The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-10-08
WOMAN DID SHOOTING
The Buxton Tragedy Assumes q
New aspect.

Mrs Bob Brown, colored woman,
was arrested at Buxton about two
O'clock Tuesday afternoon for the
shooting Of Sam Matthews near Bux-
ton Monday evening. The woman
says she is the one who did the shoot
| ing. she was brought to this city
| and placed in jail for safe keeping.
Date of preliminary hearing has not
been announced.
Constable George Andrews was at
Buxton at the time of the shooting.
The nature OF the case was such that
he called for assistance in searching
for the ones who did the shooting.
Sheriff Cricket and County Attorney
Dewitt went to the scene Of the trou-
BILE. Constable AL Jones of Kendig's
court, and Oficers John Miller and
Joe Fisher also responded to An
drews' summons.
A thorough search of Buxton had
been made and no one had been found
The officers we're in bunch on the
street in company with Constable
Noah Reasby as vehicle carrying a
trio Of colored women passed. 1t was
a piece of good luck that Officer Mil
Ter happened to glance carefully at
the women and he caught glimpse
of scar on the face Of one OF the
women. This scar had figured in the
description of the woman the officers
were after and Miller said: There
she is. Hold on there" And the
buggy was halted. The woman was
made to get out and was placed I'M
der arrest and then brought to this
city, arriving at the jail about half
past six o'clock.
1t was learned also that the woman
had spent the night in the town OF
Durfee, near Buxton, and this town
was also searched but the man was
not found.
The wounded man is quite seriously
hurt. He is shot in the groin and
will have much trouble with the hurt.
He is a colored man and is said to
have a very bad name and record.
Officers and citizens of Buxton state
| that the fellow is bad character and
that he has been in numerous scrapes
before. The colored woman under ar
rest claims that she shot in self-de-
Tense. That the man had assaulted
her and was choking her and trying
| to throw her down, and she shot him.
The sympathies of many of the col
ored people about Buxton seem to be
with the woman. One story in circu-
lation yesterday and told to the Of.
| ficers was to the effect that Matthews
had given the woman some money
and had afterwards demanded it
back and had attempted to take it
away from her and it was in this ar
fray that she used her gun on him.
| Matthews says that he was assault
ed for the purpose of a hald-up, that
he was knocked on the head and then
shot He was found in seemingly
unconscious condition and was I'M
conscious for some time after he had
been carried to place or shelter.
Whether this resulted from blow on
the head Of from something else Is
not known. Unless there were some
eye witnesses to the affair the police
and the courts will have a hard time
unraveling the stories and getting at
| the facts.
Matthews says it was the man, Bob
Brown, who shot him. He says he
was accosted by Brown who demand
ed money that he had, something
over two dollars. He refused to
give up the coin and then Brown shot
at him. He turned and ran away and
Brown fired at him again. hitting
linn in the thigh. This story has
bit of confederation, as the forty-four
calire entered at the back and came
out at the front of the leg. Matthews
also states that after he had fallen
Mrs Brown and a man came towarcs
aim and slugged him.
The horrors conferred by the arrest
of the woman are contested. Consta-
BILE Jones claims the honor of arrest
ing the black woman. Officer Miller
says he saw her first and Constable
Reasby, Of Buxton, says that if it had
not been for him they would not have
caught the colored dame. So there
you have it