Simmons, Bert

a miner of the Quapaw Oklahoma camp, was shot through the right arm Wednesday morning about 2 pm by A. B. Pease, with whom Simmons was boarding. Domestic trouble is given as an excuse for the shooting. Pease surrendered himself to Constable Lou Hardin of the Quapaw district. He was brought to Miami Wednesday morning and arraigned before Justice J. L. Speer on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Bond was set in the sum of $500, which Pease failed to make and was committed to jail to await his preliminary hearing which will probably not be called until after the holidays. Various stories are circulated as to the real cause and issue leading up to the shooting. Some hold the opinion that Pease is a hard-working citizen, and was justified in any violent steps he might have taken, because of provocation heretofore. Dissenting to his opinion like most affairs of this kind, stories are in the air that Pease was merely a jealous-hearted man and had little or no cause for attempting to take the life of Simmons, if such he did. Physicians who dressed the wound inflicted in the arm of Simmons are of the opinion that amputation may be necessary unless some miraculous healing sets in an early period. In the event the wound becomes as serious as doctors seem to think it may, there is a probability of complications setting in which may result in the death of the wounded man. In this event the case may take on a more important appearance and interest.