West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-02-04
rMREE MIAEns snor 10 PIECES
In Fight. Particulars OF which are
hysterious-TheY Shot Each Other
and All May Die.

anu All nay Die
As result of one of the most
serious shooting ARRAYS in the his
tory of Preston county, three Amer.
leans, literally sho: to pieces, are
lying in the Miners hospital in
Fairmont, and their life blood is
slowly but surely ebbing away.
The shooting occurred on the
property Of the Austin Coal & Coke
Company, at Austin, on Saturday
night. and the parties concerned
were three Americans, all Of whom
are seriously injured with not
chance of recovery.
1t is difficult to get any of the
circumstances connected with the
shooting, as all three Of the injured
men refuse to-say anything concern.
fng their fight, but what little they
do say, does not correspond with
the stories of the other ones inter
ested.
The following are the names Of
the men and their wounds:
James Kennedy, aged SO, shot
through the mouth and hip.
lanes Black, of Baltimore, Md,
shot through the left eye and right
side of chest.
w. c. Mitchell, Milwaukee, shot
through both lungs.
From all the information acquired
it is difficult to tell how il happened,
but il originated from quarrel be-
tween the three. which at first they
decided to fight out with guns, and
then changed their minds and decid-
ed to make it fist hight. which was
started, but before the thing was
over every gun in the crowd was
brought into play, and as result
they are all at the point OF death.
The rambling statements given by
the three men do not coincide with
each other and consequently nothing
authentic concerning the fray can
be given,
The Fairmont Times Of today
gives the following particulars in re-
gard to the matter:
w. {. Mitchell, che of the three
men who participated in the shoot
ing scrape Saturday, night at Austin,
in which three men were dangerous
ly wounded, and all were brought
to the Miners Hospital at this place
Sunday, died about a.so this morn
ing, of the wounds sustained in. the
fight.
Michel was shot through both
lungs and at no time while he was
at the hospital did the physicians
entertain the slightest hope that he
would recover
His death came quietly, and at
no time did he seem to be, suffering
any great pain. Mitchell lay on.
his death bed saying not word in
regard to his home or his friends.
and when asked if he had any fare
well message to leave he nodded his
head and said nothing.
From what can be learned Nit
chell is from Milwaukee, and he
told the hospital officials that he
was moulder by trade, and by the
ooks of some scars on his body 1t
is thought he told the truth. 1t is
also believed that Mitchell gave a
fictitious name, but they have no
proof.
Yesterday pr. Mcdonald told
him that he wasn't going to live and
asked what he wanted to be done
with his body, and Michel answer
ed that he didn't care what happen
ed to IT,
Nothing is known of him or his
family, II he has one. and the hos
pitaI physicians are at loss 10
know what to do with the body.
It is still at the hospital, where it
will be kept until this evening, when
it will be delivered to an under.
taker.
The other two wounded men arc
dong as we'll as can be expected to-
day. Kennedy, who is shot through
the mouth and hip, is improving If
anything, while Black is suffering
terribly from his wound in the left
eye. There is still a good chance
of them recovering, but both are in
a serious condition.
s--
The Morgautown Post says that
Duncan McRa, now Assistant Sec
rotary Of State will be a candidate
to succeed Hon. W. M. o. Dawson
as Secretary Of State Mr.. McRa
IS native ofMopongalia county and
formerly resided in Kingwood and
is well known to our people. The
Hon. Charles w swisher. Of Fair.