The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-30

. Herder. Slightly CEASED, Endeavor'
to Kill a comrade.

TO Kill q Comraoe.
But the Latter, Loving Life, Defends Him
elf--EIeven Shots Fired, Seven
Taking Effect.
Picture it for YOURSELF Two men
riding quietl, side by side across the
moonlit plain. One ask the other,
| who, a few minutes before had COM
planned Of illness: "How do you feel
nowp" The reply is: "Better, only I'm
awful dry" His companion produce a
bottle, the thirsty man takes a drink,
and as he hands it back gives the other
a look, the strangeness Of which even
the dim light does not hide. Scarcely
is the liquor bottle again in the owners
pocket, when he sees
STREAM OF FLAME
pour from a pistol in his comrades
hand, while the report and a sharp,
singing pain in the leg tells him he is
shot. The shooter spurs his horse ahead,
turning in the saddle to fire again and
again until the five chambers of his re-
volver are empty, while his companion,
enraged at his first wound has drawn
his weapon and
FIRED SIX SHOTS,
only two of which missed their mark.
The frightened horses bear the two
men to a ranch only a mile or so from
the scene of their moonlight duel,
ONE HORSE FALLING DEAD
as his bleeding<rider faints and rolls off
his back against the rude cabin door.
GEO. w. VIA
has for sometime past been in charge
of a band of horses belonging to E. w.
Whitcomb, Was headquarters being at
a ranch some % miles south of this city,
on Box Elder creek, in Weld county,
Colorado. A. II. Swan had a number
of horses in this band, also. A short
time ago Mr.. Swan discharged a herder
named
GRANVILLE PEAK,
but not liking to turn the fellow away
entirely, he told Peak to join Via, aid
him in caring for the horses, and thus
earn his grub until he found work.
Via came to Cheyenne last Friday, re-
turning Saturday, and that night Peak
inquired if he had brought any money
for him. Via said he had not. Peak
then asked Via to loan him a revolver,
saying he wished to go out and kill a
rabbit by moonlight. Via handed him
a fve-shooter, and Peak started out,
but soon returned saying it was too
dark and that he did not feel well. He
stuck the weapon into his bootleg and
the men then took one or two
DRINKS OF WHISKY U
when Peak proposed that they ride to
Calloway's sheep ranch, six miles dis
tant. Via consented and they saddled
up and started.
When about a mile from their cabin
Via asked Peak how he was feeling.
pretty WELL" he replied, "only I'm
awful dry Via passed a bottle of
whisky to him and Peak took a large
drink. Via noticed a strange glitter in
his eyes as he returned the bottle, but
thought nothing of it. Amoment later
Peak drew his revolver, threw his arm
across the saddle and
SHOT VIA IN THE LEG
INJECTING a painful wound in the right
calf. He then whirled his horse, spur
red him forward, yelling like a demon,
and again firing at Via. The latter
drew his revolver and opened a lively
fusillade, one shot striking Peak in the
hip near the spinal column,
PASSING THROUGH HIS CODY
and lodging just under the skin of the
abdomen; another taking effect in the
back of the neck and coming out
through the jaw, while a third mortally
wounded Peaks horse, and a fourth
passed through his hat. Peak of course
EMPTIED HIS REVOLVER AT VIA,
three of the five shots inflicting serious
wounds, the first being, as stated, in
the calf of the leg. The second struck
him in the groin and ranged upward,
where it may have struck a vital place,
Wnlle the tnlru Dall nit MIN In the
left wrist,
SCATTERING THE BONE, NNf
and making an intensely painful wound.
When they reached the cabin Peaks
pony fell dead. After lying there a
short time Peak arose, saddled another
horse and rode to Calloway's sheep
ranch, six miles distant, where he was
cared for. Via was brought to this
city, a surgeon summoned to attend
him, and is as comfortable as good
nursing can make him. Peak is said
by Mr. Whitcomb to be subject to
PERIODICAL ATTACKS OF LUNAcY,
and when in such condition will arm
himself, rush about excitedly, shouting
that somebody is latter him." but