The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-05-09
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PETER CALLOP
Currituck Jury Returns Vcr-
dict For Plaintiff In Suit
Against Shooting Club

AlthO a jury III the Superior
Court OF Currituck County
three wears ago acquitted the
guards OF Pine Island Club OF
the killing OF 4 Young man
named Durwood Gallop. 4 jury
in the Superior Court OF Cur
rituck County last week award
ed Peter Gallop. father of the
murdered boy. 4 verdict i'll the
stun OF $1,000 against the own
crs OF Pine Island Club.
Aud 80 at last one 0f the most
sensational eases In the court an
nails uf CUTrituck County seems I"
have l.ru settled Ia the satisfaction
nf all concerned: a jury In the
criminal court hnvin: said 10y II
verdict that the murder of young
Gallop could not e laid ut the
,loors of Pine .Islapsl- Club. while
Jury in the civil court says other
wise. II reminds one Of the high
school dchatrrS which the Judges
were asked tn decide whether Rill
Jones house burned up or down:
After duc lclilcration they decided
that il did.
Durwuod Gallop and James shan
non yumm. white men living NJ
InwCllS Point. Currituck county.
left home in n small skin on
Thanksgiving Day in 1870 to shoot
geese. On their way home. about
dusk. they approached Il plac" call
c,l Ark rovc near the property "'
piu, Island Chhb. fine Island Clmh
is AN exclusive Organization "t ten
or "A dozen wealthy Boston Sports
men who own l.gU acres "f the best
marsh land on currituck S"'lhh.
Their marsh IT, one of the finest
~n"lln- lh'N'iN'N WI Nv
Armnric Srnboard and iS jcalouSly
guarded against trcSpaSSrrS. Inc
Sulrrint,lldcnt in charge Is Dr.
Julian e. Baum.
On the ThnnkS:ivin. evening III
question Durwood Gallop was Killed
hy "A shot from high power riil"
and his companion. Shannon. assert
rd that the shot was one al II f'sl'
E,Ir of shots fired 10y one or tw"
men from the marshes Of Pine Is
land club. The description at the
men given 10y Shannon cNnctly fitted
~. Clair Lcwnrk and man nam
rd Wickers. marsh guards In the
employ of Pine Island Club.
Excitement ran high in Currlt''rk
and 50 many threats were made that
both Lrwark and WickcrS were
brought To- the PuSquotank County
inil i'm Elizabeth city for safe keep
ing until their trial at Curritnck
e. III. the follOwin. March. They
were acquitted after hard fiGht'
hut Peter Gallop, father Of the iiur
,lrrrd boy brought suit against Pine
Island club for $5b.OW damages.
Immediately following the acquittnl
of the Pine Island Club siiardsmril.
The suit has been on n con:eSted
docket for three years and only got
10 trial last week. +. +. Aydlett,
ATTORNEY for the clubmcn was assist
cd i'm thc defense by Attorney l.. W.
Mcmillan: attorneys for the plain
tiff Gallop were Ehringhaus X Hall.
Dr. !. G.. Baum. superintendent
of the Club insisted that he was /
thr prrscncc of Lewark AMI Wickcrs
nj the time the shooting of Gallop
occurred aud that no shots were
fired 10y these men on that nft"r-
noon. He also insisted that guards
i'm the employ of the Club are In
strurtcd not to carry rifles.
But the notion prevails among
Currituck folks that the guards en-
ployed 10y many of the sportsmcn $
clubs, i'm Currituck carry high power
rifles: and that the types of men
usually employed are a menace 10
life when 80 armed and backed by
men of wealth. Then there are a
lnt nf natives who are fundamental
IL hostile to the clubs.