The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
PISTOLS.
TWO LEADING RESTAURANT MEN
SHOOT AT EACH OTHER
AND BOTH MISS THE
MARK.
One Shoots Tescup at the Head Of
the Other and the Other Shoots
a Pistol in Return.

tHc OtueT anu tie OIHer SHOOTS
Pistol in Return.
For some time there has existed {
very bitter feeling between Isaac 5
Slmons, the restaurant man, and Rich
ard Bullion, who keeps the Star restau
rant on the opposite side of the street
Not long ago the gentle
men had a very wordy warfare
through the newspapers in which eacf
accused the other of selling decayed
fish and other meats. They went sc
far in this war of words that the
event will long be remembered as the
FISH WAR.
| Then again they had another Wordy
| battle of somewhat fishy character
and all this time brotherly love was
dying out and they regarded one
mother about as to game cocks feel fol
each other in the PIT with steel caves
on. 1t was not supposed, however,
that either of the gentlemen were
shooters, but the event of last night
proves the contrary. The meeting of
the gentlemen was purely the result
of an accident. Some parties were in
the Gold Room saloon having a social
time, and here they gave an order for a
lunch. A waiter from the Gold
Room went to Mr.. Billions and
gave the order which that
gentleman prepared and the
LUNCH WAS SENT.
This was not far from the time the
watch changes at the Gold Room, and
so it happened that before the lunch
ers had finished their repast new set
of workmen had come on-and the
waiter, whose duty 1t was to return
the dishes, did not know where the
lunch had been ordered. He supposed
from Simon's, which is next door to
the Gold Room, and to this place he re-
turned the crockery. In short time
afterwards Mr.. Bullion came to the
Gold Room to know what had became
of the dishes, and the mistake of the
waiter
WAS DISCOVERED.
Mr.. Dave Hunter, proprietor of the
Gold Room, and Mr.. Bull N went to
Simon's restaurant to get the dishes.
When they got there they
found Mr.. Simons was not in, and
Mr.. II unter says he told Mr. Bullion
to 60 and pick out his dishes. This
he went to the rear to do. While
he was doing this one of the en-
ployes of the restaurant went to Mr..
SimonS' room where he was and told
him his old enemy was taking dishes
from the dining room. 1t will be sur
missed this made Simons' blood boil,
and he fastened to the restaurant,
where
HE FOUND BULLION.
We will let the parties themselves
tell the rest. A STATESMAN repre-
sentative sought Mr.. Simons at the
police court ana interviewed him. He
said:
Just after supper 1 went to my
room, block or more from my res
taurant. l think about eight o'clock. 1
think had a light. |
The boy who washes dishes
I don't know his name, came to my |
room and called me. Heinformed me |
Bullion was there picking out dishes |
He had done this before Whtn l
came to the restaurant he had large |
tray of dishes and was picking out |
others. This was in the rear of the |
place. I told the waiter to take the |
dishes into the kitchen, for up to that |
time thought they were mine. Blu
lion said
THEY WE'RE HIS.
l then ordered him to take his dishes |
and get out of the house. He did not |
go. I told him ain but he still hesl-
rated. l told him once more to get out |
of my house but he did not seem will
ing to do so / then took ho2 of the |
tray to throw 1t out of the A3o5e 5snd |
marched him to the cigar room in
front. l stood behind the cigar case |
and he stood in front of me. He said |
wanted to steal his dishes. said |
no, | never go into your place |
and try to pick out disht when you
were away. If he wanted to do what |
was right he would come when was
there. He said l was damned thief. |
l said he was damned liar.
AS 1 SAID THAT
he picked up a cup to throw at me and |
threw it. As he raised the cup to |
throw it 1 drew my pistol and shot.
[ was about eight or nine feet from |
him. 1t was the first time L ever fired !
a shot in my life. 1t seems shot |
wild and did not hit him. He then |
ran out. Grooms Lee came immedi-
ately and arrested me and brought rue |
here. Policeman Bart belong filed |
the complaint against me for assault |
with intent to commit murder"
Justice von-Rosenberg was sent for
and he came to the police station and |
fixed the bonds at $1,000. Robert |
HOLMAN and Ben Marshall signed |
the bonds and the defendant was re-
leased.
DAVE HUNTER
was interviewed and he said certain |
party whose name he declined to give,
ordered lunch. The lunch was OBJ
tanned at Rich. Billions, and while
the gentlemen were eating a new
watch came on and the other boy car
ried the dishes to Simones' by mistake.
Rulio came over and / asked him to
go in to Simons and pick out his dish
es. We went and asked where Simons
was. Was told he had gone to his
room. I told Bulwin to go to the
dish-washing room and pick out his
dishes. he went and / left him
ane came back to the gold room. Next
thing know about it l heard shot
fired. Richard Bullion was sought but
he could not be found. The STATES
MAN representative
WENT TO HIS PLACE,
but he was not there. One waiter
said he had gone to bed. The news
paper man then declared he must go
TO his room, and he changed his tactics
and said he had gone to
Schutze's garden. Harry Duff
then spoke up and said he
did not want to be interviewed, and
told him if the STATESMAN represen-
tative came in to send him to Dave
Hunter and he would give him all the
facts. A good deal of time was spent
in trying to find him, but he was not
among the probabilities and his state
ment cannot be given. The police
will file a charge against him this
morning for assault. The ball must
have gone at least two feet over
Bulion's head, judging from where it
went into the wall.
The Housewife.