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Show SHOT ON THE STREET. PH&ibly Fatal Results of a gaarrel. PARTIlA ARE lHlLUOlD 3IEV. A Fcad Bclwcrn Foremen LfiJs To Terrible i:ul(. At about 12A) o'clock today John T. CneUson shot a man named Lockett, who will probably die. The circumstances Icnllng to and connected con-nected wllh the shooting are as follow: Ixckctt lias for some llawpait been in the calploy of the Rio Grande Westcrrl Company as fur-ruan fur-ruan cf a gang of car inpcctor, and Snellson has lca iu the cm-ploy cm-ploy of the same company as foreman fore-man of a gang of car reaalren. Of necesslti the two men haj a muro or less cloo connection with each other in their wort, aaj they have not got along plea-saUy. in fact, it Is iiated that they have quarreled repcatsdly. On Saturday ! trcu-He trcu-He occurred Utwetu tbuunhloli, It is stated, haj its rise over the fact that Snelkon wanted o put on certain cer-tain workmen, while Iiociett o'lject-edjUalmingtheywerenatcompetcat. o'lject-edjUalmingtheywerenatcompetcat. i"CiLttcys Uiat on theociajou of Uuir lat qiurrU Saellsan drew n hnifeoiihini. What, If aivthihg, passed between be-tween tho two men btiw etn fca'ur--ay anu noou tolaj is not knowu, but the following particulars of the 'hooting ere given by a workman who was an eye iltneM to it: Oa tho northeast corner of the Intersection of t-ccond StMh and Fourth West tlrettr, which, of course, Is on the southwest corner of tho Mock, Hands a brick building belonging to T. C. Armstrong, Jr. Tho wc-t wall cf Uio buildim; is on the line of the sidewalk ou the east 'ide of Fourth West Street, an J the front of the building Is flush with the Second tnutli n?r.-.t cfrin-r..!i ImmediaMy usst or this building i anotlicr briik structure iu course of erection. A workman on tho Latter named James Ilemdon stood near by and saw the thootinc Tor about fifteen mlnules Ixx-iiU hai been ttstriiag in front of the Brst balldlng, occasionally bending his head round the corner ot It and looking to the uocth. lie appeared to be waiting and Ironing for someone. Presently le riooped quickly, rltked up a stone and threw it at a man ho was walking near the middle of Fourth West btrect, and apior-eutly apior-eutly going towards the R. U. W. depot. As soon as Lockett had thrown the first loc ho stooped to plek up another, and at that instant themaa h Was tlirowlng at fired a first nud then a second shot. I,ockelt stagpwl but reooveiwl hlmoelf, walked into the middle of oecond South Street, hailed a -trcct car that was pains eat, and stepjed Into it. He rode in the street car to Main -btrett, when the conductor and motorman, discovering discover-ing that he was wcunded, hailed policeman James Dunning, wlm called an express wagon and conveyed con-veyed him to the City Hall, where he arrlve-i I thin fifteen minute? of the Uisa he wis shbt. r Ve minutes liter Dr. Mrachim, city physician, and Dr. Fuller were in the office pf City Jlarhal Voung, whojv the wounded n-n was lying on a mattress on tiit floor. Ilj d i rectiou of the tu rgeon, be lvas stripped to the waist, that an examination might bu facilitate!. There nas only one bullet hole, Si: i it was located iu the left rid" aboU' Iiaif waj l-teen the top or th- hip kiotre and tkc amiit, and seem aa to be about in line with both. The ball ha 1 nt cvmc uit, aud Pie -urgeaus presrtxi the Ilesli on tht back and abdomen tj find it, if possible. Whether or not it had iasil within the ribs uas a nulte. otclonbt. .traiiressliig a spotthr' or four inches above the nival, the patient winced, nml save it as bis opinion that the lullet was there llio surgeons seemed doubtful as to whether it was th- re cr not, and Dr. Fowler Inquired If the patient had vomited, and was told he had not. Dr. Jleacham proreedel to bandage the wound, and while he as thus engaged Ju-tiee Inti came into the apartment and .I'ked: "Hadn't a statement Iwt ter be taken from him? Dr. Fowler Wait till we get him fixed. He is cot In a condition nov Hut it hea we get him fixed up i oud belter do it. bam slid!, driver of the palro wagon, was kneeling by til 2 (tie ol the mattress, carefully supporting the wounded iut a. whose poUttan, however, was uncomfortable, and he said: "iictme He down." He could not lie prone, on account ol the pain hc&uflVrcd in thatpositlon, audhehadtobc raised u p again. At 1:1S o'clock. Judge Xaney came up to the bedcide with raptr and pencil, U take the waunJed man's tatemtnt, and all except iwlicc ollicials were excluded from the room. As Dr. Fowler left tht room he said, in answer to nn in qulry: 'He's not dying yet; he Is not pukelta, and there may be a re action occur. But iou can't tell, anl his relatives ought to be notified at once." Disk Senreant Merrill at once di rected a police officer to go to an a 1-dress 1-dress on First South Street, where it was undcrs ood the wounded man bad fneuls. But liUIe, li9Wever. could la ascertained about hlai. 1 1 was said that he hud friends in the Sugar House Ward. He is of flue physique, dark complexion, dark hair aud moustache, about medium height aud apparently about thlrty-ihre- years old. It Is believed hois single. Immedlate'y after firing at lockett, lock-ett, Snelbou walked to the county jail, two blocks distant, gave himself him-self up and n as locked up in a cell. He is aboat thirty -five jears old, Is of rather small stature, dark com plexlon, wears a black moustache and looks like a hard .vorUing man. The shOiir refu-ed to albw reinrt en to speak to him. At last acaounts lockett was till lying on the raattres In Mar shsl Voung'j room at tho City Hall, In a condition which made it impossible far the surgeons to predict pre-dict with any confidence whither he will live or die. Ju-tice .Laney very properly re-fured re-fured to make pu'll- the contents ol his ante mortem statement. |
