Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-21

ACQUITTED OF NUMEROUS ASSAULT.
This being a motive, on information
filed by Bowles, Vincent was arrested
charged with assault with intent to kill.
Yesterday morning that charge against
Charles Vincent was tried In the Sow
teenth district court and Vincent, about
1880 o'clock was acquitted and dis
charged.
THE SHOOTING OCCURS.
He went down the street and at the
hour named, 1916, was standing on
Main. near Twelfth street, talking 10
DR.. Slauer, when Ollie Bowles, driven
by his nephew, Travis Bowles, came
south on Main street. He saw Vincent,
nnd telling DR.. Slauter 10 get out OF
the way, raised his gun and fired, the
shot going towards and some OF thom
striking the Central fire hall where
they lodged and were picked out. They
were turkey shot or co.
Vincent turned and ran up Main
turning into Eleventh street. Bowlcs
jumped from his buggy, followed him
and fired the second time, and this Is
the charge Of shot that did the
damage.
VINCENT ESCAPES.
Vincent had escaped into the Spring
Palace hotel and run up stairs, where
he hid Bowlcs followed and was told
by Canada Bill" Vincent had run
through the house and was over at the
central fire hall. Bowles turned back
ward TO 90 that way when Oillcer AL
Eckert met Bowles and told him he
was a prisoner. He made not the least
resistance and when he was told he had
shot n man, said he had tried to shoot
him, thinking Vincent was the
wounded man. The officer got into
Bowles' buggy with him and drove
rapidly to jail.
THE BILLET OF BULLETS.
The second charge OF shot was "blue
whistlers and the bullets ranged up the
street striking the corner OF GHlloway's
sul0on, the telephone pole In front, the
barber pole Of a shop half way up the
square and Lem Rank, the young man
80 unfortunately killed, and Jake Salz-
burg.
HOW RANK WAS SHOT.
When the first shot was fired, Rank,
Billie Curwile aud others were In Gal
loway's. They ran out, thinking II was
a fire alarm. Seeing the real cause Of
trouble, the pursued aud the pur-
suer, and that more shoot
Ing was probable, they hastened
and fell back into the saloon, but, too
late, for the gun was fired the second
time, and Rank, who had been jostled
back II little In the scramble to got out
OF harms way. run into the saloon, OK
claimed, "a am shot, recltd, fell TO the
floor and before human hands could
touch him, was dead, the fatal ball
going diEectly through his heart, en-
tering under the right nipple. He was
laid on the floor Of the bar room until
tho dead-wagon was called and he was
borne 10 the morgug.
THE DECEASED,
Lem Rank was a machinist by trade
who had lately come TO Fort Worth,
aud who had worked at his trade for Il
short time; then no had gone on visit
10 sister who lived in Trinidad Col.
Lately ho returned, and yesterday after
noon was TO have gone to work at Bill
and joes restaurant. He was Of mo-
dlum size, beardlcss, and Of quiet and
oven gentle disposition, enjoying the
favorable opinion of those who knew
him.
JAtEisALSBURG SHOT.
Salbmg's injury was slight, though
painful, The hall that struck him pcne-
tratcd the large muscle OF tho loft leg
and lodged against the bone with so
little force THAT the shot WIS not
dontcd by the Impact,
OLLIE nowLE's STATEMENT
Bowles was seen at the iuil, whore he
was on u couch In the hospital depart
meut, and without reservation, talked
ui the shooting. Ho said he was going
down Main street, he saw Vincent, told
DR., Shutter 10 get out OF the way, and
ilred at Vincent, intending toshoot him
la the legs; that the charge Of shot
must have gone between his legs, for
hb was not more than fifteen feet away
when he fred at him and he could not
understand how he missed him; that tho
second shot was fired before tho uun
was raised to his shoulder, for the re-
coil bruised his arm below the shoulder.
THE LECAL STATUS or THE KILLING.
Many iuquirors ON the streets ycstcr.
day wore seeking information IN the
legal aspect Of the killing Of Rank
Competent luwyurs say the statutes OF
wv NNfAh' lht'hN q NV lN'N |.hNAt NV lht
same oHeusc as II no had actually killed
the MIN he shot at, Bowles says when
he first shot At Vincent the latter was
coming toward him. II this can be-
proven, and this advance was accom-
panied by any threatening demOnstru-
ton, Bowlcs might set up Il claim Of
seli-deiensc and tho killing Of Rank,
at most, would be accidental homicide.
II this fails and tho attempt to kin
Vincent, II II WAS aUattempt to kin, is
held TO be n dcliher1te attempt at muir
der, the death OF Rank is also Il murder
OF exactly the same grade MS II Vincent
had been thc victim.
INFORMED OF THE DEATH or RANK.
lilo was told he had killed Young
Rank, and he said: "I'm sorry, for /
intended to shoot Vincent and no one
else. The gun used was the Same Vim
cent shot me with. The barrels had
been cut OH, and II was one that u one
armed man could handle | reloaded
the gun myself My nephew had moth
ing to do with tho matter, except he
CHANGED to be in the buggy with me.
TRAVIS HowLEs' CONNECTION
with the shooting caused his arrest in
the afternoon, ON the street, at tho
time IL was said he not only drove the
horse, but he loaded the gun for his
Uncle Ollie, but II will be noted that
the uncle explicitly denies this, saving
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