The record-union., 1891-02-24
Sensation Shooting All. . in
Columbus, OIL
TWO MEN KILLED AND SEVEN SERI
OUSLY WOUNDED.
ings Completed-The Floor Space to
be One-Third Greater Than That of
the Paris Exposition = Work Re-
sumed at Jackson Park.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.


COLUMBUS (O.), Feb. 23.-A shooting
affair occurred on the most crowded por-
ton of High street to-day, in which about
fifteen shots We're fired. The shots We're
exchanged by w. J. Elliott of the Sunday
Capital and A. C. Osborne of the Sunday
World.
A bystander named Hughes was shot
through the head and died instantly. Os-
borne was shot through the head and died
soon after, while brother of w. J.
Elliott was shot through the arm and
back, and number of others were
slightly wounded. The Elliotts are un-
der arrest and threats are. made against
w. j. Elliott.
The stories of the shooting are conflict
ing. Elliott asserts that Osborne fired the
shot which killed Hughes.
AT the time of the fusillade there was
great crowd on the street watching pro-
cession.
The excitement incident to the tragedy
continues tonight, and the situation is
threatening. Large crowds continue to
hover about the scene of the tragedy. w.
J. Elliott and his brother Patrick are
held at the City Prison, and owing to
threats openly made. the police authOri-
ties have taken extra precautions to pre-
vent an outbreak of mob violence.
w. j.. Elliott, who was seen by re-
porter tonight, said: "My brother and
myself went up town to see the parade,
When in front of Schroeder's saloon
saw Osborne with revolver pointed at
me. l reached for my pistol, when he
fired two or three times and / fired back
Osborn then fired at Pat, who was in the
croWdD
Elliott thinks this was when the men
In the crowd were shot, and OSborne's
gun wounded them. Pat Elliott here
stated that while running away from
Osborne he felt two stings where the
bullets struck him.
Interviews with large number of eve
Witnesses say that w. j. Elliott opened
fire on Osborne first, and the best infor-
nation of those who saw it is that the
first shot fred by Elliott hit Osborne in
the side.
Osborne, after returning the fire at
Elliott, ran into boot store, where he
was followed by Patrick Elliott, and they
had hand-to-hand struggle, during
which several shots We're fired and
Osborne was shot through the head. He
died instantly.
The bodies of Osborne and w. L.
Hughes, an innocent spectator, were re-
moved to the Coroners office.
Among the wounded spectators were
John Ii. Reese, Government statistican
agent, shot through the left leg, not seri-
Gus; G. w. Sullivan, a book-keeper, shot
through the arm; r. E. Gardner. of
Danville. Ohio, shot through the ankle;
6. w. Reitschmeider, struck in the
bosom by spent ball.
The terrible affair was the outgrowth of
a newspaper feud which has been ragir O
for several weeks between the publishers
OF the Sunday World and Sunday Capital
g Two weeks ago the World made charges
against the editor of the Capital, intimat-
ing that a female relative was unchaste
Elliott retaliated the following Sunday
with four-column article charging Ed
itor Levering of the World with being a
joint proprietor in an assignation house.
Levering is Assistant State Oil In
spector, and prominent politician. The
charges created a sensation, and also i'm
plicated Claude Meeker, Governor Camp
bells private secretary. Levering and
Osborn retaliated yesterday by charging
Elliott with all the crimes in the calendar,