The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-08-03
BUXTON SHOOTING
MAY BRING DEATH
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY ENACTED
lN DARK or NlGAr.
TWO MIN SERIOUSLY wourOED
Fred Cant shot Through Abdomen
and VIII ple-4"silmv Redburn
May Lose Lcu--Walter
Reasby Arrested.


Two men badly wounded, one OF
whom will die, ~ tho result of a mys-
terious AFFAIR that occurred AZ Buxton
Friday night about nine O'clock.
The victims are.
Fred Cant shot through the body
will die.
"Slim" Redburn, bad flesh wound In
leg; may necessitate amputation
"A party OF about fifteen colorod
men were gathered in front Of Lob
bins livery barn, which stands on the
county road at the northwest corner
OF Buxton The barn Is sort or
news center for crowd OF colored
fellows who congrogate at the place
every evening. me two men who
were hit were standing to one side
OF the front door and separated from
the others by only few rect.
Suddenly and without warning two
loud shots rang out. The flash OF q
revolver was seen in the darkness at
the rear OF the barn, and the two men
standing In the door fell, badly hurt.
The would.be murderer escaped from
tho place in the CONFUSION, and the
fright that followed the shooting, he
made good his escape. No one knows
VINO the assallant was nor can any
one tell the reason or rne inCent Of the
shooting
The two wounded men were picked
up and cared for In the best manner
possible, The man called slim" 10
a stranger at Buxton and comparative
ly little is known concerning him. lie
has not secured work at the place
and seems 10 be living easy. Cant ia
an Industrious and quiet fellow. II
Ia generally thought that the man
shooting was a4Ler someone else, and
that Cant was hit by mistake. The
man Is shot through ana through, the
bullet completely perforating the
body in the region OF the stomach.
The man was r sting quietly next
morning, but there is no hope for him.
II Is almost certain that the ball per-
forated the intestines
The shooting seemed 10 terrorize
the crowd and no one seemed 10 know
what To do. No attempt was made
10 find who did the shooting for some
time, and II was two o'clock In the
morning before information was tele-
phoned to this city. Sheriff Valen-
tine sent Deputy N. Moore ana Az
gistant Jerel Carver to the place at
once to see II anything could be done
toward locating the murderer
An Arrest 10 Made.
Later Deputy Sheriff Moore has
returned with Walker Reasby, whose
arrest was directed by Sheriff valen.
tine. The man was found by Buxton
officers and was placed under arrest.
1t now appears that Reasby had had
trouble with one OF the men that was
In the gathering at the barn door.
Which one Is unknown, and II Is al
most impossible TO get any informa-
ton from the colored men at Buxton.
"A fear seems TO exist among them
that II anything Is said one way or an.
other that the Informants will be
shot by unknown hands In revenge.
II is learned, however, that Reasby
had had trouble some time ago and
some one had shot at him from an
ambush. He thought he knew the
man and had sworn TO get" his man
In the presence Of witnesses II ~
said that Reasby had been In the
crowd n little earlier In the evening,
but that he had become surly with
the approach Of others and had left.
The arrest OF Reasby was through
the use OF blood hounds. Texas Red"
as Slim Redfern Is best known, has
also been arrested and will 90 brought
TO this city. II has developed during
the course Of the investigation this
morning that he and Reasby nal
trouble ON Monday evening