The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-08

n>,ar,oe,a Orun1kard Shoots an IN
nocSnt Man and Assaults IN
O6oer.

About four O'Clock yesterday morning
officer Charles Wetzel saw Bob Led'ne-
! ham in the Arcade Saloon taxing q
drink. Vetxel had been called In SOME
time previous to stopa row at the oa!l'
, between Ledingham and q glrl' nc
latter had called Ledingllaln naru
| name. and he had slapped her. Al tna'
time he was to some extent under the
! influence of liquor. When Let'lngham
saw Wctzcl in the Arcade about i"ar nc
! invited him to take drink and Insisted
on hi, doing 30. Wetzel then walked
down towards his beat OH Park street,
and soon afterwards Lcdin:i,aDl ami
friend uasscd by. The friend lett i'''n
in about a square. and Let'inghnn' went
to Molly De Murska's house and ro'i'-
n.enccd banging at the side window.
He kept this up for some minutes All"
, then went around to the front d"'r.
The lady Of the house came to the u"or
and told him that everybody had retired
and he could not come. in. She h"d
already denied him a'ln'ittancc the
same night, All hour or ~" earlier, an"
he had seemed crazed with drink. f!nd-
ing that he ,"uld not force hi. way III.
,, and having in the mean time alarmed
the house. by his noise, Le'!Egham
thrust his pistol through the glass SET
ting III the upper part ut the door ira'lc
and fired. Just ut sl.i> m"nicn: Mis-; DE
Murska hal started to GO back t" her
owl. room, and II young man named
Al. Grove stepped out of an adjoining
room to inquire what all the ''"is" wa7
about. !As he came out, the pistol, Il
fortv-iour ca!i;,rc Britis!, bulldog, was
discharged and the ball pierced Groves
brp:st.
Lcdinyl1a,,l immediately started away.
and officer Wctzcl rushed I" the :l"t.
AS he came up he saw Grove fall twice
, on the platform, and finally fall OFT t;,c
; Platform into the street, all the tim"
holding his pistol in his hand. As the
officer came up Lc'lin.haM said, ~
haven't done anything" and after
wards, What have .lone:" In the
meantime the women were sIriekinE.
and all was confusion. The officer had
no pistol with him, ana was completely
at the mercy of the desperate man. VIII"
kept his pistol in his right hand. \
false movement. or even thrtat"nin.
tone of voice, and in all probability
Nctzrls life wou!.! not have been worth
a moments purchase. Coming close ~
Le%lingl,am's right side, and watchin"
lis opportunity, the officer grabl'sd his
pistol arm. Then ei,sued I, terrific str,l.
vic for life, Wetzcl finally @i~arnIing his
antagonist, WnO seemed to Eav" Il grip
o.. iron and the strength Of maniac.
1t was necessary t" have another officer
on the scene, and lcavin" Lcd;ngi,am.
who seemed to have become suddenly
almost helpless. Wcizel started to call Off
Ger Cody. In five minutes they returned
but Lcdingham hal disappeared. =
vigorous search for him had produced
no result up to Il late hour last night.
Roth I.edingham and Grove have
many friends, and the unfortunate az
fair is all the nlO:c IT, k>' regretted on
that account.
Grove was taken tn the Sisters Ho>-
pital. The hall penetrated his chest
about three inches below and y half
inch to the right of the heart. The bal!
was not extracted last night. bu. it is
thought that it ranged downward and
to the right. Last evcnin:: liz; pi,y~i-
cian@ declared that ne was r.,l:n:. -
sav"rab'y AS could M expected under
the circumstances, which was confirm
ell Ivy an inquiry made at tn: Hospital
about eleven o'clock.