The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-06
HARRY TFzAN ON TRIAL SECOND TINE
PISTOL FIGHT BY
NEGROES IN STREET
Officer After Participant Of
BIoodIess Combat Caused
BY Jealousy Over Wife.

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collie Mosley, co1ored. ana win Ja-
cobs. also colored. who was with
the formers wife. engaged in des-
perate combat at the corner of
Fourth and Pike streets Sunday
night just before midnight In which
each fred the contents OF loaded re-
yolyers at each other and Mosiey sew
eral shots at his wife. None was
wounded however Jacobs Is a pris-
oner in jail and constables are at
Perry Mines hunting for Mosley, who
made his escape.
From what can be learned about
the affair. Mosley became furiousiy
Jealous. because Jacobs was out With
Mrs Moseley and ne went on a hunt
for the pair looking for trouble. He
found the two at the Waldo hotel
corner after having followed them
from a restaurant on Hewes street.
Th& 1t appears, they got into a
quarrel over Jacobs's attentions tow
ard Mrs. Moseley and came to blows.
Then one of them pulled a revolver
and began firing and the other drew
q gun and also began shooting Sew
erai shots were fired and then. Off
GERS who happened to be in the
neighborhood rushed to the scene.
Officers Pursue Shooters
Policeman George Howe was walk
ling westward out Pike street east of
Fourth and Constable j. w. schra-
der was in Aumilier & Johnson's res
taurant,eating fish sandwich when
the firing began and they hurried 10
the scene. at once. Policeman John
Nelson was farther down the street
and he. too. made for the point Of the
disturbance. Policeman Howe ran
up behind Jacobs who was retreatingl
backwards toward the officer with
revolver in hand. firing toward Nose
ley down in front of the Lowndes
yard and Howe grappled with ia
cobs. Shrader also closed in upon
him and the colored man was taken
into cutody after being disarmed.
During this time, 1t seems, Nose
ley chased his wife toward the
clarksburg sanitarIum and Constable
shrader took out after him while
Howe took Jacobs to the lookup.
Mrs, Moseley started across, started
across the street in front of the
clarksburg sanitarium followed by
her husband who was shooting his
revolver in the air. Constable shra-
der was then Joined by Policeman
Nelson and the two officers started
after Moseley on a dead run. Nose
ley ran out Pike street to sixth and
turned southward toward Main.
When he came to the alley between
the two streets ne lodged into IT and
was lost to the sight OF the two Of
flcers, Arriving at the alley the Of.
flcers decided to try to head the
escaping man on and one went in
the direction Moseley went and the
other ran around to the other end Of
the alley but Moseley could not be
found. After a thorough search in
the dark and through mud the Of
ficers had to give up the chase.
TeIephOncd to Squire.
Monday morning Magistrate G. II.
Gordon was called up over the tele.
phone by Moseley who said he was ut
Perry Mines. Moseley asked IL al
warrant had been issued for him and
said that II one had been that he
would return to clarksburg and face
the music. The magistrate informed
him that he would most likely be
vented on a warrant.
Chief OF Police Richard Scott went
before Magistrate Gordon Monday
morning and swore out warrants
against both Moseley and Jacobs. |
charging them with unlawfuIly shoot
Ing at a person in a public street.
Jacobs was transferred from the Gus
tody OF the city to the county author
tiles and the warrant against Nose
ley was placed in Constable shra-
der's hands who went to Perry Mines
after Moseley
The shooting created considerable
excitement along Pike street in that
neighborhood and crowd collected
before all the shots had been fred
and it is wonder that no one was
shot and it seems remarkable that
neither Of the combatants was not
hurt. The bullets few wild and one
or two OF them shattered an upstairs
window In the Reed building on Pike
street.