Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-16
WEL8o RHE's CHICAGO SHOOTING
FULL ACCOUNT on THE AFFAIR N
A LOCAL PAPER.
The Gentleman Regrets Having
wounded David nut Considers sue
shooting of seiwis rs Justinnbie
what the Prisoner said.

from the Chicago Herald;
Robert d. welboTne. one OF tho
most prominent attorneys in Texas,
shot oatavlus seiwig. a bartender,
last night. because he though, an in
suit had been offered against the name
Of his wife. Welborne was chased
by a crowd Of men and boys who had
been attracted by the shooting, and
turning on the mob. he fired without
taking adm. The bullet struck Nels
c. David Of 1898 Milwaukee avenue.
in the left arm. Policeman Reardon
and Policeman Boyle pushed their way
through me crowd before wclborne
could shoot ngain, and disained him.
He was locked UP at the Harrison
street station.
Neither Of Welborue's victims was
seriously hurt He regrets the shoot
ing OF Davis but thinks he was JtpGied
Ia wounding Selwig, the bar tender.
Welborne looks rs IL he had been
on protyacied spree Tue shooting
aobered him up somewhat, and ne spent
the first two hours or his Incarceration
IN bemOaning his fate and suying un-
complimentary things OF the Chicago
police department.
The other prisonors In the station
Kept shouting. stop your crying"
and a" Don't be a baby Welbotne
pad no attention to the ioculHr re-
marks that were hurled az him through
the barred doors
Has ucrn on a Lark.
weiborne came TO Chicago Monday
and registered at the Palmer house
as Robert u. Wilson. New orleans
He will not say why ne registered under
an assumed name. The only baEgago
he had was IA small handbag. Since
hts arrival here he has been drinking
heavily ana also playing the rneca.
A ticket found on him shows that hs
ran short OF funds and pledged some
broker
About 7 O'Clock last evening well
borne wont into tho basement wine
room OF j. &. Hanson, 2i9 Clark street
| Han Il dozen persons were Ia the place
at the time. WclbOrnc sal at u small
round table, slipping "a glass OF claret,
{ lie was intoxicated. and his condition
was noticed by the others IN the place
ana commented upon. a man who
/ sat two or three tables distant from
! the TcNan remarked to hts companions
| that he was going ITO bring HIS wife
/ 10 the wine room some evening. Wei
/ borne conceived the idea from this
]
/ ing sluf ON his CWclborne'D wife
| He arose and walked over to where
/ the man and his companions were sit
i ting,
You've insultcd my Wife" the man
/ from Texas SAID. and do you know
what we do with men like you where
/ / come fr0mY We shoot them I'm
from Texas. ana Will not let anyone
insult Sie fair name OF my wife. You
must apologize to me, sir, or / will
kill you"
The stranger said he had offered
no Insult and wound not apologize
fur something which he had not done.
In tho conversation that followed Well
borne became 70 boluterous that the
bar tender Octavius Se,wig, took hold
Of him and put him out OF the place.
WclbOrne alleges that tho bar tender
spoke dlsresp eoifully or his wife. but
no Is probably mistaken. as the other
men who wore present say nothing OF
the kind took place
Aroused his southern ChIvnIry.
l.aborlng under the idea that his wife
had been inBultcd and then being eloc-
ted from wiucroOm was more than a
man OF southern chivalry could stand
and he shot the bartender The bullet
gra1ed Selwlg's head and lodged In the
basement door. SolWlg was SO close Ia
Wellhone when shot that his face was
powder burned The ban piowcd a
furrow across the scalp but did no fur
thcr harm.
officers Reardon and Boyle were a.
Clark aud Van Buren, streets when they
heard the shot aud ran In the direction
whence IL cnnc. Flourlshlng the re-
volyer Welborno ran around the corner
OF jackson street and dartod into the
doorway leading TO the oficc or the
Hotel Grace. He was followed by a
mob OF fifty men and hoya, shouting:
Catch him! KIN hlml lie shot a
man"
As Wclborne ran up tho stairway "a
the hotel Ofllcc lie turned on his pur.
nuera He fred another sliot and tho
bullet struck Nels David IA the arm
pay.d Is a clerk az lj5 East Lake street
ana was passing along on HIS wny
home when shot. lie was taken to Tho
county hospital ana after hia wound
was dressed he went home.
Two charges az attempt to Kill were
mhde aKainst Welhurno at the Harrison
street station. When seen by reporter
! two hours after tho shooting he was
In tears, not 30 much because he M
shot two men as Tor the reason thnt nd
did not have cigar.
Insists That Insult wns onercd.
That bartender offered an Insult I,
= the fair name OF my wife" Melboru,
sud, end I'm not sorry that / shol
MN do regret shooting the othol
! man, and l viii make hmenda FOR M,
/ hasiy act I've got the nlcost nttl,
wife IN Texas, and when anybody saw
word against her Fin going 10 shoot
That's the kind Of husbands we ar,
down In Texas, My wife belonrs Il
I one Of the best families In the state
r and l also am OF good old southern
stock. Why, I was achonimatc Il
Charley C1loerson. who is now cover
, nor OK Texas, and II isn't bit q shor
time since ! called on President Cieve
lana and his wife. l was born neal
Lonsview, Tex. and graduated frou
y the Lebanon. Tenn. college. havi
! been practising law IN Texas Tor abou
p. sixteen yfnra, AMI everybody In IA,
/ state knows hob welhorne.
1T WAS a lucky thing | ala not hav,
my A-callher Colts with me tonight
or somebody would have been killed
. NJ A IL IN my sntchel at the hotel
This Is how | happened TO be armed
Two weeks ago when | was IN DaliAl
] Was told by Georgp NJ. Bailey. ~ III,
Dallas News. thar Mr. Thomson M
attorney. was looking for me with !
sun. | WAS advised hy my frienda Il
arm myself, 80 got a ana a ISL soof
after that lot Texas on profesaiona
business and Il brought me 10 Chlrnro
Z Z 4fa.fI rl4H 90 aN BE-.