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Show snag inpteail. Tho marshal took him in, ami, upon the fellow's claim that he would put up money security for his appearance Monday morning to answer fur h:s misconduct, the marshal vont with him to Weaver's saloon. sa-loon. Thora Gogerty wtiipped out a knifo ami delicti liar-jmr liar-jmr to touch him, nn 1 threatened to carve him into mince meat, and generally general-ly resisted arrest. lie backed out of the Houlevard entrance ami took to his heels, whereupon Marshal Harper, after calling upon him to halt, tired a shot over his head; this not bringing him to. ho fired another shot at the fellow's legs. The ball passed through 1 he fleshy part of the left thigh and the mini dropped so did Hilly Davis the popular popu-lar railroad engineer, who, with lire-tnan lire-tnan Jack Hill, in coming up to the La Vela from the Kio Grande round house got in rango of the marshal's gun just in time. Investigation Investiga-tion disclosed that the ball that passed through (Jogerty'a thigh struck tho stone sidewalk by tho La Veta, and rebounding, re-bounding, imbedded itself in Davis's right thigh just above the knee; strange to say, the ball did not cut through Davis's pautaloons, yet made a hole clear to the bone, an ugly stet not, however, breaking the bono. Gogerty nnd Davis were both taken into the La Veta hotel and cared for. On Monday morning (ingerty paid tho city for his fun and went on his road. TWO MEN AT ONE SHOT. A Former Halt f.aker Has a l ittle Fun at tlunulson. Tlie following facts in tho life of a former Salt Laker are taken from the Gunnison (Col.) lleview-l'ress: On .Saturday evening last William i Gogerty, who, alheit he eame hero from Salt Lake City, was no saint, attempted to paint the town red and run over Marshal llasper. lie ran against a |