The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-20
Charles Stewart, Plumber, Xii.
led by Ed. Scott, Timer.
Tragedy Enacted ON West Kentucky
Last Night About 1880
O'Clock.
THE INQUEST HELD TO-DAY

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olas hotel and employed by f. ID.
Hannah & Co., was shot and almost
instantly killed about 1880 o'clock
last night near Tenth and Kentucky
avenue by Ed Sctt, young timer
about is or 20 years of age, son of
Walter Scott, of 1917 Broad street.
Stewards home was in Philadel-
pha, Pa. He came to Paducah about
year ago, and had since been en-
ployed by Mr.. Hannah, and lived at
the st. Nicholas. Young Scott is a
boyish looking youth with a round,
full face. He is quite fat. They met
for the first time last night, and as
result of what was perhaps intended
at the start as a good natured fight,
ended in a tragedy.
Young Stewart was with Elmer
/ Lambert, of Wabash, Ind, foreman
| for the street contractors, Bridges
Sons, and E. G.. Hudson, a plumber,
whose home is in Bowling Green.
Young Scott was with Ed Bulger, a
leatherworker. of the South Side.
The shooting occurred in the street
near a restaurant about 10th and
Court streets. Stewart was shot in the
pit of the stomach, the range of the
bullet not being determined because
it struck the breast bone and glanced.
Stewart shouted to his companions,
He shot me in the stomach, he shot
me in the stomach" or words to that
effect, and by this time Hudson
reached him and caught him to keep
him from falling. Hudson told Lam
bert to run and telephone the police
and a cor, and Stewart was car
ried into the restaurant. He never
spoke after being shot except the
above words. He lived ten or fifteen
minutes.
After the shooting Scott ran one
way and Bulger the other. Lambert
attempted to stop Scott but failed,
and w. II. Baker, of Casey Ill, who
was sitting near the front of the res
taurant, attempted to intercept Bull
ger as the latter ran past him, but
both got away,
About l O'Clock in the morning the
police who had ascertained the iden-
tlty of the two boys, arrested them
both. Patrolman Mike Dugan. arrest
ed Scott and Patrolmen Brennan and
Churchill arrested Bulger, the boys
being found at their respective homes
Stewards body was taken to the
Paducah Undertaking parlors, and
this morning shortly after 10 O'Clock
Coroner Charles Crow held the in
quest in the police court room at the
city hall
Both Scott and Bulger were
brought up from the lookup and al
lowed TO hear the evidence. Attorney
j. Wheeler Campbell appeared a.
attorney for Scott. and County Attor-
utN EuStht bidNSo lSplSothNSu bht
commonwealth.
Elmer Lambert was the first wit
ness He said he and Stewart and
Hudson were together. Hudson was
hungry and went into the restaurant
for sandwich, The others remained
outside and started slowly down the
street. They heard a commotion or
quarrel up the street in one of the
houses or on the porch, and presently
Scott and Bulger came out and along
past them. About this time Hudson
emerged from the restaurant and
asked them to wait, declaring I'm
hungry yet"
Either Bulger or Scott turned and
derlsively shouted why don't you
eat the whole d. restaurant"
Stewart spoke up and said some
thing to them about "nipping his
friends"
The boys appeared to resent this
and one of them declared "We're
out looking for trouble" and Stewart
retorted, you won't have to look
very much further for 1t If you want
It," None of them had even met be-
fore, as near as they know.
BY this time they had advanced
and Stewart and Bulger, the latter
seeming to be most anxious for trou-
BILE, began fighting. They struck sew
eral licks, and Scott took no part. al
though the witnesses said he seemed
to hover about, and kept his hand in
his right hip pocket all the time. AZ
ter two or three blows were passed,
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