The Death of William F. Gardner
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The Death of William F. Gardner
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FATALLY SHOT: William F. Gardner a colored laborer, twenty-six years, was shot and fatally wounded at Arlington yesterday afternoon bybard Ross, a colored constable from whom Gardner was trying to escape while under arrest. Gardner had armed himself with a knife and was rushing at the constable to kill him when the officer fired. The wounded man was taken to the Emergency Hospital, Washington. Gardner is a single man, and lived with his mother in the county near the cemetery. About a month ago he was sent to jail in this city upon a minor charge, it being thought at the time that he was mentally irresponsible. The ball from Ross's pistol entered Gardner's body near the heart,
aud his recovery is impossible.
