The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-06
.l,I'EI, u BL LOU1lv1 q HERE
AND MA RECOV YER.
Stands Trip Well, and Physician,
Hopeful That Wound Will
Not Prove Fatal.
.MYsTERY As 10 SHOOTING [ !! j I'M ]
Company B ii Retreat and OPP
posing Forces Near at Hand.
When Officer Fell. ]


4 Sergeant Frank B. Blount, who was
shot In sham battle during the celebra. .
tlon Of the Fourth Of July at Chase City,
arrived III In Richmond at 4 4 O'clock yes
terday afternoon, accompan led by DR..
Floyd Gregory and Captain a. w. Miller.
The ambulance was waiting at the sta-
ton, and the wounded man was taken to
the Retreat for the Sick. l3tSs y ri isss
81 Dr. C.g8hL b Edwards, H who i Is tending
him, says that unless the bullet has
penetrated the peri toneum Il q, w spee'dy y
recovery may be looked for It Will be q
day or so more, however, bel fore an exact
diagnosis 4 can be reached. But under
any condt ttions he has q good chance to
get well. Early last night Sergeant
3Blounts was given an oplate. VI from which,
he quickly went to sleep, ond he was
reported later as resting very easy.s
Circumstances Of Shooting
sl;At the time Dfr. Blount was shot, ac-
cording to both Captain filler and First
Lieutenant William "a. Stack ConlI Ilae,y 2,
to which he belongs, - n retreat with
the Chase City and Petersburg compa-
r1ies in close pursuit. Company 3 had Just
turned and Sergeant Blount was among
sthes8 last. v. not being over six 70 r eig flt
yards In front OF the firing line OF the p,lr-
suers. The Volleys We're heavy, and short
~ after he turned, Sergeant Blounts threA
up his hands and fell to the ground. ,' IN
tending to 4 bes shot, " as several oldiers
had previously done. and aforS q moment
the spectators waited Ill for him \, to i rise
again. But It was d Out sky seen that
something had gone wrong.
$s DR.. Finch ma 1orE OF the 8eventy-second
Regiment who was at his post Of duty
as be would i be IN real ba I'll was the
first man to reach his
sSThe firing had by this time $Esto topped,
and sDr. Finch was closely foil lowed by!
DR. Walton, IN OF the Mecklenburg Hotel, &
town g II fteeny n minutes SS la ter Sergeant
iBlount was I'm e room OF the hotel, com-i
spletely undressed, j, Wh lie the doctors were
8ctecking the flow OF bl ood i'll. ,sSa @
&ks Immed hat y#, after the physicians n had
knelt by the side OF the fallen man ], the
immense crowd which was II attend y End aMnceS M
surged 4 out on he field and pressed .ii!
sser# whtle the soldie end Favored ~ keep
back the inpressing crowd. .ss ss
Knows Vno Shot Him. 4
#sSs Lieutenant Stock Il says that while he
was standing by the wound led mans side
sa$ sa$stranger4ca UP to- him and SAID , 81 !
know who shot him. I" When the Elieuten-
&dllSM hOA
was one OF your own men:
rs Mr. stock then asked II he could iden-
#tify him, but the stranger said he could
not This led the lieutenant to believe
that the stranger was some irrespo ponslile
member OF the crowd, !, who did not know
what he was talking about. q III III & s
ifh Sergeant Blount was soon in the hotel
where he was being treated by the several
sphyslcians. t was found that one bull
let wound had been made immed lately
below the belt Just to the right OF the
spine III i3s gs54 }S
The exit OF the wound was Just at the
top OF the hip bone, wi ich showed that 4
the charge had entered at q decided angle
to the body. Nj. l 59 II 81 95sS: :i
Bullets from Riot Shell.
These were the only wounds whatever,
and at first It was thou ght only & one
bullet had entered the bod Lat Is ter.it
was found that two bullets h1d entered
one Immediately behind the q other-and
that they were two balls fired from what
tsa called multiple or riot shell which
contains two balls about the size OF peas
This shell Is used N to intimidate mobs;
rather than to wound. The bullets are
supposed to scatter after they have lett:
the gun muzzle and they work a hardly
any damage at all after they have gone
two hundred yards. 3ss5 9S
Il That they are supposed to have scat
tered quickly, and that they entered the
body OF Sergeant b lount together, at
first led to the opinion that the rifle
had been very close: to Sergeant Blount's
back when It was fired. ~ 555$
4 a But late last night an exp eriment..wass s
made at the armory In the city. = hreel
Of the multiple shells were fired into a
target at twenty FIVE yards n distance
The first two shot s spread and hit the
target an inch apart; the second hit; an
inch5 and a half apart. and the third did
not spread at all, but entered 4. the tar
Trovea that no estimate can be made OF
the tho distance at which the gun was f1red,
is a Mystery. n, !,
Il n HOW. the loaded shell came to be among
The blanks Is a mystery, Every cal
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