The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03
THREE OFFICERS
Shot BY NEGRO
Startling Trag edy at
Fayetteville; Chief OF
Police May Die.
WILD EXCITEMENT
PREVAILS IN TOWN
With $1,000 on Him, Dead OF
Alive, Negro Is Captured in
Dunn and Taken to
Raleigh for Safe
Keeping Patrol
man Dead.
Especial to The mes-pispatch.l j

t,a 3FtAfIiIlIN1LlIlc, N C., March e.
An appalling tragedy occurred at
Fayetteville about o'clock tonight,
when three policemen were shot in a
blind tiger" one being killed, and the
other two likely to die.
Chief of Police j. a. Cllason, witt,
two other policemen. t. Y. Buclzing-
ham and Owen Lockamy, Went to the
house of Tom Walker, a negro, who
lives near Cross Creek Cemetery, with
a warrant to search his house for a
..blind tiger" They found woman.
Walkers wife. also a white man. who
came here as tramp about ten days
ago. He was a customer and had Just
bought n bottle OF beer and was about
to open it, when the policemen walked
in on them. The chief of police, j. A.
Chason. read the search warrant to the
woman, and she said that her husband
was not at home.
Her husband, Tom Walker, came N
about this time. and told the poliaa-
men to read the warrant to him, which
the chief proceeded to do, when Walker
me down, ard now. CD d-n you, |
will kill you" He took lis hands
from his pockets and began firing in,-
medately and Iapidly discharging In
Ell SIX shots. hitting all three of the
policemen, killing Mr., Owen Locl<amv
instantly and fatally woundins Mr.,
sChason, who was hit twice, one bullet
face near the .,ose and running back
into his head several inchcs the other
ras.ed through his left foot.
Near the Heart.
Mr.. Buckingham was hit by one
Etall, 1T taking effect between the hear
nnd left shoulder.
CLnson ind buckingham were taken
to the IIighsmith Hospital where
everything was done for them by DR.,
r. Il. Highsmitll and his associates 10
savn their lives, If possible
The city Is in n very excited condition.
Major j. a. Vunn was sworn In as chief
of police. with a number of extra police
men, To assist him In keeping order. Tel
egrams and phone messages were sent all
over the State describing the negro. who
Is OF n ginger cake color. about five feet
eight inches, and weighs about 16O pounds
He wears tan shoes and a cap. He has
n small black moustache. There is a
reward of $1,000 for his capture dead Or
lalIve, and about 5000 armed men are
searching for him. Flo will be captured
before day. The city and county have
ordered bloodhounds from Mayton. W.
son and Wilmington. There has been q
special train ordered to bring tho hount|s.
The people are thoroughly aroused
and will have the negro at any, cost.
Governor r.. r. Glenn sent a phone
message for the F.. 7, l., I. Company,
which Is under the command Of Cap-
tain N. H McGeachy to hold them
selves ready to obey orders either
from the sheriff of the county or the
Nayor of the city. It Is not thought
that there will be any mob violence,
but the people are determined that the
guilty party shall suffer for his crime.
He is bad character was arrested
about ten DAYS ago and was released
for want of evidence.
Caught at Dunn.
1t had been reported that the negro
made his escape by leaving on the At
lantic Coast Line freight train going
north. hut later u phone message from
Dunn, town about twenty-four miles
north OF here, on the Atlantic Coast
Line. states that the negro Tom Walker
had been arrested there and confessed
to the crime, He will be taken to Ra-
leigh for the present for safe keeping
CHIEF Chason is not expected to live
throuGh the night.