Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-06
ONE NEGRO SHOOTS
AND KILLS ANOTHER
Dave Campbell Meets Death At
Hands of Thos. Gentry Early
Tuesday Evening

Dave Campbell, 50, cOlOred, wa:
shot and almost instantly killec
shortly after SIX o'clock Tuesday
night at the Irvine street crossing
of the L. & N, by Thomas Gentry
~, also colored, after Campbell
had given him a match, Campbell
dying within two minutes after
a bullet from a .38 calibre revol-
yer plowed through his forehead
and another through his breast
After the shooting Gentry walk
ed from the scene of the tragedy
and was captured by the police
tena minutes later.
Campbell, who was employed
on the L. & N. railway as track
workman, was married and lived
with his family on Elm street
Gentry, who is single, was en-
ployed by w. w. Broaddus & Co.
Both men worked Tuesday. The
i tragedy occurred when they met,
three witnesses stating there
were no words passed between
the two men, except that Gentry
asked for a match and when it
was rendered he took it from
Campbell, and Immediately start
| ed shooting There was a COM
motion in the vicinity and within
a few minutes scores OF people
had been attracted. The police
were informed. Campbell walk
ed short distance from where he
was standing when the shooting
took place, and fell to the ground,
dying Immediately. Coroner
Muncy was notified and was soon
on the scene. He gathered testi-
mony from the witnesses after
which the body was taken charge
of by him and taken to Muncy
Bros. undertaking establishment
Chief of Police Claud Devore
upon being informed of the TRACE
dy, spread a police dragnet about
the city with the determination
that the murderer should not es-
cape. The result was that Cen
try was apprehended by Patrol
man Maupin in the vicinity OF II :
gates, at the Richmond cemetery
ten minutes later. Gentry was
placed in jail without question
ing. 1t is claimed he had nothing
to say regarding the shooting
either to the officials or Jailer
VIM. Burgess, when placed be-
hind the bars. Gentry has been
absent from the city for some
time and recently returned to
Richmond. 1t is said there exist
ed grudge between the two men
of long standing, and that the
! trouble resulted from alleged at
tentions both men had been pay
ing to woman of the city. Gen
try has a police record, having
been implicated in shooting once
| before in which he is said to have
injured a man, and other cases in
he had figured, SO police say. He
has a reputation among the ne
groes of the city, police say, as
being bad man.
The intention of Chief of Police
Devore is to have the case settled
Immediately, if possible, and he
personally conducted the investi-
cation as we'll as other officers,
and the witnesses were summon
ed and appeared in city court
Wednesday morning. There were
three of them, William Francis,
Joseph Fife, and Anna Bush, all
negroes. 1t is claimed these peo-
pie were in the immediate vicinity
when the shooting took place.
They gave their testimony to Cor
oner Muncy, and it is known were
taken before the grand jury be-
fore noon Wednesday from city
court where they also gave their
testimony regarding the killing.
The woman in the case, officials
say, is is married.
The police are of the belief that
an Indictment against Gentry will
be one of the first returned by the
grand jury and that the case will
be heard during the present term
of court, since Chief of Police
Devore is working hard on this
end, being desirous of having the
affair off his hands and settled at
the earliest possible moment.
WILL RERI1u.D RARN