The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-28
SHOT DOWN AND KILLED
Robert Works Fired Three Shots
at Edward DAILY.
IN A ROW ABOUT A BILL
The Tragedy Took Place in the Barroom
Run by the Man Who Did the
Shooting-He Was Imme-
diately Arrested.

Robert WORKS, manager OF DuSSaH ;
boarding house in Dublin gulch. Shot
and killed Edward Daily in the barroom
of the boarding house a few minutes
after 10 o'clock last night, as result OF
a quarrel over the amount of a board
bill Works was arrested and is now
in the county jail. DAILY was a miner
employed in the Anaconda mine. AMI
had boarded at Duggan's boarding house
for about year. The man who did the
killing managed the boarding house for
Mrs. NJ A. Ward administrators of the
estate to which the property belongs.
According to the statement OF WORKS
he was on duty tending bar last even
ing when DAILY came into the barroom.
which also serves as an office, and asked
for his bill Works turned to the books
and showed DAILY the account, which
amounted to 1888 DAILY disputed the
amount, and after an exchange of hot
words Daily grabbed the leaf of the book
on which his account was entered and
tore it out of the book.
DAILY walked away and the matter
dropped. A few minutes later while
Works was waiting on a customer. DAILY
walked up to the bar and called for
drink Works continued to wait on the
other customer. and Daily. getting inn
patient inquired when he would get his
drink Works replied that he would
when DAILY remarked, IN get it quicker
than that" and started to go behind the
bar
Works started to run as DAILY walked
around the bar. but seeing gun lying
on a shelf underneath, stopped and
picked it up. DAILY came on and Works
fired as they came together. The first
shot appears to have missed, and DAILY
grabbed for the gum but failed to get
hold Of ii, and Works showed the weapon
against Days breast and fired two more
shots, one taking effect almost exactly
at the median line and just above the
lower end of the breast bone. and the
other directly under about two inches.
TIE gun was only a 32-caliber. but the
balls found a fatal spot and Daily fell
at Works feet mortally wounded.
Failing, he caught his slayer about the
legs and tried to raise but could not.
James Brennan, another boarder. who
sat reading in one corner of the room.
jumped and ran toward Works when
he heard the first shot fired, and
reached him just as he fired the third.
He wrenched the gun out of Works
hand and. led him out from behind the
bar. At the same time DAILY crawled
in the opposite direction about eight
feet and fell on his face on the floor
just outside the bar and expired a min
ute or two after he was shot and with
out uttering a word.
Works was excited and tried To Sc
cure possession of the gun after Bren-
nan had taken 1t from him. but Bren-
nan was cool-headed and kept the gun
and marched Works off toward town,
intending to take him To jail. but at
the corner of Quartz and Main streets
he met Police officer Fogarty and
turned him over to the officer. The
officer took Works to the city prison.
where he was detained while Captain
q a nd Mt Nafx \, st,x-
gated the killing and Works was then
sen, TO the county Jail
While a. the tsty Jail Works stated
tie circl Instances of the shooting as
given and said he had no intention of
shooting DAILY when he picked up the
gun, but intended to hit him with it.
He claimed DAILY had threatened him
several times and had on three occa-
sions previously conducted himself n
similar manner. For these reasons
he was afraid of him and when Daily
closed in, he fired.
Works was perfectly cool while tell
ing the story. He did not know his vic
tim was dead al the time and expressed
regret that he had been compelled to
shoot and would not have done so if
Daily had not been drunk and he was
afraid of him. He expressed hope
that DAILY would not die. When in
formed later that DAILY was dead. he
said very little beyond that he was
sorry.
When STANDARD reporter visited the
scene of the shooting it was learned
that the killing took place in the pres
ence of large number of witnesses.
They all stated the circumstances
practically the same as Works. except
that no one appeared to consider DAILY
to have been drunk and no one seemed
10 have heard any words over drinks
The man who was said to have been
drinking al the time could not be found
and none of the others who were in
the room appear TO have been paying
any attention to what was going on
between Works and Daily until they
came together behind the bar. as each