Show A BLOODY AFFRAY john hamer an and d ja james ule C riar in seriously no A c SHOT it THE IRE FOOT ID am Elet election tion bet la in a saloon lend 1 I pra ably one roXi ronley bly ifft two death just AS the tile clock struck three this morning six pistol shots from lil adens saloon on washington avegno rane rang out upon the air when a reporter reached the spot a few seconds later he be found john hamer groaning in the arms 0 of I 1 A Z apparently in lie ilia death agony from a shot in the stomach A C emerson emers on sitting in the bool bootblack black stand and suffering from a wound in the toe and across the str street beet ayi lying n 9 on the sidewalk in front of lie the cm inertial iner rial office james with a wound in his lie stomach below the heart the latter WAS assisted nse isted to a chair and soon after placed in a luck hick and driven off doctors were sent for in every direction ur dr powers wag was tho the first to arrive and following him came dr bryant by this time hamer had been removed to one of the rooms in the rear of tho the saloon and immediately the doors were closed and barred at this writing 3 15 am a m it is impossible to obtain anything as to the extent of the injuries of either hamer or griffin griffia emersons injuries are but slight in the intense excitement prevailing near the scene of the shooting it was impossible to obtain anything like a coherent account of the trouble it is in uj understood stood to have grown cut out of an election bet though whether hamer was one of the parties to the bat bet was not ascertained one witness says griffin fired the shots which pierce pierced hamer and touched emerson while retreating from the bar toward the door how many shots were from his weapon could not bo be learned nor who fired the shot which si struck ruck him those who were composed enough to talk suddenly bee became ame reticent and there was no time to search out exact particulars of course the police were promptly on hand but none of them witnessed the affray john hamer is a member of the well known firm of hamer bros brosa Hu hurtsell resell griblin Is the steward of the ogden club and emerson is head bead of the acme printing company |