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Show THE PISTOL. Another Victim of the Ballet Ophir contributes the hist name to the list of killed in the mining camps of the Territory. The pistol has again settled an old grudge by disposing dis-posing of one of the principals. About half-past ten o'clock, Sunday night, a man named Dick Lawless walked into a saloon where several men were seated playing cars. He said nothing noth-ing to either of those in the room but stepped up to the store and warmed his hanls. After standing there for about a minute he turned towards George commonly known as "Doc" Snively said "You son of b h, I've got you at last," drew a a pistol and fired, the ball striking Snively in the side and passing through him. When the latter saw the pistol pointed at him he said' 'Don't shoot;'1 but after the ball struck him he jumped up, drew his pistol, only to let it fall on tbe floor, however, and clinching Lawless threw him down, Snively falling on top, dead". The whole had been accomplished in so short a period that the bystanders had scarcely time to think, much less to act aud prevent the deed J before be-fore the lead had done its work, and Dick Lawless had made of himself a murderer. When the two fell the spectators interfered and arrested Lawless. In a few minutes the wife of the murdered man appeared on the scene, and her cries of anguish at the sight of her ghastly, lifeless husband were heartrending. The miners and others who had gatherer! in talked strongly of lynching Lawless, and it was only with mach persuasion on the part of a few, that caused the friends of the deceased to act the wiser part and let the law take its course. A coroner's jury was impui-oled impui-oled shortly after the occurrence, and they returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Lawless and Snively had been bad friends for some time, chiefly growing out of the former paying his addresses to the sister-in-law ot tho latter, who was opposed to the two keeping company. com-pany. On the afternoon before the killing Lawless and the young lady had been out walking together, and on going to Snively's house he ordered order-ed Lawless to leave. At first the latter declined to go, but when ' Doc" drew a pistol and threatened to Bhoot him, Lawless went out, with the intention, as subsequent sub-sequent acts prove, of killing his enemy. ene-my. Both of the principals were among the first settlers of Ophir. Neither was looked upon as a bad citizen, both being rather quiet than otherwise. By the people there the murder is looked upon as a cowardly, cold-blooJed affair, the sympathy of all being on the side of the deceased. He leaves a wife the telegraph operator ope-rator at Ophirand two small children child-ren in limited circumstances. Lawless was to have a preliminary examination before justice La Blanc yesterday morning. |