Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-08-09
HAVRE SHO0lNG|
Crooks Engage in Quarrel 0pcern-
ing the Division of Drink
and One Is Shot.
ALL IN GREAT FALLS RECENTLY
And Served Ten Days in the CITY
Jail--NIan with the Gun
Escapes,
Special to The Tribune.

| Special to The Tribune.
HAvRE, Aug. 3.-About 1915 last
night Edward Kelly was shot by
an unknown man called "Dan" part of
the time and "Blacky" part of the time.
The shooting occurred in front of the
Merchants hotel. The ball entered the
lower left side of the abdomen, taking
its course inward and backward and
lodging in the lumbar muscles of the
back. The wounded man claiIns to be
a mattress maker of Englewood, Illinois
After spending two weeks in Great Falls |
looking for work Kelly arrived hersFriday |
noon via the box car route, and accom-
panied by w. T. Hatton, who formerly
worked for Richard & Co., brickma1ers
of Kalispell, Lee Slagle, who claims to
have worked for Chief Tebo of Butte,
several unknowns and man known rs
l3aldy' and also "Blacky," who did the
shooting. This man "Backy" or DAN
is said to be wanted in Great Falls for
stealing new repeating Winchester
shotgun. He said he was sheep
herder and shearer. He sold it to the bar
tender in the Merchants hotel for So
and revolver. He then invited his
chums to drink with him, but omitted
Kelly who could not be found. After
the money had been "blown in"' 'Blacky"
met Kelly in front of the hotel and the
| l.,ti 4 for
him to drink with the rest, claiming that
he was present but not invited. "Blacky"
said he was a liar and hot words followed,
which eliminated in Kelly striking
"Blacky.' The latter then drew his
newly obtained revolver and shot Kelly.
Kelly turned and ran while "Blacky' fol-
lowed and fired two shots more, and
then turned and ran toward the west
end of the town. Several citizens who
heard the shots and also crys of murder,
saw "Biacky'' running, and after hastily
arming themselves went in pursuit.
"Blacky" ran to the railroad yards
where he was lost track of. His
pursuers seeing man running down
the track gave chase and after a
hard run, captured the fugitive,
but found him to be only q frightened
Indian trying to escape the bad hearted
whites. The party once more returned
to the railroad yards and searched them
and the brush between the track and
the river without avail. AS soon as day
light came on parties left in all directions
in search of the murderer. Sheriff Nc
Laughlin of Benton came in on the first
train and with the assistance of the citi-
zens all the thick brush along the river
bank was searched in both directions,
but without success.
DIR. Almas and Post Surgeon Egan ex-
tracted the bullet from Kely's back
today. Kelly is resting easy and seems
unconcerned. He evidently knows the
name of his ass ailant, but was very
guarded and backward in answering
questions either about himself or his
asgalant. He requested his chums not
TO tell the officers anything and it is
inferred that Kelly and "Blacky" have
participated in some crime together and
: Kelly is afraid to peach. The doctors
think that the chances Of Kelly ro
covering from his wound are slight.
ITbe crowd described by the Havre
correspondent Of TIE TRIBUNE are we'll
I known 10 the police here. The man
: called "Blacky" gave bis name here ae
, Dan Kinney. The man referred to as
! "Baldyn is known as John Burke TO tbs
police here, Kelly and these two mer
4 were arrested here by City Detective
j. Germ, who sized them up as crooks, anC
). they we're given 10 days each in the city
y Jail. 1t was found that they had with
them Young boy named Taylor whot
u they had induced to run away from his
e home in Helena. The boy was returned
h to his parents by Marshal Downing {
q few days ago. When their term was out
y they left town, but before leaving broke
n into the passenger depot here
l. and stole the shotgun referred
a TO in the dispatch and also hanc
n, satchel which was left there for safe
70 keeping. The gun belonged to the trav
It cling auditor of the Great Northern anc
Q. Marshal Downing telegraphed Friday tt
l. tho Hayre authorities describing it, but
received no answer, although il appears
gun was stolen. The whole crowo
was regarded here as dead tough
d crooks. One of them was fount
}, to have on him a supply OF "phony'
-. rings, which means IN rnieres' parlanct
- rings stamped "lS k.' gold but reall,
brass and worth about IS cents each
NJ Crooks uce than In borrow n dollar on