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NEGRO IN HOSPITAL; ANOTHER, IN LODGE UNIFORM, IS IN JAILGun-Play Climaxes Colorful Drilling Exhibition at Colored Fraternal Convention; it Started When One Marcher Got Out of StepIn the resplendent uniform of an officer of the Kanawha Marching dub, First Lieutenant Evans Buffington. a Negro, sat behind the bars of the city Jail Friday morning pondering the troubles that sometimes attend authority.He faced charges of shooting with intent to kill Charles Taylor, a Negro, of 60 7 Bradford street., and of carrying a revolver. Taylor with three bullet wounds in the back and ii fourth in the arm. is a patient in the St. Francis hospital with a fair chance of recovery.From a police version of the affair it seems that Buffington provided an unexpected climax early Friday morning of tho state conven- i tion hern of the colored Knights of Pythias.As first lieutenant of the Kanawha Marching club of the Elk lodge, Buffington strode beside his marching unit in the competitions at tho Armorv Thursday night, ’.veil satisfied with the club's showing, lint 13 Genres Sr-ruggs, a marcher, went i wrong. Scruggs, It seems, erred in ! one of the intricate maneuver*? of the club at an important point of the contest.Naturally this Irked the officer and and after the competition words were exchanged between Boraggs and Buffington.About thfei much of the? difficulty lhuri e^ema to be no doubt. Patrol Drivers Willie Jefferson and John Wooster, of tho city police department, were present, and Jefferson advised Buffington t.o go home, Buffington went, according to Jefferson, but returned a few momentaInter armed with a rnoro deadly weapon than the goudv sabres of the Kanawha INI arching unit.There wore more words between office!’ and private, and in some manner r.of. fully explained, Taylor, an “outsider’' he crime involved. He became so deeply involved In tho argument, according to police, that . a moment later Buffington’s ro-! volver cracked four times and Taylor fell to the floor of the Armory seriously wounded.This happened at li30 o’clock Friday morning. Taylor w.aa tnkou at on re to the St. Francis hospital and Buffington, fn his purple and white regalia, was marched off to jail.A hen rim? of his case was post-j ported in municipal court Friday morning, pending the recovery or death of Taylor. According Io hospital attendants, Taylor’s condition Friday afternoon was slightly Improved, and he wiLI recover barring complications.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Fri, Aug 02, 1929
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