Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1891-07-01
THE cANDElARIA SHOOTING.
Particulars of the ARRAY The
Wounded Man Resting EssIIy.

The facts of the case seem TO be as
follows; About noon last Wednesday,
the gath, Booth entered the store of
the Pacific Coast Borax Company,
where Beatty was employed as book.
keeper, and paid Beatty So which he
had borrowed on the previous Monday.
Beatty says that Booth placed the
money on the counter, saying Here is
the 50 | got from you, and as Beatty
reached for tae money Booth drew II
pistol from his packet and said
Take this, too Won s--of al" and
began firing. He fired in all five shots,
the first striking Beatty in the neck,
the second entering the fleshy part of
the thigh, and another entering the
right groin. Then Beatty clinched
Booth aud forced him out the door 10
the sidewalk, when officer McEwen
separated them and placed Booth un-
der arrest. Two bullets must have
missed. One was found in the wall,
another passed through the floor and
third (Which evidently passed through
Beatty's thigh was found embedded in
the door with u portion of Beatty's
pantaloons and underdrawers clinging
to it.
Beatty was taken to DR.. Counsellor's
office and everything possible done for
him. At last accounts he was resting
easily. and ii is believed and hoped
he will recover.
Beatty says he was warned that
Booth had threatened to do him harm
and that ne armed himself in antici-
patton of an assault, but that when
Booth placed the money on the coun-
ter, he was thrown off his guard and
believed that he had been mislnformed.
After Booth began firing he had no
time to draw his pistol and his only
chance was to clinch his assailant and
disarm him.
At the preliminary examination
Booth made the following statement:
When l entered the store | saw Mr..
Beatty come in through the back door
from the outside. He advanced and
had his right hand In his right hip
pocket When about four feet of ME
he stopped. l had So in my right
hand and threw it on the counter, say
ing, Here is your So | then said,
Beatty, you have ruined me. You
have broken up my home and taken
my children from me- Didn't you
give my wife money to leave ong He
replied: Yes, did, Billy AS soon
as he replied we both drew our guns
and shot at the same time He shot
again and then advanced toward me-
l was facing the hack part of the store.
He was facing the front When he ad-
vanced he grabbed me. We struggled
and be partly fell or stumbled, but
arose in second, and | commenced
shooting again, but as he arose he
caught hold of me. In the struggle
we went out of the front door, when
McEwen and Charles Porter appeared
on the scene McEwen grabbed my
pistol and said, " Here, let GO said,
"All right. Dick Porter then took
hold of me and threw me against the
store, where some boxes were. Nc
Even then said, "'Come along with
me, Billy l did so and went with
him. That's all.
A BULLETIN reporter called at the
Jail Monday morning to Learn if Booth
desired to make any further statement,
but he declined to do So While speak
ing of the affair he was moved to tears
on account of the loss of his children.
He expects to procure bail in few
days,
A preliminary examination was held
before Justice Howard on Friday
night. Dan Holland appeared for
Booth, and pleaded justification on the
ground that Beatty had been intimate
with Booths wife, that in consequence
of his friendship Mrs. Booth had
obtained money from him wherewith |
to leave the town during her husbands !
absence on jury duty.
District Attorney Bowler appeared
for the people. He pronounced it
cowardly attempt at assassination; !
that nothing had been shown to war
rant the story of intimacy between |
Beatty and Mrs, Booth. That Beatty's |