The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-08-31
BROTHER SHOOTS
A BROTHER.
JOHN BLACK FATALLY WOUNDED
BY HIS BROTHER, TOM. TRoU-
BILE STARTS OVER TRIVIAL
DIFFERENCES.
WOUNDED MAN CLAIMS
HE is ALONE TO BLAME.


A deplorable shooting ARRAY oc-
Cured Sunday morning about twelve
miles up the river near Hardison's
Mills. in which John Black was shot
by his brother Tom and fatally wound
ed.
Details are meagre and it is diff
cult to get the facts, but it appears
that the two young men make their
homes on the same farm and live only
short distance from one another.
Saturday or early Sunday morning a
pet sheep belonging to Tom Black
butted over one of John Blacks chill
dren. John went to the home of his
brother to protest against the animal
being allowed to run at large. An
argument was followed by quarrel
and this led to difficulty. Tom fired
I at his brother with SO calibre pistol
and shot him through the head, the
lungs and the stomach, four shots
taking effect
The wounded man, it Is thought,
cannot possibly live. He claims that
his brother was not at fault and states
that he does not want him prosecuted.
Tom Black has left the neighbor
hood and his whereabouts Is not
known. The men poor, but have al
ways been considered respectable cit
izens
i TOM BLACK UNDER ARREST.
Tom Black, the young man who shot
his brother, John Black Sunday morn
ing at their home up the river, was
arrested this morning at the Union
Station by Constable Voss as he was
preparing to take the train out OF Co
lumbia
A 3S-calibre pistol and pocket full
of cartridges were found on his person.
Young Black Is only Is years old. He
was lodged in the county JAIL
When seen by a Herald reporter he
talked freely and said that his people
, knew nothing of his arrest and that
5 he had no desire to escape the officers
: and that he was only on his way to
Mt Pleasant to go to work in the
mines. having been advised by his
2 friends and his older brother to get
away from home so that his brother
e could not see him, as 1t might have
J. some effect on his brothers recovery,
e That his brother had been asking
J. to see him since the shooting, but that
8 he had not been allowed to see him,
: as they all feared that 1t would make
}, him worse. When asked II he wanted
$ to make a statement IN regard to the
n shooting, he stated that he would IKE
|, to- but feared that it would cause his
! mother a great deal of sorrow, but
J, said that he believed it was due that
r tha nublic should know the facts in
!. the case and that he would tell them
e regardless of consequences. Then he
g made the following statement:
|. Il had been at work at Steeds Mil
n in Giles county and came home Satur-
g day morning. went over to my
brothers house, which is on my
n mothers farm and only about 300
h wards from home, that night and staid
Q there and talked with him until ten
e o'clock; there was nothing between
< us. he seemed friendly and talked that
4 way. | left him at ten in the best OF
3 humor. Sunday morning, while was
e in the dining room eating my break
IS fast he came over home and ! heard
e him out in the yard fussing with my
s mother. and as best as ! could under
e stand the fuss, it was about sheep
a. butting down my brothers sister-in-
laws child. He then left my mother
p and came on in the dining room where
20 was eating, and began to fuss at
x me. 7 told him to please go away
e. and let me alone, that I did not want
r TO have any trouble or fuss with him,
o wbereupon he jerfed off his hat and
Is threw il on the floor. | Immediately
r left the room and went to an adloin-
ly ing one, as knowing him and what
S. a high temper he has, / knew there
h would be trouble-and as for that mat
ter all Of the Black family have high
= tempers. ] do not want to hide any
: thing. but want to tell the plain truth
q about the matter. He kept on fuss
Il ing and swearing. I could hear him
4 from the next room. then went back
& to the door of the dining room and
n stood there with one arm on each side
d of the door and tried TO persuade
y him to stop fussing as ! had aften
h done before. Mother told him that he
& ought to have kept the child himself
& or left it at home, and the best thing
q for him to do was to go on home and
3 let the matter drop. And then with
3 an oath he exclaimed tina he would lei
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