Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-18
BLOOD At

4 BLOOD AT A BREWERY.
Joseph Miller Painfully Wounded BY
Pistol Shot-Molhe Slightly
Injured.
At Ills Tuesday eve, messenger rushe,
almost ~breathlessly into THE MINER ofic
and inquired for the reporter. He state,
that tout to the Centennial brewery u mai
had been killed and another wounded T.
In an instant the reporter hurried of. t,
Schmidt & Gamers Main street saloon IA
get the facts. Through the courtesy Q
the gentleman in charge the report wal
more clearly understood and confirmed. A
11:35 q carriage was at the MINER ofic,
and in just fifteen minutes from that mo
ment Charley Dorsey landed the reporter
within three ieet of the door OF the Centen
NAL Brewery.
Instantly entering, the reporter found
one Of the proprietors, Mr.. Schmidt, lean.
ing against q billiard table and some half
dozen men sitting around, all in friendly
chat. Approaching Mr.. Schmidt the repor.
ter asked il the state of affairs given him
before leaving town a true, and there.
upon learned the following facts:
ONE STATEMENT.
All agree that 'Prof.' Schultz, who was
to leave for a visit to friends in Germany
to-day, had called his friends around him
at the brewery last evening for a farewell
before starting to the faderland. There are
work at the brewery proper the other at
the bottling works. Between these two
sets there is i'll feeling for some reason or
other.
A lew days ago a man named Billy Lynn
was discharged by Mr.. Schmidt, the propri-
etor, for the reaaon that he had no more
work for him ut the brewery. Lynn i'm
agined that Wolfe, the confidential book
keeper at the bottling works, a the
cause OF his discharge, which Mr.. Schf1idt
states is not true.
among the brewery men and told them
Wolfe not only caused him to lose his Job
but had said many ugly and indecent
things about all OF them. Thus matters
stood last evening as the party made
ready to celebla ate the Professors" de-
parture.
FOR FADERLAND.
At an early hour, perhaps about 3
or 8 O'Clock, Lynn, or one OF his gang,
went from the Brewry over to the bettling
works and informed Wolfe of the teaparty
and invited him to come over and join in
bidding the Professor a pleasant voyage
to the old home. Wolfe agreed to do so
as soon az his work of posting books was
finished, and did 60, taking a pistol along
as is the custom when going out alone at
night.
Upon entering the billiard hall at the
Brewery and seeing the party present,
Wolfe stated that he had not come to
have a difficulty, but to join in a merry
party as their guest. Almost Immediately
three or four OF tho Brewry men sur
rounded Wolfe.
These associates of Lynn asked Wolfe il
he had not used the ugly words reported
to them by Lynn. Wolfe replied that he
had not, and at once hastily left tho room,
by Lynn and several others,
among whom was Joseph Miller,
THE WOUNDED MAN,
who is a malt worker at the brewery. Pur-
suing Wolfe with loud and violent words
and gestures. they overlook and surrounded
him outside and near the front OF the build
ing, and at c set upon, beat, got him
DOWN and stamped upon him. Extricating
sufficiently to regain his feet,
Wolfe yelled at them to desist or he would
They kept up the attack, these !
three or four to one, and
WOLFF FIRE.,
Miller in the right breast below the |
the ball glancing and coming out at /
point about five inches from the place of |
entrance. !
Wolfe Immediately came to town and |
stated the case to an officer, who, armed |
With a warrant for the aggressors. left for
'he. brewery to arrest one or more of them. |
MILLER's CONDITION.
At 1850 Miller was in bed, resting COM
oaratively easy, though somewhat ex-
;ited; both by the celebration juice and the
racas. He appeared to be only slightly
INJURED and will probably be at work again
n a short time, if he is not detained by the
authorities.
On his return to town the reporter met
Wolfe and the officers en- route to the
tn make the arrest. Recognizing
who is a small man and whom the
eporter knew well in albuquerque and So
orro, New Mexico, some four years ago, he
lalted the carriage and took
woLFFE's STATEMENT,
Which was to the effect that he went over
o the Brewry rs an invited guest at the
farewell Jeopardy. That imme.
lately upon his arrival he was set upon
gross words, followed out by three or
our big, burly men and beaten, cuffed and
licked as before stated. That he, to pro.
ect himself, fired at the man nearest to
m who was a%asaulting, then came to
own and reported. l.
About 1 O'Clock this morning Marshal
oily had returned with two of the party
no were taken before Judge Mediation
gave bonds in $1,000 zach for their
ppearance to-day at 3 p. m. On COM
laint Wolfe was also arrested and put
nder like bond. Miller, the wounded
IAN, was left 1T the Brewery, being not in
t condition to walk to town. The hearing
probably be had to-day or Tomorrow,
the facts found to be as TIE MINER this
orning lays them before it's patrons for !
reakfast reading. =