The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-12-15
WALLACE KILLS DIGGS
Dance Terminates in Deadly
Fight By-stander is the
Victim. Slayer lodged
in County Jail.


the bottom. near Mabel. last Friday
morning between AZ and O'Clock.
when Oscar Diggs was shot and mor.
tally wounded by Bort Wallace. The
wounded man Vas brought TO HEX.
man for medical attention. but lived
only Is hours. death relieving him
OF his suffering at A.: 30 sunday morn
ing.
Thus another victim has been add. |
I'd TO the long list OF Fulton county |
homlcidos.
Oscar Diggs vas % years old, I'M
married and made his homo with an |
uncle--John kingston who resides I
on tho old John stowe place In the
lower bottom. On Friday night. &C
oording 10 the reports. a dance was
given by and at the hOms OF Tom
Ogden. In honor OF Bert Wallace.
whose home ls ROW Ia Portageyille.
Mo. a. Is often tho case. too much
bad whhkoy went along with some
OF tho boys. aud before 10 o'clock
fighting began. II Is said that Ezra
Anderson. son of j. Il. Anderson. and
Wallace had a littlc gun play at a.
bout the hour mentioned. and that
Wallace succeeded Ia getting Andor-
sons pistol away from him during
the scrap. Their difficulty subsidized
temporarily and the dance went ON.
About ~ O'Clock their trouble was
renewed. this time In the room IN
which the dancers we're assembled.
Anderson Ia said TO have advanced
ON Wallace with an open knife. and
the latter drew his pistol and fired
az Anderson. la such a manner as to
endangcr tho lives OF ladies present
az we'll as other men. Digs. Who
was standing near the two men at
tempted 10 act Ina the capacity OF
peace maker. and In 90 doing the sec
ond shot fired from the 32-calibrc
revolver took effect on him. The
bah entered the lowor part OF the
abdomen. pcrforating the bladder. and
inflicting a mortal wound.
There are various uInors as TO The
cause OF the trouble leading up TO
the killing. Some intimate that II
was a ''putup job." and others say
Il was purely accidental. The form
cF say II was the outcome Of ieal-
ousy over a Miss Bolt. to whom Mr..
DiFgs was TO have been married dur
ing the Christmas holidays. The lat
ter theory. however. does not sound
plausible. as the man who did the
shooting has wife and children at
Portageville. II Is highly probable
that the killing OF Digs was accident
al. What Is correct In the matter
We are unable TO say. various reports
having gained circulation.
After the shooting. Digs was kept
at the ogden home. and medical AID
summoned. DIR. z. u. Curln answer
cd the call and n hasty examination
proved to him that the young mans
injuries we're fatal. lie was, howeN-
or. brought TO Hickman where ne
could have constant attention. Drs
Curtin and Luten did all they could
for him, but he gradually sank ana
finally expired after suffering untold
agony.
Following the shooting, Wallace /
made one or two attempts to get
away. but Ed Palmer, brother-in-law
OF the wounded man. guarded MN
and kept him from leaving untl FIJI
day afternoon. While Palmer was
trying to look after Digs. Wallace
got a chance and made his escape
This happened less than an hour De-
fore Deputy Sheriff Rob Goalder ar
rived on the scene. as did also sher-
lff Johnson, who received word NJ
Madrid Bend, where he was spending
the week collecting taxes. OFFICERS
were wired to be on the lookout TOT
Wallace and he was caught SATURDAY
afternoon nj Portageville. Mo. The
officer brought him to Hickman sun
day night and he Is now held In the
county Jail TO await the next term OF
the circuit court, charged with man
slaughter. Wallace only recently LETT
the bottom, whore he had been farm
ing, In order to evade answering 70
a charge OF some minor offense he
committed while a resident Of the
county. He also resided in Hickman
few years ago. He had returned
from Missouri to get some household
goods which he had left behind when