Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-30
LEAVING THE ! CRY. Isl.
FORMER OWES MANY BILLS.
Latter, Youth, Who Shot Frank F..
billiard, Became s. Panic tricIxen,
ana Was a fraid TO Follow Fathers
Advice ana surrender. ssss

The whereabouts of two Of the prir,ci-
pal figure in the Dillard shooting, which
took place Saturday night, still remain
unknown. g:
f &C Wilson, the oung man who did
the shooting, and who Immediately left
town, has not been heard; from. and 81.
a. Cox, the man to whom the store for
merly belonged. and over whose debts tsl
the fight. which led to the shooting, oc-
CURED, has left the city and cannot be
found.
The shooting of Mr. FL. billiard has,
apparently, nnearthed one Of the worst
scoundrels the police have had to dea!
with for some time, and the authorities
are surprised that he did not turn his at
tention to larger game.
Behind the story is also romance, for
1vith Cox has disappeared Miss Sallie
Longest, a dressnaker, who boarded in
tho! same house with him, and to whom
he has been paying marked attention for
some time The baggage of the two.
which was taken from the house on Fri
. day afternoon was checked to Washing
ton, and it is thought they are married
by now. Miss longest is about twenty
five years Of age, and it was reported be-
fore Christmas that she was going TO
Washington to be married to Cox.
Cox has a. wife and two children liv-
ing in Wa shington, though it is not
known that he Is not divorced.
HAD. PLANNED TO LEAVE.
From. all that can be learned Cox had
been preparing for this disappearance
for some time. Before@the holidays. he
stocked his store and sold goods at re-
markedly low prices, soflow that he had
u rush of trade. Much Of the stock he
bought was stored in a stable. This
vas shipped over the R.. +. & p. rail-
road last week TO some point unknown.
a clerk; whom he had in his store, but
who is now in Washington. anticipated
the present turn affairs have taken, as
friend iii town had received a letter
from him in which he says: IF anything
happens to Coz let me. know He has
got his mind on Florida. The clerk S
name is. Daniel Sullivan.
Mr.: W. wv. Wilson, the father of c. c.
Wilson, was arrested Sunday and held in
the Police Court yesterday morning. The
case was continued for ten days until Mr..
Billiard RECEIVERS.
BOY WAS PANIC
Dir. Wilson does not deny the shooting.
He says that he did not know his son
was armed, but that when billiard start
ed at him, with a weight presumably to
strike him, his son fired Both men left
the store and Mr.s.NVitson says he begged
his son to- go to the station and give
himself up. but that he would not. He
! is "a boy of about seventeen, and he was
panic-stricken at the thought of having
killed a man, and Immediately left town.
! EIc had about twenty dollars with him. +
X Mr. Walter billiard, who saw the shoot
ing. said that Mr.. w, w. Wilson came to
the store several times Saturday to coll
lect the bill and was apparently drink
ing After several visits he became very
angry and said he would have either the
money Or blood. Il. s-f..,-E-zs
* s.ss;DILI.ARD DOING. WELLS -
billiard is doing well at ST. 5Luke's Hos
Fital,- and his wound is not considered
serious. He says he has been in Rich
mond about two months, having come
here from Lynchburg. He has been run
hing a store at No. 512 North Seven
teenth street, and had been acquainted
with Cox about three weeks. He did not
know Cox was in debt, and he (Dillard)
did not feel responsible for such debts.
He bought the stock for $3.50. He said
that when Mr. Wilson insulted him he
felt that he should resent 1t, and was in
the act of SO doing when -he@was shot. Z