The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-30
J. Green FILLS
ULYSSES CLARK
WITH BIRD SHOT
Telephone Employe Dies
Three Hours Later at Hos
pital-Fleeing Slayer Runs
Into PatrOlman's Arms.
GREEN RENTS GUN
Returns to Apartment After
Deceased Ordered Mrs.
Laura Barnard to Leave
Swears Vengeance.

Laura Barnard to Leave
Swears Vengeance.
Ulysses Clark. aged As, teamster for
the Richmond Home Telephone COM
pany, was shot in the stomach with
charge of bird shot from shotgun.
fired at him by his brother-in-law,
James Green, about 1880 last night.
He died three hours later at Reid hos
pital. The shooting occurred at the
Clark flat, over Sh South Tenth street
while Clark was standing on the back
porch.
Green attempted to escape but was
apprehended while running south
along the alley which borders the
Clark home. He almost ran into the
arms Of officer Weirhake, who had
been attracted to the scene by the two
discharges of the shotgun, which
Green was carrying when captured
Il shot him all right" Green exclaim
ed exultantly when arrested. Wier-
hake says. Green Is about 40 years
old and has been employed at the Re-
lance foundry. He has been married
twice but. it is understood, is not liv-
ing with his second wife. He has been
boarding with the Clarks. Green says
Mrs. Clark Denies Story.
He says his brother-in-law attacked
him with his knife and that he was
compelled to shoot him. This asser
tion is denied by Mrs. Clark. She says
that Green once attempted to get into
the flat, after his ejectment to attack
her husband with knife, and then
came back second time with shot
gun and that her husband was order
ing him away from the place when
Green fired on him.
Shortly here the crime was COM
mitted, will r. Hall, PA South Ninth
street. who had been employed with
Green at the Reliance foundry, met
him at the corner of Eighth and Main
streets. Green was carrying a shot
gun. "Where are you going?" Hall
asked him. I'm going to shoot a
man." Green replied, Hall says. Hall
said he did not talk as though he was
joking, so Hall said to him: you are
not going to do anything like that.
1t would get you in the penitentiary."
Hall said that Green answered him.
"Come along with me and I'll show
you / am going to shoot a man" Green
then walked away. Hall said he re-
ported the matter to the traffic Off
Ger who remarked, ooh, l expect he
was joking with you"
Has Good Word for Green.
81 don't believe Green intended to
kill Clark Hall said today 81 think
he merely wanted to cripple him up a
little. | worked with Green some time
and he always appeared to be a nice,
cheerful, quiet sort of a fellow, and
he would give friend his last nickle."
This was the second murder in Rich
mond within ten days time. On the
night Of October 19 Joseph H. Brown
shot and killed Morris Walker, whom
he found at his home in company with
Mrs. Brown while she was in the act
of disrobing The grand jury refused
to indict Brown and he was released
last Wednesday.
The trouble last night started over
woman, Mrs. Laura Barnard. wife of
Austin Barnard. painter, 800 South
Ninth street. who Green brought to
the apartments with him, early in the
evening while the Clarks We're at the
supper table. Mrs. Clark says that
both Green and the woman were in
toxicated and her husband ordered
them to leave, which they refused to
do.
Clark Elects Woman.
According to the information Sc
cured by Prosecutor Keller, Clark for
cibly elected Mrs. Barnard, sending
her down the back stairway leading
into the yard. This action, it is said,
greatly incensed Green, who is said to
have turned to his brother-in-law ex-
claiming, You I'll
get you before midnight" then left the
flat.
Mrs. Clark says her brother later re-
turned to the flat carrying a knife in
his hand and attempted to get in the
back door. Failing to do this he left a
second time and about 1880 o'clock re-
turned once more. this time with
shotgun. 1t has been learned by the
police that Green rented this shotgun
from Main street hardware company
shortly after o'clock, which evidence
the prosecution will use to prove their
contention that Green's crime was pre-
Ineditated, and to refute his plea of
self defense.
Hears Green Coming.
After Green had left the flat the
second time Mrs. Clark. very uneasy,
took seat close to the back door, so
she heard him as soon as he began to
ascend the back stairway with the
shotgun. Mrs. Clark opened the back
door and pleaded with her brother to
go away. He replied to her angrily, it
is said. and continued climbing the
stairs. Clark then came to the door,
the authorities are informed, and de-
manded that Green depart instantly.
Green by this time was half way up
the stairway. "1f you. move another
step I'll shoot you" Green yelled at
his brother-in-law. it is said.
Mrs. Clark then apprehensive that
tragedy was to be enacted placed her
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