The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
Ball Makes Ugly Mark
Across Negro's Chest.


\ negro shooting affair occurred
last night at seven O'Clock al the meat
market OF Bob Burns. on West south
street. hich came remarkably near
resulting in a fatality. Ii was the
climax of a quarrel between two neg
roeS, Bob Burns. Who was SHOT. ana
Tom Fleming. who i in the police
station awaiting a preliminary hearing
III which he must answer Tor the
shooting. Two shots We're fired by
him. but only one took effect.
The two negroes were separately in
tervieWed last night by a News anu
observer Exporter and both told prac-
tically the same tale except in one or
two important points. Bob Burns. VINO
was shot. was seen in Or. i. IL. WI
liams' office. whore he was taken inn
mediatel< after the shooting. He was
right much excited and compIdlhtu
of Il singing sensation where he was
wounded. but did not seem 70 be Suf-
ferine otherwise. He did not know
whether TIE ball was lodged on the IL
side or his body or not. Asked = re-
Late the occurancc hc old thc follow
ing story:
Just before seven clock Tom Tl"m-
ing came 10 Burns market partly drunk
and paid him ten cents winch he mad
been owing for some time, and ordered
a pound and a half OF liver. he
weighed the liver and landed it to
i IL Z tf0Ia 49, / - 49, -
il and Wake out. soon he returned
and told him there was not a pound
ana 2 half Of it, that n" had had it
weighed and there was but nine ana
L half nee Burns took the liver
and weighed it again and found that
it lacked an ounce Of weighing enough.
He cut another small piece and put IN
with it and offered it To Fleming, but
he refused to take it and demanded
the Is cents which he had paid for 1t.
o., 49, no ha 1.rn1tt1 mt yaf1nI the
money. some not words ensued be-
tween the two and Fleming was ord
cred to get out of the mouse. tie
moved out to the side walk n Burns
went to the door. Fleming drew his
pistol and fired at Burns but missed
him. Burns sprarfg at him. caught
hold on him and threw him To the
ground. While the two We're clinched
Fleming fired, he ball glazing diagon-
ally across Burns chest and the up
per part of the abdomen.
officer T. A. Branham who was near
and heard the reports OF the pistol
ran up just after the second shot was
d fired and ca nu ihn the nron negroerDEhiI od Stlll
Wrenched the pistol from Fleming's
hand. arrested him and took him to
the lookup.
There he was seen by the reporter
and asked to relate the story of the
shooting. He old the same story
III SuDStdHce tldt burns MAO loiu eA-
ceDt that he said he was about 20 feet
from Burns when the latter sprang at
him before the first shot was fired and
was moving from. him n that only
two shots We're fired, while Burns said
Fleming was only five or six feet from
him when the first shot was fired, was
coming toward him and that three
shots We're fired. AS a matter Of fact
there We're only two shots, as there
We're but two empty cartridges found
in the pistol afterWard by officer Bran
ham.
The wounded negro was taken from
DR.. Williams office to the Leonard
hospital at shaw University, where the
Il was treated. DR.. Williams said
he did not consider the wound danger
Gus as he thought the ball flew wild
after glaZinZ the Negroes chest.