| Show shooting scrap in oden last night about the people on ower twenty fifth street were startled by hearing five gun reports officers sleeth and shepherd Sheo herd rushed to the corner of lincoln and twenty fifth and soon had in their custody W L alien and C W williams the principals A little before the hour named three anen one of whom was williams walked down grant avenue to the mccart ney book stand corner and entered into a low dissatisfied conversation about minutes later alien who is an old man the same direction and as the neared the crowd a gun which he leveled at williams and callins out now show down show down williams jumped bick threw a sun to the level and iwo sharp reports were beard the deadly whistled past the cars of bailiff gill who was standing near and one went up the sidewalk clear to the switch where it struck alie tha few people around quickly sought cover and none too soon as williams fired ehlts more point blank at his opponent and then turned and ran through the book store alien meanwhile bad snapping hie gun but it failed to go off after the second shot before the old man could beet away officer shepherd had him solid and officer sleet and deputy gill followed williams biml found him at the back of the building upon beina captured he tried to play innocent and said lie had done no shoot in he had thrown his gun away among some boxes where a little boy lound it but somo friend of williams it from him alie shooting was over so quickly that the bystanders hardly had time to think before the officers bad their men upon being searched at the station a 44 calibre revolver vi as found on auen while as stared williami was unarmed after remaining rema inin at ail for a short the men both furnished bonds and were liberated they stated lateria the evening that the matter was purely a and everything aad been fise dup they are both good friends and spend much money in ogden standard |
