Show DEATH OF BILLY KORGAN Shot AtJSlBlo Line hj lonslalilo Ucil nbllo Atltmpllnc to Kill 1 hat unkir STATE LINE May OAt 220 p mon m-on the lib lot shooting tempo took place oa Main stol Line City and when tncjgmoko cleared away William Morgan or better known a > Lltlle Billy Morgan wan a dead man with three bullet holes lu his anatomy fired from a 4082 Winchester rill In the band 01 John W Lund constable ol Line City precinct The circumstances leading up to the shooting were the result of a heavy drunk on Mr Morgan part whloli he baa Indulged In for the past week or since his arrival In camp some ten day ago For the past few days Mr Morgan baa been under the Impression Ihaomo one wa trying to brat him out ef his property here and appeared on the ttteet armed with nWlocheutcr 00 the 61b and declared war lie hU things file own way for sometimes un tit J il McDonald JUllleo 01 the peace Ordered Constable Lend to go I and aneal him II1r Lucid was not armed at the lime but advanced toward to-ward Morgan and tried persuade him lo give up his gun and quit Hut Morgan resisted and kept Lacking all Irom Ue constable and telling him at the tamo time lo keep back or he would kill him Mr McDonald justice of the peace law the danger and Immediately Im-mediately secured a title ana handed It to Ibo conttable who tbon ordered Morgan to throw up him hoods Mor Ran still kept backing OH and tbo son stable again repeated hlademaud The men wore about filly yards apart at Ibis time and Morgan dropped on one knee leveled big nun and Urcd The bullet i > BB tfd u low Inches ever the couitablea head and ittuik a building behind I him Iiuud fired Ibo next hI at Morgan and at the same limo hot lercd at him to throw up hit band Morgan droiped another oartrlJgo into bllIe and filed again Land Bred back at him and Morgan retaliated with his third and 1m shot us the third ehot from Lund bad tone Ilea him before lie could reload tile Run He throw lip his hands and maids Jack you have got losts fell over ibis tide and dIed 10 e fW minutes I A coroacild jury was summoned I The dead body was carried ml Into a building near by and when stripped revealed three bullet holes one bulow tbe ankle another a few Inch as below tbo groin and the third through the body on the right aide > An Inquest was called at 1030 a ra today and after tbe testimony ol all tbe nltnesso to the flair had ton taken the jury tendered a vordlUbal I he deceased earn 10 big death from I gunshot wOllod front R riOt In tb hands 01 John W Lund constable while misting attest And that the ifflcer wa justified In tbo act Tbo three IUIOIB were human Matllu Jituanuel Jacobson und 11 J Nugent iii The funeral took VIc on Thursday nod was followed lo hU last resting placa by the populace 01 State line where the services were beld aver the eTribUne correspondence |