Show IN THE neighborhood I 1 news notes gathered from IV various ari sources glenwood springs colo nov 18 A shooting aff affray ray occurred in hawleys harleys Haw leys saloon at 8 this morning between frank smith and ches baker gamblers smith was snot shot in t the h e groin and shoulder and will die during the shooting an innocent bystander by stander jos matteson was instantly killed by bv a s tray stray bullet baker is in jail all the quarrel originated over ever a dispute about money loaned baker I 1 JAna anaconda conda montana noy nov IS jas mu murphy ar by a miner is ia anaconda met beatt death in a peculiar manner this evening he was at work in the level had discharged a blast and add knocking down the loose pieces of ore are with a bar so that nothing would fall on his head while tapping the ore within the slope A chunk weighing about a ton became detached falling on the point of the bar the other end of the bar was thrust against murphys Murp hys groin and partly through him he I 1 leaned against the wall and pulled the bar from the wound the shock and loss of blood were so great that he died iu in a tew few minutes he leaves a wife and four eb children ildren cheyenne wyo nov 18 early this morning jesse mcdowell Dowella Mc a ran ranchman climan living at centennial near the libe colorado line rode into Lara laramae city went directly to the jail aroused the sheriff and asked to be locked up stating atine fit he had shot and killed two ien men at noon today the sheriff prosecuting cuti ng attorney and coroner of kalabany county started for the scene of the shooting and until their return the only particulars that can be learned are those given by mcdowell he states that one of lito his neighbors george bird had bad filed a preemption pre emption claim on a piece of land and was ap apparently bently not going to prove up on it t so PO that he be concluded to get the land anda short time ago filed a home stead eutry entry on the claim and prepared to fence and improve it three weeks mio aeo he hauled on some some logs 1098 which bird and his hired man cut up wile he be was absent for a second load yesterday be hauled some more logs to the claim and in the evening when about to quit work bird and his hired man came up and said they were going to cut up the logs he be had lust just hauled and it if he lesye leave the claim they would k bill him bird at th the 6 same ame 4 time took his rifle I 1 from ro m the wagon and pointed it mcdowell at and the h hired i red man raised an axe to throw at him mcdowell rushed into his tent which was close by got his Winchester and fired twice killing both bird and the hired man he notified the people on the next ranch of what he be had bad done and immediately started in and gave himself up me dowell is an old timer and is well and favorit favorably bly known throughout the southern part of eastern wyoming ile he is a single man of about forty years of age george bird his vacti victim m was a marri married edmin man the name of the hired mau man Is not known mcdowell is greatly depressed over the affair but says he did the shooting to save his hid own life as tie he was sure thattie th that atthe the intention of bird and his bis companion was to kill him |