Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-24
THEY SHOT TO KILL
Desperate ARRAY in a Crowded
Street i'm Columbus, Ohio.
EDITORS MEET AND FIGHT
Tragic End of Newspaper War in Which
Two Lives Were Lost.

Ono of the Victims an Innocent Bystander
>-BuIlets f yinE RecklessIy and Several
Persons wounded-TwO of the Partici.
pants Arrested and Lynch ng Threat.
ened-The JAIN Closely Guarded.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. cav. j. Elliott,
editor of the Sunday Capital, and his
brother, p. j. Elliott, met F. w. Lever.
ing, editor of the Sunday World, and A.
G. Osborne, one of his reporters, in High
street shortly after noon and a fusilade
of shooting began.
Osborne was instantly killed by a shot
P. j. Elliott was hit in the head and arm
and w. I. Elliott was injured.
A bystander named Hughes was in.
stantly killed.
The trouble arose from articles ap.
pearing in the papers named, and the
shooting was done in the midst of 4
crowd watching to see parade.
Elliott First to shoot.
Accounts differ as to how the fusilladt
began or who fired the first shot. So far
as it can be ascertained it is believed w.
j. Elliott was the first to shoot. He was
seen to dive in his pocket pull his gun
and blaze away. The fire was returned
and from seven to fourteen shots in ali
were fired, the witnesses differing as tc
the number.
Be that as it may, it is certain that
enough shots were fired to end suddenly
the lives of two men, one of whom was
in no way connected with the disgraceful
affair.
Osborne was about SO years of age,
and was formerly city editor of the Capt..
tai under Elliott. He was a sin gle man
The Sunday World is Senator Brice's or
gan, and was started during the Sena
torial campaign.
Origin of The Feud.
The feud had it's origin in a quarrel
between w. j. Elliott and Osborne over
business rivalry and personal feeling,
growing out of the former relations of
the two men as employer and employee.
When Osborne became city editor of the
World recently, newspaper warfare
ensued, and soon developed into a con-
test too foul for the columns of a reputa-
BILE newspaper. Elliott accused w F.
lowering. editor of the World, of living
and publishing the World upon the pro-
ceeds of a house of designation, run by
himself and woman, whom, it was al
legged, he had ruined.
The principals seem to have stood their
ground at first, while the spectators, at
tracted in that direction by the first re-
port of the revolvers, made frantic eff
forts TO retrace their steps. The jam
was so dense that those who were near
the spot were hemmed in as if sur
rounded by stone wall. Immediately
acircle formed, giving the belligerent
murderers all the scope possible. w. J.
Elliott stood in the center of this circle
firing his revolver, and was answered by
his adversary. After repeated shots w.
j. Elliott fought himself through the
crowd. Osborne made break for the
door of hat store. Elliott turned as
he ran into the store. From the fact
that Osborne was shot in the chin he
must have received his death wound be- |
fore retreating to the store.
Besides the two killed John Reese, |
formerly of the Adjutant- Generals Office, |
and 9. w. Sullivan were wounded. The |
two former were in no way connected |
with the causes leading to the tragedy.
Public Excitement Runs High.
Both of the Elliotts are locked up, Pat |
rick being in the hospital.
Public feeling runs very high against |
the Elllots and trouble is feared.
Threats of lynching are freely made, |
and their is an ominous silence which |
bodies i'll for the prisoners
The Jail officials are taking every pre-
caution against surprise. A double
guard has been put on, and a system of
signals arranged to summon assistan ce
from police headquarters at the least
sign of a riot.