Saturday about dusk Jason Andrew Picklesimer, West and George Clime were passing in a buggy near the home of J. W. Holland, who resides one-fourth mile south of Hammon and it is said he swore at Holland, who ran to his house and got a winchester and opened fire at them, making five shots. One shot took effect on Picklesimer. The bullet struck him in the back, just to the right kidney and passed through his body, inflicting a wound that was fatal.

Several different stories are affort as to how the shooting came about. Some have it that it was different parties altogether that swore at Holland and that these men came along just in time to be the recipients of the flying bullets. It is also stated that Holland had been insulted several times by fellows passing his home, cussing him and blackguarding.

The sheriff had Holland in jail and he is non-committal relative to the trouble. His preliminary will be held this week and no doubt will be bound over to await the action of District Court, which convenes here the first Monday in March.

A later interview with parties is that the boy Holland had been insulted by parties passing his home time and again, and that he had warned them he would not stand their insults any longer. The night of the shooting Holland was at home with his mother and he claims that those parties came by and swore at him and used obscene language. Under these circumstances the boy would in a measure be justified.

The boy is in jail here now and seems to be an extraodinary young man. He had his school books with him and is applying himself to his studies. He had just recently entered school at the Hammon High School, his education being neglected at an earlier age; and we are informed by members of the Hammon High School faculty that the boy has applied himself and has never given the faculty the least trouble, always carrying himself in a manner to with the confidence of his associates and teachers.

Burial in Red Hill cemetery, Hammon.

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