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Show TWO SHOOTINGS IN BINGHAM Saloonkeeper and Greek Seriously Ser-iously Wounded Officers Offi-cers Make Arrests. Bingham. Dec. 8 By way of diversion di-version from the hunt of Ixtpez Bingham Bing-ham was electrified tonight by two nhooting affairs which may result In the death of one or hoth of the vie tlms ln the two cases. The two dead ly assaults occurred within a tew minutes of each other, ono In the Fraction saloon and the other In the 'lalena mine boarding house. Peter Roland, proprietor of the Fraction saloon, was shot through the abdomen by Charles Hermann, a saus-agemaker saus-agemaker for G. (I Schllepp, a local butcher As near as the doctors ln attendance could fen tonight, Boland narrowly escaped a perforation of tre kidneys and ln that event has a possible pos-sible chance of recovery. When Deputy Sherlfr Julius Soren-son Soren-son arrived at the Galena boarding house he found that M Ladakes, a Greek had been shot through th lung by George Grovls, a country man rirovls Immediately surrender ed and explained that he and Ladakes Lada-kes had been comparing guns, when his was accidentally discharged by a bump Clrovis was raken to the Jail, where he gave every sign of sincere grief and Inquired anxiously about his friend. He offered to pay Ladakes's doctor bills and expressed a desire to do anything else he could to assist either the officers or Ladakes La-dakes Tho quarrel which resulted In the shooting of Boland started about two weeks ago. It Is said. At that time Hermann, under the influence of 11 auor, Is said to have created a dis turbance In Boland s bar Boland threw him out. As a result Hermann Is said to have made threats that he would get Boland Up until last night, however, he did not again ap pear In the Fraction saloon Trouble Over a Drink According to eye witnesses, he en-tered en-tered i hi- Kno t ion saloon last evening eve-ning about 10 o'clock, walked to the bar and demanded a drink of Boland Bo-land He received it and paid for it with a dollar, receiving the proper change Then he asked for another drink, this time demanding that Boland Bo-land trust him You nave money to pay ror tne drink." Boland Is said to have answered an-swered ' Besides you are not sober and I cannot sell you any more 11-quor." 11-quor." At this If is said Hermann muttered- "Kit her you or I must die." Spectators sa there was nothing dramatic dra-matic in the threat An Instant later la-ter Hermann had drawn a revolver from his pocket and fired one shot, quickly followed by a second. The first took effect and Boland fell, the second shot missing him Hermann ran from the saloon and up the canyon to a house owned by Albert Anderson Anderson lives in the. rear and the front is oceupied by H C . nil Nephi Jenson H. C Jen son Is a butcher, employed ln Scbliepp'a shop also. Hermann rapp ed at the front door but received no answer, so he waited in the Bhadowfl Just outside. In the meantime a posse consisting of deputy sheriffs and local police were searching down the canjon, as they had heard that Hermann went In that direction. Chief of Police Cttl I. rton hurried to Midvale to head off Hermann. Soon H C Jenson and his brotner Nepbl came home from a picture show. Hermann came up and asked them if the officers were pursuing him. II (' Jenson told him they were not and then suggested that Hermann step into the houso with Nepbl while he went down town to i jet a bottle of beer But Hermann1 refused to allow him to go down town and, at the point of his revolver, revolv-er, marched both of the brothers Into the house. In the house were Mrs. H. C. Jenson Jen-son and her two children. They im j mediately went into a back room, wblcb is up on the hillside. H. C. Jenson finally excused himself and went Into the back room on pretext of wanting to see his wife There he tore the screen from a window, dropped ten feet to the ground, after af-ter helping his wife and children out through the window, and hurried down to Inform the police. A posse headed by Deputy Sheriff ; C. L. Schettler rushed to the house J and surrounded It. Policemen L. G. Gordy and Daniel Heaston of Bingham Bing-ham went up to the front door, threw It open and ordered Hermann to sur render. From behind a door shutting i ott one of the inside rooms from the I hallway Hermann asked them what they wanted. They told him they ' wanted him He opened the door and stepped into the hall with his revolver in his hand The officers had to demand four times that he throw up his i hands before he complied with the order. He was then handcuffed and taken to the city Jail, where he ln- sisted in broken English that he i ' wanted judgment." On being searched It was found that his revolver was a 32-20 Colt mounted on a 4f frame There were four empty shells In the gun, but It was explained Hermann probably used the other two In killing cattle for tho meat market He carried the r weapon for that purpose |