The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-12
Whites and Negroes Fight Oh
Depot Platform at Kevil.
Crockett Ohildress Probably Fatally
Injured By Negro-Tom II all,
Colored, Shot in Arm.
GREAT EXCITEMENT CREATED
THE INJURED.

BROCKETT CHILDREsS, white,
shot through the body near the heart.
TOM HALL. colored, shot through
the am.
A desperate battle between Tom
Scott, Bernard Reed and Crockett
Ohildress, all white. and more than q
dozen negroes, occurred Ut Kevil, q
small station a few miles west Of Pa.
ducah, on the Cairo extension of the
I. O., last night at $50 O'Clock and
as q result Childress, white, lies prob.
ably fatally injured ut his home near
Lovelaceville and Tom Hall, alias
Duglas, colored, of Mississippi, is shot
in the arm and is under arrest. and
Reed is suffering from powder burns
inflicted by shooting at close range
in desperate pistol duel with the
negro, Hall.
At the station platform Is set
apart for the oolored people, and Reed,
Childress and Scott walked by the
platform to gain that occupied by the
white passengers, when the negroes
ordered them to pass on by and not
stop" at their platform, according to
reports. The white boys replied that
they would, but for the negroes to
act likewise and remain IN their
proper places.
There were several other remarks
exchanged and finally the negroes
started over with the announced in.
tention OF "wiping out the white ele.
ment."
Reed drew pistol from his pocket
and compelled the nergoes to retreat,
but they rallied and pulling knives,
brass knucks, razors and pistols
charged on the white people who be.
ing for the most part unarmed, re-
treated with the exception OF Reed,
Scott and Childress. who bravely stood
their ground.
Hall, the negro ringleader who has
since proven to DO a desperate, ran at
Reed who engaged him in n pistol duel
at close range. Reed shot several
times as also did the negro and in the
fussilade bullet few wide OF its in.
tendei mark and instead of striking
Reed. buried itself in the body of
Childress who was standing back a
few feet. The bullet entered two
inches below the heart and came out
| Just under the skin in the back.
Berry's last shot took Hall in the arm,
causing him to drop his pistol and run.
Hall later boarded the east bound train
and started for Paducah, but was de-.
tanned at Maxon Mills by officers and
brought here for safe keeping. The
officers, after an investigation. learned
that Hall 10 wanted at Mayfield for
shooting Bob MoAllistsr. colored,
more than two years ago. He came
from Mississippi and 10 generally
known as q desperate character.
Reeds face was slightly burned
by the powder from Halls pistol
shots while Scott escaped injury.
Childress was picked up and taken to
the residence Of DR.. Tom Moss, at
Woodville, where the bullet was ex.
trsoted. The ohan,es are against his
recovery. There were about seventy
people at the depot when the battle
took place, ana many women in the
waiting room tainted or fed. Among
those who witnessed the fighting were
Miss Angelina Bowles. q school teacher
stationed in the High school building
on Broadway, and Miss May Thomp.
son. Of 1914 Trimblo street. Miss
Thompson returned last night on the
$40 train and statad this morning
that the greatest excitement prevailed.
which was further confirmed by tele-
phone communication.
Hall, when he engaged Reed in bat.
tie, had in one hand knife or razor
and In the other his pistol and was
backed by the remainder of his
crowd, which quickly dispersed when
their leader was shot and ran. The
matter has been placed In the hands
of the sheriff who Is investigating and