The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-12
A BLACK T|GRESS
WieIds an AK in Defence
of Her Husband.
In a Desperate Struggle an Officer
Fires Bullet Into His Body, But
Both of the Negroes Make
Their Escape.
Their Escape.
Especial to News and Observer


Greensboro, N c., Jan. lin an eff
fort to arrest thief Saturday night,
Constable James Walters, Of Proximity,
came nea rlosing his life, and did lose his
pistol and his prisoner. Mention was
made in this correspondence Saturday of
two burglars being caught in the company
store at Revolution Friday night in the
act taking goods from the tore by the
clerk, Mr.. Virgil Kirkman, running in on
them They got out in such hurry they
left their hats. Without saying anything
AIr. Kirknan thought he recognized in
TIE obscurity one of the negroes as Daniel
Turnage, who had been at work at Prox-
unity for two years, and regular custo-
mer at the store.
In the afternoon it was managed to get
Turnage, without exciting ris suspicious,
10 come to the store on an errand. lie
had on his Sunday hat. warrant was
quietl ysworn out for a search of Turn.
age's home, which is in negro quarter
on Perkins street in east Greensboro,
three quarters of mile from the court
house.
Taking w. Kirkman along to Identity
the goods, if any were found, and onother
civilian as an aid, Constable Walters
came to the city He met Policeman JET
fries an dasl1ed him to accompany him.
IIc was referred to Chief of Police Scott
for q detail Of policemen. The Proximity
roiceran, however, made no further eff
fort for expert aid. He and the two Prox-
unity friends found Turnage at home with
his wife He found some articles that Mr..
TCirkman identified as having come from
Dan, 1 must arrest you and made a
setp towards him.
I'll die and go to hell" said Dan. "be-
fore 1 go TO Jail.
He then reached for a heavy billet of
wood and felled the officer to the floor.
His aids retreated to the door. Walters
as he fell quickly, turned, making an eff
fort to get his pistol, when Turnage
jumped on him. While they eyre in a
hard to hand scuffle, the wife, grasping
the long iron handle broken from an old
fashioned frying pan, charged upon the
officers posse comitatus at the door, and
they incontinently escaped in the dark
ness
IN the life and death grapple between
the officer and the burglar for possession
cf the pistol Walters managed to get the
gun turned to his assailant and fired, the
pistol point being right at the negro's
stomach
With loud cry, his huge black arms
claspe daround the officer Turnage
twisted him around so that the second
shot went in the wall
They had now reacher a semi-erect po-
siticn, struggling for mastery, when the
wife, having got rid of intruders, had had
time TO get an axe from an adjoining
rom. She crashed down with the eye
OF the axe on Walters head, and as he
wit hsNperhuman strength, broke loose
from Turnage he received a blow with the
blade of the axe, which landed, fortunite-
~. on the edge of his right shoulder, just
clipping off the fieshy part of his shout
der cap.
Walters now beat retreat, Turnage,
who had succeeded in getting the pistol
firing at him as he cleared the door
The wounded officers made his way to
town as quickly as possible in his wound
cd condition. stopping on the way to
phone for Dr.. Turner to meet him at
Sykes drug store. When he reached
there thoroughly exhausted. he was as
bloody as ashog, the warrant in his
pocket equally so.
Dr. Turner found that he was nto Sc
riously wounded. The blow from the axe
ami billet had produced severe Commissions
and scalf wounds, causing much blood loss
but there was no fracture The wound in
The arm where the age glanced bleed free
~. but was on the surface
AS soon is possible a squad of police
VENT cut to the scene. expecting to find
dead "nigeer, but he wasn't there. nor
YVES his wife. The house was locked and