Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — SHOOTS RIGHT AND LEFT [ARTICLE]

SHOOTS RIGHT AND LEFT

Negro Falls Dead From Bullets of citizens and Police. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. s.—Following a daring hold up, Henry Morton, a negro, armed with a revolver and with pockets filled with ammunition, ran amuck, firing repeatedly into street cars and houses and at pedestrians. Police and citizens shot him to death. After relieving another negro of a bundle of hides. Morton endeavored to force a trade with a produce dealer at the point of his pistol. Four rounds of unspent cartridge* were found in the pockets.of the dead negro.