Show ALMOST A TRAGEDY AN OUTRAGED HUSBAND FIRES fibbs AN ineffectual INEP FaCTUAL SHOT there came near being a bloody tragedy in the ath ward this afternoon the trouble was between ben rolfson and gerrans the latter is the proprietor of the palace saloon Bolf son who to is under arrest tells in substance the following stor story he has been bus us niclous for some tree time of the existence of criminal intimacy between his wife and gerrans this idea was strengthened by the fact that she wore a valuable ring which had been the property of gerrans the latter having given given it to her he asserts also that he e encountered them in each others com company in an out of the way place one pa night iny under cover of darkness and saw ibern them embrace and separate rolfson accused his bis wife of infidelity but she denied there having been any criminal intimacy with gerrans rolfson naturally chafed chafee under the weight of his bis suspicions and this afternoon ter noon went to gerrans saloon and induced that individual to accompany him to his bis home in the ath ward As the they apar approached 0 ached t the he bouse h 0 use Rolf sons litt little te b boy 0 y ra ran n u up p to him and the father took the child in his arms at this point it suddenly occurred to gerrans that he had bad urgent business elsewhere he turned and ran away at as high a rate of speed as a large amount of whisky he had bad taken aboard would admit in order to bring him to a sudden halt bait rolfson drew a revolver and fired a shot at him luckily for gerrans rolfson is a poor marksman the bullet missed its intended object gerrans fell nevertheless probably imagining that he was hit it occurred to him again however that distance was tile the main thing to place betwixt himself and his bis assailant so he resumed a perpendicular cular position and fled from the scene officer A smith arrested Rolfson aud shortly afterwards gerrans also appeared at the city hall |