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Show SHOOTS SELF WHEN .ESCAPE IS CUT OFF CLIFTON, Ariz. Nov. i::. Franklin B. Dorr, a well-known newspp.per man and lawyer, was nhot and Instantly killed: John Barronc, a saloonkeeper, was so badly wounded that ho died soon after, and two Mexicans were shot, one fatally, by William Allcnder last night. Allcuder then barricaded himself In his carpenter shop, which was aurtounded by officexK and citizens, and when he saw that escape es-cape was impossible ho blew off the top of his head with p. revolver. The shooting occurred late last night in front of a moving picture (healer, which' was recently purchuacd by Dorr, who moved here from Dlshr-c after severing his law partnership with United States Attorney J. E. Morrison. Dorr and his wife were leaving tho theater when Allcnder. Al-lcnder. ono of tho former owners of the theater, approached ith a double-barreled nhotgun and began shooting. Dorr fell dead at the first shot and the second charge pierced the heart of Barronc Reloading ids gun. Allcnder retreated to his carpenter shop in which he took refuge after a parting shot Into the crowd which found a lodging in the two Mexican?. For nearly an hour deputies and armed citizens besieged the shop, firing many shoty into the building in order to force Allcnder to emerge. During the shooting Allcnder was wounded several UmcH. The shooting to the result of flntin-clul flntin-clul difference between Allcnder and Don-over Don-over the purchase of the theater. Dorr founded the Douglas Daily Dispatch Dis-patch eleven years ago. |