Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1908 — LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING [ARTICLE]

LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING

One Mau Instantly Killed. Another Perhaps Fatally Wounded and Three Others Hurt. Richwood. 'W. Va„ Sept. 11.—One man was shot and instantly killed, another perhaps fatally wounded and three others hurt in a shooting affray here, said to have been the outgrowth of bad feeling between local police authorities and the deputy United States marshal. The dead man is Deputy United States Matsbal William Rutherford. The wounded: Chief of Police C. E. Bryant, right arm shattered: Policeman William Graft, shot through the lungs and hip. probably fatal; Arthur Elliott, shot in arm: unknown spectator, shot through hand. Officer Graft and Chief Bryant bad arrested two men for drunkenness and were taking them to the police station when Deputy United States Rueserford appeared, and demanded their release. When this was refused. Rutherford began firin’g at the officers.