Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
GORE SPILLED.
a Saloon Difficulty in Which a Pistol
Shot Was Fired.
1t Took Effect, but no Death will Result-seven
Glasses of Beer-A Scene in jail
The Story.

There was shooting affray last even
ing about $50 o. CLOCK in which Charley
Williams got the contents of SS-callbre
Smith & Wesson revolver in the small Of
his back, the gun being in the hands of
Thomas WinfreY, a bartender at Gallo
ways saloon on Main street between
Eighth and Ninth.
Williams went into the saloon with
several others and after taking round
of drinks piece of silver was handed in
payment. Dispute arose over the
change, and presently beer glasses were
flying in every direction. One Of them
cut bad cash in the back of Williams
head, and then bullet came after him
and found the lower right side of his
back, and ranging across under the skin
lodged on the left side. He strobe out
of the saloon and came up town to have
his head bandaged up. He didn't care
SO much about the wound in his back.
When he emerged upon the street again
he fell into the arms of Officers Ben Bell
and Charley Medley, and soon was given
quarters in the county jail, whittier the
same officers had previously conveyed
Thomas Winfrey.
About 80 o. clock q reporter visited
the jail in company with the county ply
sician, who went to look after the
wound.
To the hospital department they went.
"Hospital department is an expression
of courtesy merely, as the rooms de-
voted to that purpose possess no distinc-
tive features except q couple of beds in
each.
In one OF those rooms were found the
two principals in the ARRAY. Charley
Wllliamshad bandages wound around
his head. he Is laboring man of good
intelligence. He is an employe of the
electric company which is putting the
city's new plant in.
Tom Winfrey, the bold bartender who
used his gun SO skillfully, was consider
ably agltated over the affair, which he
regretted very much.
The surgeon began at once to probe
for the bullet, and the reporter to probe
for news.
Tom Winfrey said: ''There was quite
a crowd of them come into the saloon,
and man named George set 'em up for
all hands. He gave me 81 to pay for the
drinks, and 1 handed him back fifty
ing for one of the drinks, so l took back
the half dollar and gave him ten cents.
He said l still owed him fifty cents. -
"You owed him sixty cents,'' inter-
rupted Williams, who was undergoing
fortunes at the hands of the surgeon. but
Kept his ears open to hear the kind of
story told by his enemy.
Eyes, know 1 did, - went on Win
frey, land gave it to him. AS soon as
the man mentioned it l noticed l had
thoughtlessly picked up his half dollar,
and l returned 1t to him. They all went
out then except this man Williams. He
stayed back and began to quarrel with
me for trying to cheat his friend.''
''I did nothing of the kind,'' again
interrupted Williams. "You began to
quarrel yourself. -
awe got hot at each other and beer
glass was thrown at me. 1 threw one in
return and -.
"You threw the first glass yourself"
yelled Williams, who didn't appear to
care so much about how the surgeon
treated him as how the story was told.
Winfrey didn t heed the interruption,
but continued: "Then Williams picked
up glass and threw at me, smashing
some of the mirrors. With that pulled
my gun and flred.''
eyes, and I'll get even with you for
that, me honey asserted Williams.
''Were you drunk when you went into
the saloon?" the reporter asked Will
Jams.
"Well, I'll tell you, he said conf
dentially, 81 had just seven beers INTO
me at the time, and that's the truth. -
Williams was allowed to return to
his boarding house after his wound had
been dressed. Wintrey will haye trial
this morning.