The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-27
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
A Bloody ARRAY in thu wuds of New

| ~ bioouy ARRAY III tin NlIus OF nevada
The lnyo Independent tells of singular
and bloody shooting affair which occurred
recently between Gordon Ellis and Pat
Shea, at BENEFITS ranch, Lincoln county,
Nevada, out toward Colorado. A short
time before the fight Ellis sold some borax
locations to the Coleman Borax company
receiving s. 900 therefor. On the day be-
fore his last he got into dispute with a
Mexican with whom he was gambling. He
notified the Mexican that he should then
and there shoot him, but only through the
leg, as a warning of what would happeil ii
he (thc MeXiCan) did not conduct himself
IN proper manner. .Thereupon he did
shoot the Mexican through the leg, and
things went smoothly until the following
day.
Ellis then had some difficulty with Shea,
with whom he was gambling, and told Shea
that he meant TO shoot him through the
leg, as he had the Mexican the preceding
day, if Shea did not mend his WAYS. Shea
dared him to shoot an unarmed man, as he
then was. Ellis bluzed away at Shea 5 leg
sending a bali through It below the knee.
Shea began abusing Ellis, whereupon. after
due notice, Ellis perforated Shea's other
leg. During the shooting some men pres
ent had started to their camp, . short
distance away to get their Henry rifles,
whether To protect their own
legs or with view OF interfering in behalf
OF The wounded Imam, can only be surmised.
While returning with their rifles they met
Ellis, and with drawn guns compelled him
TO go back. Coming up to where Shea
was, the latter, applying foul epithet to
one OF the men with the rifles added You
cowardly - - -, you want to shoot
an unarmed man, too, do YOU" At this
the man addressed replied "lf you think
I'm coward, come out here, you -- -
- concluding the remark by throwing
his gun down on the ground near Shea
and brandshing his fists. Shea, though
with u pistol-shot through each leg ad-
vanced III a threatening manner toward the
man, but got no farther than the rifle,
which he Immediately snatched up.
TIP to this point Ellis remained sitting on
his horse, apparently disinterested spec
tatori but when he saw Shea pick up the
gun he instantly slid of his horse Oh the
side tarthest from shea. The latter then
cried to Ellis Now, if you want to shoot
at my legs any more step out from behind
that horse and blaze away, You cowardly
---- -" etc, Ellis held his position
behind the horse. Shea told him that he
did not want to shoot the horse, but that
If he did not come out at once, aud come
shootin " he would drop the horse so
he could shoot the man. Ellis saw there
was no help for it, aud lodging under his
horses head, came shooting sure
enough his first shot striking Shea ALREADY
twice woundedl in the groin and CHANGING
upward. Shea, however, remained stand
ing long enough to fire two shots at Ellis.
the first with trillnE effect, but the second
knocking him in death throes to the
ground, Shea falling ut the same instant.
Recovering, Shea rose to a sitting posture
and called to the men who had in the
meantime rushed in, to "stand out of the
way till | give the --- - another shot -
The dying man hearing the remark, wills.
pered, Don't let him shoot; I've got
enough Shea was assured there was no
need of another shot and lay down salts
fled. Ellis almost Immediately breathed
his last. Deceased had 500 on his person,
which was used to delray burial expenses
lie also had 81 500 on deposit with Harris 4
Rhine, i'll Independence, California, which
sum is now under claim of the public adj.
ministrator, The Independent does not
say whether Shea survived or not,