The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-10

trating the abdomen and the
other the left shoulder. The
wounded man sank TO the ground.
Later be was removed to the
waiting room Of the depot where
his wounds were examined by
physician and pronounced fatal.
His friends held a consultation
and it was decided to send him
to his home in Columbus on the
east bound train which was then
past due.
Cannon at once surrendered
to the officers and rs now domi-
ciled in the county Jail. Accord
ing to his story, Hearon insulted
his wife several months ago in
Columbus, where the Cannon
family formerly resided. Gan
non says he was at the time To-
Gated in Tuscaloosa, Ala, and |
that Mrs. Cannon went to the |
depot in Columbus to ship her
household goods to the Alabama
city. Hearon was clerk in the
freight depot, and it was there
that he is alleged to have made
an improper proposal to her.
She at once communicated with
her husband and he came to Co.
lumb to obtain satisfaction of
Hearon, but he had in the mean
time left the city. Cannon says
that he learned several days ago
that Hearon was in Greenwood
and that he started in pursuit of
him as soon as he could obtain
leave of absence from the rail
road with which he is employed.
He arrived on freight train at
three o'clock Thursday morning
and went at once to the home
of w. I Carr, to whom he told
, the object of his visit. After
breakfast the two went to the
depot together, but Mr.. Carr
left him before the shooting.
Cannon is we'll known here,
having been employed as section
foreman on the Sou thern Rail
way in this vicinity for number
of years. His wife is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Peter Green, a we'll
KIN own resident of CarroltOn.
Hearon's people reside in Co
> lumbus, where they are highly
respected. He is a single man
and is about forty years of age.
He was making preparations to
return to Columbus, having ten
dered his resignation to the rail
road Ompany.
: GANNON'S STORY.
l Cannon alleges that he has
2 several letters written by Hear
5 on in regard to the alleged insult
: to Mrs Cannon, and that these
5 letters will be produced at the
f proper time.
D Directly after the tragedy
2 Cannon wired his wife in Tusca-
/ loosa that he had shot Hearon
4 and was safe in the hands of the
| Sheriff. Later in the day he in
/ structed Tailor Champ Taylor to
2 send a telegram to Mrs. Cannon,
g requesting that she come at
t once and bring letters" Mrs
0 Cannon is expected to arrive to-
D morrow.
The prisoner does not seem to
be disturbed in the least. He
spent nearly all of yesterday in
! the front room at the county Jail
reading a novel. When asked if
it was not possible that he had
killed the wrong man, he asked
if it was Pete HearOn he had
shot. He was told that there
was no mistrke on this point, to
which he replied, Then [ got
: the right man."
THE OTHER SIDE.
The friends of Hearon believe
that it was a case of mistaken
, iden tity. They point to the fact
. that the unfortunate man had
always deported himself as a
. gentleman; that he was always
i. respectful and courteous to the
ladies of his acquaintance; and
, they assert with some reason
, that he was a man of too much
, sense to have com mitted the of
Tense with which he is charged
by Mrs. Cannon.