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Show 1 !100TINGAT PARK. 0('J tan Severely Shaken up by Fire n il l Arms and Furious '"4 I Flames. ! I LAWD0N SHOT , E0WH. ofj I'to tIie Fat?' Me56ener orf lawreace's Building Burned to -J I the Ground. ihJ Lcrrr. Sept. H. Special to The i V '(''ol'k t'1's uu,rn'ns iMolT, an engineer in (he Ontario "el I .shot and fatally wounded Alex. 1 I,,,,,, a miner- The principals iu M lagcdy that has created intense ex- lent throughout tho distriot met in 1 Imii. 31"ff Thomas Currans Jii j'ltcred the resort for the purpose : wf Iting a drink and wero standing nt '""l lir when Langdon ruado his ap- telj Lee. Prior to thisl.angdou aud irtll Ins had e ngaged in an altercation ti js matter of correspondence. On i'iJ ipi!iiranc of Langdon. this morn- thai ( the ipian'el was renewed i "1 tciipnn Moff was drawn in. Words 1 IfixcliangHtl, andMoff, drawing a fotel I inter, leveled and fired. Langdon "'I 1 1 from llio door aud ran a block, "Til I he f(;il vi"lent,y t0 t,le sidewalk. )f I I rowd that had in tho meantime " Iroil, picked him up and he was re- drl f'" r" tircgor's office, xvhero it t."l fiscertaincd that the bullet had crill I d a point three inches to tho loft M Ii iiaval, and passing through the, S liuiaal regions, had lest itself. A mj time after the wounded man was "ti l'fcd 10 llis lo(1Sings. where Ur. 3 f ir, assisted by Drs. AVilson and 1 fompt, proceeded to perform a very tol lal operation. Tho parts had been rri lihlj lacerated, and left a spectacle I le most sickening nature. , 1 liiiitlicgapingorifieeintho stomach m l agged intestines that had been torn j Iree distinct places were seeking to tol f'ate themselves while a veritable ml lent of blood was gushing forth and f J 'he available vessel. In tho J lutime the e.xciteuient had become :ij jnse aud the camp xvas thrown j I a perfect furore. The Jj lii Street that rests its head in the Ih was thronged with miuers, many 4 Itliom had descended from the hills, J p the population of the town gave rJ If up to a discussion of mingled fire "J I tragedy. j long before this the murderer was i In iu charge and placed under the 'I luuat'o of an officer. When seen by j r reprcscntativo and asked J I his rendition of the tragedy Moff I I' d that Langdon had advanced and I Iped him violently in the face where-I where-I In he drew his revolver and reseuted 1 I The slapping Landgon denies. J Ihe wounded man at three o'clock is J liJly sinking and the doctors say there 1 Inly the slenderest hope to which to I Ig. He is suffering great agony i t the end may arrive at any moment. I ligdon is a miner by occupation and J lie to the camp about three years ' I, since which time he has been ein-Ived ein-Ived on a number of t'ae mines. He 1 native of Illinois, is 41 years of age l has a brother and sister living in fnsylvania. Xone of the parties are Tied, I nrrans, with whom the quarrel ori-led ori-led some time ago, will reserve his fount of the grim affair until it is lee from a witness chair. s, |
