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Show The Beaver Shooting;. In its account of the unfortunate shooting ufUir in Beaver last Saturday, Satur-day, the Square-Dealer says: There appears to he no doubt about the shooting of Cuiuu being uu accident. acci-dent. The act ol shootiug itself must have been premeditated, but tho fatal missile which produced death was intended in-tended for another individual than the one upon which it took eileot. J. B. Fraucirt aud John N. Drainer had had a difficulty about a matter of indebtedness. in-debtedness. Drainer claim'rd that Francis owed him $:00 and demanded demand-ed payment, which Francis it is understood refused. Dramer slapped or struck Francis in tbe face, aud it is Baid threatened to shoot him if be did not do aa he had agreed. Francis was ill, or partly no, at the time, nd soon after went in liia hotel, where he remained. Dramer, some time bud aequenl, got Judge Spicor aud went to Francia' hotel to aee hiiu, but the latter refused au interview w.ith Drainer. Dra-iner. It is claimed that alter failing lo get an interview, Drainer declared that he would kid Frauds before 12 o'clock Saturday night, il he did not settle with him. Tnie statement was carried to Francis, who it appears armed himself efleotively and waited resultd. It is but juat lo Drainer, tu alate in thia couuectiiu, that he denies ever making such a threat and had no such purpose !s going to Francis' room. However thia may be, it is a fact that he did nut y.a. At about 8 30 o'clock un Saturday evening, Mr. Chinu pawjed through the gate at Mr. Joseph Beliuaon's, for ihe purpose, it is claimed, of visiting his friend Francis. Juat what took place beyond the shooting, il is not dt-unHely known at this writing. Mr. Krancia claims that be aaw bun and purposed it lu be hid antagonist, whom he resembled considerably, hailed him twice, but that Cliiun Uok no notice nf the warning, when be felt 'that hia perioual safety required him ! to fire, which he did, striking Mr. I Ohinn in the mouth, the ball passing ! downward aod coming out on the ; opposite side of the neuk, cutting it ia I believed the jugular veiu. Cninn I turned and ran out of the gate where he had entered, and was subsequent.)' found dead ou the opposite side ol the street. Ti is probable that he did not I live above two or three minutes. I Some say tho sbocling was doue with a revolver, while others say it was a Henry ri Qo. Francis on the morning following the difficulty surrendered bimaelt to tlie aherirt" reporting on the affair t-uhstantially as given in thia article. Drnmer ban since been arrested oa a complaint made by Francis, aud at , this writing both are prisoners. i Tbe sad and untimely death of Wen. H. Chinu should have this eSect upon tlie public mind: ! It should teaoh alike tbe criminality and danger to human life of takiug , the law into one's owu hands in so : gravo a difficulty. If Francis felt j himself in danger by reason of threats en ado by Dramer, he should have made complaint before the justice of t tbe peace or some other officer, and ! had tbe latter arrested and held to -keep the peace. One is almost forced to tbe belief that Francis must have I been out of hia mind. The bare idea of a man's placing himself in the trout room of a public house to shoot , in the dark the firat comer wearing a . certain kind of coat and bat, seems I too wild and insane to be entertained by a mind having ils right balance. ! An examination into the man's mental men-tal condition would seem a proper step under the circumstances. Francis had an examinatiou before Justice Tyler, who admitted him to bail in $3,000. j |