An Attempt At Murder

AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER

Fired a Shot While His Back Was Turned.

AND COWARD ESCAPES

Two Men Get Into a Fight--The Licked Man Seeks the Above Revenge.

The officers have just given out news of what might have terminated in a murder if the aim of William Slossmaker, of Webster, had been a little more accurate.

It seems that he and Albert L. Pierce had a heated dispute last Sunday. Slossmaker charged Pierce with making derogatory reports concerning a certain married woman to another man, also of the same neighborhood. Pierce denied that he had ever said anything of the kind. To settle it, Slossmaker and Pierce drove over to this man's house. The latter denied that Pierce had said anything of this nature. Then Slossmaker and Pierce drove to Pierce's home, arguing all the way. Slossmaker maintained that Pierce had said the words, and Pierce proceeded to give him a good thumping. He finally let Slossmaker up and started for the house. Slossmaker ran back to the buggy, where he had left his revolver, and as Pierce's back was turned he fired a shot at him. Luckily it missed.

The two men were not 20 feet apart when the shot was fired.

A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Slossmaker on a charge of attempt at murder, but he has escaped.