Another Shooting
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

fate. From almost all gun did not work well, and while fooling with sections of the county comes similar reports. The law so far has proven inadequate to the occasion, and the example set at Georgetown will doubtless soon be followed in several sec- tions. Another Shooting The Enterprise is again under obligations to Edna du Ray for an interesting item. The trouble occurred Monday evening about 5 o’clock. Edna and Lucy Washington, colored, had a misunder- standing. Edna got her gun, and it is said fired one shot at Lucy, just for luck. This enraged the colored lady to such an extent that she defied Edna to try it again. It seems that the it Millie Forest whs shot in the foot. Lucy swore out a warrant for Edna, but on the following morning withdrew the charge, stating that she knew nothing about the shooting. The principal sufferer, therefore, is Millie Forest, who will need the attention of medical treatment for some time. It would appear to an uninterested spectator that Edna will yet get herself into serious trouble. She seems to have but little trouble in avoiding the law. LATER. — The wound was of a very serious nature, and the probabilities are that ampu- tation may be necessary. The bullet, of 45 cali- bre, passed through the foot, and pulverized the bones of the ankle.