Printed in Daily Herald on 3/28/1922:
"Adolph Hunt, Biloxian, 38 years, is dead, and Joseph Mattina, 32, night police officer on the Biloxi Police force lies in the Biloxi City Hospital, suffering from two flesh wounds. This is the result of a pitch battle with pistols fought by the two men at 1:05 a.m. on Howard avenue, almost opposite the First National Bank building, as a result of a grudge of long standing. The shooting, one of the most sensational to occur in Biloxi in years, attracted a crowd to the scene notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The most of them were brought out, however, by the fire alarm sounded almost at the same hour which brought the engines to the immediate vicinity of the gun battle. From the information gathered from the police, it seems that Hunt had been at outs with Officer Mattina for some time. They had trouble which led both to be on their guard. Hunt was out with a party last night. Officers say he was drinking. It is said that he intimated trouble and secured his gun. Hunt drove up to the scene in an auto. At the time Officer Mattina was seated upon a door stoop near the front of the Beale & Yerger office, next to the bank building, with James Hunt, brother of the dead man, seated beside him. It is said by Officer Mattina that Hunt began shooting immediately upon leaving the car without warning. With this the officer got up and pulled his pistol and fired three shots. In the battle the officer moved behind the automobile belonging to the city, which was in his charge, and Hunt walked over to a telephone pole in front of the barber shop adjoining the bank building. Hunt used a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and Mattina a 41-Colts, which is allowed him while on duty. Hunt fired five shots at Mattina. One struck him in the right leg and the other in the arm, inflicting flesh wounds, one shot from the gun of Hunt went through the windshield of the big car. The fifth went wild. Mattina fired three shots, the last of which is believed to have struck Hunt, the ball bearing piercing his neck and causing almost immediate death. At this juncture Hunt fell along side the telephone pole in a pool of blood where his body lay until removed for the coroner's inquest...Adolph Hunt, who had resided in Biloxi practically all of his life, had no particular employment. He was interested in several enterprises of the city. He was unmarried, having lost his wife several years ago. There is a little daughter surviving him, and other relatives. He was interested in in military affairs. It was during the World war that he was instrumental in organizing the Biloxi Cavalry. With this company he left for different camps and anticipated going to France to fight with his company. He failed to do this, however, and received a discharge while in New York. This worried him considerably and although he tried to get back into the service, he failed to do so. Not being satisfied until he got into military service again he was instrumental in the organiztion of Company K, 155th Infantry, Mississippi National Guard, some months back. He was elected captain of this company and made a good officer. The company of seventy-two men recently underwent inspection by state military officials and was ranked as one of the best in Mississippi. He is an uncle of Commissioner W. H. Hunt and a brother of James Hunt, employed at the city hall as a janitor. He was a member of the Catholic faith..."
"Adolph Hunt, Biloxian, 38 years, is dead, and Joseph Mattina, 32, night police officer on the Biloxi Police force lies in the Biloxi City Hospital, suffering from two flesh wounds. This is the result of a pitch battle with pistols fought by the two men at 1:05 a.m. on Howard avenue, almost opposite the First National Bank building, as a result of a grudge of long standing. The shooting, one of the most sensational to occur in Biloxi in years, attracted a crowd to the scene notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The most of them were brought out, however, by the fire alarm sounded almost at the same hour which brought the engines to the immediate vicinity of the gun battle. From the information gathered from the police, it seems that Hunt had been at outs with Officer Mattina for some time. They had trouble which led both to be on their guard. Hunt was out with a party last night. Officers say he was drinking. It is said that he intimated trouble and secured his gun. Hunt drove up to the scene in an auto. At the time Officer Mattina was seated upon a door stoop near the front of the Beale & Yerger office, next to the bank building, with James Hunt, brother of the dead man, seated beside him. It is said by Officer Mattina that Hunt began shooting immediately upon leaving the car without warning. With this the officer got up and pulled his pistol and fired three shots. In the battle the officer moved behind the automobile belonging to the city, which was in his charge, and Hunt walked over to a telephone pole in front of the barber shop adjoining the bank building. Hunt used a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and Mattina a 41-Colts, which is allowed him while on duty. Hunt fired five shots at Mattina. One struck him in the right leg and the other in the arm, inflicting flesh wounds, one shot from the gun of Hunt went through the windshield of the big car. The fifth went wild. Mattina fired three shots, the last of which is believed to have struck Hunt, the ball bearing piercing his neck and causing almost immediate death. At this juncture Hunt fell along side the telephone pole in a pool of blood where his body lay until removed for the coroner's inquest...Adolph Hunt, who had resided in Biloxi practically all of his life, had no particular employment. He was interested in several enterprises of the city. He was unmarried, having lost his wife several years ago. There is a little daughter surviving him, and other relatives. He was interested in in military affairs. It was during the World war that he was instrumental in organizing the Biloxi Cavalry. With this company he left for different camps and anticipated going to France to fight with his company. He failed to do this, however, and received a discharge while in New York. This worried him considerably and although he tried to get back into the service, he failed to do so. Not being satisfied until he got into military service again he was instrumental in the organiztion of Company K, 155th Infantry, Mississippi National Guard, some months back. He was elected captain of this company and made a good officer. The company of seventy-two men recently underwent inspection by state military officials and was ranked as one of the best in Mississippi. He is an uncle of Commissioner W. H. Hunt and a brother of James Hunt, employed at the city hall as a janitor. He was a member of the Catholic faith..."
Printed in Daily Herald on 3/28/1922:
"Adolph Hunt, Biloxian, 38 years, is dead, and Joseph Mattina, 32, night police officer on the Biloxi Police force lies in the Biloxi City Hospital, suffering from two flesh wounds. This is the result of a pitch battle with pistols fought by the two men at 1:05 a.m. on Howard avenue, almost opposite the First National Bank building, as a result of a grudge of long standing. The shooting, one of the most sensational to occur in Biloxi in years, attracted a crowd to the scene notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The most of them were brought out, however, by the fire alarm sounded almost at the same hour which brought the engines to the immediate vicinity of the gun battle. From the information gathered from the police, it seems that Hunt had been at outs with Officer Mattina for some time. They had trouble which led both to be on their guard. Hunt was out with a party last night. Officers say he was drinking. It is said that he intimated trouble and secured his gun. Hunt drove up to the scene in an auto. At the time Officer Mattina was seated upon a door stoop near the front of the Beale & Yerger office, next to the bank building, with James Hunt, brother of the dead man, seated beside him. It is said by Officer Mattina that Hunt began shooting immediately upon leaving the car without warning. With this the officer got up and pulled his pistol and fired three shots. In the battle the officer moved behind the automobile belonging to the city, which was in his charge, and Hunt walked over to a telephone pole in front of the barber shop adjoining the bank building. Hunt used a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and Mattina a 41-Colts, which is allowed him while on duty. Hunt fired five shots at Mattina. One struck him in the right leg and the other in the arm, inflicting flesh wounds, one shot from the gun of Hunt went through the windshield of the big car. The fifth went wild. Mattina fired three shots, the last of which is believed to have struck Hunt, the ball bearing piercing his neck and causing almost immediate death. At this juncture Hunt fell along side the telephone pole in a pool of blood where his body lay until removed for the coroner's inquest...Adolph Hunt, who had resided in Biloxi practically all of his life, had no particular employment. He was interested in several enterprises of the city. He was unmarried, having lost his wife several years ago. There is a little daughter surviving him, and other relatives. He was interested in in military affairs. It was during the World war that he was instrumental in organizing the Biloxi Cavalry. With this company he left for different camps and anticipated going to France to fight with his company. He failed to do this, however, and received a discharge while in New York. This worried him considerably and although he tried to get back into the service, he failed to do so. Not being satisfied until he got into military service again he was instrumental in the organiztion of Company K, 155th Infantry, Mississippi National Guard, some months back. He was elected captain of this company and made a good officer. The company of seventy-two men recently underwent inspection by state military officials and was ranked as one of the best in Mississippi. He is an uncle of Commissioner W. H. Hunt and a brother of James Hunt, employed at the city hall as a janitor. He was a member of the Catholic faith..."
"Adolph Hunt, Biloxian, 38 years, is dead, and Joseph Mattina, 32, night police officer on the Biloxi Police force lies in the Biloxi City Hospital, suffering from two flesh wounds. This is the result of a pitch battle with pistols fought by the two men at 1:05 a.m. on Howard avenue, almost opposite the First National Bank building, as a result of a grudge of long standing. The shooting, one of the most sensational to occur in Biloxi in years, attracted a crowd to the scene notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. The most of them were brought out, however, by the fire alarm sounded almost at the same hour which brought the engines to the immediate vicinity of the gun battle. From the information gathered from the police, it seems that Hunt had been at outs with Officer Mattina for some time. They had trouble which led both to be on their guard. Hunt was out with a party last night. Officers say he was drinking. It is said that he intimated trouble and secured his gun. Hunt drove up to the scene in an auto. At the time Officer Mattina was seated upon a door stoop near the front of the Beale & Yerger office, next to the bank building, with James Hunt, brother of the dead man, seated beside him. It is said by Officer Mattina that Hunt began shooting immediately upon leaving the car without warning. With this the officer got up and pulled his pistol and fired three shots. In the battle the officer moved behind the automobile belonging to the city, which was in his charge, and Hunt walked over to a telephone pole in front of the barber shop adjoining the bank building. Hunt used a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and Mattina a 41-Colts, which is allowed him while on duty. Hunt fired five shots at Mattina. One struck him in the right leg and the other in the arm, inflicting flesh wounds, one shot from the gun of Hunt went through the windshield of the big car. The fifth went wild. Mattina fired three shots, the last of which is believed to have struck Hunt, the ball bearing piercing his neck and causing almost immediate death. At this juncture Hunt fell along side the telephone pole in a pool of blood where his body lay until removed for the coroner's inquest...Adolph Hunt, who had resided in Biloxi practically all of his life, had no particular employment. He was interested in several enterprises of the city. He was unmarried, having lost his wife several years ago. There is a little daughter surviving him, and other relatives. He was interested in in military affairs. It was during the World war that he was instrumental in organizing the Biloxi Cavalry. With this company he left for different camps and anticipated going to France to fight with his company. He failed to do this, however, and received a discharge while in New York. This worried him considerably and although he tried to get back into the service, he failed to do so. Not being satisfied until he got into military service again he was instrumental in the organiztion of Company K, 155th Infantry, Mississippi National Guard, some months back. He was elected captain of this company and made a good officer. The company of seventy-two men recently underwent inspection by state military officials and was ranked as one of the best in Mississippi. He is an uncle of Commissioner W. H. Hunt and a brother of James Hunt, employed at the city hall as a janitor. He was a member of the Catholic faith..."
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