, 1884-04-05
A SHOOTING. SCRAPE.
Fifty Shots Fired and DisiHtcrssicd
Spectator WOundei.

witnessed a shooting afIray i'm which seven
or eight men participated, and fifty sho.s
were exchanged. Il is the second shoot
! ing scrape in the history OF the camp, and
| from the excitement it caused, merits. ppr-
I haps, an extended account. Disputes
/ over town properly have frequently
| threatened to terminate in a shotgun war.
| but actual shooting has, in every instance
! except ono, been prevented. The present
| dispute is over lot, the title to which Is
| considerably mixed, as a statement of mo
| facts Will show. Philip WyInan claims 10
| have located certain town lot on The east
/ side OF EnPlo street, some time last fall,
/ lie also claims to have placed a fouuIa-
/ ton upon il sufficient to hold IL. Ab0ut
/ four weeks .ggo he sCll this lot to Jack
/ Enright, Alfred Holman, w. II. PAYNE.
and D. 5. )FerSusOn. These gentlemen
] put tent upon the property about three
weeks ago, and parties have occupied IL
/ cOHtiS31-.k ~ 5su. 5.fue. siiiIg iut ,,ls ira
/ recorded in their names.. This is one side
| or the story. Now for the other, Sam
Black claims to havcllocatcd the same lot
/ early in November, and ty have erected q
| tent upon ii, and lived therein all win
! ter. In January, Mr.. Black sold the lot
| to VIM. BuzZard, who built q cabin On the
| rear portion some time in January. Buz-
| Zard claims further right 10 the disputed
/ lot, by virtue Of having located il In his
/ own name on the 9th of November. To
il'At ili,,,iS Ili4l,aIS more c"hlPIca,cd, II mary
| ", ~ ilIl'l5"Iluu S'la' NT' ihrlEhl ana ms
littil"H ueug IhI. '''R'I lhe tent OF Black
! VI W 'II III v"pll' 81 buHHaIu a'ahd on inc lot,
,. I,i "iIty, as illeS TlaIih' running between
,'iv ~, wi gu, ,ile THu' htiNihE' however
| his purchase from Black. Mr.. Buzzarl
/ was up the gul"h representing a claim,
when he learned that his It'll, was dis
] p",,N' -, ly-"iil't ana entered pro-
~ ~ "-',''', Wv. D'''Ii"h "I i"G tent bl'l
! I ,I.,iY P,o,Js,f VIZ "I,sIrE"Iu'"; four OF
~ ihe 'Tul'',2s'oll IoEN Cl'IIlcu 10 nave beeh
T,tH ,,," uH, MAtitlI1iI'l '''h sun ne seen upon
-, '"Ne'r" py SNOW Vhs
! -! Ii ,''''iin . 'i"' ti oulE 'htNG lour InES
80 l''''.'" o5i 't'y EF1uhu; ana lhdl thiS
,,,i,,. ~, a ioui'"a,i"h 70 ehSlle
oti.r =" '''' ', VI iho Io'' me
! oiHti parry "Sscrt lh3t "lhcr logs were
Pi,'C,u .i,! ~ oS'l,oII' ' uu' ulit WINE NNInln
! w. i o''l "I'gI Li u"' 'l'E I,'" hecn ihroWn
| low" uoN II anu u, ,arIIr" away ny parties uu-
"ss ,I."S lhr sUiius OF ihc
yaI,'s'.l iIL,heF, Mr' iilIEIFd clnnS that
IT,i'S L.. vi .''' l'"IIl''tnh j.. upon
T'',, i' W I'.Ii RMS says
, t,'". i,V y','p"tilln I"y''p" tilln lo'' i",i 'he l'Uhla-
,ioi ,'i.I ~ ,l''u StINN' ana mas never dis
.,,.-,' ,",gg' y! n's ''I'l 20 any one i.hpugh
! - 'nC Ni,.'Hy now Ipi ihe Nklr-
| IL, '.,',i T'tN ~ huI@AIH nauIeu
| ing a hotel and lod,riur h6usa unor IL ,rd
| an adjoining lot. Nj IEnriubf Dr,tg.t,,I
and each claimant dr.l rcd III iirfcnfioT
| 10 hold thc.rrouud Eridov ,,i,,.,,i,,., Nj
IN II = i'. n' Won i" .h' spot anu was or
r,''i' ~ "naN ~ -"I' h""E"ru' NlhoHCS-
',,i,I ,i'. X,llE SP 'lt "r"tr' Ml' fhrEhl
I'tu t''I W S|F was E"pu Tor the ilme
emily, preparM TO 3rplr fbn on.stirp Uo
! told the hysHuIcrs that unless tb.yy ,.aI.
interested. they mighf find some othar
portion OF the town healthier oy tL,r,
was going To he some unr,lr9s,ut ,y,,rt n,
/ that neirhborhopd In a few mor,@rfs
| Mr., PAYNE soon uffrr r1ur nm ,nJ r,
| ccived about the same Welcome from Mr.
| BuzZard and the Winchpstpr. Not limo
aitcrward. Mrs,rs. Fnrirbt P,,.no Uni-
man and Ferguson. armed viii n wiz
chester, a shotgun ans,-rry;S rrys,l,a,s
were seen coming up the street. MIR nm,
zarl Cbas. f. Gable, who is Interested
| with Mr.. Buzzard in the lot. and nm Irish
man whose name could not hp Learned
| awaited their arrival. with a yinrbrsf,r
a shotgun and Sharp. There is n rumnr
that a fourth man was allied with these
parties, but il so. his name IL nuI,nn,rr
| Spectators were fairly warned to ,-a,.a,o
/ the premises. and most or tben vacated
right speedily. MANY lulirrons st,,.ns
are told OF ma manner Of tbair ,,,ofrc,
| The Buzz1Td marty stood ur,r a Lr,,.t
| work OF hcwn loTs. and affrr 0ringr i,ro
| shots. droppcd down behind tho i,,r,g ,nJ
! continued the firing from hnbinI H., mi.
| fortifcation TbiTtv-scyon L,,IISt IT..
were counteJ in tbaso Io,,s fto,.ti,,, a..
| About fifty sbofs wore tir,d i'm r,,iI -
ossirp ,tt,l.i,,,, ~ i"l'''I s"'
/ 10 surround tbc Lesin',o3 H. - -,''t
len minIfrs, fgbt ,yaro c 'IaIiIT i,,tG' "a,
] - 80. NJ. -itl 80 '"'''l'''4''s " ~