flesh wound…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

n then raised and fired, but as Heflin was then inside his house and shooting from the door, no accurate aim could be taken. The men continued to exchange an occasional shot in this manner until the arrival of officers Cantley, Muse, and others, and a number of citizens. Heflin had decidedly the best of it, as he would poke his gun out through the window, fire, and then withdraw, and could no doubt have accomplished some telling work, as he appeared very cool and determined, but for the protection of the stone wall behind which the officers dodged every time they saw the muzzle of the gun protrude from the window. Twenty-five or thirty shots were fired in this manner, when it became apparent that Heflin was hit as he no longer came to the window. The door was then kicked in and Constable Buquor and son, Lee, were the first to enter. As the rush was made Heflin snapped the right barrel of his gun, which was empty, right at the stomach of the constable. Had he used the other barrel which was loaded, no doubt Mr. Buquor would have been instantly killed. ( 24 ) flesh wound. The crowd of enraged men who had gathered wanted to shoot or hang the miserable wretch then and there, but the offi- cers stood firm to their duty, and he was loaded into an express wagon and soon landed in jail.

or would have been instantly killed. ( 24 ) flesh wound. The crowd of enraged men who had gathered wanted to shoot or hang the miserable wretch then and there, but the offi- cers stood firm to their duty, and he was loaded into an express wagon and soon landed in jail. Heflin has resided in this city with his wife and five children for the past two years. His life here has been one continual round of drunken debauchery and violence. At different times he has beaten and abused his wife, driv- ing her away from home at the dead of night to take temporary shelter with some of the neighbors. He has frequently threatened to kill her. His spells of violence have occurred so often and were of such a brutal nature as to have long since become the talk of the town. He has several times been under arrest, each time his wife begging for him, under the empty promise that he would drink no more, but after each time he became more violent than before.