, 1869-10-29
ATTEMPTED MvRpER.
Sheriff Fisher Shot by an Unknown
Assassin.
The Whole Affair a Mystery-Strsst
Rumexr,

Last evening, sbout haH past o'clock, ahsri1
F1shet MAS shot NJ, and severely wounded, hJ .
wo0ldbe Aasassfn, under somewhat mystefioua
circumstances. Mr.. Fsher alone appears 10 pos
seaf my clpa TO tha discovery OF tho pepetTs.or,
and he seerns To bs either unable Or unwilling 70
adosd MY Information On tue subject 1t appea,s
that the HhetiH went into bis of1ce alore uulo
after last evening, and about that Hmo
the officials IN the County jail heard tnuiat1ncuJ
!etoAse the wills the soana Of pistol shot. Nos
eouDd, they pstd little attention to It, and After
An literal Of few minutes another Shot wha
heard. Rushtu9 into the She7tn = of1ce they dis.
covered Nj. Flhaer lying on tna door sud sude1.
tpE srom 4 would IN the cali OF the ief1 teR.
Thetr was no one but himself In the oflcc, aud
vas w.do open. A pistol WA found lying Oh tns
desk near the window.
a messenger wss at once despatched for Dr..
wouno. Tae bs % lad passe3 aaise a S ahSoaSa tns he
70 rya,neiaaas tIen !os. q :bioea.. liz sposasea
% ss In s s1Sems o pa.n, " saa 'Ds he enass EXT
rushing r. forMata 10 ne doeso! aud se.z.ag hi@ u
! ilqut15 On the snbIeet o1 the shooting, md the
oaly t1ps1as,oa that be gave wsa ths1 while IT.:
uos ~ g. mn Gsa msa M WIN IT, oaSx esaf entered
him. One OF the tails missed the MARI
Tne second passed through the corner OF Ftsaer
tec'. - seiorr ris.ed. II lie ieis ies This was
all the Information tnat could be elected trou the
SheT11 Who FOOD fell !nto An exhausted a.ate, asaL
"a It moved 10 the 1aslef'n 1tllct In the CGuuty
| JaiI The wound il nut dabKtsouH one, anil Nj
Fisher Will proa@aiy recover from lts et1cls Ia Z
| lew days ......
| ii voIil appear that the tnot4 were aimed By q
buLd ntcn Ns4 teltrsauls I'll PRACTISE aud thsl
| intJ Mtg Meaut to Kill Il 10 uso apparent thA
| the alienrt wa5 Hade by one who Knew wei
| Wlru ahd where to ind the Shtrth. From ln
| quITie& EA1e outside OF the Coutt uouse taa tht
otcasls tt. r. appeared s1hgularty 1catruus to r.
rssss sAs:ossss 1n tss suotess. y Va:
Ia1htr freel5 duI,nk the day, and Tss senewns
cans with . man from CAllo1ntn Who Wa stop
ping 81 the Sherman linuse, and who haal eeel
| conducting hlNsen In 5 ant1eNa aas crazy mzncc5
| Us Nhe C1nfGtntant W6s SAID to be iho possesSo
OF yAst amount Of gold and Je <eas, and VIZ
nAkDg = display sitter the tree m
| eAsy lathton OF Western mAn
tse afternoon be u as observed TO take a piAts
! from bis pocket and n0Ntinh~it in u HaJ ~hsc
t alarmed the bystsnderB, when Ml. Fisher s!eppe
tip ann quietly dlsaFned him. There xAa no qua,
rtA however, IN the affair, and thr stranger 500
attsr inquired when the ua1n lett for Uman,
1Io ordered hack ~ come for BIZ
At 8:A5 r. m, and 1t ia GDuehtood tht
he LEFT the city On that train. Whetnt
! the Californian 1bd any CONNECTION Wlth t.
shooting ARRAY In the Court Honse. must be lc
to conjecture. uuttl Mt. Fisher himself chooses
! reveal nhst he knows al the matter. The p0lle
were completely Ut fanlt, ha*tnE no clue oy wnic
to follow up The sutooE OF the dclI>crate attcmp
6aon 8B the Sheriff ID sufficiently recovered to
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