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 night
the neighborhood for several blocks about
the Palace Hotel, on the corner OF Main
and Third South streets, was aroused to
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 hip
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 DEMOCRAT re-
porter called OH 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, q 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 Dinwoodey & McTernay's
old place and played Il few games OF pool ,
after which one Of the party proposed
that we 90 to Peacock's saloon which we
did. Here two unknown fellows who
had dropped in and taken drink with us
BECAME INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE,
Which was quieted 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 q
second time we left them, and called at q
house adjoining the east side OF the Metro
politan Hotel, to where the three mer
followed us. l took my hat and said
"Come, boys, let's go to our beds" We
left the house to goto the Colorado Hotel
and when on the corner OF Main anC
Third South streets, Carter, Hill anc
Bess came running up to within fifteer
feet of us, when Carter leveled revolve
and said,
, "HoLD UP YOUR HANDS, BOYS"
} And we started to run. He fired twic
at me that / remember, the first sho
entering my right hip. I ran up Mai
; street and into an alley, where becam
weak and fell down. l told the othe
boys that was shot and they said l wa
only scared. DR.. Potter came down an
, stopped the blood from flowing, an
: Hall brought me here to my room
The police officers called on me shortl
5 after the shooting and said they had al
/. rested Hall, Norton and Carter, who di
the shooting They examined me an
my two friends but found no weapons {
any sort, for we carried none. don
. know why they shot at us, although Can
Il ter said
! OFFICER PICKETT HAD TOLD THEM TO Al
REST US.
4 | have means for all expenses, and desil
{ to go to the hospital, where l can g
e the very best treatment. Doctors Bower
e & Richards came to see me shortly afte
the shooting and dressed the wound, bl
1 did not get the ball, which is still in N
Q thigh. We have several head OF hors,
y by men here who know us that we a
none, while the shots fired at us were u
Q called for and remain to be explained.
! The case was to be heard in the poli
q court this morning, but as Mr.. Watrol
a for Hall, Marshall and Morton is out
/ town, City Attorney Moyle said he coul
not tell just when the affair would hay
n hearing