Amador ledger., 1904-09-09
SHOOTING NEAR THE BRIDGE
HOUSE
Jim Berry Sent a Bullet Into Ike Howdy
in Drunken Row

James Berry, the man who last Sun
day evening shot Isaac Howdy, a half
breed Indian in Flint {, Raymond's 5 hop
yards near tha Bridge House, TWENTY
five miles southeast of this city, was
arrested by Constable Lee Parker of
Costumes township. near Forest Home.
Amador county, early yesterday morn
ing, and was lodged in the county Jail
in this city yesterday morning.
WOUND NOT SEVERE.
The wound was not as severe as was
at first thought The bullet entered
the right side, but as luck would have
it, followed one of the ribs around and
lodged just under the skin in the back.
Howdy was removed to the county
hospital yesterday morning, and last
evening the physician in charge said
that if nothing unforeseen happens his
recovery will be only matter of time.
ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLE.
According to the account of the
trouble CLEANED by the sheriff's officers,
Berry went to Live Oak, about two
miles from the hop yards, and before
he started HOwdy asked him to buy
him pair of suspenders This Berry
promised to do, and did. But when he
got back to camp he was very drunk,
as were Jack Pritchard and Jim Keyes,
who we're with him.
PAY FOR SUSPENDERS.
Berry delivered the suspenders to
Howdy, and then asked him to pay for
them. Howdy told Berry that he gave
him the money before he left for Live
hIIt Ia&
done so, and proceeded to work up a
fine frenzy. Finally in his drunken
fury he whipped out revolver aud
hred five shots at Howdy, only one of
which took effect.
BERRY A FUGITIVE.
After the shots were fired Pritc hard
succeeded in getting the revolver away
from Berry, but subsequently they re-
loaded the weapon. Pritchard and
Keyes went to bed, and when the
sheritf's officers reached the hop yard
they were sunk in drunken stupor,
but managed to give muddled account
of the trouble. Berry had disappeared.
The sheriff's deputies believing it i'm
posi- BILE for Berry in his drunken con-
dition to travel far, expected to find
him in the brush along the Cosumnes
river, but they searched in vain. Con-
stable Parker, however, got line on
his man, and early yesterday morning
overlook him near Forest Home, three
or four miles over the Amador county
| line, and forthwith started with him to
this city.
EXPERIENCE WITH BAD MEN.
Parker has had some experience with
bad men. About two years ago the
Michigan Bar store was robbed, and
| the clerk, the late Moses Patterson,
was brutally beaten. Parker took the
trail, and overlook his man within a
half mile of the town of Latrobe, in
Ell Dorado county. A gun fight fol-
lowed in which the robber used re-
volver, and Parker replied with shot
gun. Parker got his man, who died
from his wounds month later in the
county hospital near this city.
LITTLE KNOWN OF BERRY.
Little is known about Berry, even
by the men with whom he worked
For the last year he has lived in and
about Plymouth and Oleta, Amador
county, and he probably was on his
way there when captured by Parker.
Though very drunk, Berry had sense
enough left to attempt to get away
after doing the shooting. He claims
to have only an indistinct recollection
of what happened before the trouble.
If Howdy RECEIVERS Berry will be
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder. Sacramento Union,
Sept. 6,