The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-06-19

ADDITIONAL DETAILS DF LAST nONDAY,S
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Dr. Lenox Newmens Third Victim, Dies ii san-
itarium in Natchez.

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mediate cause of Mondays tragedy
here, when DR.. A. Ms Newman and
Silas q. Reynolds were killed and
/ five others wounded. causing Gov.
Noel to place troops in the town,
was the new element injected into
the investigations into the case to-
day.
It is believed by some that issues
later than the killing Of Cornelius
Prichard by DR.. Newman la d
general fight here April 26. for
which he was tried and acquitted
last month, may have been. respon-
Isible.
Two weeks ago it is said that
during the absence Of Town Marshal
Aldridge, his wife opened letter,
which had come addressed to her
husband, and which anonymously
warned the husband to watch his
wife and a certain man in town,
whom the unsigned writer named.
Mrs. Aldridge, it is alleged. openly
accused DIR. Newman of writing or
inspiring this letter. On the
husbands S return. it is said that
DR.. Newman sent a friend to deny
any connection with the anonymous
letter. "A few days later, SiIas
Reynolds. a half brother of Mrs.
Aldridge, who was killed Monday,
returned to the city after an alb
sence Of several weeks. Virgil
Farr, alleged to have been in the
room from which the first shots
were fired is close friend Of the
Aldridges, who are sympathizers Of
the Prichard faction.
w. L. Boyd, a piano tuner. said
to be from New Orleans, who was
wounded with Farr in the upper
room Of the Butler Building, was
the chief witness against DR.. New
man at his trial in May and war
rant charging him with perjury
had been sworn out.
Developments tend to show that
the first shots of the battle were
fired at DR.. A. nj. Newman by W.
Z. Boyd or Virgil Farr, from a
window in the second story oF the
Butler Building. Farr is said also
to have had trouble with the New
mans, and particularly with the
father. who met his fate Monday
afternoon. That either Boyd or
Farr, both of whom have disap-
peared and warrants for their ar
rest have been issued, fired first is
not yet certain by any means.
ONE SHOT BY ACCIDENT
BY the accidental discharge Of q
shotgun in the hands of John p.
Jones, sworn in as a deputy sheriff
the day before, Theodore Cloy, a
member of the Board of Supervis-
.ors, was perhaps fatally injured
this morning. The shooting oc
Cured in the main street, Just a
block from the tragedy of the
afternoon before. and when the
shot was heard nearly as much ex-
citement prevailed in Meadville as
during the previous shootings in
the last seven weeks
WARRANTS FOR TEN MEN.
Four atiidavits against the New
man boys, implicated in the shoot
ing Of Reynolds, have been filed by
District Attorney Hugh v. Wall,
and six other afidavits charge
Others with the death cf DR.. New.
man. the father of the other four
boys who are charged with the kill
ing of Reynolds
With Judge w. Fl Wilkinson
sitting as d justice Of the peace.
and with District Attorney all as
the prosecutor. the preliminary
hearing of the ten persons. ID ali,
providing certain ones are appre-
hended BY the authorities. will be
held in MeadvilIe next week,
probably Monday morning.
The four Newman boys who have
been charged with the killing Of
young Reynolds are; Sam New
man. Eugene Newman, Ernest
Newman and Monroe Newman, Or.
Newman S youngest son.
Those who are believed by the
district attorney to have been i'm:
pIicated il the killing Of DR.. New
man On the other side and for
whom warrants for murder have
been issued, are Lev. III. Prich-
ard, an attorney, and brother
Of Cornelius Prichard Jack Prich-
ard. another brother; Dr.. ] T.
Webb, Virgil Farr. w ]. Boyd a
New Orleans piano timer. who was
one Of the principal witnesses
against Dr. Newman during the
trial and Fl II. AppIewhite.
lawyer.
Neither Boyd nor Farr has been
caught. both Of them having left
town soon after the shooting. Il is
known that Boyd was injured and
Farr il also thought to have been
struck,
Boyd and Farr it is claimed.
were III Dir. Webb's sleeping room
III the Butler building. just above