The Winslow mail., 1926-11-05
Two flagstaff Ladies A Cunning Go,
But Shoot So Wild No Blood Doth Flow

VIZ OftOOIIHS AANOA AOS
saff late last week in each of which
woman did the shooting puts Los
Angeles in the shade.
Moreover, our women didn't use
puny six-guns. Not-a-tdll One
used a shotgun and other a rifle
Also, neither hit her mark; which
proves that however deadly the in
tent of our females, you can firt
with death at their muzzles with
more impunity than if the fair trig-
geree were Hollywood habitue.
Taking 'em chronologically
General" William Grant, who
lives on a homestead east of town.
leaped into lurid fame seven or
eight years ago come next June
when he and a neighbor named
Keith fired 40 or so shots apiece
at each other without either being
hurt. A few months ago he staged
comeback when, while getting
ready to shoot a hired man he Slam
med a door shut so hard that Mrs.
Grant received sundry black eyes
and other disfigurements, which
Grant naively explained in justice
court, were not knuckle-caused, but
came from the slam of the door.
With such a good example right
at home, Mrs. Grant, herself, few
months ago did little cunning.
Tom Fitz Morris, peaceable sec
tion foreman whose work takes him
along the railway a couple hundred
yards from the Grant fortress was
astonished one day when Mrs.
Grant pointed the muzzle of a shot
gun toward him and turned it loose.
Officially questioned about it, she
said, it is alleged, that he waved at
her to link up the wavings with
a fear that he was breaking up
her home, though just how isn't
quite clear, unless, possibly, she
suspected Fitz Morris was wig-wag
ging to her husband, the general
to come out and play penny-ante.
Last week Mrs. Grant tried the
shotgun ON Fitz Morris again as he
and one of his assistants were
walking along the track Same
casualties = bruised feelings-and
same explanation.
Mrs. Albert E. Gardner is the
other heroine of this tale. Mrs.
Gardner on Friday told a represen-
tative of The Sun that she's a crack
rife shot This in explanation Of
why she failed to hit her human
target in eight shots.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner have been
married 10 years. She has two
step-sons of former marriage.
Some time ago they took up a
homestead on the main highway
two miles this side of Bellemont.
She says she did most of the farm
work. Last winter she went to
Phoenix She says her husband
. practically starved her off the
ranch. Later. she, heard that Mrs.
Mabel b(Cook) Pheffers was keep
ing house for Gardner. She came
back and did some preliminary
work toward securing divorce.
Then she decided Gardner ought to
be prosecuted. He and Mrs. Phef-
ferSi were arrested. u
Last week Gardner, accompanied
by another White man and Pinkie-
Taylor, colored, and Mrs. Pheffers
drove out to the ranch. Gardner
was trying to sell the team and
some other stuff still on the ranch
to one of the men. They stopped
their car and alighted near the
farmhouse, when Mrs. Gardner,
through a window opened fire.
Spread out!" Gardner yelled, cor
she'll kill all of u.s."
They spread. They spread un-
hesitatingly and unanimously. That
is they separated. They contract
ed themselves as much as they
could, except their feet, which they
spread far apart and very often in
the process popularity known as
getting to hell away from there
Still the bullets sped, all Of them
close to Gardner. He says one
went through his coat sleeve and
burned his hand.
Then, the invaders completely
routed, Mrs. Gardner walked out
side. She told them she'd only
been shooting to scare them, but
if necessary she'd shoot to kill.
She solaced them further by assur-
ing them she still had lots of shells.
Then she told them to get off the
place and stay off. They got off.
Mrs Gardner seems to be pulled
several ways by jealousy, desire for
revenge and love. For she says she
still loves Gardner, and she is as
likely as not to cry when she's talk
ing about him.
Meanwhile, the authorities, seem
to be wondering just what in thun-
der to do about it all. Both affairs,
being tragio-comic, no one so far
being hurt. and, in the last describ-
ed episode reconciliation being
possible, it so far seems to be the
wiser course not to be too stern.