Show NEEBUSHS CLOSE GALL Bullet Struck His Temple but I Glanced OffX HALVOR HOPE FIRED SHOT I The Two Hen Had Trouble Over a Cow Belonging to Hope Which Had Been Trespassing Upon Nccbushs Domain Neebush Says Hope Shot Him But Hope Claims Wound was Made by Butt of His Gun and that He Shot Over His Adversarys Head Hope Under Arrest William Neebush a painter residing at Xo 165 Laramle avenue had a close call from being 4hot through the head by Halvor Hope a carriage maker who Jives nearby shortly before Soclock last evening During a lively rough and tumble fight between the two men a bullet from Hopes pistol struck Neebush In the temple Immediately above the loft eye Fortunately the leaden missile did not strike squarely enough to enter the skull glancing oft and causing only a slight flesh wound Tim shot was fired from a 32callber revolver and Neebush was dazed for a moment Then he armed himself with a plank and prepared to continue his light with Hope At this moment however W Li Garrison who happened to be pass Ing interfered or the result might have been very serious COW CAUSED THE TROUBLE The trouble leading up to the shootIng shoot-Ing was duo to a trespassing cow oC which Hope Is the owner The bovine It scorns has contracted the bad habit of leaving Hopes place on Eighth South near the Jordan river and strolling to the Neebush territory on Ninth South a few blocks beyond the river in Poplar Grove Yesterday afternoon the Irrepressible cow paId Neebush a visit and he immediately proceeded to tie her up to hold for damages Hope his Ire aroused came along later and demanded his cow forthwith Yet she was not forthcoming forthcom-ing Words brought on blows and after a brief sparring match the two men clinched Both went rolling to the ground where their hold on one another an-other finally became loosened WHEN SHOT WAS FIRED As they regained their footing It la fald by eyewitnesses that Hope quickly quick-ly drew out his pistol and fired pointblank point-blank at Neebushs head The report and the screaming of women attracted Garrison who rushed Into Neebushs yard just in time to see the painter starting toward Hope armed with a plank He seized the plank and prevented further trouble Garrison says he asked Hope what ho had shot Neebush for and that the carriagemaker replied that it was none of his business Ill kill you if you dont get out Hope Is credited with having said to Garrison Garri-son as ho flourished the revolver menacingly A crowd began to collect and Hope started homeward POLICE INFORMED Garrison boarded the first downtown car and reported the affair to Officer Williams That olllcer together with Acting Sergt Mllner and Patrol Driver Cannon hurried to the scene in the patrol Hope was placed under arrest at his homo and taken to police headquarters together with the wounded man An examination by the police showed to their satisfaction that the wound wag caused by the ball from a revolver Neebush says that Hope fired a second shot at him as lie was about to continue con-tinue the fight but that statement Is Improbable as only one empty shell was found In Hopes revolver and those in the neighborhood heard but one shot DENIES THE SHOOTING In the face of much evidence to the contrary Hope says that he did not shoot Neebuoh Pic Insists that the wound vas caused by a blow from the butt of his revolver and was struck in selfdotensp According to his story of the affair Neebush and he were struggling on the ground when Mrs Neobush come up from behind and struck him a hard blow on the head with a bed slat That made me let go said Hope and when Neebush got up ho grabbed a plank and raised it to strike me I reached over then and hit him in the head wlthXUie gun Just as the plank descended anl caught mo on the arm armSAYS SAYS HE SHOT HIGH He kept following me until I took a shot over the top of his head In order to keep him back I know It didnt strike him because I fired high He started the fight In the first place by Jumping onto me when I went to get my cow from his place Hope shows a broad red bruise on his forehead In support of his statement that Mra Neebush struck him However How-ever the woman says that she did not leave the porch during the melee Hope was locked up In the city Jail pending a hearing which will probably take place today at 2 oclock |