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Show EDITOR AND POLITICIAN INDULGE IN PISTOL DUEL. Newspaperman Proves Best Shot and Adversary Is Badly Wounded. Shooting Was the Outcome of a Fued of Long Standing. Stand-ing. Men Met on tho Street and Editor Started Ball Rolling by Beginning Be-ginning to Shoot. LAWTON. Okla.. April 4 A shooting shoot-ing affray occurred today between L. T. Russell, editor of the State Democrat, and J. W. Hawkins, former Assistant Chief of Police. Hawkins was shot in the right thigh, left knee and abdomen. Each man was active In the preliminary prelimi-nary organization of th& Democratic County convention, now in session. The street was crowded with people. How the parties came together, stories conflict, Russell fired three shots before be-fore Hawkins pulled bin gun. Then the crowd was in the way and Russell Rus-sell got behind a wagon. Hawkins fired as Russell ran from the wagon to a stairway, but Russell was not hit. From the stairway Russell Rus-sell fired again, but shot wild. Hawk-Ins Hawk-Ins was cool enough to ask the crowd lo stand out of the way. Hawkins Is seriously hurt, and Is at the home of Chief Thomas. Russell has been arrested and is in jail. Bad blood has exlBtcd between the men for more than a year. Friends have gotten between them and stopped encounters before this. Russell olalms that Hawkins attacked at-tacked him today, striking him on the back of tho head and knocking him from the sidewalk as he fell. He pulled his gun, faced Hawkins and fired, thon backed across the 3treet as fast aa possible. pos-sible. Russell says that for some time he has avoided meeting Hawkins. Hawkins Hawk-ins is a large man, standing 6 feet 7 Inches in height. |