Show QUARRELS END IN BLOODSHED Partnership Troubles in in Ely Gambling House at Last Reach Shooting Point FIGHT OF LONG STANDING GUN PLAYS OF F FREQUENT NT OC OCCURRENCE OCCURRENCE CURRENCE BETWEEN TWO i lu I I Salt Lake Lal e as well as in rn Ely EI the Ule shooting of ot John H IL McMahon by his Ills partner Little Tex was vas not nota a surprise It was known that there had been baa bat the two men for fora a II long l time almost a year ar There have bave been ben gun eun plays made chiefly by Little Tex but in each of oC the encounters of oC the past McMahon uniformly gained the apper hand band That he was shot on Friday night la Is I believed by those who knew the two men to be due to McMahons con contempt contempt content tempt tent for Little LittIe Tex He lie did not be that his bis belligerent partner would shoot after having seen so many man armed demonstrations which had proved to be nothing more than bluster went to Ely Kly nearly a year yea ear ago from Mont and paid for a In the Capitol saloon and gambling house conducted by Little Tex Before his arrival Rickard had had many partners but one after another they had retired after more or less brief t with Little Tex McMahon however would not retire From the day lav he lie became partner there was a struggle between the two men for mastery master Two Types of Men McMahon was wag cool and a man who had gained large experience among Rick flick Rickard Rickard ard was excitable and possessed little sa Rarity garity For this reason it was the general opinion opiniOn ion on that McMahon would ultimately wi in h the struggle The shooting of ot Friday FrIda night brings the troubles of oC the partners to an acute stage Hundreds of or men in Salt Lake and throughout the region In lit which the two men are known are wait walt waiting waitIng ing to learn loam the outcome of ot this clash clasI and there are many man speculations as to what is ts going oln to happen Rickard had seen a great grent deal of ad before he arrived in Ely EI two years ago He had been a waiter walter and had fol owed other occupations In which there was little pay but plenty plent of ot hard work He had i when he lie alighted from the stage which had carried him to the then inland mining camp In addition to this he Le had nad a cheerful sanguine san disposition ned and a penchant for making gun plays plas This was a novelty In Iii Ely El as It had al been a quiet camp in mon men got along alon well together to ether Thi Th miners laughed at Little armed demonstrations and liked him because he hp was unlike e any other stranger who had wandered Into their district up to that time I Rickard opened gambling games ames In Tom O ells Palace saloon and made a great deal of ot money moner hen he bought the Southern club tak taking taking taking ing Tex Hall as his partner The two men Inen decided to part The terms on which the partnership was dissolved were do d on the roulette wheel Rickard tak tat tatt t g and Hall Hail keeping the saloon and anI gambling bouse house When the Trouble Began With the Rickard bought the till Cap Capitol CapItol Capitol itol saloon from Walt alt It was then a quiet resort of ot ranchers and min mining minIng ing ni men Rickard made It the leading gambling place of at the camp He was lib liberal oral eral and had many parasites who followed In his train Their presence saved him frequently from the Jeopardy In which his lust for or the reputation of oC a bad man paced him Then camp came following a long line of ot partners who had tried Rickard and parted with him Many stories are told of the clashes between these men Each Kach time Little Tex tried to bluff the Montana gambler the was called and laughter filled tilled the camp It Is be beb b ved that Rickard stung by this de derision derision at last pulled the trigger McMahon r had a good reputation as a gambler ambler In Montana before he Ill went to t Nevada eada He was looked upon as an hon honorable honorable honorable man with considerable business sagacity He has a family living at Deer Lodge In addition to his lis partnership In Inthe the Ely resort McMahon 1 was Interested d dIn In Sn Helena and had been in business in Anaconda Mont He was at it one time sheriff of Powell county count Montana |