The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-02-11
AN OLD rEVD sErTLED.
With EIA;GIs at Tuscarora.

The particulars Of the desperate
shooting nfTTay which occurred at Tus-
carora TUesLny night, are furnished by
the Mining News, from which the ;ol-
lowing Is extracted. Doth the particle
pants nre married men, and the
the one which at this writing tmid-
mighty is not expected to see the rising
Of the sun has besides q yonng wife,
two small children. The men, whose
na:aes are Joe Lyons and Archie
Harper, Rre both tesmstcrs. Harper Is
employed by the fast freigh; line, while
Lyons was working his own team. Both
came in town yesterday afternoon, and
it is sail they met in store, exchanged
n few bitter WORKMAN old foui existed
between thcm-and then separated.
That i not known to be a fact. How
ever, tho men mt IL the Cabinet ST.
loon. IN Weed street, about 8 O'Clock.
From tho timo OF their meeting until
after the shooting there are no cuGlict-
ing stories. All accounts agrcc tbat
Lyons was very abusive and Tile in his
language 10 Harper, and dunl!y asked
him to step outside end settle matters,
as he did not want to raise q disturb
auCo in another mans house. The &C.
cnsiou o! the abuse by Lyons Was that
lac charged Harper with having stabbed
him some three months ago, while ne
was under the influence Of liquor.
When asked to step oui-ile, Harper
told his antagonist to go first. Lyons
walked out, turned round, AMI with Int
little difference in time there was the
report of two pistols. The saloon was
full Of men at tho timc Of the difficulty,
and those there say that it il a hard
matter to state whether tho first shot
was fired from tho inside or the outside.
though the inclination is 10 give
Harper the benefit Of tho doubt. Thsro
Is one thing certain. both men must
have had their pistols ont, as there waq
not time enough intervening Tor ono to
have fired the first two shCt', so close
did tho second report follow the fist,
nor for the other to draw md fire.
After firing tho Grst shot from the in
side, Harper went ont at the door and
both continued shooting. At that time
they were no; ten feet apart. Harper
emPtiCd his siX-shOotcr, while Lyons is
said TO have fired bul FIVE times until
ho sem up street. II5 walked rapidly
and entered the Snug saloon. when an.
other shot WAS heard. Tho crowd.
which but q morusn before bad been
very anxious to get OF Of Wood street,
0 rushed back. Lyons wrI iouu I.
lying on the Goor of the Snug, suffering
from three bullet wounds. Harper wa
not Int, aud was ut onoo arrested by
Constable Rule aud taken to 1T.
Tho wounded man IL shot in three
places. One ball entered bis right arm
below the elbow, another entered his
right breast jus. nooye tho nipple nnd
ranged downward, aud the third Is In
the heshy part of tho lcft thigh. The
homo of Lyons ia AT Jack Creek, and he
laid on the floor Of the Snug saloon for
some TIME. Hearing of this, George
Peltier secured tho services Of a doctor
and letter bad tho wounded man 70.
moved 10 his room, where lao was made
"a comfortable as possible under the
circumstancss. Although the doctor
says ho cannot survive the night. his
friends arc hopeful that i, will not
prove so serious.
Both men were raised In Honey Lake
valley, California. near S1atnyilie, aud
II wasfron, nh iIl.fcciiug ~engondcrcd In
youth that lost nights fray was pro,
baby the result.