Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-01-01
Was Shot In a Drunken Row at Moe.
easin Postofflce at an Early Hour
on Friday Morning.
MANY SHOTS STRUCK M,
The Wounded Man Was Bespattered
With Bird Shot But Not seri.
ously Wounded.

As the result of a drunken row at
Moccasin postoffice near the Horse
Shoe Bar ranch last Friday morning
at 2 a. m. Jack Hughes, the well
known freighter is lying in his ca
boose at that point badly perforated
with bird shot.
The first news of the affair was a
message sent to the sheriff's Office
from the Kendall electric plant on the
Horse Shoe Bar, by Ed. Nave. who
barely stated the fact that Hughes
had been shot by Ira Kimes and
Billy" Rose in q drunken row and
that the perpetrators of the act wish
ed to give themselves up. Mr.. Nave
was instructed to bring the men in,
but later in the day the county attor-
ney and Undersheriff Slater left for
the scene of the trouble in order to
bring Kimes and Rose In and take a
look at the wreck.
On their arrival there they found
Nave starting for Lewistown with the
two men, who were at once turned
over to Undersheriff Slater. who
brought them to town. DIR. Wilson
was in attendance on the wounded
man, who was completely bespatter.
ed with shot from his head to his
heels and suffering from gunshot
wound in the muscles OF the left arm.
1t seems that q crowd composed of
Ira Kimes. Billy Rose. R. c. Marsh.
John Boshlet, Edward Franklin and
Jack Hughes had been enjoying an
old.fashioned Christmas celebration
with the aid of several and divers bot.
ties of whisky.
Early Friday morning dispute oc.
Cured and Hughes procured an old
six-shooter with the avowed intention
Of cleaning up the crowd; Kimes grab
bed an ak handle and Rose armed him.
self with a double-barrelled shotgun
and festivities were suspended for a
period of war. Kimes threw the AK
handle, but being somewhat unsteady
missed Hughes. and thereupon Rose
started for Hughes with the shotgun
and after striking him on the breast
with it, pulled the trigger; the charge
went between Hughes left arm and his
body. carrying away small portion
of the muscles of the arm. Kimes
expressed himself as disgusted with
the poor work of Rose and grabbed
the gun, saying: Let me get at him.
Hughes began to suspect that he was
up against the worst of II and started
to run and was hit twice on the fly by
Kimes, the shot scattering and strik
ing him all over the back and legs
The wounded man fell; Kimes ran to
where Hughes was lying and stood
over him with the shotgun and sale
he would raise hell with anyone who
interfered.
Afr having sufficiently asserted his
authority, Kimes left Hughes, who was
later carried into the cabin attached
to the stage barn by Edward Frank
lin, who, when talking to the count,
attorney on the subject, said that ht
would have rescued Hughes before i
II had not been for the fact that h,
didn't have his pants on and was no
able to leave his cabin.
Sheriff Shaw arrived on the seen,
early in the morning. being en- rout,
to Deer Lodge with Milton o. How
ell. and instructed Nave to take Kimei
and Rose to town. They were trans
ferred to the care Of Undersheriff Sla
ter on his arrival on the scene an,
landed in jail about four O'Clock Fri
day afternoon. at which time the!
were still In beastly state of intoxi
cation.
All the deadly weapons which coul'
be found in the vicinity of the cabil
and barn were brought to Lewistowl
In company with the sweater worn b.
Hughes at the time OF the shooting.
was a warlike looking collection whieI
was emptied out on one of the bunk
at the jail on Friday afternoon; tw
old shotguns. superanuated sixshoot
er, a bottle OF brandy partly emptiet
which was at once attended to b
those present. blood-stained sweate
and an ak handle.
Kimes and Rose we're not in a stat
to know what had happened but Kline
seemed possessed with the idea tina
/. he had killed Hughes In self defens
and wanted to waive all preliminarie
and receive sentence at the hands q
the county attorney. That gentlema
explained to him that there we're fe'
prelIminaries to be INDUCED in an
, the sentencing part would come in du
, time.
. When completely sober the ne,
morning the prisoners hardly SCENE
to know what the trouble was an
, when taken before Justice McFarlas
on Saturday afternoon took the sta