Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-16
A SABBATH Matinee.
Eight Shots Exchanged ON Main Street
Early in the Morning.
Nobody Killed, But Montana Cowboy
Receives an Ugly Wound.
The Bold, Bad Shooters Arrested, and
the Affair Awaiting Investigation.

Shortly after u o'clock Saturday nigh
the neighborhood for several blocks abou
the Palace Hotel, on the corner of Mair
and Third South streets, was aroused t.
a sense of alarm by the quick and sue
cessive reports of eight pistol shots, dur
ing which young man named William
Marshall was shot through the right hir
with 44-calibre ball. The physicians
believe the bone to be fractured, and the
wound is considered alarming Ollie
Bess, William Hill and w. Carter state
that three strangers flashed gun on
them, which commenced the firing, and
as the trial is indefinitely postponed at
the Police Court, the facts will not be
known for the present.
Yesterday afternoon a DEMOCRAT re-
porter called on the wounded man at his
upstairs room in the Colorado House,
and found him in bed, enduring consid-
cradle pain from the ugly shot. On max
ing known the purpose of the call, Mr..
Marshall stated the following
PARTICULARS OF THE UNFORTUNATE OCCUR
RENEE.
Ed. Hall, a companion and myself
came here from Montana about ten DAYS
ago with small band of horses for sale.
We put up at Thompson & Jurgenson's
stables, where We bunked in our blankets
until two nights ago, when rented this
room. During our stay here we have
attended to our stock and been or
derby and quiet, as you can
learn by calling at the stables. Last Sat
urday night after supper we walked up
Main street to Dinwoodev & McTernay's
old place and played few games of pool,
after which one of the party proposed
that We 60 to Peacock's saloon, which we
did. Here two unknown fellows who
had dropped in and takena drink with us
BECAME INVOLVED IN DISPUTE,
Which was quoted by three of us leaving
the place. At the Wasatch corner, in
front of the U. p. ticket office, Carter,
Hill and Bess accosted US again, and
second time we left them, and called at
house adjoining the east side of the Metro
politan Hotel, to where the three men
followed us. / took my hat and said.
Come, boys, let's 60 to our beds" We
left the house to go to the Colorado Hotel,
and when on the corner of Main and |
Third South streets, Carter, Hill and
bess came running up to within fifteen
feet of us, when Carter leveled revolver
and said,
HOLD UP YOUR HANDS, BOYS"
And we started to run. He fired twice
at me that 1 remember, the first shot
entering my right hip. I ran up Main
street and into an alley, where 1 became
weak and fell down. l told the other
boys that was shot and they said | was
only scared. DIR. Potter came down and
stopped the blood from flowing, and
Hall brought me here to my room.
The police officers called on me shortly
liter the shooting and said they had ar
ested Hall, Norton and Carter, who did
he shooting. They examined me and
ny two friends but found no weapons of
ny sort, for We carried none 1 don't
now why they shot at us, although Car
er said
FFIcER PICKETT HAD TOLD THEM TO AR
REST US.
have means for all expenses. and desire
, 60 to the hospital, where 1 can get
ne very best treatment. Doctors Bowers
Richards came to see me shortly after ;
ne shooting and dressed the wound, but {
III not get the ball, which is still in nv {
nigh. We have several head of horses {
the stables and can show I
Y men here who know us that we are /
u right. We had no firearms and used q
one, while the shots fired at us were I'M a
alled for and remain to be explained. v
The case was to be heard in the police =
'urt this morning, but as Mr.. Watrous S
r Hall. Marshall and Morton is out of s
wn, City Attorney Moyle said he could t
IT tell just when the affair would have fl
hearing V