Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Shooting Bares a Scandal. [ARTICLE]

Shooting Bares a Scandal.

At the home of Benjamin Salyer, three miles from Salyersville, Ky., there was a sensational duel with pistols, the cause of which is not known. Dr. Jasper Owens, jr., son of a wealthy whisky man of this place, was per haps fatally shot and a woman named Barker wounded. Mrs. Salyer, it is stated, fired the shots inflicting the wounds, but it is added that her guests were also armed and shooting at her. Dr. Owens’ wounds were dressed after he had been hauled into town from the scene and it was the intention of the parties to keep the affair secret, but his serious condition prevented this. It is not stated whether Mrs. Salyer’s husband was at home. The Salyer family is the most prominent in the county.