Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-04
BOOKKEEPER
 SHOT FOUR TIMES w. l.. Snlink of Peoples Sc riously and Maybe Fatal ly Woundedi3y Jake Mill CT, a Bartender,
iASSAILANT IN JAIL
Occurred in May LeOna rd's Resort and Was Without PrOvOca. tiOn, According to Witnesses-yic. tim May Die.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 4.-W. l.. Sminck, bookkeeper at the Peoples Bank, Second and Center streets, was shot and possibly fatally wounded by Jake Miller, bartender for Pat Phil lips, at Markham and Cumberland Streets, just before midnight, last night in May Leonard's resort, at 304 1-2 East Markham street. Four shots were fired, and all struck Sminck. The first bullet struck him in the jaw, another entered little to the left of the small of the back and passed through the abdomen, lodging just under the skin over the stomach, another grazed his chest, and the fourth inflicted slight wound in his groin. After the shooting Sminck ran to the street below then west on Markham street to Dr. Runyan's of- flee, in the Marion Hotel. He fell in the lobby of the hotel at the door of Doctor Runyan's office. Miller WAS ar- rested on the stairway leading from the Leonard resort to the street.
 The shooting occurred about two minutes after Miller entered the place. Sminck, it is said, was sitting in a heavy mission chair in dance hall. and companion who had come :,, h; c;{ of the chair. There were two women in the room at the time.
 "Well, I'll Just Kill Him.
 Miller, witnesses say, was drinking. AS he entered Sminck asked if any body had any money with which to start the music box in the room. Mill CT said, "Yes, I've got plenty of mon- ey, you -" and began cursing him. Sminck asked him to go away and let him alone, but Miller kept up his curses and threats. A woman ran out of the dance hall and called May Leonard, who came in and told Miller to leave the place. She ordered one of the women to call an officer, and Miller, it is alleged, said, on hearing this, "Well, IT just kill him before the officers come,' and began firing.
 The first bullet took effect in the jaw, and Sminck turned in the chair in an effort to arise. Miller then shot again, and the bullet struck Sminck about two inches to the left of the middle of the back, penetrating the trunk and lodging under the skin on the other side. Another ball bare | ly grazed his lower right breast, while the fourth made a slight abras- ion near the right groin. Miller was not two feet away when he did the shooting. and Sminck's trousers were powder-burned at the waist.
 Bullet Pierced Intestines.
 Sminck at once went down to the street bleeding profusely and ran to the Hotel Marion, splattering blood on the pedestrians as he passed. He fell at the door leading from the lob by to Dr. Runyan's office. Dr. Run van was called and the wounded man was given attention and then taken to the Physicians and Surgeons Hos pital.
 The doctors were unable to say whether the wounds are fatal but as sminck was vomiting blood it is thought that his intestines had been punctured.
 Miller BOasted of Deed.
 Miller was taken by the police on the stairway leading from the resort to the street and handed his gun to the officer without resistance. He was boasting drunkenly when he was brought into the station.
 Sminck is bookkeepeer in the Leo Iple's Saving Bank and boards at l116 lCenter street. He is B years of age and has always borne a good reputa- tion. He was perfectly conscious from the time he was shot and his statement as to the shooting was cor roborated by May Leonard, May Cor don and Emma Keller, who were in