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wonlard.uthJ A E *: 0 0 i o l ; o o » i oi .0 0 .; .o o ; o o * i o i 2 di i i*~43—7illoti,vello.Two* Sandal s— amii-'orts-iyron.ji} A IS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 '01 J 0 2 0 02 18, 30—3 0-5 (2), UJlfi —’ lt;25.man.Xanz-5—Off Mc-Rich-me—1'Pristoer Fires Officer's Pistol.Closs and the negro fought from one aide of the road to the other,. and the prisoner succeeded in discharging the cfficer^a pistol twice, bdt falling to possession of the weapon, he fled.- . Cros41 gave chase and fired at the man thred times as he ran. When about a fourth of a mile had been covered the negro eiimbed over a wire fence, calling back, as he did so, Bon't shoot.. any more; you’ve shot me. He then disappeared hi the bushes.Hearing the pistol shots, Mr. Ballenger hastened back to the assistance of the deputy sheriff, and in a short’time1 they found Quander lying on the ground, bleeding profusely from a severed artery In his arm. He was doxiacous, and begged for water. Mr, 'Ballbnger hurried off for water to quench the man's thirst, but the negro was dead when he re-ti.rned.Jtiry Exonerates Cross.leaving the body In the care of Bal-lcnger and Beit Ayres, Who lives nearby, Cross drove to Alexandria, where lie found Magistrate George C, Stuart, - netting coroner;'of Fairfax county, and two returned to the scene of the shoot-. ing.A number of residents of that sec-’ tlon of the cQutity having been attracted to the neighborhood, a jury was auicKly impaneled. The jurors were F. M. 3Allen ger, foreman; George Watkins, G, K. Pickett, B. S. Nalls, Sidney Hammersley\ and Joseph Hart bower. They returned a verdict setting forth that Quander had come to his death while resisting ^arrest, and exonerating Cross.. The body of Quander was th^n turned over-.-to Undertaker Deroalne atid brought to this city* . It is said the dead man had a wife ih Fairfax caunty.S]o:WIIPO'tiGS'trwfc01■tClhtcawa!TttyIcnaid12clatlt;
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Thu, Aug 13, 1908
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