The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-03
Calvin Cary Shot and Killed on
Lower Court.
A Negro Known as BOX Car" Runs
Away-Trouble Over Throw
ing Baseball.
INQUEST HELD THIS MORNING

A game of "catch' resulted in
tragedy on lower Court street bout 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Calvin
Cary and negro named Glore, alias
BOX Car were playing ball. or
rather tossing the ball to one another.
One was on the sidewalk and the other
in the street on Court between First
and Second. Cary threw the ball too
low and it struck "Box Car" on the
shin. He sat down ana rubbed his
leg and when he got up threw the ball
pretty hard at the other, which led to
q quarrel. BOX Car" used some very
abusive language towards Cary, and
went into Stories saloon. Cary was
mad about it and told his partner.
Will Mack, that BOX Car" had been
saying things about his, Cary's moth
er. and that he didn't like it.
BOX Car" about this time came to
the door and said, "Yes, l said it"
and Gary told him he might as well
come out, because he was prepared to
fight and it was only a matter of time
Funtil he caught him.
BOX Car" went into the saloon
again and came out just about the
time Gary remarked further in q loud
tone that he was going to knock him
in the head when he did come.
"You'se goin' to git is yo," re-
marked Box Car as I()lmade lunge
towards Gary and at the same instant
shot him just over the heart.
Box Oar went around the oorne,
and disappeared and Gary staggered
over to barber shop door and fell.
He said as he &ss shot, "Oh, my
Lord, I'm shot
He said when they went to lay him
down not to put him down that way,
bot to let him SIT up, and lived ten or
fifteen minutes.
The only eye witness before Coroner
Peal when he held an inquest at
Nance's this morning was Mack. who
said il Gary had a knife or any other
weapon, he did not see it. He said
he wanted knife to cut the dying
mans shirt soon after he fell, and felt
in his pockets for one, but that if
Gary had any knife it was not in his
pockets. After he had breathed his
last, however, small boy came over
with a small four blsded knife and
gave 1t to Mack, saying that Gary
dropped it after being shot. The
knife was produced before the coro-
ner's jury.
Nobody seemed to know Glore, and
out Of the usual crowd of negroes in
that section coroner Peal could not
find any eve witnesses except Mack.
Every body was there just little be-
fore or Q short time afterwards. Mack
at first claimed that he knew nothing
of the shooting but County Attorney
Graves arrived just before he was ex-
cused and had him sworn, and it was
then found that he saw it all.
Gary was steamboat negro and it
is said lived in Burksville. KY, but
made this his headquarters. He was
about 23 years old and it is said to
have served term in the peniten-
tiary.
No one seems to know much about
the negro who did the shooting. His
last name is Glore but no one knows
any other name except "Box Car" for
him. He went down the river front
towards the l. O incline after the kill !
ing and is supposed to have escaped
into the woods.
The vedict complete is:
We. the jury, find that the body |
now lying before us Is that of CALVIN
Gary and that he came to his death |
from pistol shot by the hands of |
. Glore. alias BOX Oar" We fur
Their find that said killing is murder.
Signed:
W. ID. CLINE.
b. y. FIELDS.
S. II. SIMPSON.
+. M. GARDNER, SR.
JOSEPH ULMAN.