Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-22
TEXARKANA.
An Italian Saloon Keeper Refuses to
Pay His Bill and a Shooting
ARRAY Ensues.
The Saloon Keeper Dies of His Wounds.
His Assailants Out on BaiI-A Freight
Train Wrecked.
Special to tho Gazette.

Special to tho Gazette.
TExARKANA, ARK, Dec. 2l---It begins
TO look as il TexarKaua was determined
to lead the procession for sensations and
tragedies about this time. Last night
we bad another one Of these bood-lettlngs,
but this time 1t was on the east side OF
the line. Some time yesterday Ben Hall,
a young collector of this city, went TO the
Prairie Dog saloon for the purpose Of
collecting bill which he had against the
proprietor, an Italian by the meme
Of Louis Carria. The saloon
man said he had paid
tonce or disputed IL 10 some way, when
he and Hall rot angry, One word brought
on another until they came to blows, and
Carria, who will at most make two Of
Hall, knocked the latter gentleman around
considerably, and told him TO get out of
his saloon. This Hall did, but the sad
affair did not close down Just here
About or O'Clock Ben Hall, Ia com.
pany with his elder brother, j. ID. Hail.
again got into difficulty
with Carria. This time pistols
we're the weapons used. When
the city marshal ran into the saloon he
found Carrla upon the floor grabbing at
j d. Halls pistol while he was trying to
shoot again. Ben Hall was standing
there, and he also had his pistol In his
ha d. 1t is not known which one of the
brothers shot C4rrla, some say one and
some the other. Carria was carried home
on stretcher and physician called in.
He examined the wounds and pronounced
them exceedingly dangerous, ifnot mortal,
the bulle. entering the left side aud land
ing in the regions OF the heart. Carria
said him.elt that he thought he was of
Tor his last journey. The general i'm
preston is that he viii die. Carrla has a
wife and three children, and also has his
sister and mother living with him, J. ID.
aud Ben Hall were both arrested
promptly and readily gave bond ] ID.
Hall is one of the first citizens of the city
and one Of our leading cotton buyers.
He has world OF fri nds
here. Carrla IS also a
p pular man to be In the saloon business.
A GAZETTE reporter called on the wound
ed man. He seemed to be suffering very
N, ally. He was in too much pain to be
questioned. The matter Is deeply re-
GREETED by this people.
LATER-The italian saloon man, Louis
CaIria, who was sh t last night in
the difficulty with j. ID. and Ben Hall,
died this morning at II O'Clock and
will be buried In the morning at the
Catholic cemetery. There is some ex-
element among the Italians over the mat
ter Judging from the fierce, angry
scowl worn by some of them, 1t is
thought that there may perhaps be
some more trouble over the matter. j.
ID Hall, who IL is claimed did the shoot
ing and who was placed under $1,000
bond as soon as the difficulty was over,
is in the city yet, ON the Texas side OF the
line, and has mott yet been re.arrested since
Carria died. Your correspondent hears
that parties came over from the east side
this evening and swOre out d complaint
against Mr.. Hall charging that he was
fugitive from justice, and asking that he
be arrested by The Bowie county officers
and held. j. D. Hall has been walking
about the streets all day and does not
seem to be uneasy about the matter.
freight train was wrecked on the
road near Clarksville
last night, and Engineer G. H, Gliger was
killed. The wreck was caused by a part
Of the engine truck breaking. Four cars
were smashed.