Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-22
DID SHE SHOOT
Or. FISHER i?
SCANDAL COMES TO LIGHT.
she says sse Held the Pistol aud fried
60 shoot sser-sic sag she
shot him.

ESPECIAL TO THE "NEWs.1
ogden. May g2.-Dcntist Is. II. Fisher
OF ogden was shot and slightly wound
ed yesterday while In his room. He
claims that Miss Laura occrtscn, a
school teacher. did the shooting. She
denies this aud says the pistol was In
the hands OF Fisher. and was dis
charged during her struggle with HIN.
For three Sundays In succession og-
den has boon treated to sensation
and the people have come 10 look for
something unusual TO occur ON that
day They were not disappointed yes
tcrday. ~ about 2 o'clock y. m. an
attempt was made upon the life Of H.
II. Fisher. n dentist. whose office
rooms are on the third floor Of the Utah
Loan and Trus, building. At about the
hour named. the sound OF n shot was
heard by the young men who were In the
rooms Of the Columbia club. adjoining
Fishers once; several rushed out and
into the dental rOomH to ascertain the
cause. simultaneously a woman came
out ~ the once and began rhricking
hyaterlcnlly, and then returned 10 the
Office. The men who had gone In found
fisner leaning against the wan, WIN
blood issuing from wound IN MS lrtt
uldc. Lying on the iioor was thirty
riKht calibcr Marlin flvc-ohnmbcr piH-
toi. The pistol contained two empty
shells. one empty chamber and two un-
exploded cartridges. An attempt 70
IRE one ~ these had been made. II
was indcntcd. but had failed 20 explode.
The woman tainted. and upon coming
to and being charged with having COM
mittod tho deed. strcnuouHly denied H.
She said. however. that she was present
when tho shooting took place. but re-
fused 60 talk about the matter To the
officers.
Dr. conroy. whose Office IL In the
same building. came down stairs TO the
dental ONCE. The wounded man was
laid upon bed and his bloody clothing
removed. pr. cOnroy then cut out the
bullet. which Ind entered Fishers body
under the left arm at a point opposite
the sixth rib and Ind gone around the
body and lodged IN the back. Tho
wounded nun was then drceHcd. walked
out 10 the elevator. and. descending TO
the street, took n conveyance 90 his
boarding house. Whom seen by the
News" representative. Fisher stated
that tho woman had been bounding him
for several days ana iihportuning him
TO marry her. which he could not do
he having living and undivorccd wife
He alluded 90 the ncandalous stories
which have been floating around for
three or four years concerning the H.
llcit relations alleged to have existed
between himself and the woman. whose
name II Mlra Laura 0ccr,ncn. He said
that when she called yesterday she |
renewed her demand that he should |
marry her. and upon his refusal shot |
him; that she flrvd three shots. one Of |
which went over his head. one into the |
iloor and the other into his body. that |
the pistol was his own.
After Fisher had been taken away. |
chief Davcnpor and Detective Pcnder
went 20 the dental office and arrested
Miss UeortHcn ana took her 10 tho city |
jail, whore she was placed In cell
and later submitted TO nm interview.
Tier story OF the affair differs IN every
essential particular from that ~ Dr.
Fisher. She cmpha,ically denied that
she shot Fisher. or that she had Inn
portuncd him TO marry her. Speaking |
of THE relations which have existed
between them for q number OF years,
Miss uccrtrcn said that they had been
under the promise OF marriage, nnd
that she had letters TO prove that
Fisher was greatly cnamourrd OF her,
that he did not live happily with his
VIE. and when he could do - legally
he would marry her. She denied that
she had ever threatened his life, but
that he had threatened 10 KIN her ahc
eff NhN 'Vth htftt fNt lNuk Aku hfllt hNe |
intended 20 show a certain young la
ny In Ogden some OF his letters 10 her
nnd let her know what she herself
knew about his character and that for
thin he threatened 10 Kill her saying
mat rh. should never enter the young
lady'H house alive. Miss Geertsen said
mat she did call nt the house on antur.
day last. told her story TO one OF tho
ladies', and said that Fisher had th,ent-
ened 10 Kill her: that when she went to
MS Office yesterday, he was very angry,
having learned Of her visit on satur-
day, and that he handled her very
roughly, that he pulled the pistol out
q his pocket and started 10 shoot. when
she closed In on him and attempted 10
ret hold of the weapon. which she was
unable In do; that she continued 10
ncunie with him and the pistol was
discharged. the bullet going Into his
hcdyi that she chung 10 him until the
let NO her hold on him and he stag
fered Into another room. whereupon she
rushed out ind called for HELM.
Miss ucertscn said she had written
y letter To the young lady above men,
TONED, which she had not sent. telling
hef about the relations between Fisher I
ma herself. and enclosing some Of her ,
,rttern To him. 80 that N Fisher should !
letter, !
Miss ncertsen was born and raised /
N Montana. Al one time she was a i
,noher IN the Madison school. this city. Ii
she II about 80 years OF age and Of Il
pfepoaHoHHlng appearance. Her father /
.nn mother live at Huntsville, In this
DR.. Fisher has lived IN ogden for q
,nout ten years. lie has been separated Z
rom his wife for upwards Of a year I
lhd Mrs. Fisher has been absent In the J
1ast Tor several months and only re- u
ENTITY returned. About three weeks
'no firher Med suit for divorce from y
US wife, which fact was kept away Y
rom the newspaper reporters and ala y
'ot come out until yesterday.
since her return to ogden Mira Fisher y
lhh been employed at sowing by lead
ny dry goods arm, by which means ahe I,
'ainA support for herself ana child. y
FISHER MAKES DIRECT CHARGE. =
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