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Show , SHOT AT AN OFFICER. Drnnkaa Cowboy Sink Thinft Uldeaut uo Main Htraet. Andrew I'etitt, a fellow with a record, who bas served two terms in the penitentiary, peni-tentiary, and Jack Crawford, went on the rampage and made a deliberate attempt at-tempt to reduce the ranks of tbo police force through the medium of tho six-shooter. The parties had been at the Cactus saloon, where they made themselves very obnoxious ob-noxious to the proprietor who declined to further serve them. Arming them-.selvg them-.selvg with six "hooters they revisited lie iiaTobnvvtitr4ny frfVf tne.iT1 enters at the point of six shooters, and remounting re-mounting their auimals rode on at terrific ter-rific speed. Shortly after midnight the norsemen ran up against omcors ninner and Rhodes at the clock corner who ordered them to halt. They were answered with n bullet from one of the men after which they put spurs and scon disappeared. Ollicers started in pursuit, but as yet no definite results have reached headquarters, the walls of which are lashed by huge billows ol righteous indication. |