The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-14
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M; john hltennan, Il a. young Viii e man,
twenty-eight years Of a &c, was danger
Sously shot last night about 9 O clock, Z in
5Bagley's S bar by a young negro named & Joe lre
Harris. Is Il. l8 $5$ s. sSf (. i3a5
,Yhiteman, who wa shot through the.
tongue, is SO badly Injured that he Is
unable to talk and The barkeeper at Bag;
lcy's resort rel uses to ansW questions. \.
$ Soon after tho shooting a Times--lD Dis. ,,
patch man went to the liquor resort. kent
by 1homas s. Il S. I. Bal ley on Twenty-fif
Street, near enable ~ 3i3 Il.
VI IIe found 4 behind the bar a large and
portly barkecper and IN front Of 1T. q;
motley gang OF typical grog shops loafers
who laspsed into eloquent silence upon
tho reporters entrance.
When questioned regarding The. shooting,
tho fnt bnrkeeper said:
"There hasn't been5no shooting here 81
Was Popcrackers.
Then after a pause, l.'1 don't know my
thing about IT; say It was 3pop-crac ckers."
A4loafcrg took UP the narrative
"oh! l--ll; cut 1t out said he. III
you publish anything, we'l#haye# the law
on you" sllld another, strong In the sup
port of his motley gang. Not a word
would they say, except to deny vehement
~ that there had been any shooting and
to remark vehemently and often "Oh
l-ll,"# and ooh! bird nests! " 65l "
Why tho story Of8the wounding of tho
young white man by q vicious negro
should be kept quiet, IS Ia mystery II
there Is q criml mlnal ] reason and they fear
to ineriminate themselves, then the nlys-
terry Is explained. If they stood quietly
and cowardly by and permitted Il negro
to shoot a. white man then passIvely per-
mltted tho negro to escape, then again
they were right to keep q dlscreet silence
and do all In their poWer$to blot out an
unpleasant and dlsgraceful memory.
Nearly Cut Off His Tongue.
None Of these things may have occurred
bit tho fact remains that u wnte man
was shot by u negro who escaped, and
| Is still bat large, and the men who witt
messed the affair refused to glVe any In
formation to tho press.
John Whitenlan lies dangerously wound
ed at the corner ofIwonty-eighth Of and r
/ Streets. When seen last night he was
suffering fcarfuly, and was unable to
I give out any information other than that
n
shooting occurred, and that tho negros
name Is Joe Harris ,sss 34 NJ
WhltemaE also stated that he had III no
way attacked the negro. lle does not
know why he was shot, l,
Dr.. George w, GAYLE, was called to
attend tho wounded man at Bagleys bar.
He stated that Whiteman was shot In,
the mouth I he ba passing through the
tongue and lodging In tho angle of the
Hover law, II.
DR. Gay does not think the wound will
necessarily prove fatal.
Bagley's bar, the scene OF tho outrage
IS a resort that white men and negroes
both pntronize, IS VI n
d II IS about fifty yards outside the city.
limits f VI Il u
Harris, the accused 81 negro, wa . ar
rested early THIS morning ny Dfhcer y.
T., Overly, lie had y pistol Iii his pocket,
TWO chambers oe sthe Y reyolye u We're
empty, Ok III stl n K, 4 hi rs Wy "A