, 1883-06-02
ALL on ACCOUNT OF ~ELlzA.-
JsnS N0SIACUE PITS A RIIlET
InRorCn CRARIIs WEISEk.
sAIrRDAE NsCar.
He Marches the Pair into HIS salssa n the
Mazzie efa Pi.tsl MS Wife Says Nc
Raised His Arm 20 sh0ss nrr.-A Sad
story OF Dsnesiie Trsabies-Tse
Wounded Man Resting
Easy To-Day.

--NsiN s-iNA - VIVA s'h-tAhsf
last, John Montague. proprietor of the Bed.
rock saloon, on Main street, shot and Sci iOusly
wouHded one Charles Weiser. the trouble
arising over woman the wife OF Montague
The ball struck Weiser little below the col,
lar bone. and between the first and second
ribs, passed through the left lung and lodged
below the LETT shoulder blade near the spine.
After being shot Weiser ran to the Nanny
! House, when Drs. Hoyd, Bingam and hey
lor We're called. they extracting the ball and
dressing the wonnd. Though Of a serious
nature the wound is not necessarily fatal.
Montsgue had been drinking hard all day
/ and evening, and, as near as We can learn,
was drunk at the time Of the shooting. He
refuses TO saw anything in relation to the af-
/ fair, though the woman makes quite a
/ lengthy statement. Weiser WAS q stranger
to Montague, and, We undertand, he is not
the man he expected to lind In company
with his wife that evening.
THE wohAS'S STORY:
l Yesterday morning, IN company with Mar
shal Justice, a STATESMAN reporter visited
the Nanny house, On lower Main street,
where Mrs. Montague is at present stopping.
Upon learning the nature of our visit she
signifed her willingness to tell straight
story in relation to the shooting and her con
nection with the affair. She is tall, fair
complexioAed woman. with strong German
features and has quite pleasant manner OF
speaking.
In answer t. all iGqd'ry as to how long
she has been manned TO Montague, she re-
pied;
I'VE have been manned iOHr yeAs next
Sept,mbcr | left him about tie 10th day
Of last March. Since that time 1 have work
ed around in different families, trying to earn
my living. Ny maiden name WAS Ellen
Palmer aud | am twenty one years old. Al
ter lett him iirot went t. work Tor Mrs
Stone; from thee | entered service with
Mrs. Mcbride; then for Mrs. Crow, and ii
ualIv for Mr knndson, after hIs " lie died.
At each and every place | have worked
Montague has made trouble for me. lie told
Nr. kuuGsoa that If he (kuudsonl did not
make me ltaye his house there would be
trouble have not been keeping company
with mer since ! lef, Montague. Well, last
night after | had finished my work, Mr..
WeiSer askc,i MT To 20 out ani take walk.
As had been III the kitchen all day SAM
all right, and ah,ut 2 O'Clock let the house.
We cane back ahcut 1880, aud hearing
Nontarue's voice III :he house knew there
would be trouble, and We walked away
again. hcpirs he would soon leave. About
hall past deven We came b-ek, AMI, hearing
his vy'cc, we started 10 walk around the
horse. sLd got a. fLr rs over there tpoIntiDg
- a corner # the fierce, in tue rear OF the
not y when Mons*gre came NJ 20 Ia. He
| ha3 tso pistols, one IN zach hand, and both
cooked. after telling Us 10 stop he said We
ould have to stand till daylight. so he
| could see who We we're. We did not dare
| TO move, as he Was awful drank, and knew
he would shoot US Pretty soon he changed
his nliad, and said We must so mp to his sa-
loon so ne cpnId see who We were. While
he was lnikirg he kept clicking the pistols
together. and was arraid they woGld go cf
SO told Mr.. Weser to come and We started
up Nam street towards LIS place. the BED
rock saloon.
When we got oppoI;r Bu:le,s he told US
to walk across ths street and get under the
| hsht. Ali If Ills time lac va, so clcsr he
| could hsv- touched either ct Us with pis
,oi. NJ. Wriser stood Gndcr the hight in
front of the saloon, but that dbl not satisfy
Montague, aud he made us both 20 inside.
Ills was about - o'clock or little after
We cot ins,,!r. ard both me and Weiser
stood facing Montague. | was partly be-
tw eer the two men. MoLtIgUe raised the
pistol and said, 'Gentlenlen, this Is -
of a. Vita that remark he fired.
" clsti osAe ~ ~ c-,.@ 'N''s
Montague then tnrned toward me and sand,
Your turn next, you --- A man
then pushed Kim partially tehini ascreen In
front Of the door. He rsl,ed his pistol to
take am at me over the screen; when they
gave him another push, this time nearly out
of the door.
Outsiders then began TO come IL the house
and be got cool. and asked them what they
had lost. ard said, Il Is time TO close up;
let's all take d;ink and 90 home and go to
bed Officer Ames grabbed him then, threw
him on the floor sHd took his pistols away
After that came home and saw Mf. Weiser,
who had got home ahead Of me. l have not
known him bat week. | believe Montague
would h-ye shot Us Ia street If he had not
been 50 drank. | have little grl out IN
the country. with my uncle. Yes, Mr.
Montague pulled a pistol on man named
La F. inte. who was ia the roCm with me
last winter, ! rhIrk twas; but he a:terSard
.rolngized. | have always tired ~ get along
and earn my oen living, but he won't
let me. Twas going to leave IN the morning
for Pataha City, hut | caG', do II nov.
This morning th- wounded nan aas visit
ID BY a STATEsYtN reporter, AZ The Many
House. He had passed a very easy night
and MAS fe, !ins very cheerful. His story
sIbstsn:i,t,s ti,e v uonan' S III nearly every
particular. He SAYS thas when he passed
1ut the back donr Of the Bedrock saloon lie
ran as f.r as tn west corn'r OF the court
house sqgare. vi hen HE strength gave out and
he was compelled to walk. Jrst as he reach
ed the Nanny House lie faiated, and had TO
b. carried inside and laid oh a bed He
said MS name was Chas Wiser. iahcrer BY
occupation, and has but lately come down
from working on the Blaicck mountain
Rrmrmber This