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Show lilll.ElSnil.iyilliEiK A 0 ime of Cards Culmin&Us in a Proba bly Fatal Shooting at an Early Hour This Morning. WILLIAM CARTER THE VICTIM. Rufus Smith, a Momberof Company "D' Dispatches the Deadly Messenger at Fort Douglas. In a dispute at Fort Donglni thin morning Kufus Smith appealed to his six shooter and shot William Carter, the bullet piercing the bowels and coming com-ing out at tbo left of the spinal column. Carter and Smith are both addioted to speculation and while the scarred aud w rinkled veteran is supposed to be restoring re-storing himself for the march upon ths enemy they with some others have been wooing the fickle goddess of forluno lu the din light of a tallow dip. Last night thegame was renewed. The hands , of the clock moved laiily around the dial and morning with its gray mantle came. The game was monts, with Smith as tho dealer. Luck rose and fell, the contestants won and lost. Fi ually a dispute aroso over the title to a coin aud Carter challenged the dealer to a light. War began to shake its goary locks but tho spectators were hardly prepared for the introduction of lire arms. Accepting tho deli Smith stepped from tho table at which he had beou sented aud followed the enemy. Tho bystanders were about to call time when Smith drew a revolver and began to empty its eonteuts. Carter went to the earth with a shriek whilo the men proceeded to disarm tho would-be murderer, who stood over hi victim and awaited result. Intense ex-citnment ex-citnment had been awakened and Smith was taken to the guard house r.-here ho is held to await the result of his cowardly cow-ardly assault while Carter wa removed to the hospital where life now hangs on the most fickle chances. Smith is a member of company D, and Caster of company II, of tho Sixteenth infantry The boys ara free in do- nouncing thn act as cowardly cow-ardly and unprovoked and in the ar raigume'ut of its author as a money lender who subordinates everything from lifo to principle that his greed, may be sated. On the other hand they refer to Carter as a quiet and iuoffen-sive iuoffen-sive fellow whose worst offense i gambliug. At last reports he was sup-posed sup-posed to be dying. The officers at the fort will hold Smith until the result is ( known after which he will be turned over to the authorities. |