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A CLOSE CALL.110,DU. (^CALLAGHAN ATTEMPTS TO SHOOTTJ, KEENEY, BET GETS BADLY POUXI-HalED WITH II13 OWN PISTOLbo roirrottodcur red at the Keeney House this morning which came yery near culminating in theed gthetioifoodeath of ^Sf r. Keeney, It is one of thosecollt;ranaffairs we would much prefer to say1 nothing about, and do so more injusticeitemcam1 usfailthan anything else. We endeavored toget the facts of the case as nearly as pas-corovemilpub-sible, which are as follows:artyWeA dance had been going on all nightfaswitand during the time some parties hadthe been indulging quite freely in* liquor.d toas aamong them15'peiO’Callaghan who be-ic“airitercame quite quarrelsome, but had beenmea-kept quiet by some of his friends, anddisturbedance. In the morning he went to break-allfast; one of the waiters took his orderand in a few moments brought a portionI imp of it, going b;u?K afterrest, wmeiwas cooking. The doctor raised an ob-1orth-jection to this, and asked one Charley I se'whv he did not wait on him, who told tnimr Ihim someone else had taken his order, i ani our , not seein t0 guit however, and cohe was was going to whip Charley. He arrage, then threw a cup of coffee at him andr**Gov.followed him into the kitchen, but was lt;11]put out of there by Mr. Anson. At this j Pcntime Mr. Keeney came upon the scene,ra^ 0| and took him intolie told foBanl' ho imd tried to raise ft quarrelrothholdmaking a fuss iu the dining room, andP*.se onlasti overs,ordered him out of the house. Uponthis, the doctor called him a liar several P1times, and pulled a self-cocking revolver which Mr. Keeney jumped and caught,inbut not in time to prevent its being discharged, the ball grazing the inside ofed atcl molhis left hand, taking away a small pieceof flesh, and just touching his left ear,tilVISIthen buried itself in the building. Mr.Keeney then wrenched the pistol fromsuingPornia..*d athis hand, and struck him over the headIIEwseveral times, knockinghimsenseless.'einaHe was taken up and carried to Mr.Toponce’s house, where he la}’ untilved anoon when he was ito getupti;y are *Grimes, of Ft. JHaU,had been telegrapheand arrived about this time, butlargefound no need for his servicestheThe affair is a sad one, and can only beattributed to too ranch whiskey.— *Accidental Sliootinc.V\JEl1I1I
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Blackfoot Register
Blackfoot, Idaho, US
Sat, Nov 20, 1880
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Kent S.
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