The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-04-28
THE SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Tom Doherty Fatally Shot by Theo. PEN
dIetOn.

d1eton.
| The shooting at McKee's sheel
ranch west of town spoken of brief
and incompletely in Saturdays EN-
TERPRIsE, proved quite us serious a:
was anticipated. But particulars o1
the encounter are necessarily still
meagre. from the fact that the twe
] principals-the man shot and the one
who shot him-were alone in the
house at the time it occurred. and ex.
cept them none knows just what
transpired. Doherty, who was shot.
| has spoken ho rational word since he
| received the wound, and Pendleton,
who is believed to have shot him,
strenously maintains that he knows
nothing of it-that if he fired the
bullet he issentirely ignorant of hay
ing done so-that lie was firing at a
mark, but remembers nothing of fir
ing at Doherty.
Sacll facts as have been developed
are as follows: Tom Doherty is a
miner and has been employed in the
coal mines. west of here. He had
beed in Livingston and obtained a
quantity Of whisky. Returning to the
mines he stopped on Friday night at
tho h.1f
breed, Theo. Pendleton. The two
began drinking Of the whisky, and
continued the debauch all night and
the succeeding day until about noon,
when the tragedy occurred. They
had evidently been gambling, as the
cards were scatrered over the table
where they had been sitting. About
noon the men out in the fields heard
shot, and when they came in to the
house Doherty had the wound in his
head and Pendleton was there with
him. Being accused of the crime
the latter swore that he would not be
arrested, but in his drunken condi-
ion he soon craWled into his blankets
and fell asleep. A messenger was dis
patched to Livingston for legal and
surgical aid. Deputysheriff Metcalf,
Constable Wimett and DR.. Alton
went out to the ranch. Pendleten
was found asleep and quietly disarm
ed and manacled; though he made
vocal protestations against the arrest,
resistance was of course useless, and
he was brought to town and jailed.
Doherty was likewise brought to
town, and placed in room at the
Merchants hotel, where he could re-
ceive proper care. The wound is in
his forehead, over and about two in
ches above the right eye. 1t was
made by 38-callbre bullet-the size
carried by Pendleton S revolver. The
bullet is believed to be still in his
brain. The wounded man has lain in
a state of insensibility ever since be-
ing brought to town-talking occa-
sionally and moving about, but en-
tirely unconscious of his surround
ings. The chances for his recovery
from the injury are regarded by his
medical attendant as being dim and
distant.
Dohert Y. as stated above, is coal
miner. He came from the coal regions
of Scranton. Pennsylvania, and has
wife and children living there. Theo.
Pendleton is an Indian half breed by
some said to be greaser or Mexican
half-breed. He has been around here
during at least a year past, and last
summer was engaged in breaking po-
nies. He is yonng-probably not over
90 years of age and may be younger.
He generally went dressed in cowboy
habiliments and carried Il knife or re-
lvolyer or both. On one or two occa-
sions of which we know, he has threat
enpd or attempted TO use his weapons
at times when he conceived himself to
have been interfered with.
DoIIERTY DEAD.
Since the above was written Doherty
has died. His death occurred at about
clock this morning. lie never re-
covered from the shock of the wound
and offered 10 word of explanation re-
garding the occurrences in connection
with the shooting.