150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 7 DRUNKEN BARTENDER TAKES A POT SHOT AT TWO CUSTOMERS ANTELOPE SHOOTING SCRAPE- William Rolfe Attempts to Kill Mart Clancey and R.A. Hansell Last Wednesday night about 10 o'clock Mart Clancey and R.A. Hansell went into the Eureka saloon in Antelope and sat down by the stove. John Little, who was in the saloon at the time, asked Hansell and Clancey to take a drink. One called for port wine and the other for a soda, when Little spoke up and said they should take whiskey or nothing, and they refused to drink. This caused some words between the men, and the two men left the saloon. They looked through the window from the outside, and Little acted as though he would throw a flask of whiskey, which he had in his hand, at them. At this time William Rolfe, the bartender, who was drunk, without any known reason pulled his pistol and fired a shot through the window, which barely missed the two men standing in the window, and knocked the glass in their faces. Shortly afterwards the men started home, when three shots were fired at them. Rolfe afterwards told Clancey that he thought that Hansell was standing at the window alone, and that he would not have fired if he had known that Clancey was there. These were all the particulars that could be learned. Rolfe has not yet been arrested, but there are rumors afloat that he made threats against Hansell's life, and he may be taken into custody and punished for his rash act. February 15, 1898 Earline Wasser Soldier's Angels www.soldiersangels.org Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro Pc-cillin program