo and was crawling in. and
Nj Chapman fired at him.
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back unconscious, but the negro fled.
A telephone message was sent to the
cit hall and the patrol wagon went
out and carried SilVey to the city hos
pital, where DR.. Thomas r. Little. the
physician in charge, dressed his wound
Silvey was still unconscious when he
was taken to the city hospital but it
could rot be ascertained whether it was
from whiskey or the wound, but it was
probably from both. A bullet had
ploughed an ugly cash three inches
long through the top of Silvey's head
on a line parallel with and over the
left eve. The scalp was furrOughed
clean to the skull bone but there was
no fracture. The wound. however, bled
p~rofusely, and DR.. Little feared that
it had caused conclusion of the brain.
Silvey remained unconscious till nearly
midnight, when he began to revive. 1t
is not believed that he is fatally in
iured.
When Mr.. Chapman fired at Green,
the negro ran and jumped into the cart
standing outside and drove off. He told
somebody he was shot but he was soon
out of reach and got away before the
police arrived. Nothing had been seen
OF him up to midnight but at 1880
o'clock the mule and cart were found
at Eleventh and Castle streets with no
one in charge of them. They were
taken to the CITY hall. and in the cart
was found Il box containing some beef
and Christmas goods n toys, that had
been ordered by Mr.. w. H. Shearin,
superintendent of the convict camp.
Over them was a bloody paper. show
ing that Green had also been wounded.
This morning at 1:30 o'clock Sergeant
G. S. Burnet arrested Green in the
Racket Store alley" on Front street
opposite the market. The negro was
drinking and had a hole in his cheek,
evidently where a bullet entered. He
would not, however, have anything to
to say. He was locked UP at the sta
ton house.
Green was serving IL sentence of six
ty days on the roads for assault n
battery with a deadly weapon Silvey
had been serving a sentence for being
drunk and disorderly.
After the shooting, Mr.. Chapman sur
rendered himself to policeman H. H.
Woebse and was taken to tia station
house Mayor Waddell, howev"r. recog-
nized him for his ~ppearance 4 al
business.