Show MORE SWEETWATER GORE Bill Gross the Victim of Barney Todds Wrath Sweetwater county has had another fatal shooting affray The victim is a onelegged cowboy named Bill Gross well known in the county and who created some excitement on our streets last summer by lassoing and dragging some Chinamen around The murderer was another cowboy named Barney Todd who has been stopping around Fishers ranch most of the winter The particulars of the affray as gathered gath-ered from various sources are as follows fol-lows j The two cowboys had boen around a J V good deal together and last Friday they were at Fishers ranch together They j got to quarreling over something and threats of killing were made on both 1 sides but they were prevented from I 1 doing any damagu to each other by acquaintances i ac-quaintances who were with them On Sunday Todd was at a neighboring ranch with two or three other cowboys I In the afternoon Gross rode over He carried no gun or other weapon Todd I saw him coming and went out with his I gun saying to his companions that he c would get even with that d n Before Gross could say anything in sell defense Todd fired two shots from his J j sixshooter at him The balls took effect in the upper part of Gross body and he fell from his horse crying donv shoot me Barney Heedless of his appeal ap-peal for mercy Todd fired the remaining four shots in his revolver at the prostrate body of his victim one ball striking him in the breast and another passing through his chin The murderer then mounted his horse and started across the country He gave himself up next day at Henrys Fork to the duputy sheriff and was brought to Green River and was lodged in jail Gross died in a very short time and his body was brought to Green River where it was examined by Dr Murray and two bullets extracted II Rock Springs Independent |