The Paducah sun., 1904-07-18
KILLING ABOARD
THE DICK FOWLER
ROuster Dunnegan Shot by
Cabin Boys Last Night.
Trouble Arose Over q Crap Game
Tom Brake and Lee Stanheld
Arrested
STANFIELD CLAIMS INNOCENCE

Charles Dunnegan, Of 18th and CLAY |
streets, . rouster on the Dick Fowler, |
was shot three times on the steamer |
last night sbou. O'Clock as the boat
neared Caledonia, H., thirty miles
below Paducah, and died an hour and
a half later from his injuries.
Tom Brake, texas tender" and
Les stanfield, assistant steward, col.
ored, we're arrested for the crime and
are in Jail here awaiting a prelimi-
nary trial.
AS near as can be learned the shoot
ing WAS without proyocation. The
Fowler took small excursion to
Cairo yesterday and the three negroes
are alleged to have been shooting
craps on the lower deck. There was
trouble between the two cabin boys
mentioned and the rouster, and the
latter is said to have gotten the better
of the fray. There was no bloodshed,
however, and Captain Crider and the
other officers thought the trouble was
over.
Ii seems from reports, however,
that the two cabin boys went upstairs
and got their pistols, and came down
by the rear steps. They found Dunno
gan near the front of the boat and
opened fire.
Three bullets struck Dunnegsn. II
is said that Brake fred three shots,
Stanfeld one, and that at this juno
ture the wounded rooster himself
drew a pistol and fred once.
He then ran to the steps and went
upstairs and CLERK James Robertson
went to him, sat him down and took
his pistol.
Captain Order, Henry Littleield
and Charles Elmore went back to the
negro quarters on the boat and found
Brake and Stanfeld in hiding. They
burst iu the stateroom door and Lit
tlefield and Elmore searched the men.
A pistol with four empty chambers
was found ON Brake, but Stanfeld
had no weapon. 1t is believed that he
threw his pistol into the river.
He claimed that be had nothing to
do with the shooting and was only
staying with Brake.
Tho prisoners were chained together
and taken up into the cabin, and kept
there until Paducah was reached.
They were turned over to local police
officers and lodged in Jail.
Stanfield claims he was not impli-
Gated in the shooting and Brake claims
Dunnegan shot first. The dead negro
claimed before he died that they as
saulted him when he wasn't expecting
an attack and shot him down without
warning. He lived an hour and . half
breathing his last just before the boat
reached Metropolis.
The body was brought here and
taken to Nance's undertaking estab-
lishment, where Justice Jesse Young
held an inquest at 10 o'clock this
morning. He said McOraoken county
had jurisdiction to hold the inquest
as the man died below Metropolis, Ill.
The gist Of the testimony was that
Brake did most, if not all of the shoot
ing, and that Dunegsn fred only one
shot, and that was after he had been
wounded. 1t was claimed that one
shot came from tine side Of the boat on
which Stan field was standing.
The Jury returned verdict that
the deceased came to his death from
pistol wounds inflicted by Brake and
Ssanfield, and that the killing was
unjustified and unprovoked. There
were three wounds in Dunnegan's
breast and stomach, TO the left Of the
body, and any one Of them would
likely have proven fatal.
II is not certain where the men will
be tried, but an effort will be made to
try them here, their examining trial
being set for tomorrow morning. The
shooting occurred thirty miles below
Paducah, and while Kentucky juris-
diction extends to the Illinois shore,