Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-14

George Mohard. a carpenter by trade
and collector for the Trades and Labor
assembly, was held up by masked high
waymen at about Z o'clock last night,
and after being shot through the left
lung was robbed of 5000:
The bullet passed clear through the
body and was found under the skin in
the back. The wound is a very danger
Gus one and will probably prove to be
fatal.
The hold up occurred in South Butte
near the corner of Front and California
streets. but nothing was known of it UNI
til Mohard craWled into Mullins saloon
just across the street and told his story.
He said he left his home, 11l6 Missouri
avenue at about o'clock for the purpose
of attending the Trades and Labor as
sembly which meets every Sunday night.
He took with him $500 which he had col
lected during the week and which he in
tended to turn over to the financial Sec
rotary. He walked toward the corner of
California and Front streets with the in
tention of taking the car up town, but
when he had nearly reached California
street two men with the lower portion of
| their faces masked with handkerchiefs
stepped in front of him and ordered him
| to throw up his hands.
| Realizing that submission to the order
would mean a serious financial loss he
! struck at one of the men and as he did
so the other man fired. The bullet struck
him in the chest and the shock knocked
| him down.
| AS he lay on the ground the two men
| went through his pockets and took the
$500 belonging to the Trades and Labor
md o1, Of h ic
own. When they had secured his money
they took to their heels, and although
Mohard was bleeding profusely from the
wound inflicted he managed to crawl to
Mullins saloon.
A telephone call was sent to police
headquarters and it was answered by the
patrol wagon and by Detective Murphy
and Officer McGilick. The wounded
man was taken to his home in the patrol
wagon and DR.. Schwartz arrived upon
the scene moment afterwards. Mohard
was placed upon the bed when taken
into the house, but being restless got up
and when the doctor arrived he found
the wounded man kneeling beside the bed
with his head resting on his arms.
An examna ton of the injury showed
that the bullet had entered the left chest
just below the heart and ranging down.
ward had passed clear through the body
and was visible through the skin on the
left side of the back. If the course of
the bullet through the body was straight
II penetrated the left lung, the spleen
and the kidneys and passed very close to
the heart. The pistol which projected
the bullet was held close to the body OF
the victim for the reason that the skin in
the neighborhood of the wound was pow
der burned. DR.. Schwartz placed his pa l.
tient under the influence Of chloroform
and removed the bullet from the back
Owing to the weakened condition of Mo-
hard close examination was imposssi-
Bile. but the physician in charge says
that the wound is a very bad one and its
full extent cannot be determined at the
present time.
Mohard bore the pain of the wound
without a murmur and followed the in
structions of the doctor without remon-
STRANGE. Mrs. Mohard, while greatly con-
cerned over the condition of her husband.