FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, October 21, 1909 ONE DEAD; TWO WOUNDED ____________ As Result of Shooting Bout at the Spider Saloon in Leadwood Last Monday ____________ A shooting scrape occurred at the Spider saloon at Leadwood on last Monday evening in which Norman Benham, James Shoemaker, Deputy Sheriff and Deputy Constable, Wm. Black, the bartender, James Wells and Fred Brown seem to have been mixed up. The result was, Benham was shot three times, once through the body, the ball entering his back and lodging near the navel, from the effects of which he died early Wednesday morning; Black was shot through the arm, and Deputy Shoemaker received several slight wounds, one a scalp wound just back of the left ear, a flesh wound in the back and one in the leg. Benham was under arrest for petit larceny, his trial was set for that day, and Deputy Sheriff Shoemaker had gotten the subpoenas to serve on the witnesses, when the case was continued. Shoemaker, Benham and Wells then went over to the Spider saloon. While there Benham asked Fred Brown to loan him a dollar, to which Brown replied that he didn't have it. Benham told him he was a ----- liar, and a row was imminent. Black, the bartender, here interfered, when Shoemaker stepped between him and Benham, his back to the latter. At this juncture, it is claimed by Shoemaker, Benham jerked his (Shoemaker's) gun from his pocket and leveled it at Black over Shoemaker's shoulder, when Shoemaker turned and grabbed Benham, who was a large and muscular man, and endeavored to wrench the gun from him, when it was discharged, the ball passing through the rim of his hat and just grazing his head. Shoemaker continued to wrestle with Benham, hustling him out of the door, while Black was shooting at Benham. Here things became so mixed up that it is hard to tell particulars, but the result is as stated above.