Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-07-06

Three. persons are expected to die
from wounds received in pistol aud
knife duels at Fourth of July celebra-
tions in Sequatchie valley Tuesday.
They are: ;,
JAMES DENNY, aged 80 years, OF
Pikeville. :.
wears, of Pikeville.
ASA CONDRA, aged GO years, of
Whitwell.
Denny and Knight were shot in a
three cornered pistol fight which oc-
CURED in the presence OF several snon
sand people on one OF the Maln
streets of Pikeville. The shooting
took place in front of the residence OF
Lewis s. Pope. assistant United STATES
district attorney, and Mr.. rope. ms
wife and three children and Judge II.
B. Cooke and son, Tom, of this soity,
all had narrow escapes from 1iying
bullets.
James Denny is member OF prom
inent family near Pikevllle, ana ls
the owner of farm valued at more
than $25, 900. He came to the Pike
VILE Fourth of July celebration with
his cousin, Walter Walling, who IS an
employe on his farm. The two were
reported to have been drinking, and
shortly before noon james knight.
former sheriff of Bledsoe county, and
now deputy sheriff, ATTEMPTED to ar
rest Denny on the charge of disorder
" conduct: Denny knocked down the
old man aud choked him until he
pleaded for mercy.
After this incident Knight retired
to the iaii and secured revolver. de
returnedto the courthouse square and
was informed that Denny and Waliing
had started for the baseball grounds,
He started in that direction and got
as far as the Pope residence when he
found Lem Hale, the city marshal,
with both men under arrest. Hale
had Denny and Walling under the
cover of two revolvers and was sur
rounded by large crowd. Neither OF
the men was resisting arrest. Knight
| flapked the crowd and came around to
the side of the men, and without any
warning drew his revolver and shot
Denny twice. He was not more than
fen or twelve feet away from him.
One bullet entered the back OF the
shoulder and the other the middle or
his back. Denny fell to the ground
with an outcry, and as he did so Wal
ter Walling, his cousin, drew revol-
yer and shot knight, the bullet enter
ing the old mans stomach. 1t was
nronounced fatal wound.
Lem Hale, the city marshal, stood
in the center of the firing line and
watched one ofhis prisoners shot down
and the other shoot down the assaii-
ant. 1t happened so quickly and was
SO unexpected that he had hardly time
to make move. Walling emptied his
revolver at Knight, and then calmly
broke down the chamber and reloaded
it.
By this time the crowd had entirely
vanished from the immediate vicinity
and he stood alone, surrounded only
by the smoke from the belcning revolt
vers,-
| AS soon as the firing bad ceased
some of the more venturesome citizens
came forward to give aid to the woup-
ded. Both men we're taken to their
homes in automobiles and attention
given them. Physicians stated that
knights wound would probably prove
fatal before the night was over.
An examination of Denny's wounds
showed that one Of the bullets had
lodged in or near his backbone. He
was paralyzed from the wound down,
and physicians who examined him de-
clared that if he withstood the ordeal
of an operation that be would nc
doubt lose the use of his lower limbs
for life.> His wound was said to be
almost identical with that of Eugene
Grace, the young Atlanta architect,
who was mysteriously shot few years
ago, and for which shooting bis wife
was tried and acquitted.
Denny was brought to Chattanooga
on the afternoon train and arrived
here last night at o'clock. He with