San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-15
SHOOTING A MAN.
TWO FORMER WILSON COUNTY MEN
ENGAGED.
One Is Shot Badly in the Back and
the Other Is Now in the
t,ountv Hail

One Is Shot Badly in the Back and
the Other is Now in the
County jail
A dastardly attempt at ASSASSINATION was
perpetrated last night at O'Clock at the cor
ner of the Pickwick saloon, on South Flores
Carver, who formerly lived In Wilson county.
was shot three times In the back with a a.
calibre pistol, by his brotherin law, Bill Davis,
also of Wilson county. From the facts learned
by LIGHT man IL appears that Bud Carver
rode down to the Pickwick saloon on horseback
to take a drink. He tied his horse TO ring in
the sidewalk at the corner. on Nueva street,
went inside and took drink. and coming out
was STOPPING over untieing his horse, when
a. man, afterwards recognized as Bill Davis,
stepped from behind his horse and began
firing at him His first shot missed, and he
said, i've got you now" at the same time AS
Carver turned to run into the saloon to get
pistol, emptying the remaining chambers of
his revolver at him, three shots of which
struck the wounded man in the back, near the
kidneys, and the fifth, fred ut him into the
loon, passing by harmlessly. Carver asked
the barkeeper for a pistol, after be had re-
ceived his enemy's lead, but could get none,
and then ran out and started up street, Davis
disappearing as suddenly as he came. Carver
went TO the boarding house of Mrs. lie Grand,
next to Orynskis drug store and there re-
ceiyed medical attention from DR.. A Graves.
Meanwhile Officers s. A. Brown and Van Al
styne and others began search for the would
be murderer, going first to Stumberg's camp
yard, where II was known that Davis had first
stopped when he came into town Saturday
night. They we're told there that Davis had re-
moved his wagon and team to Moke's camp
yard, and there they found him warming him
self over fire. As the officers approached
and were examining the brands OF his horses
TO make sure they were his, he called out to
them that they were his horses and were all
right. They asked him his name, and he re-
piled, "Bill Davis" They then arrested him
for the murder, which he denied, but on being
taken before his victim was identified as the
right man; He was then taken to jail, saying
by order of DIR. Graves, in a hack, suffering
intense pain, and bleeding internally from one
OF his wounds, very bad one. The other
two shots made were flesh wounds. His home
is what is known as the old Heritage"
place near the race track south of
the city He has wife and seven chill
dren. Davis also has a wife, sister of
Carver's wife, and lives at Fairview, Wilson
county. Carver has been living In
the city for about three months past. He has
ranch in Atascosa county also What was
definitely known. One solution Is that Davis
was member of grand jury in Wilson
county and tried TO indict Carver for COW
stealing. Carver heard Of N, taxed Davis
with It and the two quarreled, Carver cursing
Davis horribly. Davis, who was not regard.
ed as particularly brave man, sent him
word that he would kill him on sight, but
Carver paid no attention to the threat An.
other theory is that Carver was not treating
his wife like husband should, having another
woman in the city, on which he lavished his
this, demonstrated with him; they quarreled,
and the shooting was the result. The shoot
ing is done, however, and the opinion of the
attending physician is that the wounded man
has just one chance in 20 to get well. IL he re-
covers there will be another killing, that OF
Davis, as the wounded man declares. II he
dies, there will very probably be hanging,
after the courts have go att.
The aged father OF Carver arrived from Will
son county about an hour before the shoot.
ing began, but had no idea Of his sons dan
ger until after the occurrence. He charac-
terizes 1t as "a villainOus murder" Carver
and Davis met last Sunday. but neither eG-
changed words, and this threw Carver more
than ever of his guard, and at the time Of the
shooting he was wholly unarmed.
When the shooting began Billy Smms was
sittingin the back yard of the Pickwick. and
hearing the shots supposed his life was threat.
ened and as Caryer approached him to get
out the side door, he drew his pistol and was
about to fire, when Carver said Il am shot,"
and almost fell into Simms arms.
DIR. Amos Graves this morning reports HE
patient as progressing very favorably. He
extracted four ounces of blood from the
wounded mans chest, and the internal hem
orrhage is partially stopped. The man APP
pears stronger and there IL decided pulsatiOn
of the arteries,