, 1873-06-23
SUNDAYS SHOOTING.
An Intoxicated Man Shoots Ills Netghbor
with Muskot. r, -
What Drunkard VIII Sometimes Do 10 AYenge
' tho Wrongs Of His Wife. "
Another Bloody Encounter.

Binoo the Sunday liquor Law went into opera
tion, thore haa boon doarth Of criminal neWa
at tho polico-RtatfonH on that day. Yesterday
wnB m exception to this observation. There
woro two bloody encounters, both OF which had
thor origin In liquor~drinking.
THE MOST BEn1ouB
encounter occurred between two mon In tho
North Division. II tho victim OF tho assault
should die, q most loinous murder will have
boon committed. William Dennison md John
Knouao are both possessed of wivos whose pas-
sions hro not Of tho most elevated character.
Tho worst Of it is, that their husbands will
champion their respective wives. Tho result
has boon TINT serious encounter haa
occurred, which nnny result in tho death Of ono
Of tie parties. Last woek
TIE WOMEN QuARnELED.
- AS result Of their quarrel, their huabands
boonmo onraged Ut ono another. Thoy met SOW
oral times, but q lack Of courage prevented them
from inflictng any sorioua inturieB. OF oourHe,
they threatened one another with the most Be-
rious things. But, until last evening, thoir feel
ings prompted thom to infliot no serious injuries
upon each other.
YESTERDAY EVENING
at o'clock Knouso Initiated himself into ter
rb1o drunk. At hla homo he exhibited the bru-
vived. He therefore waa stimulated to do =
uost desperate deod. TO accomplish It ho se-
cured an old muskot, end, with u deliberation
most remarkable in drunken man. ho loaded It
. With alugs Both !e' mon live .s as 272 Noble 4}
front, md DonniBot rooms in tho
rear. Knouse wont outside, and walkod around
tho house, with the ndusket'in his hand. Ho
WAS very much intoxicated at the ti1ao aud did
Ho finally re-enterad tho house, He saw Denni-
son standing against the jam Of the door, which
loada into tho back yard. A window intervenod
between themen, but Knouse, hoing very drunk,
II @nk Ill $tSf fd &nsA aS1n1,
FRon u1B PURPOSE.
He accordingly fred upon hia enemy, and
| doubtless folt himself, na many men boforo him
have dono, hero, because be waH fighting for .
Knouse ran away. Tho alugs entorod Donnl-
son's head aud shoulders, and when he WAC
lifted up and carried into tho house. It was
somo titno before he could DO aroused, and but
for tho timely arrival Of Physloinns would have
| anon hfter the
MunpEnoUH ASSAULT
was made. 1t waa discovered that both eyoB
wore destroyed, q slung having penetrated both
tho face. They had not imbedded themselves
| deeply, and wcre easily takon out. But several
| Of the ahots had, apparently, cntored through
the skull-bono, and had lodged In tho brain, pro-
will terminate fatally al no distant period. Last
night At II O'Clock . TRIBUNE reporter callod at
the house Whore
| THE FATAL AHFRAY
ocourreds Nothing additional could be learned.
Both families appear to bo in fault. They have
been constantly fighting, mainly beoauae they
have boon constantly drinking. Thoy live in
ouch olase proximity that ii thoy had any in.
clinntion to fight with ono another they could
not we'll avoid 1t. The house whore tho fatal
shooting was dono, is d two-story brown frame
tenomont building. Tho dwellers therein are oi
d low order Of humanity. DenniBon, tho wound.