The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-19
BRUTAL ASSAULT
WHITE MAN SHOT BY TEN YEAR
OLD BOY
g. w. Bombay Created a Greatstir
Assault on Three women-He Ter
ribIy Injured One of Them-Tbe
Son of One of Them Shot Him I'm
the Head.

Yesterday morning about S O'Clock
people who reside on Market street be.
by a great rumpus, the screaming Of
women, he cry of murder and Two pis.
tol shots. The cry came from the
second floor of the two story frame
house at 215 Market street. which
apartments are just above the confec-
ionary store of Mr.. A. 5. Winstead.
Mr. w. W. King, who happened to oe
at Mr.. s. j. Davis livery stables across
the street, ran over and bounded up
stairs. Other men also ran up from the
stores in the neighborhoo1. When Mr..
King go into the apartments he found
a white man named G.. ". Bombay beat
ing Mrs. Sarah A. Record, who lives in
the apartments. Mr.. King told him to
desist and consider himself under ar
rest. The man submitted at once and
Mr.. King took hin to the city hall and
turned him over 10 Sergeant G. w.
Woodland at police headquarters.
When Mr.. King OF up into Mrs. Re
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a not only beat Mrs. Record but mad
brutally beaten and seriously wounded
her sister, Miss Elizabeth A. Scuires, a
maiden woman aged between 65 and 20
years. Her face and head were drench-
ed with blood. He had elso struck Mrs.
Ida overly, a widow about y years of
age, and daughter of Mrs. Record. She
had been hit in the mouth with the
handle of a Ratchet and two of her
teeth had been broken aud several teeth
on one side loosened. Mr.. king was
told that the two pistol SHOTS We're fired
by Thos. j. OVERLY, a boy ten years of
age, son of Mrs. overly. The man
Bombay had been shot in the head by
the boy and there We're two wounds or
cuts, 4 about two inches long and
the other about three inches long, en-
the right side of his head, just above
and in front of his ear.
DR.. w. j. H. Bellany was sent for
and he dressed Miss Squires' wounds.
She had a cut to the bone, extending
across the left part of her forehead
from the hair down across her eye
brows and into the eye. Her face was
terribly bruised and beth. eyes were
bunged up and closed. The doctor
states Miss Squlres is very seriously but
rot fatally injured. She a also reen
kicked n her collar bone was badly
hurt. She suffered a great deal from
her wound yesterday and it will be =
couple Of weeks before she will look like
herself.
DR.. F. H. Russell, acting city superin-
tendent of health was called to Bombay
and dressed his wounds The bullet
a cut burroughs about two inches
long through and under mis- scalp. h
other wound appeared TO be a cut.
Mayor Pro Tenn w. B. Cooper, at the
roIIninino1 nnI1rf of - m lnU0CtIpIfa d
the case. Bombay was iii court with his
head bandaged and the witnesses who
appeared against him were Mrs. Record,
Mrs. OVERLY, Thos. J. overly, and Mr..
w. w. King He was bound over to the
superior court for assault with IL dead
ly weapon and was COMMITTEE to jail IN
default of $3.50 bail.
A Messenger representative visited
the scene of the conflict, and found
blood On the floor of the sitting room
and over a white Counterpart on a bed
in the adjoining room. Mrs. Record
stated that her step son-in-law, w. M.
Lockamy, of Fayetteville, arrived here
| Thursday on his way home from Con-
way, S. c., and stopped with them. He
invited her and her daughter. Mrs.
OVERLY to go to Wrightsville beach
| with him n they went down Thurs
day afternoon. When they returned
| they found Bombay in a bad humor, as
he did not like it because they had
gone off with Lockamy. He had never
seen Lockamy before but the women
had told him hat Lockany had come to
Wilmington recently n told them
something derogatory to his QCck-
| amy's) son, concerning his marriage.
He told the women that he would not
have gone with Lockamy afte" talking
/ about him, and abused them for gong
| with a man that q talked about his
NJ. D~@@~1 rrc tho nc tIl- Ill
| went to bed about midnight that
Miss Squires got UP about 4:30 a. m, to
| cook breakfast. The others got up at
5 a. m, when Miss Squ;res told them
breakfast was ready. AS socn as Bon
day got up he began acting in an ugly
| mood and said he was going to tell
! IOckamy about his telling u falsehood
on his son. He said he just had to tell
him of it. Mrs. Record says she told
him that it was none of his business
| and to let Lockamy alone He then fol-
lowed Lockamy and they had some
words, after which Locilamy got dis
| gusted and left the house. Bombay then
fell to abusing the women and in the
| sitting room knocked Mrs. Record down
| and seriously kicked her. She ran out
| to the kitchen and Miss Squires ran
| into the room and asked Bombay what
On earth he meant by acting so. Miss
| Squires states that he then turned on
| her with a Ratchet and struck at her
| but luckily the Ratchet flew OFF the
| handle. He then began beating her
| over the head with the handle, KNOCKED
her down and was on her beating her.
Mrs. Record says she ran back 10 the
| room and when she saw Bombay as
| saulting her sister with h hatchet
| she cried murder. Mrs. overly also
| ran in to pull Bombay eff the PROSTATE
| woman and he struck her IN the mouth
| with the hatchet hanile. Then Mrs.
| Record says her little grandson, Thos.
J.. OVERLY. ten year old, lar into a room,
| got a revolver from beneath a pillow and
| ran back and fired at Bombay who was
| sitting on his great aunt, Miss Squires
| heating her. She says the boy had
| never shot a gun before, but he not only
| shot the pistol, but cooked 1t and snap
ped at Bombay again, and mad It locked
a third time when the crowd ran up.
| In the midst of the excitement II boy
ran down into Mr.. Winsteans 10 tell
them to phone for a policeman, ard
| when he was in the store ne had i BIS
tol in his hand.