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Show M. Ladakes and George I Grovis Compare Re- I fl volvers and Former Is I Accidentally Shot. I fl SALOON MAN IS II BUTCHER'S VICTIM I Charles Hermann De- I mands Second Drink of I H Peter Boland and, Be- I ing Refused, Shoots. I Special to The Tribune. BINGHAM, Dec. S. By way of diver- jH slon from the huntof Lopez. Bingham was electrified tonight by two bliooUn.c affairs which may result in the dca' of one or both of the victims In the uo cases. The two deadly assaults occurm' within a few minutes of each other, one in the Fraction saloon and the olhor i. the Galena mine boarding house. Peter Boland. proprietor of the Frai- Hon saloon, was shot through the abdo- men hy Charges Hermann, a sauax'- maker for G. G. Schilcpp, a local bu; - cr Ai near ns the doctors tn atlcndain could toll tonight. Boland nurroKly cs capc'l a perforation of (he kidneys an I In that event has a possible chance of Alleged lo Be Accident. When Deputy Sheriff Julius Sorcnson arrived at the Galena boarding house he found that M. Ladakes, a Greek, had t been shot through the lung by George 1 Grovis. a countryman. Grovis Immediate!' j surrendered and explained that he am ' Ladakes had been comparing guns, hv. his was accidentally discharged by a bump. Grovis was taken to tho Jail. j where he gave every sign of sincere gr'r ( and Inquired anxiously about his friend. j He offered to pay Ladakcs's doctor bll i J and expressed a desire to do anything else he could to assist cither the officers or Ladakes. t The quarrel which resulted In tho j shooting of Boland started about two " weeks ago, it is said. At that lime Her- mami, under tho Influence of llqtior, is said to have created a disturbance in , Boland's bar. Boland threw him out. ' As a result Hermann is said to have j mado threats that ho would get Boland. Up until last night, howover, he did not again appear In tho Fraction -saloon. t Trouble Over a Drink. j According to eye witnesses. he j entered the Fraction saloon last evening about 10 o'clock, walked to tho bar and demanded a drink of Bo- land. He received it and paid for It with a dollar, receiving the proper j, chnnge. Then ho asked for another drink. tills time demanding that Boland trust -J Ton havi money to pay for the J drink." Boland is Eald to have answered. i "Besides you are not nobor and 1 cannot J sell you any more liquor." At this it Is raid Hermann muttered. 1 "Either you or T must die." Spectators say thore was nothing dramatic in the threat. An Instant later Hermann had drawn a revolver from his pocket and l fired one shot, quickly followed by a sec- 5 ond. The first took effect and Boland jH fell, the- second shot missing him. i Hermann ran from the saloon and up tj tho canyon to a house owned by Albert 1 Anderson. Anderson lives in the rear J and the front is occupied by H. C f and Nephl Jonson. H. C. Jcrison is a Jj butcher, employed in Schllepp's shop e jH also. Hermann rapped at the front door. 5 but received no answer, so ho waited In I the shadows Just outside. Mi Seeks Hiding Place. In the incantlmo a posse consisting of deputy sheriffs and local police wore searching down the canyon, as they nail heard that Hermann went In that direr- tlon. Chief of Pollco Cullerton hurried 'H to Mldvule to head off Hermann. Soon H. C. Jensou and his brother i Nephl came home from a picture show. i Hermann cnme up and asked them If the oflicers were pursuing him. H. C. Jcnson I told him thev wero not and then sug- 'H gested that Hermann step Into tho house : with Nephl while he went down town to 7 get a bottle of beer. But Hermann re- V fused to allow him to go down town and, I at the point of his revolver, marched botn 1 of the brothers Into tho house. I In the house wero Mrs. H. C. Jonson I and her two children. Thoy immediately 1 went Into a back room, which la up on tbe J hillside. H. C. Jcnson finally excuaod 3 himself and went Into the back room on pretext of wanting to see IiIb wife. Thore n he tore the scruen from a window, tiH dropped ten feet to the ground, after flH helping his wife and children out through tho window, nnd hurried down to inform 'jH tho nollco. nH A )0sse headed by Deputy Sheriff C. IfH L. Schettlor rushed to tho house nnd sur- h rounded It. Policemen L. G. Gordy and H Daniel Jloaston of Bingham went up to IH (Continued on Page Two.)? R SAL001SI ID GREEK 1ESH0TIBIH1 (Continued from Pago Oua.) the front door, threw It open and ordered Hermann to surrender. From behind a door shutting ofT one of the Inside rooms from tho hallway Hermann asked them what they wanted. They told him they wanted him. He opened the door and stepped Into the hall with his revolver In his hand. The officers had to demand four times that ho throw up his hands before ho complied with the order. He was then handcuffed and taken to the city tall, where he insisted in-sisted In broken Enghah that he "wanted "want-ed Judgment." On being searched It was found that his revolver was a .32-20 Colt mounted on a .45 frame. There wore four empty shells In the gun, but It was explained Hermann probably used the other two In killing cattle for the meat market. He carried the weapon for that purpose. |