The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-13
THE KINSTON SHOOTING.
h lima of an Old Feud-The
Wound Probably Fatal.

A shocking tragedy occurred on the
main thoroughfare of kinston late yes
terday afternoon, just across the street
from the court house, and ere the
sound of the court crier's voice ceased
to echo announcing the adjournment
| of court.
Mr.. Jesse l.. Kennedy, 6 prominent
man of this county, shot Ed. Hughes,
a young mar who lives in LAGRANGE.
in the presence of hundreds of people.
Hughes will most likely die from the
| effects of the wound.
| The cause of the shooting is said 10
be an old row between young viii
kennedy n Hughes last Thanks
| giving day in LAGRANGE in a pool
room, in which Hughes struck young
| Kennedy Over the eye with a billiard
cue. The case was sent UP to this
court and tried yesterday. Hughes was
fined five dollars n costs, which he
paid 1t was said that the judge re-
marked that young kennedy's name
| should have been put in the bill of in
dictment.
AS is usual when a number of people
| witness an affair of the kind it is hard
to get a correct account of it, but the
following statement from eye Witness
es cleaned by a Free Press reporter
SSSlliS ~ DS III AAA1 ~ SAS SASo$
ing as ~concurred in by the greatest
number who saw it:
Ed. HugheS, his brother Lewis
Hughes n a young man named Har-
vey Pulley were sitting on the steps in
front of Mr.. H. w. McKinne's store
| when Mr.. Kennedy and son came hur-
riedly down the street. A large stick
with this. it is said, he struck Hughes
over the head and all three, the two
Hughes and Pulley, jumped up, and the
Hughes brothers clinched with VIII
| kennedy. Mr.. Kennedy then pulled his
pistol and said to the younger Hughes:
Damn you 1 will learn you how to
impose on my boy" and fired.
Lewis Hughes knocked up his arms
and the bullet went wide of its mark.
Young Hughes. who had a knife in
his hand, whiting when they came
up, struck at Mr.. Kennedy, hitting him
| about the coat collar. and then he IAN.
Mr.. Kennedy again fired when young
Kennedy was about fifteen feet from
| him., the ball striking him in the small
| of the back about two inches below the
| range of the heart. The ball went INTO
his body and lodged in his bowels,
causing paralysis of the lower limbs.
Mr.. Kennedy's coat was cut clear
! across the shoulder, but no positive
| testimony has developed as 20 who did
| II, except the statement Ol yOuIlS
! Hughes who says it did strike at Mr..
| Kennedy with a knife in his hand and
| thinks he hit him about the coat col
| lar.
Mr.. Kennedy was arrested and taken
! to the court house, where he was Kept
| under guard last night to await the
| result of the shooting.
Hughes was taken to DIR. W. 7. Par
rOtt'S office where an heroic struggle
was made to ave his life. Young
Hughes, at this writing, is still living
with slight chance of
Hughes displayed wonderful nerve
while DR.. Parrot was attending to his
I wounds and begged not to be put m
der the influence of an aesthetic. He
was afterwards taken to Mr.. Up San
derlin's boarding house and further eff
forts We're made by DR.. Parrot to re-
lieve him.
Evidence corroborative of Hughes
statement that he struck at Mr.. Ken
nedy with a knife in his hand is offer
ed by some who were standing near.
The affair has proven quite a sensa-
ton in Kinston and is the one topic
Of conversation last night and today,
and is greatly deplored by everybody.
Mr.. Jesse L. Kennedy is a man of
considerable prominence IN the ccm-
munity and of high character. and the
f.. Hughes boys are highly respectable
P; people, VINO Dear regulations OF the
highest.
Ed. Hughes, who was shot, is barely
turned his majority and small of
stature, weighing about 10 pounds.
Later.-Drs. w. T. PARROT and H.
Tull performed an operation on
Hughes to locate the ball and con-
Guided about l o'clock. 1t was found
to have passed through the cartilage
nous portion of the backbone and en-
tered the cavity of the stomach
through the back wall.
The ball was not extracted. as the
i%ncision W a made from the back and
it was found to be in thu front. No
internal hemOrrhageS were noted, or at
least very slight, and Hughes is get
ting along better than was expected
early this morning, though his chances
of recovery are still very remote.
He stood the operation exceedingly
We'll, and although he is in great agony
now. evinceS a great tenacity to life
which may aid in his recovery. Net
withstanding his present slightly i'm
proved condition., he may die at any
moment.
Another operation may be performed
later but it is thought not today.
Mr.. Kennedy and his son have given
bail to the amount Of SO. 0GN for their
appearance at the June term OF court.
The bondsmen are: LOvit Einee. L.
Harvey, a. Mitchell, 3. w. Canady.
Roland Hodges. Counsel for the
Kennedys are: Rouse & Grmond and
WOOten & Wooten.-KiHstOn Free
Press March 10th.
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