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PROPPED BOTH WEN,Coolly Surrendered, and Almost Immediately Set Free.ANOTHER WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDYMerchant anti a Prominent PhysicianQuarrel Over a Trill t*, Guns ArePulled aiul the Doctor Killed—Former Business Partner Interferes andMeets a Similar Kate.Panther, W. Va., Dec. 7.—Dr. William Thompson of Williamsport, Pa., and Adam Bailey of this place were shot and instantly killed by James II. Chambers, a prominent merchant of this place. Dr. Thompson came here from Williamsport several months ago.Recently he decided to leave here and return to Williamsport. The doctor sold a portion of his furniture to Mr. Chambers, and this caused the trouble that led to his death. When settling the deal he and Chambers engaged in an argument and then came to blows. Chambers ordered the doctor to leave his store. The latter did sc, but returned soon afterward carrying a revolver in his hand. He told Chambers as he came into the store that one of the two must die, and that right speedily. Chambeis was prepared for Thompson and without raising from Ms chair fired. His aim was good. The doctor fell. He arose quickly, however, and sprang out of the doorway, shooting back over his shoulder as he did so.. He had not walked three steps on the ; street until he fell again, and a minute later was dead. He had been shot through the left breast.Adam Bailey, a former business partner of Chambers, was coming up the street, heard the shots and saw the doctor. He was an intimate friend of the Pennsylvanian. Rushing to the store Bailey pulled his revolver. He leaped over the corpse of Dr. Thompson to get into the store. '“That was a cowardly murder,” cried Bailey to Chambers, “and you will have to kill me or I will kill you.No sooner were the words uttered by Bailey than Chambers, who already had a double-barreled shotgun lying across the counter in front of him, raised the weapon and fired. The contents entered Bailey’s breast, completely penetrating his body, making a hole large enough to drop an egg through. He fell in the store, but Chambers dragged the body outside of his store and laid it beside that of Dr. Thompson. Chambers immediately surrendered, and at his preliminary trial was acquitted.General JSagarPs Successor,
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Sandusky Daily Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Fri, Dec 07, 1900
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