New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-02-21
JEALOUSY MOTIVE
OF SUNDAY FRACAS
John Scott Shot in Stomach BY
Richard Shelton
BOTH LIKED SAME GIRL
Hartford Avenue Man In Critical
Condition At Hospital As Result OF
Fracas In House on Hurlburt ST.
Principals Are Negroes.


Fracas in House on Hurlburt ST.
PrInc1pals are Nesio''
o, 1obn Scott
'iio' A'' '''0 ,.
aged 2S' OF 30 Har'loiu avenue
critically i'll at New Britaln 1eheiai
hosnital and may not recover. and
picb,rd shelton. aged 90, of 3S6 Elm
- 80 ,,,a oooordirg to the notice.
..,,it.o, su;,,o +bo shot ia held with
49, ,onds IN Tho charge of assault
u.i,b intent to murder. Mitchell
- - o. Of 10 IA winter street
-, s.orv ~ tho no]ice Shelton
Ias Nod to make the confess
sior is hold on the technical charge
,,,ooob ~ tho neace as A. material
r,,i+nass in a. 600 bonds The men
o-o coIored
rho shoot;ng took Mace about
o.o1oc1, last evening at the home of
Iy;1,ior Johnson colored, II Hurl-
49,. .,.oo+ ord although there are
so,,o da+oi,s connected with it which
~. o,,tiroIu clear the notice be-
,;a,,o ,o,orea woman named Emma
es,;th 10 Tho innocent cause of the
,aa,,,,,o os che formerly was friend
-, ';.,, cLo,+o, on,y To transfer her
seoo+;o,, 70 Scott which fact SO
$3.50 eho1+on tbst II is alleged he
80. coott 81 j., ,in,e when both were
.;o,l,, widen Tho ineuence of H.
~.
e,., With % C.l,hre Gun
IT, r,os o,rd game Yesterday
e.ouo, ~, +bo Johnson tenement
,a ~ Cot. s+onned r1,vinp he
ona pr;oa wont info an adjoining
49,. ,,horo chol+on was se,tea
e,oo.t ,,,.r ,;t+in IN nio,o bencb a
80 49, 1o+or whom shelton p,ar-
49, on,oi,,,,,, Of hin, m,,ttnred.
49,, ooinr 20 do soretbine dirty
.o.irr,,1n coo,+ onn,ront,,, unaware
,b.t c,,o,.o,, ,,,os, oarr,,;,,e, q re,,o1ver
IT.. ~ w., oi,,,+ oo;no N do
,a+h;n a;r+,., ;, ,,,borerno, shelton
,.is;,, aro,, % c.1ihra rayo,,,er
t.or, hora.tb bis sb;rt ona cred ono
49, Witch strucl, SCOTT PRICE
.,a,,,,oa ~ t,,o sio,t If SCOTT b,aed-
a'dii i'eu '. ''le 'ien' VI so. 49,
iis from INC "o"iiu, 70" W. anu :"
i've b;s ,,iot;n, ro,cbed tho yer,,d,
ing lis sio'iii' ieaeiieo 'ne vel ei4u0
uo"heeaiis'
DeI"s onoo'ihS AZ fHe'
baodouarters having been notified
detailed Detect;ve Sereeants McCue
and Eliinger, Sergeant Z. j. OMara,
Officers Feeney, Harper and Wagner
to investigate. They found Scott on
the veranda, Shelton holding him up
by a grasp under the arms. Detec-
tive Sergeant McCue demanded to
know of Scott who shot him and the
latter replied by asking to be sent
70 the hosoital shelton asked nv
the sergeant for information relative
IN tbe sunnIav said he was coming
down Tho etroo+ whom ba he,rd +,,o
sbo+ o,a ,,nnino, :, to,,nd coott
,r,,,,;-- cl,.,.as7
re l up'..tS , go.
ms 49, " 'iie no'pi.,'i' s.i ee'ii'
McCue 4ra'iou i,oiii MI d oiliisoii
'iI"' 0nei'oi li@u peen III me 'ehe-
hleht' nhel'oh denied IT, even "hen
ME- johnson repeated IL. linen Ser
seant McCue was told that small
girl had seen Shelton throw the re-
yolvcr into a snow pile in the yard.
The revolver was recovered in the
snow and found to be of SIS calibre,
although the cartridge fired was .32
calibre. The police realize. however
that II il nossjble to Use 40 calibre
bullets in a as caIibre revolver
Scott acc,,scs ShcIton
Al Now britain cener,, bosn;t,,
cbo,tor ,.os oorpro,+oa ~, coo.+
nnd ~ ,ot,o,, o,os IT.; 49,,