El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-25
NEGRO SHOOTS HIS
MOTHER|NLAW
AND WIFE
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! her mother ran into the hallway. Law
son fired the first shot at Mrs. Shelton.
the ball striking her on the head. The
girl ran through the screen door onto
the small rear gallery with Lawson af-
ter her. He grabbed her hand as she
started to jump the railing anu thus
threw her to the concrete walk below,
where he fired two shots at her before
she regained her feet. The struggle
then followed on the grass in the rear
yard during which the woman was IA
tally shot in the stomach.
Wife Tries to Shoot.
While the negro was being Overpow-
cred by the neighbors, his wife ran
back into the house and securing six
shooter, started out the front Of the
house toward where Lawson lay and at
tempted to shoot him but was prevented
by the crowd which had gathered. She
was placed in ]. A Smiths auto and
taken to Providence hospital, where she
was Immediately operated on by DR..
Hugh Grouse and Dr.. c. F. Braden.
Her chances for recovery are one to
200, according TO the statement of the
physicians The bullet pierced both
walls Of the stomach at the lower end
and passed through the pancreas. 1t
lodged in the abdomen According to
the physicians the greatest danger is
from septic peritonitis as a result of
the perforation of the walls of the
stomach. The woman also has a slight
scalp wound where it is thought one of
the bullets grazed her head.
Mother VIII Recover.
Mrs. Shelton was taken to Hotel Dieu.
where the bullet was removed by DR..
Braden. The wound, while a very pain
full one, was not serious and the woman
will be removed to her home as soon as
she RECEIVERS from the shock. The three
monthsold baby was cared for by the
neighbors until it was taken TO the
hospital, where Mrs. Shelton could care
for IT.
c. c. Shelton is one of the best known
negroes in Ell Paso. He has been
resident here since 1886 and is one of
the characters of the town. He has
conducted his hardware and second hand
store at 116 South Oregon street for a
number of years and has accumulated
a small fortune Both he and his wife
are well liked by their neighbors on
North Campbell street and in case of
sickness in the neighborhood Mrs. Shell
ton is the first to offer her assistance
and TO prepare her southern dishes for
the sick. The veteran negro was over
come by the tragedy at his home Mon
day morning and it was with difficulty
that he could walk to the hospital.
AT Hotel Dieu his aged wife worried
so much about her daughters condi-
ton and the baby until it was necessary
to administer a sedative to quiet her.
Mothers Story.
According to the mothers statement,
which was disconnected and rambling
because of the excited condition of the
womanis mind, the first they knew of
the presence of Lawson in the house
was when he entered the dining room. |
shelton had just gone to the store"
she said, and Drucie was drinking |
cup of tea with me AT the breakfast !
table. She saw Frank before I did and /
ran, screaming. into the kitchen. I ran |
into the hall and he shot at me from |
behind She ran to the kitchen door |
and he shot at her and again after she /
fell over the railing. He had whipped |
her and beat her when they lived to- |
gether and we made her come home /
where she could be treated right"
NeighbOr Sees the Shooting.
c. A. Campbell who lives in the house ,
adjoining the Shelton house on the I
south, was asleep in his room when the |
trouble started and he saw the shoot /
ing through a north window. He says |
that the negro woman fought desper-
ately for her life and ii was only after
the negro had overpowered her that he
was able to shoot her in the stomach.
attempted to find his shotgun.
which was in the house, but was unable !
% find it. He says he had an excellent /
chance to shoot the negro through the