A shooting incident in a crowded Oakridge bar Friday night left one man dead, and his apparent assailant in custody of Oakridge police.
Patrons of the bar, Bink's, wrestled the unidentified gunman to the floor following the shooting, knocked him unconscious, and held him until police arrived, according to Jack Moses, co-owner of Bink's.
The dead man is Donald Hughey, of Winchester Bay, a former resident of Oakridge, Moses said. He was brought to Eugene by ambulance early this morning and died on the way.
The identity of the arrested man was unavailable from police.
Moses said he was tending bar about 11:30 p.m. when a man came in, sat at the bar next to Hughey and started arguing for no apparent reason. Moses said he walked around the bar and asked the man if there was any problem.
"He told me to let go of his arm or he was going to shoot the guy," Moses said, "And I looked down and saw he had a pistol under Don's armpit."
Moses said he immediately went to call police, and while he was on the phone he heard a shot. Returning to the bar, he saw Hughey unconscious on the floor, he said.
Several patrons among about 70 in the bar grabbed the man, Moses said, and in the struggle the assailant was knocked out and one customer was slightly injured.
Oakridge man accused of killing bar patron
A 39 year-old man, accused of killing another man in an Oakridge bar, is scheduled to be arraigned on, a murder charge in Lane County District Court.
Being held without bail in the city-county jail in Eugene is Cole Davis, 76332 Rainbow Rd., Oakridge.
Davis is charged with fatally shooting Donald Hughey, 55, of Winchester Bay, a former Oakridge resident. The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. Friday in Bink's Lounge in Oakridge.
Hughey died while being brought to Eugene by ambulance.
Witnesses told police a man sat down next to Hughey in the crowded bar, started arguing with him and then pulled out a gun and shot him.
One witness said several persons in the bar wrestled the assailant to the ground and held him until the police arrived.
Donald Hughey services conducted Tuesday, Dec. 10
Chapel services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1974 2:00 p.m., at Unger Funeral Home for Donald Spencer Hughey, 55, of Winchester Bay, who died in Eugene on Dec. 7, 1974. Hughey was born on February 22, 1919 in Louistown [sic], Montana.
A World War II veteran, Hughey was an original charter boat operator out of Winchester Bay and owned the 'Marsadon' Charter.
Survivors include two daughters, Marsha and Sandra of Tigard, OR. Following the service burial took place in the Reedsport Masonic Cemetery.
Jury still out on Davis
Seven men and five women were still deliberating Tuesday morning in the murder trial of Cole Davis of Oakridge. Davis, 40, has been charged in Lane County Circuit Court with the Dec. 6 shooting of Donald Hughey in Bink's Restaurant and Lounge.
Final arguments were presented to the jury Monday morning. The jury was then sequestered and was still deliberating at the time of publication.
Davis given life in
prison
Cole Davis, 52 [sic], of Oakridge, was sentenced last week by a Lane County Circuit Court to life imprisonment for the murder of a man in an Oakridge bar last December.
Davis pleaded mental instability at the time of the shooting, claiming he has been chronically alcoholic most of his life. Davis was convicted of murder in the first degree last Monday.
Transcribed by Wm. Thompson, Mar. 29, 2015 from clippings sent by Cousin Roger R. Hughey.