NEWS: Mt. Washington,  1893, Wm. Turner & Smith Harris, Shooting, Bullitt Co., KY

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Contributed by bobndonnaky@aol.com 
Date: 27 Aug 2000 
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From the Pioneer News reprint of Salt River Tiger article

Deputy lost his job
"An Exciting Encounter, A Scandal"

    Mt Washington was the scene of an exciting encounter, which barely escaped a fatal 
termination, and an old scandal was resucitated.
    One Sunday night, Mt Washington was terribly excited upon hearing the rapport of a 
gunshot and the scream of a man.Wm TURNER was found in the street with his arm badly mangled 
from a shotgun wound. The wound was a dangerous one, and his arm probably amputated. Because 
of the darkness, TURNER did not see the person who shot him, buthe thinks he knows who it 
was. Later a warrant was issued by Police Judge HERRIN, charging Smith HARRIS with the 
shooting. The trial was set for Saturday, and Mr HARRIS was here Tuesday to employ an 
attorney to represent him. From his account of the affair, he will probably be aquitted on 
the examining trial. According to HARRIS's version on the evening in question, TURNER was 
promenading up and down the pavement in front of his (HARRIS's) house, occasionally stopping 
at the gate and stomping his feet as to attract attention. HARRIS went to the front door 
and warned TURNER to leave. TURNER responded with an oath, and threw his hand toward his hip 
pocket as if for a pistol, whereupon HARRIS, raising his gun to his shoulder, fired one 
barrel, the charge of bird shot taking effect in the arm. It was a great wonder the shot 
fired was not a fatal one, as the men were within a few feet of each other. 
    For some time, there had been bad blood between the two men, growing out of an unsavory 
scandal which shook the little town of Mt Washington from center to circumference, and was 
ventilated to some extent in the courts. This was the cause of TURNER's removal from the 
Office of Deputy Sherriff.

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