The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-07
Following Warning to Dis
continue Work, Madison
Negro Fired Upon.
BLACK HAD CARRIED RURAL
ROUTE FOR 81 .MoNTHs-As-
SeILANTS FIRED INTO aEo
ROOM OF HIS HOUSEWIVES
AND HE ESCAPED INJURY.

The Jacksonville MetropcIis saws.
relieving attempts to take his life
by unknown parties, from which he
ard his wife escaped being riddIed
Win bullets merely by reason of the
Iact That they although unaware of
danger, happened TO change their
lSleepIng place from one room IN an
otner, John W ShackeIford. coIored
Ior thlrty-one months rural free de-
HVery carrier at Madison, Fla, ar
rived in the city this morning TO TO
port the decidedly interesting and
sensational case to the government
authof1ues, as result Of which the
ease Will be taken up at once by Post
once Inspector Fred Roege.
ShackelfOrd's thrilling exoerieoce
mas hao no visible effect upon his
nerves, but after repeated warnings
ne mas decided TO leave Madison and
have his case taken up by tbo 1egoI
ninions of Uncle Sam
Escaped Fifteen Bullets.
shortly after the midnight hour of |
saturday, July 25th. according tn /
Snackieford, unknown parties-be
hasn't even suspicion as 20 the iden- |
Sity or MS woUld-be murderers-fred
h!Ceen outlets into a room that he and
r.1s "iie mao Formerly used as a bed
room, and had they not made The
cnanse, practically every Ieaden mis-
size OF death fired would have en-
Tered MS body or that of his sIeepipg
VIE. Inc assailants had evidentIV
maze close study OF the bedroom as
tne bullets passed just over the bed or
we're Imoedded In the bed rail
Supposed to be Dead. +
1 had received no warning what
ever, said ShackIeford to a Wetrono-
us representative and l suppose those ;
VINO sought to kill me felt sure thar :
tneII SHOTS mad been effective. for 7 :
heard no mint of warning on Sunday :
aithough 1 appeared on the streets of
Madlson several times. On Nondav
mo- uins, however. while sorting the !
mai preparatory TO going Oh nv ro,Ito
which includes Madison H0nawon
Oakley Ridge and other places q
found q letter of warning which vas
Worded as follows: {
you want 10 live in Madison. vou =,
VIII nave TO quit your job What was =
zone Z SATURDAY night is a .MarBtifsf1 Won :
: ID zoe c0A II is best for YOU to n
stop at once and if you continue YOU ~
VIII De driving nails in your coffin. Y,
"A PATRON" cr
Quit the Job. n
Following the reading of this threat ~
ming letter and the attemnt upon his
lie SbacklefoTd held a short confer
nee with Postmaster Albert Upper.
eSult1ng in decision to give ND the AZ
QUITE He secured substitute In the fr
'erson of John Coffey, who, after us al
ng hired rig for one day. used m
I hugsy for week At Ia
ne end OF this time. however, Shack
etord received another warnins. his D
Prosecutors evidently being determined 2
nat even the negTO'S horse and bug Fl
y should not be used, and that he
mould not even consider the question |;
Il again carrying the mail.
Another WARMING.
The secO~j warning which was head
d Act at Once" reads as follows.
! understand you have not decided o.
Vhat Won will do You had better let 6
10 Known what you are going to do :.
-oout IL II you quit, why YOU can Il
tay here and won't be bothered; but ~
I You had rather die than live. lust
oid 70 Your job This is the last Ds
inc you VIII get warning like this;
VIII be business next time. You n
etter do business iii
The warning was signed bv The "a
anne Fellow You Heard From Few
bays Ago -
u. 8. Authorities VIII Act.
Following the report of the case. il
as been determined by the authori-
les TO discover and punish the would
e assassins at all costs. and insnac
ors will begin work in Madison conn.
: at once. Chief. Postofice Inspector
icMillan, of Washington. and Tnspec- 9.
orln-Charge George Sutton. of At
anita, with the aid of their Office depu
les and field inspectors. will follow
ne Rooseveltian policy in such cases
eaylng no stone unturned 20 run dow
he guilty parties Inasmuch as the
nt1re force of inspectors Of the New
TleanS division under the direction
Charles Fitzgerald. the tall svca- ne
lore of the Mississippi valley. who Of
as employed on the famous IndiauoIa g.,
aSe. IL which Governor Vardamap ~.
ashed with the United States govern 20
ient- Will he turned loose on the case.
Is probable that arrests and con he
cuonS viii occur within short time I n.
art1es convicted of conspfracies of O.
us character may be sent to the pen- ~.
entIaTy for one 10 ten years. or fined 60
900 TO $4,000 or both in the dis 10
elton of the court nc
Knows no Cause.
ShackiefOrd states that he has been
lowed 10 carry the mail for thirty
onths and twenty-five DAYS. and tx
1ows no reason why he should BE- =,
ireate1ed and attacked AT this late %
ne. claiming TO have done nothing TO Nc
Tend any OF the residents on his
ute A peculiar feature of the case -
that Madison for a considerable -
ne. had a negro postmaster. against 10
nom no strenuous complaint was reg
tered.