El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09
Fourfeenyearsago
Happening In
Ell Paso.

Selman was placed on a stretcher and
carried to his home on Sonora street,
when Dr.. White attended him and found
four wounds on the body as follows:
First wound in the back of the neck
from left to right, only a flesh wound;
second, in the right hip. only flesh
wound; third in the right side and near
the last rib, ball ranged back and lodged
In backbone This is the serious
wound, and the lower extremities are
completely paralyzed; fourth wound, in
left leg just above the knee, back, GO
ing through from right TO left, only a
flesh wound, and about three inches be-
low the wound Uncle John" received
in the fight in which he killed Bass
Outlaw.
Death Certain.
DIR. White decided that the wound
in the side WAS fatal. and YESTERDAY
morning Drs. White and C. H. Higgins
examined the wounds again and found
the body below the wound in tine right
side completely paralyzed. The ball was
not probed for as 1t was decided that
probably in the nervous condition of the
patient would do more harm than good
Later in the day, Dr.. White turned the
patient over to DR.. Howard Thompson,
who is now handling the case with Drs,
S. I. Turner and Dooley assisting The
Herald reporter, after visiting Selman,
went to the jail to see George Scar
borough, who did the shooting. Scar
borough was then asleep, but at 10
o'clock ne was awakened and taken be-
fore justice Howe for a preliminary ex-
animation. At the examining trial,
Scarborough made the following state
ment:
Scarborough's Story.
Am deputy United States marshal.
Live in FL Paso- Last night, don't re-
member what time, think between II
and 1, L met Uncle John Selman in the
Nlgwam saloon, down stairs. He told
me he wanted to see me a minute and
We walked outside. After we walked
out, he commenced talking as ne had ON
several different occasions, about his son
John being In Jail on the other side Two
or three parties walked up 20 us while We
were talking, and he hunched me and
said: Come, go with me: | want to
talk to you privately We walked into
the alley between the Santa Fe office
and the Wigwam saloon. He said. 4
want you to go over the river with me
in the morning to see John | asked
him what time he wanted me to 90. and
he said IL or II o'clock. When we fist
walked around there was the first time
L suspected anything. He kept monkey
ing with his gun-had his hand on his
sixshOoter.
Usual Self Defence Plea.
lie asked me where | would meet
him. L told him, at the corner of FL
PasO and San Antonio streets and would
go with him over the river. He then
said: Let's go in and have a drink
| told him l did not want anything to
drink. He threw his hand on his six
shooter and said, You c. d. s. of a
b, I'm going To kill YOU We were
standing face to face .as he said this: | !
lerked my gun with my right hand and !
put it right at the left side of his head. /
| tried to shoot him through the head, /
don't know whether | did or not. He |
fell at first shot. / fired three more |
shots He got up after the first shot, |
and then | shot him three more times. |
Pohceman then came up and | sur
rendered to him and asked him to take |
ME to the county jail. Tyra was the /
name OF the policeman Capt Carr was
there Also Scarborough said as to the /
reason of his suspecting Selolan. he /
would tell afterwards in the trial. /
Witness Tells of Affair.
John A. Graham, of Dona Ana county. /
New Mexico, testified as follows: Il /
was in the saloon at the corner. Scar /
borough and Selman came in there be-
tween midnight and day. Scarborough
and Selman met near the steps. We all
three stood there and talked awhile.
After awhile Selnlan asked Scarborough
10 go outside as he wished to speak TO I
him, whereupon they passed out of the
'front.' door of the saloon and / followed.
While they We're talking outside. other
parties came up and then Selman told |
scarborough that he wished to speak
70 nm privately AT that | turned and
walked east on San Antonio street and
scarborough and Selman walked fur
Their down the alley. | heard Selman saw
about Bud Il do not know
VINO he meant by Bud. Scarborough
repiled that he had nothing TO do with
it. Shortly afterwards 1 heard a shot