The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-30
FULL ACCOUNT OF
 PAUL ELLIS SHOOTING

WRANGELL, Dec. 20.-The Wrang- ell Sentinel gives the following detailed account of the quarrel at Point Ellis that resulted in the shooting of Ern- est Lanim and his subsequent death at Wrangell:
 Last Sunday the Pillar Bay Packing Co.'S gas boat Gertrude brought two men in from Point Ellis cannery who had been, shot in row there Saturday morning. It appears that Joe Guish- ard, the watchman at the cannery had imported a barrel of bottled beer from Rake the day before and on Friday night himself and six friends were having little jollification when dis pute arose and Ernest Lamm, Guish ards partner at the cannery, pulled a gun on O. H. Kelly, and threatened to shoot him. In the meantime Tony Swanson, Kelly's partner grabbed Lamm and got him pinned down on the bunk and held him there at the same time he threw the pistol to Guish- ard to put away in safe keeping. Kelly got sore at Lamm's threat and at tempted to slap him while Swanson was holding him but Swanson covered Lamm's face and Kelly was unable to hit him. Guishard took all the shoot ing irons and hid them so Lamm could not do any damage. A little later Kelly and his partner went to their gas boat and turned in for the night, when they were leaving the cabin, Lamm told Kelly he would get him in the morning, however, they didn't think any more about Lamm's threat. Apparently Guishard was afraid of Lamm and, after he had hidden the guns he went to another cabin and slept that night.
 In the morning about s o'clock when Lamm got up he went down to the Gertrude, which was laying alongside the wharf and got a 35-calibre Win chester telling the two men on the boat that he was going huntinb. Instead of going hunting he went over to Kel- ly's boat and got inside without walk ing Kelly or Swanson, he fired shot right below Kelly who was still sleep ing, of course Kelly awoke instantly and Lamm had him covered with the rifle at the same time he said, 'Tll give you two minutes to get on deck, the gun is full of lead for you and I have four more cartridges in my pocket for Guishard" Kelly was trans fixed and unable to move. At this time Swanson who was sleeping in the other bunk said to Lam, "Dutchy, you have nothing against me, let me get out I don't want to get killed" In order to let Swanson out Lamm backed out of the boat onto the deck and Swanson followed him, when he got behind Lamm he grabbed him around the arms from behind and got hold of the gun with both hands, the two of them scuffled around for a short while, at the same time Lamm kept on shooting the gun, Swanson doing what he could to direct the shots in the water In the meantime Kelly recov- cred from the shock and he pulled a shotgun down from over his bunk and loaded it and came toward the compan- ionway when Lamm spotted him, so he kicked at the gun, kicking the gun and at the same time kicked Kelly in the mouth. The force of the kick sent the gun from Kelly's hands at the same time it exploded shooting Lamm in the right leg above the ankle, shattering both bones and on the left leg above the knee, and as Swanson was hold ing Lamm and was right behind him he received part of the shot in both his legs but his injuries are slight. They at once bandaged up Lamm's wounds the best they could and got him aboard the Gertrude and went i'm mediately to Rake where they picked up Dr. Krulish, the Government doc tor He did all he could for the in jured man and accompanied him to Wrangell where he was turned over to Dr. Dawes. Yesterday Dr. Dawes amputated his right leg at the knee, but was unable to save Lamm's life, he was so weakened from the, loss of blood that his pulse was impe:cept- | able and the wounds had both become | badly infected. Lamm died last night | 1925. The doctor tried to get a | statement from but he wouldn't tell | thing. There was an inquiry at the court house Tuesday and Guishard, | Swanson and Kelly were examined, | the jury did not return a verdict until the other witnesses come from Point | Ellis. Guishard left yesterday morn ing with the Gertrude to bring them over. It also came out that Lamm had at times before drawn a gun on differ ent parties and threatened to shoot | them.
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