, 1864-08-12
Shooting ARRAYS.

Our town has been the theater of two
most unfortunate shooting affrays during the
week. The first occurred on Monday morn
ing, about o'clock, at the new "Orientap
formerly Frank's) Hotel, between Mr.. A.
Englander, one of the proprietOrs of the
house, and Mr.. George HI. Porter, resulting
in the death of the former. The circum-
stances, so far as we can relate them with
out infringing upon the testimony to be
brought before the Courts, are briefly these:
A woman has for some time been stopping
at the hotel, ostensibly for the purpose of
procuring medical aid for sckly child, and
representing herself as the wife of some one at
Boise, whence she came some weeks ago.
She had made the acquaintance of Mr.. Por
ter, and (according to her own testimony
he had visited her at her own request at the
house. Mr. Englander, some time previous
to his death, stated that the woman had told
him that the visits of Mr.. Porter were an
noying to her, and requested him to forbid
them. On Monday morning she saw Por-
ter on the street and beckoned him to come
and see her. He went, and after he reached
the house, aquarrel .ensued between him and
Englander, and missiles, such as hammers,
chisels, etc.,-which were convenient upon
the work bench Of carpenters employed upon
the house-were thrown by them at each
other After this Mr.. Porter went across
the street, procured pistol and returned to
the house. The quarrel was renewed, and
whether other demonstrations than words
were INDUCED in we know not but it ap-
pears that in the quarrel Porter drew his
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room and as he closed the door after him
Porter fred the ball from the pistol passed
through the door and took effect in Eng
-lander's body. Englander then ran across
the street to the Bank Exchange Saloon,
whittier he was followed by Porter. Here
they we're stopped, and Englander went into
to Mr.. Bauer S cigar store, where an exam
ination of his person showed that the ball
had entered his side and ranged through the
abdomen. Medical aid was called and the
wound was at once pronounced a dangerous
one. On the following morning at five
O'Clock he died A post mortem examina-
tion of his body made by Drs. Steinberger
and Al. and r. Thioodo, showed that the
ball passed through one of the small intes-
tines, severed the mesentery artery and
lodged on the inside of the right hip. A
preliminary examination of Porter was had
before Justice Horton during the day Of
Monday, and he was held to bail in the sum
of $4,000, in default Of which he was COM
mitted to prison, to await trial at the next
term Of the district court. A Coroner's Ju-
Ty, empaneled on Tuesday, rendered YER
dict that 9" A. Highlander came to his death
bo off Of 1-obo Of
fired from the hands of George H. Porter"
On the evening Of Tuesday Mr.. Englanders
b9dy was placed in zinc coffin, and, accord
ing to his last request, sent to San Fran
cisco, where he leaves wife and six chill
dren He was a native of Germany, an Is
raelite, and aged about At years. The Ma.
sonic fraternity, Of which he was member,
escorted the body out of town, on the way
to Wallula
THE SECOND AFFRAY occurred on Tues
day morning about 5 O'Clock, at Captain
Jacks Empire Restaurant, in which John
Selby, proprietor of the house, better
known as Captain Jack, was shot and
dangerously, if not Iaortally, wounded by
French cook, named Emil Emil had been
in lacks employ as cook, and had been dis
charged by him the day before. On Tues
day morning he went to the Restaurant, ap-
parently texicated-having been so all the
night beforehand demanded his wages.
Jack, who was busy, preparing to get break
fast, told him that he had no money with
him, but would pay him as soon as his book
keeper came in, and requested him to leave
the house. Some other words followed,
when Emil drew a pistol and fred The
ball entered Jacks body just above and to
the left of the navel. Emil tried to make
his escape, but the City Marshal, who was
promptly on the ground, arrested and lodged
him in the city prison. During the fore
part of the week, the physicians in attend
ance upon Jack entertained no hopes for
him; but yesterday and to day he has been
rallying, and they now say there is a bare
chance for his recovery. Emil is stranger
in the city, and came down short time ago
from Boise He will have an examination
tomorrow, before Esq. Horton.