Show an editor HIM ground knoxville jan 29 A shooting affray occurred here this morning in front of st johns episcopal chuich resulted in the wounding of three oue of them fatally As james F rule city editor of the knoxville Journal was entering the church accompanied by his wife he was accosted by three men who wanted to speak hii a him he walked to the opposite side of the street with them where al 1 anar stood talking some minutes the three men were john west william west and a friend of theirs named Good maii they attacked anle on account of a communication which appeared in the morning journal reflecting upon dr T city physician and father of john and william west rule refused to give the name of fihs ihs author of the communication or to make any satisfactory answer to the questions struck rule and attempted to bear him to the ground rule drew a revolver and ahoi john west through the body villiam west immediately fired on rule the ball passing through rules wrist john west alien cut rule in the back seven armea william west placed liis revolver at rules forehead and fired but rule knocked the pistol up receiving only A scalp wound rule alien fired two more shot one of them taking effect in the shoulder of goodman who seemed to be attempt ing to separate the combatants A number of men rushed from the church and stopped the fight william west ran away uninjured rule was able to get up and walk to church but john west was carried home in a dying condition rules injuries are not dangerous and goodman Is not seriously wounded rules wife who had entered the church knew nothing of the difficulty till all was over organ drowned the noise of the pistol shots |