Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-07
16 YEAR OLD BOY Is
SHOT BY NEGRO WHO
FLEES INTO NIGHT
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has. After the shooting he kept
the revolver.
Mackey had just received orders
from the Santa Fe offices at the
station and was riding his bicycle
on his way to the shops through
the space west of the waiting room
when the negro opened fire on Vim
without warning. The first bui,et
entered the right shoulder and as
the boy fell from hls bicycle, the
negro fired again and the bullet
entered the back below the kid
neys. This bullet penetrated the
body, ranging upwards and came
out through the abdomen. A third
shot went wild.
Negro Takes to Flight.
With the still smoking revolver
in his hand, the negro fled south
around the corner of the baggage
room and into the yards, where he
was lost sight Of in the darkness.
Dozens of persons witnessed the
shooting and hundreds We're at
tracted by the sounds of the firing,
but none attempted to follow the
assailant until he was out of sight.
BY the time officers arrived he
! had disappeared. Police Captain
O'Grady learned that Williams
lives at 1925 North Second
street with the family of William
Bailey negro. Inquiry there de-
veloped that he had not been seen
since morning
Shoots Without Warning.
Bystanders who witnessed tho
shooting said that no quarrel or
alteration proceeded the shooting,
| but that the negro fired upon
Mackey before the latter was aware
of his presence.
Mrs. l.. II. Mackey, mother of the
wounded lad, SAID that Lawrence
told her just before he left home
last night to go to work that the
negro had attacked him the night
before and that they had QUAR-
relied
81 am afraid he will shoot me"
the boy declared according to his
mothers statement
Williams is described as about
five feet, four inches tall and of
stout build He is about 10 years
old, very black and thick-lipped.
Last night he was wearing a blue
suit and leather leggings. His hair
is cropped short and parted with
razor" according to the police,
q thin strip being shaved down the
left side of his head.
Mackey Well Known. ~
Mackey is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l., b. Mackey, of 636 South
Arno street. He is we'll known to
the younger set of albuquerque,
having recently been graduated
from the grade schools. He
was large for his age, be-
ing about five feet, eleven inches
in height and weighing close
In the neighborhood OF $50 pounds.
He is strong and of great vital
ity and we are hoping that his re-
sistance will pull him through"
his father said last night.
The revolver used by the negro
was evidently of large caliber,
probably As, Doctor Lovelace said.
The bullet that entered the back
ripped through the intestines and
perforated the liver after piercing
the intestines in several places. In
ternal hemorrhages resulted. The
bullet that entered the shoulder
pierced the top of right lung.
Mackey was rushed to the Santa
Fe hospital following the shooting
but the operating room there Is be-
ing repaired and he was taken i'm
mediately to st. Joseph hospital.
DR.. Lovelace DR.. j. &c. Elder and
DR.. t. F. Elliott, Santa Fe physi-
clans here, were called I'm and
operated, removing the bullets and
sewing the punctures in the intes-
tines.
Negro Suify Yesterday.
Williams was not in the barber
shop yesterday afternoon and IL
was said there that he was appar-
emily in an ugly mood about some
thing. One of the men in the shop
found him walking about the hotel
grounds and called him into the
shop and told him he would be dis
charged If he continued to stay
away from his work.
"All right--go ahead and fire
me-" the negro is said to have re-
piled as he walked off
Men about the hotel who knew
Williams declared that he had had
a fight Wednesday night with
Mackey and had come off second
best. They attributed his alleged
action to resentfulness, for this.
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