The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-18
LONG TRAIL Of BLOOD.
|ack Miller Found on Mount Helena
Some Time After the
Shooting.
Ills Wound Not Serious but He
Knows Nothing OF the
Affair.
diohseI Dooney Dismissed from the Police
Force and Locked UP In. h
County Jail.

The police succeeded in finding Jack
filler about four O'Clock yesterday morn
az, about an hour and a half after he had
zen shot by Special Officer Mike Dooney.
,hey tracked him from Fifth avenue and
sodney street, down Fifth avenue to War
en- street, thence to Sixth avenue and
lcross Main street to Park avenue, to Law
sncs street. to Dearborn to Ed
Yards street. to HOWE, to Adams. Up Nd
ms street he vent toward Mount Helena
nd dropped exhausted in a gulch south Of
hs west side reservoir. He was trailed by
he blood stains along the line. Policemen
md Smith took part in the search. At
[rst the blood trail was easy to follow,
but AZ this grew less dis
inct, the policemen had TO
lao matches. Finally all the matches ran
but. and they had to go back for a lantern.
Nhsn q light was secured the wounded
nan WAS found not over a hundred yards
rom whore the matches ran ont. Miller
vas lying on the ground, with his coat
trapped about his head and grooming from
balm. When aroused he seemed to gain
low strength, aud it took three men to old
i'm. Policeman Callahan ran down town
md got a hack and the wounded man was,
~ direction Of Marshal Sims, taken to st.
letters hospital. Or. N. Rookman was sent
Or and examined Miller's injuries. lie
ound that the ball had entered the left
meek, about an inch from the nose. II
had been DETECTED by the jaw bone and
anged backward, lodging under the flesh
near the ear. The long time that had
|lapsed from the shooting until Miller
vas found had caused tho side
bf the head to swell to large
proportions, and rendered it difficult to get
1 the ball. The piece OF lead could be
cached by a probe, but the swelling was
|uch that il was deemed inadvisable to at
empt to cut the ball out for tho present.
No effort will be made TO do so until the
yelling has been reduced s-.a
Miller, in the opinion of DR.. Rockman, is
Tot fatally hurt. He was conscious during
he day and could talk, though with great
ifficulty. He did not remember anything
bout the occurrence, and admitted that no
vas too drunk to know what had occurred.
led at random until he fell exhausted. He
|ould not recollect having had any quarrel
With Dooney, though they had been drink
NO together in the saloon at Fifth venue
nd Rodney street. The people in
he saloon say they saw Miller
nd ,Dooney drinking there and they
post Of friends, A few minutes later the
hot was heard outside. Everybody ran
ut to see what was the, matter, and found
Dooney leaning over the wounded man,
Who wns on his knees in the car track.
Dooney helped Miller mp and asaisted him
8 far as Fifth avenue and Ewing street.
T. AIR rc;rk# tina vrnuv,1n13 man M haOpn
|trukgling to break away and Dooney let
lin 10. This is considered a weak point
n Dooney's defense. He says he shot Mil
or because the latter ordered him to throw
ap his hands. II he had sufficient cause to
bhoot his late boon COMPANION. the general
Miller to police headquarters and placing
him under arrest. Instead OF doing 80 he
ct the wounded man wander off at his W
will.
Dooney remained at police headquarters
until about daylight, when he was allowed
10 60. Marshal Sims had already dismissed
lin from the force and taken his revolver
Ind his badge Of authority as special officer.
Later in the day, John E. Pfister. a partner
BIZ Miller, went before Judge Fleischer and
Bwore out a warrant ''on information and
belief" charging Dooney with shooting
Miller. Sheriff Jefferis placed Dooney un-
Ter arrest and Judge Fleischer committed
llH 10 IAc COUNTY JAZZ III oo!nuio - Ucoo
bail to stand examination. The hearing
comes off on Monday. Dooney, in all
the stories told of the shooting, sticks to
me one about Miller breaking away from
him and crying out, "Throw up your
hands.o % I
Miller was resting comfortably last night
BIT the hospital. He is engaged in trucking
and liyes on Fifth avenue. near Beattie, not
over two blocks from whore he was shot.
It is thought that his original intention or
breaking away from Dooney was TO go in
hat direction, but blinded by the blood he
went the wrong way, and kept on travelling
Pimlessly until he fell. He is spoken Of as
n very good fellow when sober, but some.
what irresponsible when drunk. He had
40 weapon on him when the affair oc-
curred. Dooney has been a special officer
N several occasions, and was put on the
last time at his own request when Grogan
was shot.
silk umbrellas this week at The Bee Hive fol
El.7b. 'N@
Go to Butcher Il Bradley's for notions, hosiery,
underwear. We lead in low prices.
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