The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-08-12
HE OPENED FIRE ON HIM.

never set him down as plzen mean. He
might be a blamed sight better, and he
might be heap wuss.
at appears that Tom started for
Injun Hill the other day TO find a new
brand of forty rod. 1t appears that
Joe started from Injun Hill for Sandy
Bend at about the same hour AS a
result, the two Of 'em met on the trail
about half way They met Jest where
some one had dropped bag Of -four,
and both jumped forward and laid
claim to the find Very nacherally
there was a row. Had this court bin
there hisself he would have pulled his
gun and defended his rights. There
was proper amount of cussn' and
jawin', and then Joe Hazard grabs
up the bag and starts off with it, Tom
MacLarney opens fire on him as he
goes.
This court is willn' to bet fifty to
one that he could have put bullet into
Joe's leg six times over before he got
out of range, and there's fifty other
men in Sandy Bend who could have
done the same, but Tom MacLarney
wasn't seem straight. He did plug
the bag and let all the -four run out as
Joe made of, but the rest of the bullets
went hyin' all over the territory Of
Wyoming.
1T was poor shootin-mighty poor.
1t was such shootin' as any man Of us
would be ashamed to tell Of. But Tom
felt that he must git even or bust.
was behind the bar in my Red Dog
saloon, and business was goin with a
rush, when Tom comes in. He was
breathin' hard and lookin' anxious.
whats yer drink? says | as |
leans over the bar.
"T'll take a bari O. justice says he
as he pounds on the board.
Whats wrongY
"1've been robbed
'Then this court has to put aside
biZness and sit down and inquire all
about 1t and issue warrant for Joe
Hazard. 1t was not until Joe was ar
rested that the true facts in the case
leaked out
ut appears that while he bad an old
pistol with him, it was out of repair
and unloaded. All the shootin' was
done by Tom, and outside Of hittin' the
bag of -four he. wasted ten cartridges.
he didn't even make Joe's hair curl.
This court spent two hours maxim an
investigation, and he found the facts
as related. The statoos OF Wyoming
don't say nothin' TO guide a jestice OF
the peace in case like this. The stat
COS don't reckon on no such cases bein'
pulled off, or if they are that the jes-
tice will know enough TO handle them
accordin to Hoyle.
I'm feelin' sorry for poor Tom Mac
Larney in n way. He amt TO blame
for his squirt. He wouldn't have had
1t If he had been given choice in the
matter What | do blame him for,
however, is luggin around gun and
thinkin he could use ii as well as any
body else. He orter have known bet
ter. He orter have tried shootin at a
tree, and thrown away his gun for a
club. And this court can't possibly
excuse the fact that arter his shootin'
had proved failure Tom comes gal
lopin' down from Injun Hill and hollers
for jestlce and makes out that he has
bin robbed of his bag of -four
az don't need TO reserve decision for
a week to study up the aw on the case.
I'm goin' to say to Tom right here and
now that he can't git out of this court
room and this town Of Sandy Bend any
too soon. He can't stay away too long.
He can't give us any too little OF his
future society. I don't want 1t TO 60