The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-07
lers and Davidson. was released on
81 900 bail. Barnes is at the head of
the Good Citizens league and is q
well-known temperance advocate.
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$1,000 bail. Barnes is at the head of
the Good Citizens league and is q
well-known temperance advocate.
bringing at Houseboat.
Both fights occurred on the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg railroad tracks
along the river bank. where gang
from Wellsville and East Liverpool
was drinking at houseboat.
The decision handed down recently
by Judge w. w. Hole at Lisbon was
followed by efforts of liquor dealers
to sell drink in West Virginia terri
tory, sixty feet from the river bank
at Wellsville. A boat we'll supplied
was brought from East Liverpool this
afternoon and the bank was lined
with men who piled back and forth in
-kiffs.
: Then Renof was passing the place
II. railroad tracks the drinkers
:. " q, his connection with the
leae c. .'sht he intended to take
the sssts NJ m,, 'de men and have ar
DREW cx, ter Blow.
down. and beat h... /. To defend him
self, Renoff used knife, slashing at
Geisse's face. Both men we're arrest
ed on charges of disorderly conduct.
Geisse was locked up while the other
was carried to his home.
At 6 o'clock, several hours later,
DR.. Barnes, out for stroll and igno-
rant Of the first fight, appeared on
the track. He was stopped by men,
bers Of the gang.
1t is said Zoellers and Davidson
were in party that threw stones at
Dr.. Barnes.
When the latter made a motion as
II to draw revolver, it is said both
Davidson and Zcellers pulled guns
and covered the dentist.
Bullets Then Whistled.
DR.. Barnes jumped behind a tele-
graph pole just as bullet whistled
past his head.
Zoellers, who was rushing at Dr..
Barnes. was shot through the hip and
fell.
Davidson then sprang forward AMI
picking up his wounded confederate's
gun began firing with both it and his
own at Dr.. Barnes.
Barnes had the advantage, however,
and to protect himself Davidson got
behind another pole.
For several minutes bullets whizzed
over Zoellers as he lay on the ground
and struck the poles behind which the
antagonists were protecting them
selves. Half hundred men, who had
been drinking at the boat, watched
the fight from the waters edge and
did not interfere.
After several rounds of cartridges
had been fired, Davidson was shot in
the neck and fell.
DR.. Barnes left the scene and went
quickly to the city hall. where he told
CT the shooting and gave himself up.
The wounded men were taken to the
hospital.
Davidson's condition Is critical, the
bullet having taken a downward
course to his lungs. He is a plumber
and, 1t Is said, had been in many diff
ficulties arising from the illegal sale
of liquor. He recently figured in a
case in which policeman was killed
and several weeks ago vas in boat
on the Ohio River frcm which a
woman leaped and drowned herself.
Zoellers six weeks ago tried to as
sault James Haley, a policeman, in
East Liverpool, but was >himself so
beaten that he had to go to the hos
pital, leaving 1t but few days ago.
1t is said that before the houseboat
arrived eff Wellsville it was docked
at East Liverpool, but officers there
interfered and the boat withdrew.