River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-30
A DUEL AT TWO PAGES.
L Fight With Rifles Growing Out OF
Trivial Quarrel at supper.

Trivial Quarrel at supper.
From the Laramie, Wyoming Boomerang.
last evening a wagon entered
| Laramie on the North Park road
containing three men. Two of these oc
cupied the seat in front, and another
| Law upou bed of blankets in the box.
The party halted at DIR. Harris's Of
flee few minutes, and then drove out
to the hospital. The man lying upon
the bed was taken inside. His name is
Charles Shelton, and recently he shot
and killed man named Keys, at Sny-
der's ranch, on the Little Grizzley, 80
| miles west of Teller in North Park. His
COMPANIONS were Messrs. August An
| derson and Lawrence, and the particu-
lars of tue tragedy, as learned from the
| first named gentleman, are about as toll
| lows:
Charles Shelton is the proprietor Of a
| horse ranch in the park, and last Friday
was at 4nk Snyder's ranch helping him
| put M hay. Another man named Keys,
who was known as BILLY, and who has
an interest in the Snyder ranch, was
| present and Snyder himself and sever
| al others They were eating their sup
per in small tent, near the cabin on
the ranch. During the meal Keys asked
boy-a herder in the employ of Shell
| tonic 60 into the cabin and refill the
| teapot, and the boy refused. saying that
| he was not in his (Keys's) employs, and
| he had no right to order him around.
| KEYS commenced to abuse the boy, Shell
| ton interfered in his behalf, and a
| Quarrel ensued between the two.men.
| Finally Keys left the table. and taking
| the tea pot, went into the cabin, return
| ing lin a moment with that and a Win
| chester rifle. He sat the teapot down,
and turning to Shelton, said with
an oath, 81 have a notion to kill you.
| Shelton arose from the table, and dared
him to shoot, but Keys finally stood the
weapon up against the side of the tent,
poured out the tea, and sat down again
| Shelton then walked out of the tent, got
another Winchester at the cabin, loaded
| it. came back to the
tent, and. standing in the door, said
Now, d-n YOU. if you want TO shoot,
| do itp' Keys jumped I'D from the table,
saving "all right" as he did so, seized
| his rifle and brought it to his shoulder,
! and at that moment two reports rang
| out almost together. Keys fell back
ward and Shelton dropped his gun and
ran out across the prairie holding his
hands to his face. Snyder started i'll
| pursuit, while Anderson raised Keys
head. The wounded man gasped once
or twice, said ooh, my Godl" and fell
back dead.
| SNYDER returned in a few minutes
with Shelton, who had been shot in the
| chin, the ball ranging backward and to
the right. His wound was bleeding bad
", and his companions thought he, too
would die. He could not speak, but
made signs for his coat, which was given
him. He took paper and pencil from
one ofthe pockets and wrote: lis Keyes
| hurt?"
Snyder wrote beneath the question
the words HE is dead"
The ball from Shel.on's rife entered
| Keys's side, in front of the left armpit,
passed through the body and came out
above the right shoulder. Shelton had
fired his weapon without bringing 1t to
his shoulder, which accounts for the up
ward range of the ball.
A messenger was sent to Teller for a
nhvsician, who dressed Shelton's iEju-
| ries. The ball was found just beneath
the skin, at the base ofthe neck, on the
right side. Saturday night Messrs. An
derson and Lawrence started for Lar
annie with him and by driving almost
| continually ana changing DorseS seVefa
times reached the city last evening
DR.. Harris, who has charge of Shelton
says the chance for his recovery is good,
though such result is by no means GER
tain. A portion of his lower jaw is sho
away, and the wound is otherwise bad
one. Shelton is not unknown in Lar
annie, having been in the city on bus
mess quite frequently. He is brother
of Mr.. N. Shelton, who was cashier o.
the Union Pacific road for several years
and who is now in business in Omaha
Mr.. Anderson informs us that the cor
oner was notified at once. and that Key
was to have been buried yesterday. He
and his companion left for home Thu
morning to be present at the inquest