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ames Hart, aged 35, of Hogback, Woodland, is in the Clearfield onty jail today facing probable urges of aggravated assault and ftory with intent to kill, felonious pointing of firearms, and carrying concealed deadly weapons, and Edgar Allen Lytle, 26, of Pine Top, also near Woodland, is in the Clearfield Hos pital recovering from a bullet wound received In the back of the head as the result of a shooting affray which occurred near Bigler Tuesday night about 10 o'clock. Walks Into Hospital Lytle was admitted to the hospital Tuesday night at 11 o'clock with the blood streaming down the back of his head and although the injured man was able to walk calmly into the institution it was first feared that his wound might prove to be fatal. However, an X-ray examination disclosed that the bullet had inflict ed only a flesh wound and showed his condition to be not as serious as St believed. He is expected to re cover. The story of the shooting was re lated to Private Eagle of the Clear field detail of State Police by the in jured man after the officer had been hurriedly summoned to the hospital. The man told the story in detail. Going to Philipsburg Early in the evening, according to his story, Hart, who was a friend of the Lytle family, came to his home to pay a visit as was often his cus tom. Lytle was preparing to go to ilipsburg in his car and asked if he would like to accompany The latter replied that he uld and both men started on the trip. They traveled the main highway between Woodland and Bigler but when they arrived at that village, Hart, according to Lytle, asked that Lytle drive him over the back road between Bigler and Wallaceton as he had a friend living along the high way he wished to see. The pair had gone only about a quarter of a mile out of Bigler on the old road when Lytle stated he heard an explosion beside him. His first thought was the car was going to ex plode and he immediately started to slow down the machine. A second explosion followed and Lytle started to climb out of the car, expecting it to be blown up any moment. Felt Sting on Head Just as he alighted on the ground a third explosion followed and he felt a stinging sensation on the back of the head. Looking around he saw Hart's gun, which was his first real ization that the man was shooting at him. He started to run toward the main highway when he heard a fourth report but the bullet missed him. Lytle ran at top speed to the gar age located on the Lakes-to-Sea Highway near the Bigger brick plant and after trying in vain I get aid he continued on foot to the Rothrock gas station, located where the Big ler-Airport cut-off connects with the main highway. There he secured help from a man who owned a car and who took him to Lytle's home at Pine Top. As he got in the car at the gas station he saw Hart running up the road in front of him in the direction of Woodland. The man had apparently followed him and passed the gas station while Lytle was inside. Hart also got into a car and the machine in which Lytle was riding passed it en route to his home. When he got out of the car at his home he saw Hart's machine stop several hundred feet down the road and saw the man get out Warned His Wife. Fearing that Hart would likely go to his home and also shoot his wife, Lytle rushed up on the front porch and told her what had happened, warning her that her life might also be in danger. While standing on his porch waiting for her to come out he heard two or three more shots but could not determine whether they were fired by Hart. Lytle secured another machine which took him and his wife to the hospital. He stated he did not see Hart after the man got out of the car several hundred feet down the road from his home, State Police and County Detective W. P. Cower went w Hart's home, where they found the man and placed him under arrest. He admit ted firing shots at Lytle but declared that they were fired in self-defense as he had heard the man make sev eral threats on his life at various times in the past. When asked why he was carrying the gun he told po lice that he had been robbed three times during the past few months and carried the weapon for protec tion. Used .32-Calibre Revolver: The weapon used in the shooting was a 2-calibre short-barreled re volver. The only bullet of the four which were fired at close range to strike the man apparently hit him a glancing blow on the back of the head, was deflected off the skull and traveled down his neck diagonally imbedding itself in the flesh under his ear. Police believe that the man was hit just as he turned to run from the car, which caused the bul let to take its diagonal course, or otherwise Hart today would be facing a charge of first degree murder, as in all probability the wound would have been fatal. Police are working on the theory that family squabbles between the Lytles and Hart may have prompted the latter to commit his act, al though they are conducting a thor ough investigation today to bring to light all angles of the case.
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DuBois Courier
DuBois, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 05, 1930
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