A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

A shooting scrape occurred near Duncan last week, in which Kirk Esty’s life candle was snuffed out in a twinkling. It seems that Jim Parks and Esty had a misunderstanding over a game of cards, when Esty stepped over the fire and hit Parks in the mouth. Parks jumped up and pushed Esty against the blacksmith shop, which was simply a shed. In a few seconds, and apparently before any hard blows were given on either side, they released each other and Esty immediately walked out of the shecl towards his bed, which was on the outside of this shed. Jim Parks sat down again, but only for a second, for as soon as Esty went behind the side wall where his bed was Jim walked out from under the shed, and looking the way Esty’s bed was, saw him turn with his six-shootei in his hand, and all the boys say that Esty fired the first shot. Parks had his six-shooter in his hand, and taking it in both hands, took delib- erate aim, and no doubt killed Esty the first shot ,the shot striking him a little above the heart and coming out near the right shouldei blade, the second shot struck him in the center of the chest and came out in the back, his third shot missed Esty. Esty shot three times, some say he fired four. Parks went to Solomonville and gave himself up. The jury pronounced it justifiable homicide.