The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-22

Miss Geertson said: 1T was his pistol.
not mine remember that, and you heard
me calling. .Murderr y She stated that
! Fisher and not she had produced the
| weapon, and that she was trying TO dis
charge the shots without hurting any
one. Further than that she would not
| talk until after DR.. Fisher had made a
| statement. 1t was learned that Miss
| Geertson made visit to the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Croker last night and
again this morning. Mrs. Croker said
her the girl said she would kill Fisher.
She stated this in the evening and again
in the morning when she called
What Fisher Tells.
| Dr. Fisher said: 1.-THE woman has been
after me for more than two years and has
| often threatened to kill me and then her
self She wanted me to marry her; but |
that never would promise her anything.
and / never would. l have tried to get
her to let me alone. but she. would not.
and she has practically broken up my
family. She has been unusually persist
emf of late, and 1 have temporized with
her in my office more than was wise. per-
don't propose to go over the past. nor to
relentlessiy pursue her. even after this
attempt on my life today"
DR.. Fishers story of the shooting was
as follows: She came in my office while
1 was at work on a customer. and waited.
Afterwards, she brought up the old sub
ject, and ! told her fatty that | did not
want anything more to do with her. L
was going up TO dinner and was washing
my hands. She came and tried to take
the towel from me. She finally repeated a
question, asking me if | utterly refused
to have anything more to do with her
and / said yes. Then she went out and
was gone a minute or so. The next L
knew she had a pistol close against my
not go off. L struggled to get the gun
from her; she got it up against my side.
and that shot took effect. The next shot
was while we were struggling, and it
missed me. l got hold of the gun. and
then she began screaming"
THE gun was my gun. She got it
somehow out of my office about a week
ago, and I have been trying to get her
to give it back"
The pistol in the case is a 3S-calibre,
and had three exploded shells. one va
cant chamber one shell that had been
snapped on and one good load.
Denies Fishers Story.
Miss Geerston was seen this evening
and informed of DR.. Fishers state
ments.
Il deny them positively" she said
He certainly has promised to marry
me, and 1 have writings of his to
prove it, He also threatened to kill
me- and 1 can prove this by writings
of his He says / broke up his home.
Go ask him how a woman can break
up mans home unless he wants it so.
If his home was broken up, it was at
his own suggestion. l did not take his
pistol. He produced it first there in
his office. l saw 1t first in his hand.
and then 1 tried to discharge the loads
before they could do harm. 1 did not
tell Mrs. Croker l would kill him. l
said / expected to be killed. He had
threatened me and / expected he would
carry it out. 1t is true, / have thought
of my own death by my own hand.
There were times when nothing else
seemed open to me, and it seems almost
that way now. / began screaming the
moment we began struggling over the
pistol. / expected to die, and if / had
come to my death. had prepared a let
ter for a lady here in town. containing
some matters which ! thought She
should know. She would have received
the letter If / had died.
Miss Geertson since she came up from
Richfield has been stopping at the
Broom hotel. where she attracted little
attention, being quiet and unobstrusive,
the hotel people say. She came to Og-
den some years ago from Salmon City
Ida, and has a number of cousins liv-
ing in this city, others being residents
of Huntsville. She formerly taught in
Ogden, but last year went to Richfield
She is of slender build, but very strong,
and is quite progressing in appear
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