The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-02-27

Two killed and one fatally wounded
was the record mere Sunday afternoon.
All napptued within the sam nour.
About 200 o'clock three shots rang
out on the atmosphere in rapid success
sion on Monticello avenue. near Bridge
street, and two negroes were seen rum.
ing swiftly from small house owned
by Rev. j. w Watson, colore,l. and oc.
cupied by tnree or four young eolored
men, vino keep "bach."
Tine crowd that assembled boheld a
colored man lying on the ground dead.
Lewis Daiscn, who resides in the neigh
bprhood, was one of the first to arrive
that a ball mad entered Zappic's mead
on MS left side fifteen feet from the
shanty Blood was flowing copiously
from mis- left side blrt ne was not dead.
Mr. Deison turned aim over on his back
in which position he lay fifteen minutes
gasping his life away. lie died without
regaining consciousness.
Not more than half an hour aftmwird
4 fatal shooting afrray occurred on
Water street. just across tine creek from
the spot where the negro lay dead. It
happened at the nome OF Dominica NJ.
Lapeat1etta, an Italian merchant. ON
that street. with Joe Zappic, another
Italian, killed outright. and still an
oner Italian possibly fatally wounded
The officers and crowd that gathered
at tne place, where the negro Dad been
gkillsd, We're ignorant of the Italian
s;io0tiRg. until the undertakers mad come
for tine negro's body and were leaving
They were met at the Elk creek bridge
on Main street and told that a murder
aad been committd on Water street, too.
They could scarcely believe it, but went
up The street TO investigate. only to find
Zeppic cold in dcata at No. 403 Of that
street.
Tine other Italian tnat mad been saot
came all the way from the scene of tae
murder to Court square, where he met
Officer Henry Lewis and Informed him
tnat an Italian mad snot him. The fal.
! low was dangerously wounded and was
covered from mead to foot with blood
and was II bleeding profu,ely. He
was rushed 70 the hospital department
Of the jail and physician was hurriedly
summoned. Oflir.r Lewis tnan nunied
down to tar scene Of tac murder and
found Sheriff Flanagan, Squire Riley anil
others there
The crowd Of Italians that had feastel
thcr' and celebrated tnc big pay day
tine day before mad disappeared a. soon
as tne shooting occurred and bands Of
them with fiddlas and otner musical in.
struments We're seen going hithsr and
thitner, apparently in excited manner.
Sheriff Flanagan was notified of tna
negro mmtler shortly after it occurred
and accompanied by Constable +. IT,
Rogers, he went TO tne place immeliatel. !.
but the murderer. William Taylor. color.
el. with his brother. Charles. had fled
1t was reported to the sheriff that they
went up tine strcat car line into Broai
Oaks and passed over tine Goodwin hill.
TIE sheriff at once secured three horses
and sta,tSl Constnbles Lee Cofrman amt
Rogers and Eugene Newscme in pursuit.
and little later had Constable Guy Mcr-
ritt and Deputy Sheriff John NJ. Knox
out in another direction He also t,le-
plon-d to various sections of the coun
tv and to Fairmont. Grafton, Salem
Weston and other places description
Of the fugitives with instructions to
apprehand them. il tacy were Sesn,
Constable Rogers and Eugene Newsomc
left in the evening for Grafton and made
inaiiFv kSere without learning any tning
about - rgro fugitives. and Dapnty
sheriff Knox and Constable Lee Coffmai
w-ut 10 G~asseili at 500 o'clock at nignI
and made search there for Dominica
but did not find aim Constable Roger
went on TO B,rryburg, where the Taylor
nre said to have worked at a formr per
iol. Sheriff Flanagan and Caief Of Po
lice John How. went to the depot ant
watched the outgoing afternoon train
anJ the Chisf also went to WilsonburI
md made inquiry. but the afternoon AMI
night passed without tts fleeing partis
having been arrested. But Joe p'vaF