, 1890-08-13
SHOT IN THE FACE.
Determined Assault of Iohn Wool
lens on F, {. Thompson.
One of Three Charges of Shot Eff
feCtive, but not Fatal.
The Trouble Over a Woman and
Dates Months Back.

John WOoIlens, the 40 year old son OF
the well known commission man and
fruiterer, took three shots at f. L. TbOmp
son with a scatter gun yesterday after
noon and scored once. Thompson was
formerly a locomotive driver, Is now engi,
neer for IN electric light plant at Denver,
and was here to see some lots he had
lately purchased. The shooting occurred
on West Seventeenth, between Bent and
ONeil, and was witnessed by several,
Woollens made a desperate effort to kill
Thompson. The effective shot planted a
dozen or more pellets in the targets face
and head, but he will recover, DR.. Wy
man has HIM as a patient at the hospital.
Woollens lies in a steel cell at the county
jail.
1t seems that Thompson was a patron
of the restaurant condu cted by Woolens
and wife at Greeley so me considerable
time back. He was the cause OF serious
trouble between Mr.. and Mrs. Woollens
and it is said this was not his first esca.
pade Of that nature. Thompson landed
in Cheyenne yesterday morning. About
noon he met Taylor Woollens, a lad of 10,
son of John Woollens. They eonyersed
but a few minutes. On reaching home
Taylor told his father, who was in bed
resting and treating rheumatic Joints, of
seeing their old acquaintance. Woollens
sent the boy to find Thompson and in
vite him to the house. to say that his
mother wanted to see him. The lad did
not understand the message; his mother
had been away from here some time.
Mystifed, but obedient, he extended the
invitation as he had been hidden.
As Thompson reached the gate of
Woollen's residence the latter pushed win
dow shutters open with the muzzle of his
shotgun and fired. Thompson, who was
not more than twenty feet away, reeled
and fell, but quickly arose, turned and
ran. Another shot was fred, and after
the delay for reloading, a third. The
second and last we're misses, the shot
striking houses across the street.
Officer Nolan was standing at the city
hall and ran tOward the scene at the first
report. He found Woollens at the back
OF the house with the gun still in his
grasp, and of course placed him under
arrest, taking the weapon from his trem-
bling hands. The prisoner was greatly
agitated. He refused to tell the name of
the wounded man, and said he hoped the
shots had been fatal. Nothing more
would he tell, then or later. Woollens
was brought to the city jail. and there
gwen into the custody of Deputy Sheriff
Thomasson.
Thompson, with blood streaming from
his face, was found on Sixteenth street
by Constable Douglas and taken to Mar
shall Schnitger's office. He was almost
unsommunicative as Woollens. He
talked with difficulty and not without
pain. His lips were much swollen and
several teeth had been shot out of his
head.
1t was Sheriff Martin who found the
boy and learned how Thompson was de-
coyed to the house.
Theo. t. Woollens is deeply distressed
over the affair, but like his son persist.
emily refused to make a statement of the
case for publication. SAID he: Il will
only say that the man richly deserved
shooting
The prisoner viii be given a hearing in
a day or two.