El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-18
WERE SHOT
in A SALOON
Two Gamblers Engage In a
Fight With Six Shooters.
BOTH MEN ARE INJURED
1t Is High Time That the Police Should
Take Active Steps to Stop This
Habit Among Men Of ALI Glasses
Off Carrying IAN Arsenal About
With Them.

1t appears to great many of our
citizens, and to the many strangers
who are making their homes in this
city at this time of the year, that Ell
Paso is INDUCING in little "killing
bee''. Scarcely week passes that
life, due to the free use of six-shooter
in the hands of irresponsible parties.
During the past six weeks almost
every part of town has been the scene
of shooting scrape. It Is high time
that some stringent measures were
adopted by the police to at least gath
er in some of these gentlemen who are
wont to carry concealed weapons.
Two men are now in q precarious
condition, one at the county Jail and
the other in his own private room, as
the result of q shooting affair, which
occurred at the Klondike saloon about
ten o'clock last night.
The participants were George Car
rollton and Charles Wells, gam lers.
It seems that Wells had been imbib-
ing too freely and short time before
the shooting wandered into the Klon-
dixie saloon. Wells has always posed
as a would be bad man and last night
he was looking for fight. There was
only one person in the saloon when
Wells entered, and that man was Car
rolltop, who was standing against the
bar. Carrollton, SO his friends say, is
a peaceable sort of fellow and at no
time do they know of his having car
ried pistol.
An old grudge had existed between
the two men for q long time, and
whenever Wells would become intox-|
icated he would start out on a rampage
after CarrOlltOn.
AS far as can be learned, when Wells
saw Csrrollton standing at the bar he
nnanad VI f, ha
old trout BILE, of Carrollton having been
successful in obtaining q position in
one of the gambling houses where
Wells had failed. Carrollton seeing
the condition of Wells said that he
would be glad to talk over the matter
when he was in the proper condition.
This reused Wells's ire and he started
q storm of abuse. The proprietor of
the saloon seeing that trouble was
brewing took Wells out of the saloon
In about half an hour he returned
with pistol. Carrollton then reach
ed over the bar for a As Colts which
was lying there and when Wells saw
the barrel of the pistol coming over
the bar, he Immediately opened fire.
Carrollton rushed behind the bar for
safety. Wells fired again through the
bar and the bullet lodged in Carroll
toms leg infiicting q flesh wound. |
Carrollton seeing he was being made |
a human target stood up from behind |!
the bar aud fired three shots in quick |
succession. The bullet struck Wells |
in the breast passing through the right
lung. Corrollton seeing Wells about |
to fall rushed into a bac1 room where |
be was afterwards found by Captain |
Bendy and Officer Clements.
Carrollton was very reticent about |
making any statement, but said that he |
only shot in self defense.
Wells was carried to his room and at
tended by DR.. Villas. 1t lis believed
that the man will recover.
CarrolltOn is now in the county Jail.
The HERALD reporter saw Wells in
MS room on Utah street this morning
md he was resting quietly. DR.. Villas
has been in constant attendance and
his report today was very favorable to
he patient: He ssys that there seems
% BE no immediate alarm as to the
nan g condition, as he is doing as well
IS could possibly be expected, all
Kings consider ed. If he continues to
improve as he has done in the past
welve hours his chances of recovery
re good.