The morning call., 1893-08-23

read Monte Cristo' for about an hour,
Then l undressed and prepared for bed.
And l did what l always do, look under
the bed before getting into it,"
And he was rewarded for his pains this
night. a 44caliber revolver was what he
saw first. 1t was too dark for him to see
more. but he rightly judged that there was
human intelligence back of that shining
pistol.
81 made for my trunk to get my re-
vOlver." he saws. ''As [ did so the fellow
called out to me that if l pulled gun on
him he would shoot | already had my
hand on my pistol and kept it there.
"The man under the bed shot. The bull
let struck my lett arm.
Il turned and jumped on the bed.
reached down under 1t and fired. Twice
| fired under the bed"
the bed. who told the police his name was
John Miller. got bullet through his cheek.
He spit out the hot lead and told the man
on top ne would shoot through the bed
"'Shoot ard be hanged said !. never
dreaming that the bullet would go through
the mattress" said UpS0n.
Miller shot.
Upson was standing on the bed. leaning
partly over to watch the other fellow.
Sure enough, and contrary to Upson's
knowledge of physics. the ball went
through the mattress and lodged in Up
sons breast. just ABOVE the left nipple
Il tried TO shoot again." says Upson,
'but my gun wouldn't work. and | threw
1t away in disgust. Then ths man came
from under the bed and we had a tussle
1t seems as though that tussle lasted an
hour, though it could not have been that
long. l kept my hand on his pistol to pre-
vent him from using Il on me and we had
it hot and heavy until the police came
Both of US were about played out then. |
unlocked the door and Officer Mccarthy
walked in. [ was never SO glad to see the
police az L was then"
Mr.. Upsnn might have put it even
stronger. it was the only time lie had ever
been glad to see the police. And the rea-
son Of 1t is that Mr.. Urson has a little rec
ord of his own. In 1884 he was sent to the
penitentiary for two and half years, for
having counterfeit dies in his possession,
and at the present time there is criminal
case pending against him in the Superior
Court.
Mr.. Upson is known as lottery shark.
md has had more or less to do with bogus
lotteries and such things. He had money
in his pocket, $50 or more this night,
and it was probably this little sum which
tempted Mr.. Miller to ensconce himself in
the dust and cobWebs under Mr.. Upson's S
bed.
But how did be get into the room?
Ii you take Mr.. Miiler's word for it he
was invited thither by MIR. Upson. At
least that's the story Miller told the arrest
ing officers.
Mr.. Upson's version is different
when came to 10y room l had to un-
lock it," he said. Now Miller must have
had key, for he not only opened the door
but locked it after him."
You never saw such sight in vour
life" said Officer Ryan, who came 10 OFF,
Ger McCarthy's assistance and helped
make the arrest There was Upson, in
TN,,e Il. 4 -; ;-.gg II
1t transpires that Mr.. Upson does not wear
a nighlrobe), land blood from head to
foot. And Miller, though he had his
clothes on, looked just as bad. His face
looked like mass Of clotted blood. and
the blood from the wound in his cheek had
run down all over him. Both men were a
sight"
And both men were taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital. where their wounds
were dressed and their respective stories
listened to. There was not much to near
OF Miler's story. for after imparting that
one bit Of information to Officer Nc
Carthy be shut up like clam or like a
man who has seen his attorney in the
meantime.
True. Miller had not seen an attorney Y
yet, but lie will need TO consult one soon.
for they have him Gagged at the City
Prison now, with charge OF assault TO
murder on the books against him.
the local police know him not they have
their leanings toward the belief that he is
an old crook and general all-around tough
nut"
Mr.. Upson, whose alias by the way is
George Penton, went home, gathered the
blankets from his disordered bed and In id
himself down on the floor to cogitate on
his own smariness and figure out how
much ahead he is for looking under the
bed Tuesday morning.
tie couldn't lie on the bed, for the shot
from Millers pistol burned a big hole in
the mattress. which looks now as though
1t had been pc etrated by a cannon ball
To-day DR.. Deane will remove the bullet
from Mr Upson's breast, above the left
nipple. And by the time Mr. Upson mas
paid his surgeons bill and figured up W h at
his illness has cost him he will probably
realize that he would have been about as
we'll of had he gone to sleep Tuesday
morning without looking under the bed
However he will have the satisfaction