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\ it Ih nil numbed in and»it ,il i cr , .ftu- k,\ . i a'*«tuid th/u hlt;* liwl noIntentiou v. liMt •« went on the rt* e«t ot sho'dbig miy: ■« * that the whole thing wim doin' on thlt; impulse of {lie moment, ami was not f i meditated nl all; Ihut if he had intended to shoot anyone he would have got a Winchester or moga-», ziue gnu. or somlt; thing of large calibre. Hh '•aid that h would not nave hurt Levering if he had seen him: that he I- would not htt'U hit him if Levering had % come up to him and slapped him ii the« flwe'i According to their statement# both of * the El Hulls did wme shooting, but claim » ttiat Osborne shot first.» The story of the shooting, as related „ V* liws and Shede Johns, eye-witnesses, I is that A. C. Us*xnie was standing in front of Schrader's talking to Frank e Clarke, an attirni«v, when the Elliotts f • appeared. walking south on High street. u • The tw«i men walked up cllt; «» to where ' Osborne was standing and one of the Elliotts remarked. “Wive it to the a— ' of at whereupon o»ie of them tired 11 at ushorne who srarted to back towards B the north. He pu.led a pistol and began w firing at the two Elliotts, who were fob d towing him with revolvers in hund . I shooting at him. They we-e firing to i | the north, while Osborne fired south. As y | the latter neared McDonald's hat store ■ I he opened the door and ran in, Patrick ' Elliott in clow pursuit, shooting at him. S Patrolman Dan McMAnamy caught Col, ® W. J. !• tliott and took the revolver away from him. W hen the police entered the hat store they found Osborne lying dead on the Raor anti i n. rick Elliott standing over him with a revolver still smoking in his hand.Three revolvers have been found, bat Osborne's is not among them. Two of them belong to the Elliotts, and are nearly empty of loads. The pel co are aaxipin t find the owner of the third. Every chamber is loaded, and the uolice believe it was held by some fourth party, yet unknown. There were all together fourteen shots fired.Vat Elliott says Mr. Hughes was killed by lt;interne. while eye-witrMwues claim w. J. Eliiott shot Hughes. W. J, Elliott said that he did not regret the death of Osborne in the least, but would rather have served twenty yeai a of his life In the penitentiary than to be indirectly the cause of Mr. Hughes’ death.Thousands of people have been crowded around the front of McDonald*hat store and the Ambon mtanrsnt,where the tragedy occurred, and theee places were forced to lock their doors. Public sentiment Is strongly against the Elliotts, ami tlireats of lynching were heard from all gtdtw during the afternoon. The station house is heavily guarded.In the 8etwte yesterday afternoon, Mr. Cole Introduced a bill which was suggested by the newspaper fend resulting so horribly, It provides that any editor, proprietor, owner or correspondent who pntdfcnes or permits to be published ant attack upon the privatecharacter of any citizen with intent toinjure his credit or standing in public, t ! or to publicly charge nnv citizen with fl unlawfnl practices In private affairs, shall be deemed guilty ox a felony, and fined not Ifrw than $1,0W and confined in the penitentiary not less than one year, or both at tbe discretion of the e court
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Mansfield Evening News
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Tue, Feb 24, 1891
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