The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-09-01
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4. tght with Rifles Growing Out OF
4 Trivial Quarrel al supper.

Trivial Quarrel at supper.
Fro sbs LarNmie, Wyoming Boomerang.
Ist evening a wagon entered
Laimie Oh the North Park road
conining three mea. Two Of these oc
cued the seat in irons, and alSther
lay upon a bed of blankets ia Lhe box.
Til party halted at DR.. Harris's Of
fc a few minutes, and then drove out
tofhe hospital. The man lying upon
th bed was taken inside. His name is
Chrles Shelton, and recently he shot
! all killed IMAM named Keys. at Sny-
DIS ranch, en- the Little Grizzley, 30
nles west of Teller in North Park. His
cupaniSns were Messrs. August An
drson and Lawrence, and the partlcu-
lrs Of the tragedy, as learned from the
! fist named gentleman, are about as tol-
Tvs:
Charles Shelton is the proprietor ct a
brse ranch in the park, and last Friday
lasat Frank Snyder's ranch helping him
ut up hay. Another man named Keys,
'ho was known as BILLY, and who has
n interest IN the Snyder ranch, was
resent, and Snyder himself and sever
Others. They were eating their sup
er in a small tent, near the cabin on
he ranch. During the meal Keys asked
boy-a herder in the employ OF Shell
! on-to 90 into the cabin and refill the
eapot, and the boy refused, saying that
ne was not In his (Keys's) employs, and
ne had no right to order him around.
|Keys commenced to abuse the boy, Shell
ION interfered in his behalf, and a
luarrel ensued between the two.men.
FINALLY Keys left the table. and taking
the e a.pot, went into the cabin, return
ing lin a moment with that and a Win
chester rifle. He sat the teapot down,
turning to Shelton, said with
an cath, IL 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
il. came back TO the
tent. and, standing in the door, said
.'Now, d-n YOU. If you want to shoot,
do itr' Keys jumped up from the table.
saving ''aIl right" as he did so, seized
his rifle and brought it TO his shoulder.
and at that moment two reports rang
but 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 in
pursuit. while Anderson raised Keys
head. The wounded man gasped once
or twice, said ooh, my Godp and Eel
back dead.
Snyder returned in a few minutes
ILL Gko1t1r uvhn haH haan ahof in fhe
chin, the ball ranging backward and "a
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 giver
him. He took paper and pencil from
one ofthe pockets and wrote: 1 sKeyet
hurt2'
Snyder wrote beneath the question
the words: HHe isdead."
The ball from Shelton's rifle entered
Keys's side, in front of the left armpit
passed through the body and came oui
above the right shoulder. Shelton hac
fred his weapon without bringing IL 4
bis shoulder, which accounts for the up.
ward range of the ball.
A messenger was sent to Teller for 1
physician, who dressed Shelton's iRju,
RES. 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
ausie with him and by driving almos
continually and changing horses severa
times reached the city last evening
DR.. Harris, who has charge of Shelton
SAYS the chance for his GOV 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 a bad
one. Shelton is not unknown in Lar
annie, having been in the city on bus
mess quite frequently. He is a brother
of MI. N. Shelton, who was cashier o
the Union Pacific road for several years
and who is now in business in Omaha
Nh. Anderson informs us that the cor
oner wa notified at once. and that Keys
was to have been buried yesterday. He
and his companion left for home thil
morning to be present at the inquest