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Show SeOOTIKGAX : PARK CITY One Man Probably Fatally Wounded During: the Melee. , - PARK CITt Aug. 80. A serious shooting shoot-ing , affray occurred here in the Parle early this morning in the saloon of William Wil-liam Kampe on upper Main street, and as a result Fred Heggland is lying at the point of death with a bullet wound in the badb Between 1 and 1 a. m. Wednesday Highland, John Westmark and several others were drinking and talking in Kampe's saloon. The subject of the Cripple Crip-ple Creek strike came up. After some discussion Westmark sala that he had mean paying S3 per month for three months to. the Westera Federation of Miners for. the benefit of the strikers. Herrland said he was a Uar, that such could not be-true, for the first assessment assess-ment was S3 and Si a month afterward. Westmark Sepiled: "It Is true; I have been pnytng money for a long time toy the. benefit of you dirty scabs, in Colorado. Colo-rado. You're a scab, thata what you are." i Heggianff pushed him away after this remark and started to walk out the door, whereupon Westmark drew his gun and started to fire. The first shot struck Heggland In- the back. The next two passed through-a window Just opposite the. bar. and just above the beads of Ed Mattisoa and Joe Johnson, who were sitting- on a bench Just under the window. Johnson Immediately arose and 'caught Heggland as h-was- falling :am) endeavored endeav-ored to get him out of the door. Just 'then the fourth shot struck Johnson in the. knee, inflicting a slight Injury. ' Officer Watson, having heard the shots, promptryrsn to the place, reaching there Just after the fourth shot was fired.. As he entered the door Westmark snapped the-gun at him. but th fifth chamber of the gun was empty. , j Westmark made no farther resistance, i This Is the story. ae- told by- Heggland and corroborrated by Mattison, Johnson and Kampe. Westmark's version of the affair Is virtually the same, except that he says Heggland and others were abusing abus-ing him'and were going to strike him and that he shot to defend himself. ; Westmark is 62 years of age and has resided in Park City about twenty years. He has never, been considered a quarrelsome quarrel-some or lang-erous character.. lie says that he purchased the gun about a month affo- to shoot chickens with, and that he had no-'intention of provoking a quarrel os of -using It as he did. - He says he did not know-the, men with -whom he quarreled. quar-reled. ' - Heggland is 22 years old and came here about three months ago from Bingham. He has a sister, Mrs. Hendrlckson, living here and a mother living in Finland. This evening, be is resting easier, -but little hope is. held of his recoveiy. Drs. Ward and Le Compta dressed the wound, -but thus far have not succeeded In locating th ball. County Attorney Chills' was telephoned for and came up on the noon train. He has madea thorough, investigation and has secured all of the evidence from the witnesses, .but no vchargee will be preferred pre-ferred untb the result of Heggland's Injuries In-juries are. known. ' Should- he die, the charge of murder - will- be preferred. |