The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-18
BLOODY ENCOUNTER.
Charles Gallagher Shoots R. W. Lard,
in the General Offices of the
I. & Ft, S, Railroad.

Yesterday morning, Charles
Gallagher, mechanic of this city
and also county commissioner of
Precinct One, and Alderman of the
9th Texas ward, of our city, got
into an alteration with r. W.
Laird, chief clerk for Contractor
Lindsly.
1t seems that Mr. Gallagher has
been at work on the K. G. P. & G.
road, having taken work for Mr..
Lindsly, and when settlement was
being had, he and the chief clerk,
who was acting for Mr., Lindsly be-
came involved in dispute over the
amount of the claim and it was
this that brought on the difficulty
that caused the shooting.
Mr., W. A. Williams who is gener-
al manager of the road was in the
building at the time, as was also
Mr.. ]. D. Fagan, George Williams,
and others, and they say
they did not hear the men quarrel
ing and the first intimation they
bad of the unfortunate affair was
seeing the two men scufAing, and
also Gallagher's pistol which fell
out of his hand before he could use
it, but who afterwards regained it,
and fired two shots at Laird, one
taking effect in the right side.
When Gallagher dropped the pis'
tol, W, A, Williams jumped up and
tried to get it first, to prevent any
shooting, but Gallagher was too
quick for him, and turning the pis-
tol, made him get back.
Mr.. ]. D. Pagan grabbed Gal
Iagher, and with the help of
W, A. Williams, George Williams
and Dick Brunazzi, disarmed him.
The party shot has made no state
ment up to this time, his wound
being so painful that he cannot tell
what the difficulty was about.
Gallagher claims that he was
assaulted by Laird with what he
thought at first, was a pistol, but
subsequently proved to be cancel
ling machine; used pistol in self de-
fense and shot to keep Laird from
killing'him.
The reporter called to see Mr.,
Gallagher, who was closeted with
Horace Vaughan, his attorney, and
he sent word that he had no state
ment to make for the public prints.
We could get no evidence of the
beginning of the fight, and will not
publish rumors or unreliable state
ments Both parties to the difficult
ty are game, and have been in
"scrapping" matches with others
in the past, Doubtless to this fact
is largely due the unfortunate affair
which is deplored by all our people
Doctors Wisdom and Grant were
called to see the wounded man and
they found the bullet had penetra-
ted the side and cut one of the
ribs in two, but did not enter the
intestines,
The wounded man stands chance
of recovery,
Mrs, Baird, wife of the wounded
man, was telegraphed to come at
once, from Kansas City.
Since the above was written the
reporter made another effort to see
Charles Gallagher and this time
was successful. Mr.. Gallagher was
IN the law Office of Vaughn 4
Vaughn and was talking to Deputy
sheriff Jim Akin, The reporter
asked him If he was willing to give
a statement and he said, ! have
been advised not to do so, but you
can say will be able to show at
my trial that was justified In us
Ing my pistol at the time ! did.
Mr.. Gallagher was carried before
Justice Haywood and was given
bail, the sum fixed was $4,000 which
he readily gave The examining
trial Is set for next week, as by
that time IL will be known whether
the wounded man will recover from
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