Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-20 | Page 1 | Shot at Lamp, Man Falls Dead

Shot at Lamp, Man Falls Dead Bullet Intended to Blow Out Light Glances, Strikes Man's Head, Splitting- It in Twain. Special to Tho Tribune. BUTTE. Mont., May 19. Advices from Harlem, a small stock camp In tho northern part of tho State, tell of tho Instant killing of Jack Hackett, ono of the crack shots of northern Montana, by Howard Icbell, a companion. Hackett and Inbell wcro drinking together, when Hackett began boasting, declaring ho could kill a rabbit 1C) yards away and that ho could kill Isbell dead tin mackerel three times that distance- and grabbing a rifle he blazed away at iKbell Iflbell dodged the bullet and pulllm? a six-shooter from his pocket, opened llro at the lamp to blow It out, thinking darkness would put a stop to Hackctfs target practice, prac-tice, but the bullet glanced, striking Hackett Hack-ett and splitting tho entire top of his head In twain.