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Manager llie Gould Estate Desperately Shot By Dog Trainer;ct Greensboro, March 25.—At 2o’clock this morning a large posse of officers, including the High Point night force am1 twobloodhounds, a number of Randolph county deputies and sworncitizens who had volunteeredtheir services, were reportedstill to be in Randolph connty searching for Lert English, whoshot and desperately woundedJohn Armstrong, manager of the hunting preserves of George Gould, yesterday afternoon atArchdale,IThe posse, who went on the search at nightfall, were thrown off the track by John Lee Lowe, a brother-in-law of Eng 3h, who told them the man they wanted had gone to his (Lowe’s) homeii\I!inear Archdale and would givehimself up. The officers immediately went there and learned that their man had not beenthere. They lost no time insecuring a warrant for Lowe,whom they placed, under arrest as an accessory after the fact.English, who is a dog trainer and hunter, and who knows almost eveary inch of ground in thesection where he is in hiding, issupposed to be attempting to make his escape through Ran-| dolph county to some railway line. From High Point were Chief of Police Ridge -and Officers Stone, Welch and McGhee the entire night force.At 2 o’clock this morning Mr, Armstrong was reported to foe speedily sinking, andlittle hopes were entertained Tor his recovery, Apparently henot survive the delicate operation required and for which Jr. Stokes from Salisbury was rusfo-Ied through the country by automobile.The shooting of John or “Jack” .Armstrong, was reported as a’ reold bloBded affair, and oce. af-:*ed. at Archdale at 5 o’clock, a li ttle village three miles south of High Plt;Kaat, The contents of a pistolwere emptied at Armstrong, wh tried to escape behind a tree. One bullet struck him in thesmaK of the ba^k,Mr. Armstrong, with one of his men, was at Archdale in anautomobile, when they metEnglish near the little store in the -central pait of the village. Armstrong got out of the automobile and the two tal ked for a few .'minutes, supposedly about a lease. Apparently nothingunusual was between them.The report was.that English suddenly, and without any warning, whipped outshis gun andbegan Jiring. Mr. Armstrong made a futile effort to escape, but one.«of the bullets struck him before he could find saver. English then made his escape. The wounded man was hurried to High Poiiat, where he was gi venmedical attention. Thecian attending him stated thathe was in a desperate condition. The wound was of such. a naturethat Dr. Stoke, of Salisbury, wascalled to perform the diffiultoperation fey whieh it was hopedthe man’s Me could be saved.So far as is known no effort was made to prevent English from escaping after the affair. Officers from High Point got on his track with (Randolph county officers after might. The High 1 Point bloodhounds were reportedrtat 11 o’clock last night to be on the triad of Engl ah in Raddolphcounty.The sbooting occured j ustnarter of a miie from the Guilford countv line.
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Burlington State Dispatch
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Wed, Mar 26, 1913
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