Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-12
SHOOTING ARRAY
7 AT JUNCTION CITY
Thomas Newsy Perforated by Her
man Korf Last Night
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
or Reese aud Bass Commenced This
sIorning = sympathy for Col.
Rreedcn and wife.
Especial to the "News.")

Ogden Dec. 12.--Another shooting ar
fray took place here last night, ana,
as usual the scene Of action was IN
saluon, and the bone OF contention was
a game of dice. The shooting occurred
about midnight In the Bismarck saloon.
The man who was shot being Bartender
Thomas Newey, and the man who did
the shooting was Herman Korf. Newey
end the other man were standing at the
bar shaking dice for the drinks, when
a dispute arose as to who should pay
for tie drinks. In the midst Of the
Nuarrtl Korf drew his pistol and fired
"a couple of shots, but Newey grabbed
The weapon and thrust 1t away just In
time TO prevent one bullet from strik-
ing him in the stomach. In the strug-
gle which ensued the weapon was dis
charged. the bullet striking Newey In
the ileshy part OF the thigh, infiicting
4 painful wound.
Korf. In the excitement. walked away
and went TO his room in the Chamber
lain house and went to bed. He was
located shortly afterward by Officer
Neisner. who, with officer Farr, went
to the room, placed him under arrest
and took him to the city jail. where
he spent the night. Korf admitted
firing couple OF shots. He has been
In Ogden since October working at va
rious occupations. and up to couple
OF days ago was employed by Mr..
Gre!ner, proprietor of the Bismarck
and Krug saloons, to prepare lunches
for the two establishments.
The attending physician says the
wound Is not dangerous, and unless
blood poisoning sets In, Newey Will be
around In few days.
EXAMINATION OF BAss AND i
REESE.
Before Justice Howell In the muplci-
pal court this morning the preliminary
examination OF William Reese and Har-
yey Bass. on the charge OF killing Fred
NcCabc on Thanksgiving night was
commenced. The state was represented
by Dist Atty Hays and County Atty.
Halvorsen, the defendants by Atty.
Thomas o'Connelly. The court room
was crowded with witnesses and spec
tators, there being liberal sprinkilng
OF ladies present The father OF the
murdered boy, Barney McCabe. and his
brother George, Of Washington, d. G.,
crsfs,s,d seats near the prosecuting Off
once, ne first Witness called for the
sfaigh as Leroy Madison, the young
me- mo was with Fred McCabe when
he was shot by the holdup. He testi-
fed that he and the deceased had been
attending dance at Zeller's hall on
West Twelfth street that after the bali
they were on their way home and when
about q quarter OF block from Mad
sons home they met two men coming
In an opposite direction when the man
got up with them they thrust pistols
In their faces and ordered the boys to
throw up their hands. This the latter
at once did, but almost simultaneous
with the order, the larger man Of the
two fired and McCabe sank to the
ground. The robbers then went through
Madson's pockets, after which they
seized the fallen man and told
him to get UP. He replied that he could
not. as he was shot. The murderers
then told him II he did not get up they
would blow the top Of his head of. As
soon as they discovered that the young
men had no money on them they hur-
ried down the street. The witness gave
q particular description OF the men
which tailed In every detail with the
prisoners. The next witness, Herbert
Morton, testified that on the night of
the shooting he with another man
named Mcfarland. was returning home
from the same dance which the murder
ed man had attended, and were going
east only few PAGES In front OF Nc
Cabe and Madison. In a buggy. They
passed two men. one walking ahead OF
the other Shortly after the men pass
ed them they heard a shot, and imme-
diately turned round and went back TO