Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-24
Two Editors Open a fusIllade Upon
Each other In
Street;
TWO PERSONS ARC kiLLGo AND
SEVERAL INJURED.
Ns"spaper Wen Who lay Down th.ir
rens ANA FAKE IN Asn,s.

CoLuMnrs, o., Fob. IA shooting
occurred ON the most crowded Dor.
Ton 81 High street today In which
about hitecu shots were fired. Tn,
shots were fxchnnged by W. ]. Elliot
OF the sunday Cdrif0i auk A. &. Os-
horne Of tue Susby World, and grow
out Of THE exchange OF slanderous
articles. a hystandcr named Hughes
wa shot through the head, and
died Instantly. Osborne wa shot
through the head, and died soon after,
smile brother Of W. J. Elliott was
shot through the arm and hask and a
number u others were nllghily
wounded.
Elliott n under arrest ani threats arc
mndc against W. j. Elliott. stories Of
the shooting are conflicting. Elliott
asserts that Osborne fired the shot
which killed Hughes. AZ the time Of
the fu.illadc great crowd was on the
street watching procession.
Excitement Incident 10 the tragedy
coniiuuce tonight. and the situation IA
threatening. Large crowds continue
~ hover about the scene OF tragedy.
w. J, Elliott and his brother Patrick
ARE held nj the city prison, aud, owing
10 threats openly made, thc police
authorities have been extfa ur.cautlous
TO prevent an outbreak OF mol ylo-
lcucc.
ELLiOr1's STATEMENT.
WI. Elliott, who was seen by re-.
porter tonight, said. "My brother aaS
myself went W town 10 see the parade.
When In front Of shrodef'- saloon |
saw O.lotnv with revolver pointed a.
mc. reached for my pistol, when IA,
iliCd lack. OsbOrne then fired at Pat,
who was In the crowd.n
Elliott thinks this was when the men
IN the crowd were shot, and Osborue'.
gun wounded them. Pat Elliott states
That while running away from OsboTne
b. felt two siings where bullets struck
him.
Interviews with Larry. number ~
eye'witnsrscs say that W. ]. Elliott
opened ire on Osborne first. anu ia.
best Information VI those who saw IL 4.
thht the ifst shot was fired by Elliott,
and hit Osborne In the slide OF tho head
oshofn., after returning fr, nj klllotts
fau into hat store, where lie wa
followed 10y pat'lcl Elliott, and ihsJ
hhd lp,nd' tO.hsnd Struggle, during
which several shots Were fired, aud
Osborne was shot through the body.
He died Instantly. The ii0dics OF o.
borne and w. J. Hughes, innocent
sprcniufs, were removed TO tho Cofo-
ncf's office.
Among the wounded SPECTATORS were
John II. Reese, Government Htatistl.
cal Agent, shpt through tho leit leg,
seriously; G. W. sullivan, b0okkeeper,
shot Though the arm; II. l.. Gardner,
Dauville, o. shot through the ankle;
q. W. Relfschmeilef, struck Ia the
bo,1n by a spent hall.
TllE TERRIBLE ArrAR
grew out % a newspaper feud which
had been raging several weeks between
the Publishers " the Sunday ipoyld
aud Sunday Capital. Two weeks agc
the World made charges az inst Editor
kllinlps family, insinuating that his
female relative was unchastc. Elliott
fctRliated the following Sunday with n
Our.column article, charging Editor
lowering OF the World with being n
Joiut proprietor Of an asslguhtion
house. lowering ~ Assistant State
Oll lusps ct1r, and u prominent poliil.
clan. The charges created sensation,
and also implicated Claus Seeker,
Governor Camplell's private secretary,
with Lowering, and Osborne retaliated
yesterday by charging Elliott with all
tho crimes In ihe calendar.