Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-11-03
An Encounter With Pistols.

At the early hour of six on Wednes- day morning, an affray occurred at the Fashion saloon, which narrowly missed being tragedy, and, as it was, resulted in the serious injury of one of the participants. There were sev- eral witnesses to the difficulty, and as far as we have learned, the testimony of all concurs on important points.
 The parties to the quarrel were Cy- rus H. Blevins and Henry Bleyins, who are not related to each other as many might be led to suppose. Both were more or less under the influence of liquor. Henry Blevins asked sey- eral men up to the bar to take a drink, and seeing Cy. Blevins near the door, extended the invitation to him. He, however, seems to have taken offense at it, and drawing his pistol approach ed Henry Blevins, fourished the wea- pon in the latter's face, at the same time applying oprobrious epithets ac- companied by a challenge to fight. Henry Blevins claims-and is corro- borated by eye witnesses-to have done everything possible to pacify Cy. and told him he was not armed, but says the latter continued to flourish the pistol close to his face and to Use threatening and insulting language.
 MT. Baker, one of the proprietors of the house, seeing that a shooting scrape was imminent, approached Cy. Blevins, took hold of his arm and con- ducted him out to the sidewalk, and some ten or fifteen feet distant from the door of the saloon, and tried to in- duce him to leave the vicinity. Cy. however, in a few moments after Ba- ker re-entered the saloon, returned and stood just outside the door, half oi which was closed Henry Blevins had, in the meantime, procured pis- tol and seeing Cy. standing outside as though lying in wait for him, he, pis tol in hand, approached and had reached the door, on the inside, wher Cy. raised his pistol and fired. Il seems almost incredible that the bull
 let could have missed Henry Blevin' unless the latter struck the pisto
 away, but it did miss him and passed
 through a screen in the rear of the
 room. Henry says he was blinded by
 the smoke, and stepped to the othe
 side and in front of the door, raised
 his pistol and fired at Cy., who wa
 then about eight or ten feet away. Cy
 was probably hit at the first shot, al
 though he continued to retreat ant
 fell in the street after Henry Blevins
 second shot, The latter claims tha
 Cy. fired twice, but another person
 who was present, says only once
 When Cy fell, his antagonist re-en
 tered the saloon and gave himself ul
 to Mir Baker who took him to jail The encounter is said to have been tn result of an old grudge.
 It was found that Cy. Blevins ha sustained very serious wound. Tn ball from Henry Blevins' pistol struc his right arm between the wrist an elbow and passed up the arm, shattel ing the bone, and rendering amputa ton necessary. Doctors Largent, c ) Globe, and Davis, of San Carlos, per
 formed the operation, severing tn l member about four inches below tn ) shoulder. The unfortunate man resting easily and will most likely rt cover. He is quiet and inofensiv ) when not drinking, and his friend 9 deplore his participation in the affra! l and his serious injury. Henry Blevin t was examined yesterday afternoon b' 3 fore Justice Atkins and discharged f the evidence going to show that | a acted in self-defense.-Globe Silve
 Belt.