Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-28
BLOODY TRAGEDY.
A Christmas Jubilation Results
in a Heart Rending and
Bloody Finale
Al Smith Fatally Shot by his
Brother Frank, Sunday
Afternoon.
The Bullet Intended for Anoth-
er-Emma Richmond's At
tempt at Self Murder.
Sundays Sensation.

Sundays Sensation.
Two pistol shots fred In quick sue.
cession and Q general stampede Of
people to the house Of Emma Rich
mond Sunday afternoon ut about 2:3O,
was the first intimation of . bloody
tragedy that had been enacted at her
house on the corner Of Bridge street
and Sixth. In q moment il was ascer-
tanned that Al Smith had been killed
by his brother Frank while lying
asleep in bed. Frank Smith was ar
rested without trouble and Louis
King cleared the room, sending for
the sheriff. Frank Smith was taken
to jail by the officers, and between the
liquor he had imbibed and the ex.
treme remorse occasioned by his fratri.
cidal shot was unable to walk, being
literally carried along by the officers.
A STRANGE STATEMENT.
And now appears another actor upon
this bloedy scene, Emma Richmond.
an old time cyprienne, who has been q
woman Of the town for eight years
past, declared herself the author OF
the crime and was taken to the jail,
and when about the business Of fexam.
ining her person for any concealed ar.
ticles % is the custom before commit.
ing anyone TO cell, she showed signs
Of fAinting and DR.. Redd was sent for,
and the prisoner allowed to remain in
the sheriff's Office, where she reclined
upon . pallet brought into the Office
for that purpose. DR.. Kedd immedi.
ately detected the presence Of drugs
In her system and administered au
antidote and was about to leave her
for the night, thinking she would be
all safe from the effects Of the drug she
had taken. He asked her IL she had
any drug Of any kind and was ans
wered In the negative. DR.. Redd go1
up then to take his leave ano had hi,
back TO the prisoner who was convers
ing with him. Something in heI
manner caused him to turn
suddenly, when he detected
her In the act of swallowing the
contents of a vial containing lauda-
mum. He snatched for 1t and obtain.
ed possession, but the amount spilled
In the act of wrenching 1t from her
grasp, and the little she had swallow.
ed was not over an ounce. The via
contained about three ounces Of laud
anum when IL was taken, and was but
q four ounce one, 80 no anxiety wa
entertained on that score. The woman
retired to her couch, and yesterday
morning when she was wanted to tes
tify the jailer was unable to rouse her
Drs. R.dd. Fish and Lebcher laboret
with her nearly all day, and at thii
writing, 6 o'clock, p. M, she is appar'
emily recovering. though slowly.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
From every source liable 10 throw
any light upon the crime and causes
leading thereto the following is ad.
duced:
On Christmas day the brothers. AL
and Frank Smith, who are tolerably
well known here as acrobats and pro-
fessional skaters, both very clever fel.
lows in their way, received . present
from home of sum Of money and Inn.
mediately set about enjoying them.
selves. They drank good deal OF
liquor and were both noisy. Along
toward Sunday morning Constable
Milt Russell took them In charge and
endeavored to prevail on them to 60 to
their room at the Macqueen, but they
would not listen to him but agreed Ia
20 to Emma Richmond'splace, whittier
they all repaired. Milt endeavoring to
quiet them. Reaching Emma's house
Milt got Al Smith, who was the most
noisy of the two, to 90 into room and
then locked the door. himself remain.
ing ON the outside. AL smith kicked
the panels out of the door, and seeing
no other way TO keep him out OF mis-
chief, Milt remained In the room with
bin, and TO aid In his desire to &c.
Smith to sleep lay down upon the bed.
Itwas then about o'clock, and Milt
dropped to sleep. being or duty, and II
Is surmised AL Smith left him while
asleep and wentinto the other room and
lay upon the bed which he never left
alive. As the shooting was done with
Russell's gun, 1t is supposed Frank
Smith stole into the room where Mill
was asleep and distracted the pistol
from It's holster without disturbing
Milt. who was unaware Of the shooting