The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-27
DEPLORABLE MURDER
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Tuesdays Account of the Affair

Tuesdays Account of the Affair
At 2 o'clock Tuesday morning a
large posse of officers. including
the High Point night force and two
bloodhounds, number of Randolph
county deputies and sworn citizens
who had volunteered their services,
were reported still to be in Randolph
county searching for Lert English,
who shot and desperately wounded
John Armstrong, manager of the
hunting preserves of George Gould.
Yesterday afternoon at Archdale. r
The posse, who went on the search !
at nightfall, were thrown off tie
track by John Lee Lowe, a brother
in-law of English, who told them the
man they wanted had gone to his
Uowe's) home near Archdale and
would give himself up. The officers
Immediately went there and learned
that their man had not been there.
They lost no time in securing war
rant for Lowe, when they placed
under arrest as an accessory after
the fact.
English, who is dog trainer and
hunter, and who knows almost
, every inch of ground in the section
where he is in hiding. is supposed
to be attempting to make his ESCAPE
through Randolph county to some
railway line. From High Point were
Chief of Police Ridge. and Officers
Stone, WEIGH and McGhee, the en-
tire night force.
The shooting of John or Jack"
Armstrong, was reported asa cold
blooded affair, and occurred at
Archdale at about S o'clock, little
village three miles south of High
Peint. The contents of pistol were
s emptied at Armstrong, who tried to
escape behind a tree. One bullet
struck him in the small of the back
Mr.. Armstrong. with one of his
s men, was at Archdale in an auto
mobile, when they met English near
8 the little store in the central part OF
the village. Armstrong got out OF
& the automobile and the two talked
. for a few minutes, supposedly about
=, a lease. Apparently nothing unus-
. ual was between them.
The report was that English sud-
denly, and without any warning,
. whipped out his gun and began
y firing. Mr.. Armstrong made futile
y effort to escape, but one of the bull.
~ ~ lets struck him before he could find
- cover. English then made his es-
!, cape. The wounded man was hur-
~ ried to High Point where he was
y given medical attention. The ply
-, sician attending him stated that he
a. was in desperate condition. The
-, ;" wound was of such a nature that
~ DR., Stokes, of Salisbury, was calico
~; ~ to perform the difficult operation by
- which it was hoped the mans life
4 could ba saved.
~ So far as is known no effort wal
-, made to prevent English from es
~ ~ GAPING after the affair. Officers from
g High Point got OIL his track will
:, Randolph county officers after night
-, The Hi oh Point bloodhounds Wer
IN reported at ii o'clock last night t
-, -, be on the trail of English in Ran
or dolph county.
~ The shooting occurred just abou
g quarter of mile from the Guilfor'
- county line.
. English was thought to have beel
dy drinking prior to the shooting.
rs was stated last night that so far a
yn was known the men had had n
ost words prior to the alienation.
zee Mr.. Armstrong has been manage
ar. of the Gould estate, which is locate
of in the southern part of Jamestow
,ur township, a few miles east of Arc.
lie. dale, ever since Mr.. Gould establish
of ed his hunting preserves, and is
,tv native Englishman. He has man
ew friends in High Point and Greens
for horo. and is member of the Elk
verl lodge at High Point. He has a viii
all and five children.
no English is dog trainer and b
no. has home at Archdale, where b
1v. operates kennels.