Jackson County IA Archives News.....Another Shooting Affray November 18, 1886
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Bellevue Leader November 18, 1886
ANOTHER SHOOTING AFFRAY

About eleven o’clock last Thursday night a fight and shooting scrape occurred 
in the street a little west of Haney & Campbell’s butter-tub factory. Only 
three persons were present-the two combatants, Henry Regner and Frank Lang, 
and a young man by the name of Dunne. It appears that both Regner and Lang had 
been drinking and were intoxicated. They happened to meet on their way home, 
for both parties lived near each other in the southwest part of Bellevue, and 
soon engaged in a quarrel, and then a fight. Regner had been out in the 
country hunting that day and carried a shotgun. It appears that after the 
first scrimmage, Regner seized hold of his gun to shoot Lang, when Lang too, 
grasped the muzzle of the weapon, when it came off, the charge of shot taking 
effect in the calf of Lang’s right leg, making a frightful looking wound. 
Regner then fled and concealed himself until the afternoon, when he walked 
into Justice Farrell’s office and surrendered himself.

We have not been able to get all of the facts of the case, as the two men tell 
different stories, and Dunne, who was an eye witness, refuses to talk on the 
subject. The calf and muscles of Lang’s leg are badly torn and one small bone 
fractured. Dr. Hollister is attending him. He will likely get up a cripple for 
life. Lang is a young man of family, while Regner has none. Lang is very poor 
in purse, so the county will be called upon to defray the expenses incident to 
this drunken fracas. He is a section hand on the railroad and Regner is an 
itinerant butcher. We do not know which one of the two men is chiefly to blame 
for precipitating this unfortunate affray. One thing, however, is certain, and 
that is if Lang had gone home at a seasonable hour, as any man of family 
should have done, he would not now be in the pitiful condition he is in. 
Regner waived examination of the Grand Jury. He has secured the services of 
Hon. D. A. Wynkoop to defend him. He claims he fired the shot in self defense.


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