Three Men Are Wounded in a Crowded Avenue on the Pike

One Bullet Goes Wild and as e Result an Innocent Spectator is Dying

Zach Mulhall, live stock agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, shot three men on the Pike at the St. Louis Exposition. One of them, an innocent by-stander, named Ernest Morgan, is believed to have been fatally wounded. He was shot in the abdomen. The other men are Frank Reed, boss hostler of the wild west show, and Johnny Murray, one of the cowboys. They are being cared for at the Emergency hospital on the World's Fair grounds.

The doctors say that Morgan will die. He lives in St. Louis and is 18 years old. Frank Reed, who is 50 years old, was shot in the arm and the right side of the neck. Murrah, aged 35 years, was shot in the abdomen.

The shooting was the culmination of trouble between Mulhall and Frank Reed over the question of authority. The shooting occurred at the entrance of the show, just at the conclusion of a performance, while the Pike was crowded with people and great excitement was caused. Mulhall was locked up and bail was refused.

HAVE LONG BEEN ENEMIES
There has been trouble for some time between Mulhall and Reed. The latter says it was because Mulhall tried to run things, although he was only an employee, like Reed. Last week Mulhall had Reed arrested on the charge of disturbing the peace and Reed was fined $50.

This afternoon, according to Reed, he received word that some horses which had gone astray had been taken up in St. Louis county, and he went to get them. He took "California Jack" Roberts with him, over the protest of Mulhall, who did not want Roberts to go.

After they returned Mulhall went to the stables and, noticing that one of the horses had been used, asked Reed what he had been doing with ite. Reed told him that he had ridden the horse when he went after the strays. A bitter quarrel followed, in which Mulhall pulled his gun and threatened to shoot Reed. The latter, not being armed, desisted.

MJULHALL OPENS FIRE
How Murrah Got Shot To-night at the conclusion of the Wild West Show, Mulhall met Reed as he was emerging from the show. Mulhall drew his revolver, but before he could use it Murrah attempted to take it away. Int he scuffle the weapon was discharged and Murrah was wounded.

Mulhall then fired point blank at Reed, the first shot striking him in the arm, the second grazed his neck and hit Morgan. The additional shots fired by Mulhall went wild.

Mulhall then ran into another Pike inclosure, where he was arrested. Mulhall, it is said, previous to running away, pointed his weapon at Cummings, proprietor of the show, but did not shoot.