Zach Mulhall, live-stock agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, Saturday night shot three men in front of the entrance of the wild west show on the pike at the world's fair grounds. One of them, an innocent bystander, 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 Johnnie Murrah, 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, was shot in the abdomen. The shooting was the culmination of trouble between Mulhall and Frank Reed over the question of authority. The shooting occured 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.

There has been trouble for some time between Mulhall and Reed. The latter says that 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.

The police arrested William Langa, Harry Phillips, Earl Stohr, Frank Schram, and John Christie, cowboys, whom they are holding as witnesses.