The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
Drunken Fool Kills An
Innocent Girl
A NEGRO Is KILLED
Series Of Horrible Christmas Holiday
Tragedies at and Near A>hcsiIlc
Yesterday ATtrrisoosi-arcax
Excitement anal Talk OF
Isncfliug.
(Speciai % Meas aad Ohser Il

Especial 10 <e@s aad Observer
AsheStlIe. y =. Dec. -i-Auothrt
series of Christmas holiday tragedies
occurred near here this afternoon
Joe Lance. a resident OF Limestone
township. and a man with an uD-
savorv reputation. shot and Killed .
daughter or Mrs. Green at Buena
Vista. this afternoon wniie enroufe "a
his home on the ToIaway train
shortly after this at Biltmore. a ne
gro named DaNe Lucky was shot and
killed during 4 row aboard train No
Il. bound from AsheN1lle 10 salisbury
The TRAGEDY at Ruera Vista. a small
station. five miles from Ashevilie. has
shocked the entire community Ac-
cording TO Information received hy
the sheriff's q &c here. Joe Lane
boarding the Toxaway train at Ashe-
vile or Biltmore. bound for Arden.
ten miles from here and five miles be-
yond Buena Vista. The man Is al
legged TO have been drinking heavily.
He Is a desperate young fellow and
especially dangerous when drinking
II is said that euroute 10 Buena Vista
he was boisterous: that as the train
pulled into the station he showed his
gun out OF the window and began
firing p~romiscuously. Mrs. Green
and her daughter were at the station.
ard enc of the bullets from Lance's
pistol struck the daughter, inficting A
IAtOIN Il cA4AAf 80 as tAeAt'Fs
under arrest at once. II IS reported
here tina excitement ran high and
that there was talk OF lynching. The
man was taken OF TO Hendcrsonville
aboard the train and there placed IN
jail. Sheriff Hunter said tonight that
he had telephoned the Hendersonville
authorities. and thai he would send
IN officer for Lance tomorrow. Lance
only last week came in and gave bond
for his appearance at court for a
desperate fight that he had with o $
Lambert. Of Limestone township. sew
erai months ago. Since that fight he
had eVaded the officers.
The Second Killing
The second killing occurred at Bilt-
more station. about $40 O'Clock this
afternoon. 1t seems that after train
No. II pulled out of Asheville Irv
Lyle. a negro. and some other negroes
raised a rough house. The disturb
ance was so great that the conductor
tried to quell it. He was unable and
by the time the train reached Bit
more he had deputized IRcks Little,
a young white man Of Old Fort, and
one or two other gentlemen to help
him. according to the best informa-
ton obtainable. Dave Lucky was
on the train. but is said to have been
quiet. An attempt was made at Biz
more to put Irv Lytle off. He re-
sisted. and it is said went towards
his hip pocket. There was d sho,
presumably fired at Irv Lyle. The
bullet, however. missed its mark and
struck Dave Lucky. The man sank
to the floor of the car and died in a
few minutes. Ever after the killing
of Lucky the Lyle negro still resisted
and other negroes on the car attempt
ed to prevent the conductor and his
assistants from putting him off. He
was finally taken out. No arrests
la been made tonight. 1t is not
known here Just who fired the shot
hat killed Lucky. The body was
taken from the train and placed al
the south entrance to the station and
the officers notified. At seven O'Clock
it was removed to a local undertaking
establishment.