The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

colonel dropped forward in his chair
and then the fellow turned on me.
didn't know what happened for a min
ute saw the colonel shoot at the one
man and the other fellow turned and
ran downstairs as soon as his partner
was hit. I feel pretty .groggy' but
guess I'm all right. I was hit while
crawling on the door to get out of
reach.
The Wounded Lookout.
SldeH was taken to Smiths drug
store and DR.. Wilcox attended him. The
pan went through his ear and into the
shoulder. as he was on his hands and
knees when he was hit 1t is a 1esh
wound and he viii get over II without
serious difficulty, the doctor says.
mere were in all probability three
men III the attempted hOld-uD. One
STOOD at the bottom OF me stairs and
the two We're seen running down The
ahey behind the club by the cook at
the Vienna cafe.
a street car conductor was PLAYING
Dank when the men entered The one
fellow came in the door first said he
ana hoiIered- Throw I'D your hands
AS soon as the dealer reached down
20 get his pistol he ran towards the
faro table and the two fired about the
SdIIle Illne' guess I didn't stay any
longer than was necessary The second
hold-up ran down stairs as soon as tba
other man fell
me police found a small satchel Al
the door when they came in. being in
tehoed evidently by the robbers as A
money-sack- The grip as well as the
effects found in the wounded mans
pockets were taken 10 police head0uar-
terS- There was nothing thar rniobr
throw any light on the identity of the
parueS, though the wounded rObber
told the doctor that he had haeD in
town about a week and was \ STRANGE.
mere His face is not remember nv
the ponce he appears 10 be about r
years old, wears mOusJache and has
the appearance of COW bow.
The wounded rObber was taken n +I7a
ponce station after the excitement died
GOWN and q further examination show
60 lhat MS wound Is merely an abra-
SION OF the scalp He viii recover
! ne man gave his name as James
Lynch and says he is from CamD Nc
Kinney, British Columbia. 4 rDiner Il--
occupation.
He claims to have arrived here SIM
gay and would not say where he had
been staying.
HIS gun was 45-caIibre. and a closer
inspection showed that only one shell
IN II was empty The other rOhbar in
Inc room may have shot the lookout.
1 ne other shots heard were doubtless
fired by PrOuse
Just little over six months ago tba
Sheep Ranch was held 10 bv two
MASKED men and they got away with
a foOlhardy undertaking in the face of
It. as extra precautionary methods
nave been employed since then against
recurrence The police are of the
opinion that these may have been the
sam parties who did the other lob
mere was between 1900 and 81 600
~ SiShl When the attempt was made
this morning. and had they been sue
ceSsfuI the haul would have been as
great as the one before
1nere were many expressions Of re-
gret among the sporting men who
gathered about the place over Colonel
PrOuSeS injury, and as many express
slOns of admiration for his pluck. He
Is one of the best known sporting men
IN the west and is an Old-timer here.
He at present owns the Sheep Ranch.
having bought out the BenbrOOk broth
erS when they left for Nome