The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-14
THREE OUT OF -FOUR HIT.
A Lively Shooting Affair Between
Colored Employees at the Broad
water Hotel.
Sherman S, FUR Pumps Some Lead
Into w. q. Rose, the Head
Porter.
An Exciting Chase by u Deputy Sheriff
George Bundy, ~sx-Pugilist, Charged
With burglary.

w. q. Rose, heud porter at The Broad
water hotel, Ia nursing several painful pls-
toll shot wounds, md Sherma an s. Furr,
who until yesterday had charge of the cloak
room at the famous resort, ia in the city
Jail on the charge Of doing the shooting.
The two men have not been friends for a
long time and the enmity eliminated in a
fist light on Sunday and a shooting affair
yesterday. Roses wounds consist of a hole
through the lower part of the left arm. n
furrow along the left hip and another fur
row along the left side of the head. None
of the wounds are dangerous. Furr has a
swollen lip as n result Of the row. SO far
as can be learned the trouble resulted as
follows:
Rose has been employed at the Broadwater
ever since it opened. Furr's engagement as
cloak room boy dates from the opening of
the present season. Rose, it is charged,
was disposed to be somewhat overbearing
account Of his long service. Fur, who is a
very intelligent looking colored man., re-
sented this. As a consequence the relations
of the two were not very friendly. On Sun
day n of the lady guests at the hotel
asked Furr to go on Il short GRAND for her
which he did. Returning to the cloak room
he found several people waiting for him
Rose was there too and took Fur to tasl
for leaving his post. Fur attempted te
explain. The men had some words, ending
in Rose discharging Fur and striking hin
in the mouth and knocking hin
up against the boxes in The
cloak room. Fur did not strike back fol
the reason, he says, that he thought Rosl
had a gun in his pocket. He also claimi
that Rose threatened to ''break his face a
the first opportunity. About breakfas
leave and asked for his time. On going t.
the cloak room he found Rose there. Thu
two had some words, when Furr says Ros'
advanced toward him holding a stick. Ther
Fur drew a double-action revolver ant
fired four shots at Rose in rapid succession
Three of them took effect.
After the shooting Furr started for TIN
city pursued by Rose. The latter, finding
he could not overtake Fur. turned back TO
the purpose, he said, of getting his pisto
and shooting the man who ha,
wounded him. Fur, after throwing ava,
his revolver, came to the city. Going to pc
lice headquarters he surrendered himself
telling what he had done, and was looked
up in a cell. Later IN Rose, who had hat
his wounds dressed, came to the city ant
swore out a complaint against FUR, charg
ing him with ASSAULT with intent to kill
He says he v as standing quietly talking t
one OF the guests of the hotel when Fur
opened fire on him. Furr has engaged
Ella Knowles to defend him and will CLAIM
self defense. alleging threats on Rose
part. 1he pistol with which the shootin
was done was found by Marshal Sims o.
the line of the motor track, the route Fur
had taken coming into town.
Deputy Sheriff Dyer received a messag
shortly after the shooting that he wa
wanted at the hotel. He hurried out to tn
place hut on arriving there he found tina
the party who did the shooting ha
escaped. Some men told him Furr ha,
gone up toward Ten Mile and taken to til
hills. Dyer at onos hired a horse to folio,
i'll pursuit. The horse was a bronoho and
buoker as we'll. When he got the word t.
&c he went but not in the way the ride
intended. His hind legs moved but til
fore part of the animal seemed glued to til
ground. The deputy sheriff was not glued
however,: and about tho third jun
of the broncho Dyer left tn
saddle and started in IN air line for TIE
Mile. He only got about ten feet in tina
direction when he landed on the earth yer
much shaken up. Before he could remoun
word came s.at the shooter was in Jail i
Helena.