Show A BLOODY arram the county bouny t mo courier of march jath has been furnished tho the particulars of a very bloody affair that thai occurred in Smith yule ali clay r co Cp hphear Hear near tho the platte county line on 74 wednesday leslay or of tho the previous week wherein ft a young man named booro was killed it appears dauk drunken characters named rash bash ecton and hornback Ho were in smith smithville dale and as usual were under tho the influence of li liquor quor ecton soon became involved in a dir discussion gussion eus sion viall a sir mr gunn about abouL the s speed eed of alj horse ecton eaton asserting his to bo be tao tho fastest horse in chri abo c county or something to th that it effect when gunn offered to wager that lie he could bring a faster horse this infuriated ecton who ac accused s d gunn of disputing big word lir final 1 y h he e drew his pistol and and attempted to shoot gunn who divining his hia intentions grappled with his aud and him bim down tha pistol at the same time dropping from ertons hand at this time horlback Ho ruback i lan an and tool took up the fallen pistol and began boating beating gunn gann over the bead with it young moore bloore seeing the attempted to separate tho the parties ties and was in tho the not of doing so riot being himself engaged in any way irr iff the difficulty when hornback homback fired at himwich him with tho the pistol ho he still hold bold in his bis band the ball striking moore siporo in the body just abao cho hips pass in ing entirely through gli producing a mortal wound tho the shots were repeated in rapid succession but without further effect at the first fire booro drew his pistol and fired four shots shota al A prie shot carrying away aay a ay the ends of his bis angers fingers and ana abnot another her striking the of Hom Homb backs acles pistol and bursting it moore died in about an hour hornback homback and ecton walked off and have not been hoard of sinco since i |