Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-06-18
Two Railroad Employees at Man.
dan Quarrel and One Mortally
Wounds the Other.
A Zine Explosion in Pennsyl-
wanna Sr axes the Earth and
Kills Thirty-two Men.
Details of the Crime.

In drunken quarrel at Msndsn
Sunday evening about Z o'clock
George Lewis shot and morally
wounded VIM. Palmer, well known in
Bismarck, where he used 10 live.
From last evenings Mandan Pioneer
the following particulars are CLEANED:
Lewis and Palmer and Swede met
during the afternoon and the Swede
and Lewis quarrelsd. Finally Lewis
struck the Swede over the head. Not
long after this occurred the party went
over to the paint car aud Lewis made
"A boast of having setteled the section
hand end seemed rather Satisfied with
what he had done. Palmer did not
like it and wss free In expressing his
opinion, telling George that he ought
to be ashamed of himself for striking
a poor innocent Swede who had done
nothing and could hardly speak
word of English. This was hotly re-
sented, and as bo'h men were the
worse for liquor :h.ir quarrel quickly
turned into something more serious.
The quarreling began
again. and Palmer succeeded 10 put
ting Lewis out oi the car through the
north door and then closed il. Lewis
ran around tn the south door and
again they met. aud sfter a few more
angry words Lewis drew 3s-cslibre
bulldog revolver and shot Palmer
three times, aud perhaps four. hitting
hi. mark every shot. He then fired
one shot into the ground and threw
his six shooter on the roof ofthe round
house. Palmer had fallen after the
third or fourth shot was fired, and
when George had disposed Of bis re-
volver he jumpted into the car and
helpted his victim TO q bunk at the
aide of the car. saying: "Lie down
Billie and I'll 90 for the Doctor"
DIR. Reed was the frat physician to
arrive and after getting Pslmer's
clothes off found that one shot had
entered his LEFT thigh, that another
had grszed the left elbow, third had
entered the abdomen on the left side
and had either come out on the right
side or that fourth shot had entered
on the right side.
Palmer seemed to he In great sgony
and talked necessarily, going over and
over again the details of the shooting.
He talked about his wife and children
and would stop in the middle Of SEN
tence ana exclaim: "Oh, II was o
dirty trick that George played on me,
after gave him work and favored him
more than snv of the men / had" A
part of the time bis talk was perfectly
connected and he would give bis &C.
count Of the terrible scene In a
straightforward manner. Several
times he repeated the same story. He
would cay: "You nee George and I
had little scrap. I was jacking him
up about striking the swede when he
pulled his gun and shot me In the leg.
I said, "Hold on George or you'll hurt
me. and then he shot me two or three
times more and that's all I know, be-
cause fell down aud was In such
misery"
he was perfectly confident that be
weuld die, and kept repeadpg:
"Pm not afraid to die and am ready
to go now, but I hate to think that ]
had such q dirty, mean trick rlayed
on me and that I have got to be put
out of the world like this"
Something was said In his hearing
about taking him TO Brainerd. This
seemed to distress him more than his
wounds, and he begged not tn be sent,
imploring the doctor repeatedly rot to
seud him. He would cay: PLEASE
sepd me home TO my little children
before / die. Tsm fatally wounded,
and n I 20 to Rrsinerd TN never ere
them again." He repeatedly referred
| to having hidden some valuable papers
that he wished to tell his wife about.
bu ( refused to tell anyone else where
they were. Palmsr's family In Helena
we're telegraphsd for.
Geo. Lewis lays that he shot In self
defense, % Palmer had drawn . large
knife on him, aud said: "I'll out
your heart out" Several who weie
Wit pesses Of the affair. claim to have
seen the knife. and Others say hs did
NOT.
II wss reported late last evening that
palmer had dtod.