State v. Alie

Ritz, Judge:

On the 18th day of February, 1918, the defendant entered a coffee house in the town of Weirton, operated by Mehmed Kessimakis, drew a pistol from his pocket and discharged three shots therefrom into the body of Moustapha Gumbo, from which the said Moustapha Gumbo died an hour and a half later. After shooting Gumbo the accused immediately left the room by the door at which he had entered, and, pursued by a considerable crowd, ran in the direction of the Ohio River about a half mile away. While being pursued he discharged his pistol once or twice in the direction of the pursuing…