The Green Forest tribune., 1901-08-31
KILLING AT EUREKA.
James Kizer, an EX-Po1iceman,
 Shot by Dr. Fuller.

iO HUI 0ho hoplAliSo ill1O0 Echo of last Friday gives the following account of a horrible tragedy which was enacted in that city on Thursday evening of last week:
 Eureka Springs was the cene of another terrible tragedy last night in which James Kizer was almost instantly killed and Dr. L. D. Fuller was confined to his bed on account of the terrible beating that he received from the deceased.
 The tragedy occurred at the Golf spring on west Main street, where Dr. Fuller was watering his horses and getting some w1tar from the spring to take home with him. He was just in the act of filling jug with water, so the witnesses say, when he was approached by Kizer, who after saying a few words to Fuller, kicked him viciously just below the right ear, and while the doc- tor was in d stopping position. The blow seemed to stun him and he was knocked down, whereup- on Kizer struck him several times with his fist and kicked him re- peatedly in the face and on the body, finally getting hold of of one of Fuller2s hands and in that way bumped his head against some rocks with terrible force and inflicted some ugly wounds. At this time several parties arrived on the scene and Kizer was pull ed off but still showed fight to- ward the doctor and 1t was all the bystanders could do to keep him from again jumping on him.
 In the meantime Mr. Fuller had crawled to his buggy, which was only a few feet away, and got a pistol that was there; during this time Kizer was released by the parties who had hold of him and, as some of the witnesses say, again started toward Fuller and remarked "TIe has a pistol and will shoot me- The bystanders, however, saw no pistol and ad- vised Kizer that he (Falier) had no gun. The former made a step or two toward the doctor, who Ieveled his pistol and fired three 5 lots at Kizer, two of which took @ feet, one through the arm just a )ove the wrist and the other in the left breast just below the aeart, which was the one that c used his death.
 After he was shot, Kizer man. aged to get few yards away from the scene and Fuller stag cred to the spring where he was trying to wash the blood from his face when he was arrested by Mayor Brown and brought back U Dr.. Floyd's office where his wounds was attended by Doctors Hays and Floyd. Kizer only lived 8 few moments after he was shot and made no s5atemea5 whatever. His body was rem oy- g l to New Town soon after the trouble.
 Dr.. FulIer2s wounds, while not as serious as first supposed, are very ugly ones and will give him trouble for some time to come; one of the cheek bones is broken, the skull fractured just above the right eye, and his heal and face are quite covered wi5h bruises. Kizer was not touched during the fight until the sao55 were fired.
 Tho cause of the difficulty is of sometime standing, and dates back to the time wnen Kizef wls oa the police force and when he received part of his pay by pri ste subscription. Doctor Fuller was one of the subscribers to the fund but contended that he only signed the list for one month, while Kizer claimed that he was to pay the amount of his sub- scription for an indefinate time. This misunderstanding lead to 8 suit in a justice court which was tried the third time before it was
 :ided. The first two eases the