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NEGRO SOUGHT FOR SHOOTINGSecond Wounding Ltnds Man In Jiil; ThreeFined In FightHINTON, Dec. I—A m id* search of the Negro sections of the city ml* fclt;irg mad* by Hfctoa police this mftereioco for Emert Bridgeport iccwd of shooting Mirioa H. Uirtix 3a, of AtlarU, Georgia, probably fatally, at a mult of an argument last MgttMaitia was admitted to the fan*, pitil her* tot treatment md from hi* bed made the accusation* against BridgeportHospital attache* considered Martin** condition critical* bullets having itruck him high in the chest and in the abdomen. The ibocCicg occurred in t Froct Street bccise and the wireh began la that section and spread outwards induing the searchi-g of outgoing train*. At a late hour lid* evening Bridgeport had not been appre-tended* and inquiry at the potictttiticn brought the statement thatpolice believed he had escaped to Hcotfor^ry, »blt;re the search continues,A negro woman* Katrina Pack, also knewn a* Katrina Medley, wii admitted to the hospital midi tvSet wound* in both legs, which the accused Frank 'White, Hinton, of inflicting in Possum Hollow late yesterday evening.According to the woman** statement White came to her home and began ao argument about reading a paper. Upon Ms refusal to leave at her request, she threatened to “call the law*Katrina said White shot cere, then snipped the pistol five times afterwards, but the pistol failed to ire but the one time. The JS-calibre bullet struck her in the left leg above the knee, passed through and lodged in her right leg.At a hearing before Justice L E-Brier* today, White waived preliminary hearing and was held under $1*500 bond to the grand jury. Failing to post the required bond. Whit* was committed to jailA brawl in the colored section of Front Street resulted in the arrest and jailing of tan colored men and a woman by city police, AQ three of them, Lucille Sims, *Red Harmon and Hobart Gore, were fined $3.00 and costs by Police Judge J. JX Stennett for fighting.Hearings on other charge* are expected to be fceH for Lucille Sim* and Harmca In ■ Justices Court According to Chief of Police £. B. Fox, Harmon is already under bond to the district Federal court for possession of illicit liquor.U. S. Commissioner F. C Eagle stated that Harmed** bceuJsman on the federal charge had withdrawn and that Harmon had been recommitted to jail ca that charge.
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Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, Dec 02, 1937
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