The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-10
Edward K ely Killed
Near Lakeside by Man
Who Escapes
DOGS UNABLE TO
PICK UP A TRAIL
Negro, Who Found Boys Body
in Barnyard at Bloomingdale
Farm, Locked Up, but There
Is Little Evidence to
Connect Him With
Crime.

Edward Kelly. tho, sixteen -year-old
son of William II. Kelly. a painter who
lives at Brook Hill, was shot and in
stantly killed yesterday afternoon at 1
o'clock by an Unidentified man while
standing in the barnyard at Bloom
ingdale Farm. on the Hermitage RoaC!
near Lakeside. Whether the shooting
was an accident or deliberate murder
was the puzzle that confronted the po-
lice when they began their invcstiga
ton. There were no eyewitnesses to
the shooting. and the only information
on which the authorities had to work
was supplied by n negro. Dennis Dukes
employed Il farm hand
Put BloodI:ounds on Trail.
When they found that the shooting
was mystery. the county police Sc
cured bloodhourds from the state
Farm. but at late hour last night
they had been unable to pick up the
trail Of young kelly's assailant.
Although Dukes was arrested and
locked UP in the Hcnrico Jail. and held
as witness. the police were inclined
to believe the story he told item
1t was just after dinner hour" he
said. "and'I was on my way to the
barn. saw n man coming up the road
and he stopped to talk with Mr.. Kelly.
He had shotgun. | was just going
In the door of the barn when 1 turned
and saw the two apparently In a
friendly scuffie. / paid no special at
tention to il. and walked on 1 had
been inside Of the barn just few sec
onds when / heard the report of n gun.
l ran outside. and saw the man run
ming away, and Mr.. Kelly lying on the
ground. L ran TO him and saw he was
dead"
Shot Mt Close Range.
Dukes gave the alarm Of the shoot
ing, and the police We're ut once noti-
fed. County Policeman Tiller was the
first to arrive. and he summoned DR.. j.
Fulmer Bright. county coroner.
DIR. Bright examined the body, and
found that n full load of bird shot. ap-
parently fired ut q distance of less than
ten feet. had entered kellys chin and
mouth, crashing into the base of the
brain, and causing instant death Af-
ter viewing the body. he directed that
it be turned over to an undertaken. and
announced that he would hold an in
quest into the death this afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Henrico County Court
house.
Dukes, who was taken in custody by
Tiller. was closely questioned by DR..
Bright.
II am inclined to believe Dukes's
story" DIR. Bright said to reporter
for The Times Dispatch. "and regard
the shooting as an accident. IL that
theory is correct the man who killed
Kelly ran away through sudden fright.
From what 1 could gather. Dukes as
been employed on the farm for several
years, and bears good reputation
There was no reason, so far as could
be learned. why he should have sought
the life of Kelly However. 1 hope we
Will be in the possession Of more in
formation when the inquest starts"
nopa NtJ Mt NUn.t,
Tiller brought Dukes to the Jail late
in the afternoon. Several times he told
vary from his original statement Ac-
cepting this as true, Tiller got per-
mission from the penitentiary authorl-
ties and the bloodhounds from the
State farm were placed at his disposal
They arrived ut $3.50 at the Main Street
Station. and in an automobile TilIer
and the dogs hurried to the scene OF
the shooting.
Every effort was made to have the
animals pick up the trail OF tho un-
Identified white man, but the dogs
merely shifted the ground and re-
mained almost motionless. At late
hour little progress in the case had
been made
Whether tho strange man was n
huntsman was a question which Dukes
could not answer. His description Of
him was that he had n shotgun. wore
gray suit and cap. He added that
apparently the man knew Kelly from
the manner in which they were talking.
Dukes took his arrest calmly and stuck
resolutely to the story he first related.
Young Kelly was employed by W. 7.
Hood & Company, nurSerymen.