Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
KNIFE, RIFLE, REVOLVER.
Lew Feeley of Feeley's Station
Turns Himself Loose on
T. H. Smith.
Smith in Butte, Cut, Shot and
Hopeful of Getting Even
With Feeley.

From Thursdays Daily.
Shortly after the train from Silver Bow
pulled into Feeley's Station ysst Il J
afternoon, somewhere between 2 aud
O'Clock, Lewis P. Feeley, or 'Yonng +. eley. >
as he is better known, who had been a
passenger or the train, made an assault
wit a rnurderous looking knife on T. II.
Smith q man about 80 years Of age, EN-.
ployed by Cowan & Word, wood dealers.
Feeley made several desperate lunges at
Smith, one of which took effect on the
latter's right shoulder inficting a painful
wound between the shoulder joint and
elbow. There was a violent scuf1iDg and
still more violent words throughout the
~scrimmage. The former resulted in Smiths
kicking the knife from bis assailant's hands
and the latter indicated that the trouble
bet ween the men had not come to q per-
manent end.
Not long after the hand to hand tussle,
Feeley was seen approaching Smith, carry
ing q rife in hiH bands. When within thirty
feet OF his intended victim, Feeley opened
fire. Smith rushed straight at the shooter,
escaping q second bullet fired at a distance
of not more than fifteen feet, and when he
grabbed the mnzzle Of the rife a third ball
whistled by without inflictihg any injury.
Wrenching the weapon from the desperate
youngsters grasp Smith dealt him q terrific
blow upon the head, cutting the scalp and
leteing the blood out with a gush. Feeley
snatched from his belt revolver OF smaller
calibre than the 40 he Usually carries, put
it against what he thought was Smiths side
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woodsman his left arm rested against
the muzzle Of the gun and when the dis
charge came the arm was not against his
body. The ball passed through the upper
arm only a short distance below the point
OF the shoulder. So close were the quarter
that Smiths SKIRT was blackened and
burned with powder and the punctured
flesh itself bears witness OF the closeness oil
the range. There the contest ended, Smith
holding Feeley to prevent q second shot
and friends interfering to prevent a kill.
ing. Tae ARRAY took place in the wood
yard.
Such was the story told last night by
Smith as he lay on a cot in DR.. Whit.
lords Miners hospital, No. 81 South
Idaho street. His right arm was
bandaged between the elbow and
shoulder and the left arm was bare, show.
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upper arm. He was not suffering much
and talked willingly enough about the
affray which terminated so fortunately fol-
him. The MINER mar asked the cause Of
the triple assault. .
"Feeley had been to Silver Bow and ]
guess that he had been drinking. / think
his wife put him up to it; she had beer
drinking too" aw
why should the wife put him up to
shooting you under any circumstances?'
Smith was asked.
Well, you see, Feeley was beating bel
one night as I was going by and l went to
the house and took her part. That SET
him against me and he forbade her to lei
me. into the house. When he came home
full of booze and found that she had beer
drinking too, / guess che gave him the
idea thai he tried to carry out. Feeley
must be as badly hurt as I am, for 1 hit
him a pretty good lick across the head
with the rifle. l ar all right and 1 will be
out in a few days and some time I'll make
hiin pay for this."
Feeley was not arrested, presumably be
cause there was no one prese 1t to take
either him or Smith into custody. From
the remarks made by the latter it was
understood that he would not attempt to
have the young nan arrested, although ht
was satisfied that Feeiey's intent to muir
der him was strong enough. Feeley is a
son of the man for whom the station ID
named. The father is a prosperous MAJ
in middle life and his reputation is an en-
via BILE one in all respects. The son, who il
not yet 81 years old, is said to be wilder
than most youths of his age and &c
have a fancy for carrying a gun as the
real bad men of frontier days used to do
He 10 a strong, fully developed fellow an6
so far as is known has never before been il
trouble OF this kind. So Q months ago ht
ca me to Butte and married q girl whom hit
father had sent back to this city from
Feeley's after she had worked in the ole
gentleman's household for a period of sew
eral weeks. Smith was given an excellen
reputation by a gentleman who has known
him for a long time.