The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-11-02

committed at Be,den Saturday
night when young AIDE Vinson
was ruthless shot by Bob Avery
a young mulatto while Vinson
occupied a barber's chair and
was taken wholly by surprise.
There were several parties in the
shop all of whom were dumb
founded when the murderer dis
charged the deadly volley into
the head Of his unsuspected vic
tim. The load of shot which
was fired from a single barreied
breech-loading shot gun, entered
the face and head Of Vinson just
below and little in front of the
left eye and Vinson fell from the
chair without a spark of life re-
naming in his body.
The only cause for the murder
if so trivial matter could be
given as a cause, took place a
few minutes before the foul deed
was committed. Vinson and the
negro had met on the side walk
IN the streets OF Bsiden and Vim
son pushed the negro ASIDE as
they passel. Following him to
the , ,yj}>r shop the negro accost-
ed him in an insulting and
threatening manner and Vinson
drew a pistol from his poc&et to
protect himself from the attack
Wn!cn he doubtless eipated
from the manner IN which tie
negro had approached nm. The
negro left and Vinso1 went out
on the street but retu.'is'.i again
in time to take the sat in the
chair when his tern came. When
the barber, Simpson Satterwhite,
a negro, had about half finished
cutting Wilson'S hair, Avery
stepped in the door with his gun
concealed under his coat and with
few threatening words leveled
his gun in Wilson'S face, fired.
Vinson fell to the floor a dead
man without uttering a word.
Avery then pointed his gun at
young Horton, who was in the
shop, but as there was no load in
it Horton escaped. Avery ran
off north from the Frisco depot
and was soon followed by the
crowd who recovered enough
from the excitement naturally
resulting from witnessing so
horrible a deed as to make a de-
iermined effort to arrest the
murderer.
Esquire Mize was sent for and
teo. McNiel, of Chesterville
Jelephoned to bring his blood
hounds and Sheriff Tate, of New
Albany requested to bring his
hounds. The parties got in be-
tween eleven and Twelve O'Clock
and followed in the direction
that Avery took when he left
town. The dogs failed to get Oh
the right trail after they had
been working for several hours.
All Sunday morning the dogs
were worked by Mcneil but no
trail that they could follow coul
be found. TIE wind was high
and the fields and roads dry
which made against the dogs.
The citizens of Belden and vicin-
ity generally assisted in the
search for Avery.
Ade Vinson was buried at
Chcsterville cemetery Sunday
afternoon where a large con-
course of people witnessed the
last sad rites.
The people Of the community
in which the dastardly decd was
committed, as we'll as the entire
county, are work UP over the
fenoish act OF Avery. Such
crimes arouse the ueople beyon0
self-controI and if A,e-y har
been captured he would have
been sv ul.y up to tie first limb
IN reach. there is little dohbt.
That he deserves death Tor h.
.'oul eti.Ne no one can deny ane
no stoue such be left tEnturned IL
ind hin and punish him to the
limit. The leop'e of Btlder
have placed III the hands of Sher-
IF Kelly $4,000; citizens OF Tu-
pelo have subscribed SIS and
with The rewards offered BY the
governor and the statutory re-
ward which will b. paid b. the
county makes $4,000 for Avery's
capture and delivery to the Sher-
iff of the county. He sholld be
followed to his hiding pla e ane
Drought back to pay the penalty
of his crime and that to without