Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-15
GAREN FEUD.
49, MA
4ntses iieals Shst in the Back
waking The Streets
.Eagu6QatLttat Town. ;

Gus intent nearlyIended the lie OF
Antoine Picanso, who ~murderously
assaulted Mr.. J. ". Puett with u
knife on the @ud day OF last July.
The particulars OF the shooting 50 far
as we are able to learn are about as
follows: About two o'clock yesterday
afternoon Picanso, George Arthur
and William Dwyer were walking
down the meiu street OF Carlin.
George Arthur and Picanso we're
walking side by side aud William
Dwyer about ten feet behind them.
When near the Arnheim corner, the
report OF a rifle was heard and Picap
so ran forward a few feet, bent over
and put his hand to his shoulder and
said he was slot. The snok. OF powd
er was seen coming from the door OF
the parlor OF MIR. Puett's hotel about
sixty or seventy yards diagonaIly and
in the rear OF where Picauso Was
standing when shot. Picanso vas
taken to lsola's saloon where he was
made as comfortable as possile. He
WIS bleeding proiusely and DIR Hood
Wa telegraphed for, Constable Nc.
Intosh Was soon on the ground and
inquired Of Picanso who shot him.
Picanso replied: -Puett shot me, |
saw him through the glass 4 large
crowd had gathered in the saloon by
this time and the hot. headed ones
demanded that Mr.. and Mrs. Puett
be beth arrested and thrown into Jail
ut once. This the constable refused
to do. lie went to Mr. Puet's hotel
and on entering WAS asked by Mrs.
Puett il he had come after her. Tho
constable replied that he had come
after the one WHO had done the shoot.
ing. Mrs. Puett replied Immediately
that she had done 1t and was corrob.
Grated by Miss Walker, the hired girl
Mr.. and Mrs. Puett we're then placed
under arrest.
The bullet struck PIcauso III the
back OF at right shoulder and rang.
ing upward came out at the front.
SCATTERING the shoulder blade. When
DR.. Hood arrived ke found Picanso
very weak from the loss OF blood. lie
bound up his wound and had him
brought to Elko last night on a
freight train and taken to the hospit-
al.
Opinion in Carlin Is very much di-
vided as to who fired the shot, al
though Mrs. Puett stoutly maintains
that she did it. 1t is reported, how
yer, that an Indian SAW Mr.. Purtt
run out Of the hotel with IL gun and
stoop down and fire the shot. In TN
interview today Mr.. Puett stated that
he had been hard at work all day
with MI. HOLSTER taking al inyen.
tory OF the property III the hotel Us he
vas abont to lease it. Mr.. HOLSTER
had gone to his dinner and he being
tired, had lain uown on the bed to
rest and was lying there wbeE the
shot was fired. lie got up immediate.
Iy and went to the parlor and asked
who had fired the shot and Mrs.Puett
replied that che had shot at Tony,but
was afraid she had missed him.
Mr.. Puett ascribes the shooting to
P%icanso's murderous assault on him
and the failure Of the last grand jury
10 indict Picanso. He also says that
when Picanso was discharged by the
grand jury he threatened that he
would return to Carlin and finish the
job, meaning that he would kill him
(Puett.) Mr.. Puett claims that his
lie WIS in danger and that he was
afraid to appear upon tho streets Of
Carlin while Picanso was there, for
fear that he would carry out his
threats.
A reporter called on Tony at the
hospital this forenoon and found him
resting comfortably. He is very
weak from loss Of blood, but II no
complications set in he will recover
l n a few weeks. tie vss asaed IL he
had made any threats against Mr..
Pnctt since his discharge by the
grand jury and replied that he had
not. He said he intended to leave
for Winnemuccs tonight, where he
had secured work.
He told the reporter that Mr.. Puctt
shot INN and that he saw his retlcc.
ton in a glass after the shot was fired.
THE. Constable Mcintosh says,
wonld be an impossibility from where
Tony stood when the shot was fired.
The shooting is a very sad affair to
oil concerned and especially SO to
Mrs. Puett and her relatives. She
grew to womanhoOd here and baa
many friends who sympathizc with
her in THE trouble. She is resoluto
in maintaining that she fired the
shot. Whether this be true or not,
her delicate condition appeals strong.
ly for sympathy. not only for herself
but for SIR. Pueit Public opinion
should not condemn either until all
the facts are known.
MIR. and Mrs. Puett we're brought
10 Elko by Constable Mcintosh thus
morning. They returned on No. 3
this afternoon. Tho preliminary cx
animation will probably DO held be.
foro Justice ituilcdge OF Carlin to.
morrow.