Daily camera., 1897-08-27
SHOT IN SELF DEFENSE.
Night Watchman Newhouse Shoots sile
Yates for Resisting Arrest.

Night Watchman Newhouse Shoots sile
Yates for Resisting Arrest.
While attempting to resist arrest for
dghting last night, Sile Yates, the well
known Magnolia miner, was shot in the
hip by Night Watchman Newhouse.
The story of the shooting is related as
follows: Dick and Sile Yates, Ben Hol-
land and Jim Nc Bride, were gathered
on the corner of 18th and Pearl streets
shortly after 7 o'clock. All had been
drinking. it is said, during the afternoon.
An argument arose over the relative
abilities of the different men in drilling.
Words led to blows and when Watchman
Newhouse appeared Mcbride and the
Yates bows were engaged in fierce fight.
Newhouse at once interfered and at
tempted to arrest the two Yates. He
succeeded in getting the two men up the
street as far as nth and Pearl. At this
point an alteration arose and the Yates
boys refused to proceed further. II is
claimed that one Of them made slash
at Newhouse with knife, cutting aw y
his necktie. At the same time the other
struck him and knocked him down.
Newhouse then drew his revolver and
shot four times, one bullet taking effect
IN the left hip OF Slle Yates.
The wounded man was led up to DR..
Coman's where the clothing was remov
ed and the wound examined. After the
examination he was placed on stretcner
and removed to the Brainard hotel and
Drs. Rice and Queal were summoned.
They probed the wound but were not
able to locate the bullet. From the in
clination of the probe, the opinion was
arrived at that the bullet took down.
ward course, lodging in the fleshy part
of the nigh. The bullet entered about
midway between the medal line of the
Dooy and the left side, and was probably
DETECTED downward by striking the
pelvic bone. The wound resulting was
a small one, the size of dime. Yates
put in quiet night and was resting easy
this morning.
The shooting occurred at about 8 p.
m. in front of Trezise's undertaking |
rooms. The streets were crowded and J
there were large number of witn> sses
to the affair. The news of the shooting
S pread quickly and in few moments
scores of citizens were gathered together
discussing the affair. The families OF
the Nc Brides and Yates were telephon
ed for at the various camps and they ar
rived during the night and this morning.
Sile Yates, the wounded man, is about
26 years old, is married and has one child.
He is the son of Joe Yates of Magnolia.
He is well known and is good miner,
but it is said is inclined to be quarrel
some when in his cups. He was suffer-
ing too intensely to give any version of
the affair last night
Harry Newhouse, the watchman is re-
ported to be a quiet steady man and
in the performance of his
duty. In reference to the shooting he
makes the statement simply that he shot
in self defense. None of the parties en-
gagged in the affair were arrested.
Yates was resting easy this afternoon
and DR.. Rice states there is little if any |
danger of serious results. A conference
was held this afternoon with Prof. George |
Rowe of the university and it is expect
ed that arrangements will be made for
taking an X-ray photograph of the leg,
at the part where the bullet is supposed
to be lodged. If it is decided to resort
to this expedient the photograph will
probably be taken within couple of
days. Yates was moved this morning
from the Brainerd hotel to the boarding
house opposite the court house.