Armed Attack at Local Restaurant
A man fired a revolver through the glass of a French restaurant after being refused service late at night.
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A man known as Pusey, while under the influence of liquor, went to the French restaurant at the lower end of town on Friday night and demanded admittance. The proprietor told him he had closed for the night. After being refused twice, Pusey broke a pane of glass in the door and thrust a revolver through the hole, firing into the room. The ball passed through the proprietor’s clothes and grazed his flesh. Watchmen were called, but Pusey escaped across the Oregon line where he cannot currently be pursued.
“he thrust a revolver through the broken pane and fired into the room, the ball from the pistol passing through the proprietor’s clothes and grazing his flesh.”
This incident highlights the volatility of 'the lower end of town' in 1860s Walla Walla, a district characterized by the rough nightlife and loose regulation that often accompanied frontier town booms.
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