Strip Poker Game at Pinnacle Hotel Ends with Shots Midkaff Of Middlesboro Accused Of Shooting Irwin of Lafollette S. M. Lay Of Lafollette Also In Fray. Emerson Irwin of LaFollette was seriously wounded at 4 o'clock this morning at the Pinnacle Hotel in Cumberland Gap, when he was shot at the end of a strip .poker game. He is alleged to have been shot by E. H. Midkaff of Middlesboro. Others connected with with the trouble are said to be Walker 'Brown and S. M. Lay, night chief of police of LaFollette. The party is said to have gambled all night and Midkiff lost all his money and clothes. Midkaff left after the game but is said to have returned and ordered the others to return his money. He took a 38-special off Lay. When Irwin started to run Midkaff is said to have shot him. At the trial this afternoon before Squire Brooks, Midkaff denied having fired shots at Irwin. Midkaff was bound over to court. His bond will be set late this afternoon. Irwin was taken to a hospital in Knoxville. His condition is very serious, reports say. Lay was also held for carrying concealed weapons. He said he was looking for transported liquor. Yesterday Lay was arrested in Middlesboro for disturbing the pence at the Hotel Cumberland. Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, 12/20/1922