The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-08-06


and sat down in front of the reporter.
with Major Gwyder. and talked pleas
| antly.
1t was feared, however, by some of the
| friends OF both parties that the remarks
might cause trouble when the men met,
! but none of them expected anything
more serious than a blow. The three or
| four in the lobby of the court room and
! the attorneys in the case. walked out in
the hall. Mr.. Plattor was walking alone.
| toward the further side of the stairs,
when Mr. Selffert caught up to him, and
the trouble occurred.
Those who We're in the corridor at the
time, and saw the shooting, and some
OF whom heard the words were ia
cob Hoover. J. H. Stone, Major
Gwyder, w. l.. Blossom, Attorneys n. H.
Nuzum, r. n. Nuzum r. C. Griffitts Dan
| Henly w. ]. Thayer, ]. B. Hess Charles
| %. Wolf, w. II. Graves, The Spokesman
review reporter and a number of others
Il walked out with Henry" said Ma
| 1or Gwyder, "and something was said by
one OF them about meeting the other any
where. When we reached the landing of
the stairs, Henry held out his hand to
Plattor and said something about You're
all wrong, Lew or something of that
kind. Plator drew back and hit him
blow on the left side of the head. Henry
then drew his gun, and ] grabbed to
stop MIN, but before | could do so he had
fired. He then put his gun in his pocket,
and with myself he walked to the sheriffs
Office, on the floor below, to give himself
up. There was no one in the room at the
time, and we waited until deputy came
in, when Henry told what he had done,
and said he came to give himself up
w. L.. Blossom, who was but a few
feet from Henry al the time, had about
the same statement to make. He started
10 go down to the sheriff's office with
Seiffert and Major Gwyder. but turned
back to telephone for doctor.
Mutt Nuzum was near Seiffert
His statement of the trouble
corroborates the others. When Henry
went to pull the gun, Nuzum cried:
"Oh, don't do that Henry" and started
to jump forward to catch the arm, but
was too late.
j. A. Hess, who was near the parties,
said that he did not know whether Plat
tor struck Seiftert or not. He saws that
when Plattor was shot he staggered back
and said, "Oh. my Golv
AS soon as the coroner arrived, the re-
mains were taken down stairs and in the
ambulance Were carried to the parlors
OF the Washington Undertaking Com
pany on West Riverside, where the blood
was washed away and they were placed
In presentable condition. 1T was thought
AT the time of the shooting that Mr..
Plattor had been hit by the bali iust
above, and a little to the right of the
heart. Afterwards, when the blood was
cleaned away, it was found that the bull
let entered the right arm, passed through
the fieshy part into and through the
pody' coming out at the right side of the
neck. The ball is supposed to have sew
cred an artery. When Mr. plattor was
picked up on the floor of the court house.
blood was flowing from his mouth. and If
was sought by those who picked him M
10 stay 1t, but without avail
The coroner's inquest will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock at the office of
the Washington Undertaking Company.
All the eye witnesses to the shooting
have been subpenaed, and the examine
ton Is likely to last all day.
No effort will be made on the mart of
SeiHerts friends to secure his release
from jail until after the inquest, when il
Is said they hope to secure his release.
A large number of his friends say thev |
are ready to go his bond for any amount. |
lie was visited last night by many. who |
say they stand ready to assist him in any |
way they can. No counsel had been re- |
tanned as yet but 1t is believed that the |
very best will be secured to save the |
man.