The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-07
AN ANGRY MANS ACT.
He Shoots . Prominent Lawyer In His
Ofice-A Jealous Hubbard,

PATERSON, N. j., November 5.-When
Lawyer q. NJ. Ward returned from the
Fort Lee murder trial at Hackensack yes
terday afternoon, he found waiting forhim
Thomas Fl. Bowling, a travelling salesman
for Framis II. Leggett & Co., wholesale
grocers, Of New York. Bowling referred to
a conversation with Ward the preceding
day, and said That he wanted Charles Ber-
dan, OF Marshall street. sued for damages
for criminal intimacy with his wife. Az
Bowling had on Tuesday threatened to
thing to do with the case, and advised
Bowling to 60 home and let Berdan alone.
Bowling pressed the point, however, saying
that Berdan had property, and could be
made to pay.
"Now, see here" said Ward, "you let
Berdan alone. You say that you have
caught Berdan and your wife together. II
that is so your wife, not Berdan, is to
blame, for she has received him in her own
house. Your wife is a woman of sense, and
she ought to know what she is doing"
"But she's bad" said Do fling. "She
-omes of a bad family. All her sisters had
Legitimate children"
PLAIN TALK.
SWELL" expostulated Ward, anxious to
prevent Ward from shooting Berdan, IF
that's the case you ought to let Berdan
alone. Your wife is queer acting anyway.
Once when we were walking down street to-
gether she kept crowding against me. She
used to come here on business very often,
and I'd tell her not to come again for two
months. Instead Of staying she would be
back again within two or three days. II a
man would insult her he would be excus-
able. I couldn't do it,"
"What will the suit COST" asked Dow.
ling.
"Thirty-five dollars to begin with" re-
piled Ward. 81 tell you l will not bring the
suit. That chancery suit of yours cost me
500, and I'm not going to pay out any
more"
bowling reached out his hand. "WiIl
you stand ~ me?" he asked, meaning that
he wished Ward to help him if be got into
trouble with Berdan.
"Yes," answered Ward. an help YOU if
you don't go killing people,"
Dowling's right hand went back to his
hip pocket like a flash. and out came a re-
volver in Wards face. Before Ward could
lift a hand in self-defense Bowling dis
charged the revolver at Wards breast.
The ball skipped across Wards right shout
der, cutting four holes in the thick cloth OF
his coat. An instant afterward Bowling
fired again, the ball striking Ward under
the left arm. Ward seized Bowling by the
throat with his right hand and grasped the
butt of the revolver in his left hand. He
turned the muzzle of the revolver upward
to avoid being shot again, and tried to
force the barrel in a line with Dowling's
face. Bowling tried to force the muzzle
again to shoot at Ward the third
time, but the lawyer held his hand as in a
vice.
A STRUGGLE.
For a full minute the struggle was des-
Both men are tall, strong and
massive]y built, and the short struggle was
just as Ward seemed on the
point of forcing the pistol into Dowling's
his left arm dropped to his side, para
lyzed from the shock OF the second bullet.
Dowling's face was black from s%tranguIa.
ton and blood Was dripping from his nos
trils.
When the two men separated Bowling
rushed out OF the Office and down the stairs
into the street, the revolver still in his
street to Market street, with a big crowd
at his heels. By the time he reached
the police station in Hamilton street the
had increased to more than 1000
PERSONS. Bowling was in an agony Of fear
of lynching, and as he burst into the police
he cried out that he had murdered
man and wanted protection. The police
men assured him that he was in no danger
Of being lynched and got him quoted down
so that he could tell his story. Bowling
said that his wife had been betrayed by
Ward and he had killed Ward for it. The
excited man was put in a cell. He declared
positively that Ward had been intimate
with his wife and that there were facts
to prove it.
At IL o'clock Chief Graul discovered that
Bowling had raised a big lump on his fore
head by butting against the wall. This,
with Dowling's request that no
one be placed in the cell opposite him, in
duced the chief to believe that he intended
to commit suicide. 1t is not thought that
Wards injuries will prove fatal.