The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-16
SAL00NKEEPER
SHOT AT OGDEN
Pat Smythe Dangerously Hurt
by lanes B0iiomer.
LATTER ACTED DELIBERATELY
SAID he HOPED sMYTHE WOULD
DIE.


OGDEN, July I5--Pat Smythe wss
| shot and dangerously, 81 not fatal
Iy. wounded this afternoon at s
o'clock By James Bottomer, who imms-
diately gave himself dp.
Bottomer told the officers and reiter-
ated a little later TO reporters shat be-
fired the shot deliberately: that he
meant To kil and II he did not kiu be-
was sorry. There had been trouble BE-
tween the two men since last March,
BottOmer. who was employed as watch
man az the Bear River sink on the lg-
oen-Luciu cutoff claims that he was
cheated out Of Sz00-part Of SUM
which he had left there Uith Smythe 1t
she latterS saloon for safe keepng.
omythe's friends deny this
Smythe IS proprietor OF the Royal Ex-
change saloon. Z72 Twenty-hfth street.
and was behind his own counter when
shot The place was being fixed over
and there were in the aioon at tle time
two carpenters two paper hanger.
Two boys playing pool and two other
young men. Charley irwin and JimuaE
Eeensu- Keenan, had his back 90 the
front door watching the pool players
Irwin was leaning over the bar draw
ing II glass Of water and SmEtHe. arr
cordinE to his own account. was behind
The cigar case. which Isl just In 'front.'
If the bar and separated By a low uarti-
tion- Irwin says he heard no converse
tion between the two men 8ott0Taer
was concealed from him by the swing
Ing doors and Che partition. He heard
the shot and saw the smoke but az frst
thought il was a freeracker- Snyfhe.
however. staggered back behind The
bar. holding his hand to his breast and
saying Charlie, I'm shot Irwin was
helping him toward the rear OF The sa-
loon when the man who had done the
shooting pushed through the swinging
doors, gun III hand a. though to shoot
again.
Only Shot Once
Irwin shouted Hes coming again,
boys" and there was a general seat
terinE Of the few persons IN the ROOM
but B0ttomer made no further attempt
20 shoot and Irwin helped suIythe out
at the back door and into Giddings
drug store. whence he was later re-
moved 10 his apartments in the Law
renee hotel and attended BY Dr. Con
roy.
The bullet had gone clean through
the right side OF his body, enter - just
below the right nipple. ranging N1oe-n-
ward and out at near the small ~ tbs
back. striking g rib and then ran ug
upward burying itself in the
case.
At the city Jail when visited bv -
porters. Botrouer was at first disir-
cIined 10 tax. Later he saId ti1a1 he
acted in seIf-defense- That re referred
20 their trouble of last March and tn
timated- without directly stating, thar
SmytHe was making a hostile pass to-
ward him when he drew his gun and
fred
I'm the boy that did IT," he said.
I'm not trying 10 get out OF it.
shot and I meant 70 kin he ought ~
die and I hope he VIII
BOttOmer is about s. years Of axe.
He says he was for many years em-
plOyed as teamster for the government.
principally IN Montana He was with
Clusters brigade IN that capacity when
The latter was AZ Fort Yellowstone.
Trouble Over Time Cheeks.
After spending several hours iu 5sn
bottouer talked more freeiE Of tre
trouble -1an at che first interviews ie
said thar iu March iaSE he came CO Ogden
from the cutoff with about 500 his
years savings He deposited the time
checks with Pat STuyChe for sale keei--
lug- and later Snytne refused u size
them uU- Botr0Iler secured the services
or ArIQrueT CDez r1 set them BACK. Dur
O. bin or ABOUT $50 which rno GEner l.l1
discount charged oE ine bank 1u The
checks His attorneys bin WIS 90 more
SO r1a- he was our rIlll- $40 and relr tlaL
d lou OF II was represented by am uujust
bar oil Attorney Chez stated tonight
c. 1ar Smytle readily save ~ The c1ecss,
out simply insisted thar this money -
paid him.
Ernest MaEney was the first man 9
reach him AFTER the shot was -fFel
lIagHey rushed iu from his rlace-lie
.1ri.I-which IS next door and 10 nm
B0rromer said Ell have shot PAT S-ny she
q ud want u give myself up
L8gueE kept him Ii the officers aE-
rived st the station Sll-.5 was found ~
his pockets Friends Of Slny the state4
tonight that Eultomer had 1tten lac
bin that he would EII hm unless De
made uhat old matter right.
was shot q sht through che iunss bar tilat
his general condition = g9ea ana
n aud~ ca good chance er pulling through.
Ar midnight Dee was resting V-eA and III
any event no serious Developments are
expected for several days.
SmvLbe has O. family ana r. a oEoLilet
Of u. A. Suythei proprietor II me
European hotel
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