St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-28
Two Colered Men Undertake to Murder
Each Other in Gambling
Resort.
One of Them Wounded-A Spectator Of
the Fray Seriously Shot in
the Shoulder
The Council Stirs up the City Hall Job
AID. Cutter May be
Sued.
Political Points, The Swedish Re-
publicans Indorse Mattson--
The Steel-Arch Contract.
THEY BOTH CUT LOOSE.
Serious Shooting ARRAY, i'm which
Two NIen Are BADLY Hurt.

A serious shooting affray occurred
about o'clock last evening in a room
frequented by colored gamblers over Shaw's
saloon on Third avenue south, in
which two men were dangerously
wounded. The participants, ewes"
Holland and George Devol, are well
known as short-card players among the
colored sports, both having made their llv-
ing princieslly by gambling for number
of years past, De Vols home is in st.
Paul. Holland has recently came from
Chicago and has been living at GA Third
street south. He worked at the ST. James
hotel barber shop last summer. Thursday
night the two men sat in a game OF poker.
De Vol won pot and was
raking in the money, when Hol-
land snatched some of it, claiming
that he had been cheated by DeVol in the
deal. This raised row, but it quieted
down for the time being, although both OF
the men, it appears,
ARMED THEMSELVES WITH REVOLVERS,
so as to be prepared for emergencies. Last
night they met in the same room. A game
was going on, and some one called out to
DeVol: Don't you want to come in,
George?" DeVol answered: Whats the
use of my winning any money when people
snatch it back?" Holland became
enraged at this rather pointed
remark, and after calling DeVol
several opprobious names, pulled his re-
volver and fired once. The ball did not
strike De Vol, who in turn pulled his gun
and commenced firing. The first shot was
a signal for general stampede on the part
of the spectators. and all got out safely but
a young fellow named Rufus Sevoy, who
was struck in the back by ball
just as he was passing through the door.
Charles Williams, a sable individual. who
had been asleep, was the only man who re-
manned in the room. He says that Dew oil
grappeled with Holland and seemed to be
pushing him against the table, while he
kept on firing with a revolver, which he
held in his right hand. Williams called
out,
DON'T MURDER HIM, GEORGE"
DeVol replied, IF you will open the door
CO." Williams opened the door, and De
Vol pushed Holland down the stairs
into the arms OF Sergt. Nelson
and Officer Mcnamara, who had
just arrived upon the scene. Both men
were taken to the Central station,
where an examination of Hollands wounds
showed that one ball had cut slight fur
row along the scalp, and another ball
passed through the tleshy part of the lett
shoulder and entering the neck had mar
rowly escaped cutting the carotid artery.
De Vol only had a few scratches upon his
hands and face, which he had received in
the scuff1e Both revolvers were six
shooters of thirty-two caliber. Four
chambers of De Vols revolver were empty
and only one chamber Of Hollands. Rufus
SevoY, the young man who was shot in the
back, was found to be seriously hurt and
was taken to st. BarnabaS hospital.
e.-'iTHE BULLET
had entered near the left shoulder blade,
and the wound was probed four inches
without finding the bullet. 1t is thought
that it did not penetrate the lungs, and the
chances for recovery are fair, the greatest
danger being that blood poisoning may fol-
low. Sevoy is young man who has been
employed as a waiter at Hotel Lafayette,
Minnetonka, during the summer, and about
week ago went to work at the West no.
tel. He has resided with a sister-in-
law at 215 Third street south.
The place at which the shooting occurred
has been gambling headquarters for the
colofed people and has several times been
closed by the police. The sympathy of
those who were acquainted with DeVol
and Holland seems to be largely with the
former. All witnesses agree that Holland
started the row and say that De Vol only
acted in self-defenSe.