Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 40
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, December 4, 1902


ONE NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER.
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TROUBLE OCCURRED OVER WIFE OF
SHOOTIST.

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    A shooting occurred on the W H. Jones farm south of town Saturday afternoon in which two negroes are involved--one as the man who did the shooting and the other who figured as the target.

    Sammie White is the name of the man who did the shooting and the name of the party who got shot is Richard Jones.  The shooting was done with a Richardson & Herrington 38 calibre pistol and neither of the two wounds are considered dangerous.  One took effect in the adomen and the other in the jaw.

    White claims that Jones had "eliminated" his wife's "effections" and he went after the despoiler of his domestic tranquility with a gun.

    Both are young negroes.  After the shooting White went to a neighboring farm where he was located at 11 o'clock Saturday night and arrested by Deputy Sheriff Steen and Constables Peebles, of Marlin, and Marlin, of Reagan.  He tried to evade the officers but offered no resistance when they came upon him.  He was brought to town and placed in jail.

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