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Show GUN PLAY WAS FAST Traylor's Secretary Says Shooting Made Him Quite Dizzy. ' John P. Gasklll, who as private secretary sec-retary of John A. Traylor, was present at the killing of the three miners at Ely, Nev., early in January, Is registered regis-tered at the Kenyon. Mr. Gasklll ' arrived in town yesterday yester-day and spenl the. day with Mr. Traylor, Tray-lor, who left last evening, in company with his wife, for a two months' visit to the East, "I am from the East," said Mr. Gasklll, Gas-klll, "and am not thoroughly- acquainted ac-quainted with Western life in which a few secoads suffices for a man used to small firearms to draw and fire with certain aim a number of times. When I saw the positive necessity of bringing bring-ing a gun into play to protect our lives I reached for my revolver. At the same time Mr. Traylor reached for his weapon. So rapid were his movements that by the time I was ready to take a part In the fight the trouble was over. "Two of the men killed made dying statements to the affect that I fired the shots that killed them, but in fact I did not have occasion to fire a single shot." |