The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-10

Last night at 1890 o'clock u telephone
message was received at police a
quarters to send the BLACK Maria
for a man who was sick and down on
the street at Sixth and Bladen streets.
Officers J.. A. Martin AMI D. S. Pc
yieIle took the patrol wagon and lent
over and when they got to Sixth end
BIaden streets a crowd Of several ne
groes and a few white men were stand
around the body of a negro who was
lying fiat of his back on the pavement
under the shed at the corner. Trey
were told that it was Dan Shines and
that he had been cut
The officers found the man uncon-
scious and after repeated calls failed to
arouse him. They then put him into
the wagon and drove to the James
Walker Memorial hospital. They
reached the hospital at lis a. m. Inc
negro was Immediately carried to the
operating table and DR.. Acker-
man found a small wound in the left
side of his thoat. A probe was inserted
4 short distance but as the negro Was
seen to be dying 10 further examlna-
ton of the body was made. In three
minutes after he was laid upon the
table he was dead. 1t is aid that th9re
IS also a stab in the back and ii proba-
bly, reached the mans lungs.
After the negro died DR.. Alderman
decided not to make any further exam
inatiOn until the coroner arrived. He
called up DIR. C. D. Bell, the coroner,
but at last accounts the coroner hao not
gone to the hospital.
When Officer Martin got to Sixth and
BIaden streets where he found the
wounded man he heard a young naSro
say that Dan Shines was cut in Cato
Boney's ranch two squares AID a
half further out. He said he was In
there and saw some men fightfng ana
striking at Dan. The boy was arrested
as a witness and was locke up at the
city hall. He gives his name as zoe
Andrews. He said he was in the ranch
while the fighting was going on but he
did not rear a pistol shoot. DR.. ACker-
man says the wound Is very much like
a pistol wound. but 1t may have been
caused b. a small knife blade. Some
one, nobody knows who, dragged the
dying man through the mud and siush
put him under the shed two BLOCKS
and n half distant from the ranch
1t appears that the negro had been
in MIR. F. B. Browns saloon at Ulnth
and Baden street up to II o'clock When
he put them out and locked the door.
on account of their disorderly conduct
and apparent desire to fight. The
party then adjourned to the ranch
where the tragedy occurred. Andrews
says he saw the men hitting with UNI
brellas and other things n scuftlng
and when Dan Shines got to the door
he staggered and fell on the wet and
muddy sidewalk. AS near as he can
recollect the difficulty occurred about
midnight. He says the men in the
ranch were not gambling.
Shines is about % years Of age and it
Is said that when some one went to his
father and told him Dan was in 4 row.
He said: II told him to stay away from
those negroes. and ! don't care if he is
killed"
Captain N. j. Williams. who was in
command at headquarters last night,
went out with some men to see if they
could catch the egrOes who had beer
in the ranch" when the row occurred
After making inquiry into the diff
Guilty. Captain Williams and his squad
of men hunted up and arrested Rober
and Walter Thomas. two brothers
Witnesses were found who say tn y
were the only mes fighting hin
when he was cut. They stated thai
there was no pistol shot. The ThOma:
brothers were landed in prison at 4:4
o'clock his morning.