The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-01-26
Ross Robinson Receives Ugly
Bullet Wound In Jaw
When Schools Cleans Out
Pool Room.
ENTIRE CROWD RUNS
Movements of Razor Cause
Prisoner to Bring Revolver
Into Action-The Fighters
Throw Pool Balls.

ROBERT Schools, colored, living In
the country. came to town yesterday
to get some ammunition for his 80
calibre revolver as he intended to go
out into the woods coon hunting last
night.
Robert today languishes in city Jail
on charge of shooting with intent to
kill while his brother-in-law, Ross
Robinson reposes on a bed at his
home on the New Paris pike suffering
from an ugly bullet wound in the head.
At the same time several colored
sports who had foregathered at the
pool room of Bob Devinney. North
Fourth and d streets. are gradually
recovering the scare Schools gave
them and thanking their lucky stars
that his craftsmanship was crude.
Routs Crowd Of Twenty.
Schools is not the least apprehen-
sive concerning the fate in store for
him. In fact he takes much pride in
relating how he made twenty shines
take to the tall grass" Although
greatly outnumbered the police admit
that there Is no disputing the fact that
Schools was the victor in the dispute
at the Devinney pool room When the
smoke cleared away he was in COM
plete possession Of the premises and
looking for new worlds to conquer.
Il thought you was going coon hunt
ing last night. Bob?" Prosecutor Rel
ler said to him this morning. There
was display of ivory white teeth.
then Bob Remarked That's 'zactlv
what All did do, Mistah Keller"
Starts Using Razor.
Bob explained that he became some
what saturated with firewater last
night and finally ended up at the
North d street pool room. Dan An
derson was cuttin' cards for de house
and he got tawin' my brother. seq
to him. look here, Mr.. Anderson. If
you wanta pick on some one. ies' hop
onto me- He said he guessed he'd put
me out. so he pulled a razor and start
ed slicin' out for me. When I got into
a corner they all started fer me-
Then's when ! got into de dispute
tell you. Mr.. Keller. when I got my
hardware into action 1t seemed like
couldn't make it stop shootin'. They
threw pool balls and cu>- Il: me fer
a short time. I heard nv brother-in-
law say, Let Big Ben git p. LIN and
shot dat shine right through dc
mouth. Then they certainly was a
scattermint They went oft doors and
windows at the same time l couldn't
load my hardware second time
cause ] lost the cylinder PIN
Schools Reaches Home.
1t was fifteen minutes before the
police had been notified and had ar
rived at the place Of the shooting.
They found only the wounded Robin
son. They started at once after
Schools and found him almost at his
home. on the New Paris pike near the
pumping station. How he was able
to travel so fast is still mystery
The bullet that struck Robinson en-
tered the left side of bis fact just un-
der the cheek bone and has not been
located yet
He was taken to his home. which be
shares with his assailant IF I'm
going to die l wanta die in my own
bed" he exclaimed.
Schools is brother Of George
Schools who murdered his wife by
cutting her throat. about eighteen
months ago. He is now serving a life
term.