The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
Men Armed With Shotgur1s
scour# the Neighbnrhood d
for Murderers.
BODY OF THE DRIVER
WAS MASS OF WOUNDS
Paymaster Was Shot and Fell
Unconscious From Wagon.
Condition Is Nov Crit
cal Several Suspects
Have Been. AZ.
rested
.fRN Associated EPress).

81. tBy Associated Press) s33 Sf
SeJoHNsToWN,s AZ, Ju 30. Charles ls
Hays, a driver emp oyed by the Puritan
Coal company, Is dead III and g8 Patrick Pat: IL
Campbell, the company 8 pa yn1as ter;,s les S
fatally wounded at the a toona IIosr,ita IA
as tile result Of a holdup@ and mugs er,s55s
which occurred on the township 70 I'D Ri
leading from Portage to Puritan 4 bout y
1915 q ock to.d a,
Had $1,000 III Coll
II According to 4 their usual custom on ,5
tie Saturday nearest the first Of q the the
month, Campbell and Sl Hays M went TO o5lS
Portage, about 81 81 q, clock this morning nj
and ate break fast at the Portage Hotel.
About o'clock thei two Il went to-; the ~
office Of the Adams Icxp ress Compa
where they obtained bout $, 600 In gold f3Sl
ana bills. which they placed in small s3
leather satchel. Armed with rs cal ibre
3revolvers as a prot Lion against posi-
Bile ROBBERY, 4 they got int heir By ggy
and drove out the 1o yvnship road gsl his
was the last seen e them be fore the
shooting took place. II ss8
About ten minutes after their de par
Bture, liam Hesel, q. farne y who lives
four miles n from Portage, started sfors
shomie in a spring WACO n over the So mo 3S
road the payrnast ter and his drive ne g S
Ia ken. 4 Thr ee-quarter Of q mile rom
town, Il where the road " Is flanked
woods, he suddenly came upon the BODY
OF a. man apparently thing IN death q
q gony IN the middle OF the road .S Gettin
the wounded man to be- Mr.. Gamble III
SThe latter was drenche led with lblood.S5
which was flowing from q wound In the
right shou der. Il
eltering in Blood.
5ss Altfou gll in dreadful agony, Campo ~
was still conscious, and ma ma ged n 70 5gs
whisper to Helscl that he and his dri yer
Tia d 4 beer, Il fired upon by robbe g MI IN
that he, dizzy from his wound. had fa1i-s
en- from the buggy, which had gone otl..iE
sHelsel opped the 8blood as best as ne
could with q ndkefchief lfted e
man into his wa gon and started ou Y g ils3
driver TIe had not gone III rd ~ sss
when lie came upon tho u payn,as ers 9 33s
buggy tandIng at the side % the sroa 9
The horse, unframed. n was nfbbll In At:
tho long grass, Coming up opposite tiie s5s
vehicle, lle found the orrl g the rive
Hays, lying Fmotonless and blood y across 8s
Eth0sbottom Of the bug gy. M
InYesti showed the IMAM s. s. pod y
from the base 5of the abdomen to n e S5
neck a mass Of gunshot wounds. sao w w IS
Ing red and CHASTITY through q grea1 ts5
rent Ia tho clothing, mac By y he 5heaY
shots q He seemed to BIO dead, Ielscl
tried to lift the PROSTATE form into his SIS
wagon with Campbell. but could not .5S
Hays wei ghed about % pound 2 "a
help wa 8 at hand ana there vas no VI
house nearer than po sc. fIelse Stnrne III
his team about and drove at q gallop .4s
back to this place. his now nconscl lou g3s
patient lying In the bottom Of the Wag on. s$l
He drove directly to the offtce A of DIR. a IA
j. IA, Schofield,ay In whose charge Camp
5bei. was placed, secured as slstancag ana Sssji
went back for Hays.
Died Within Ten Minrses. ~
The body OF the driver was ia ken - -
Portage, where physicians d overed 4 hat a
although Hayes was I'm consci JUS, !te Was q
not quite extinct. lie was wounded pc,
yond reco7Aary however. and died within ~
ten mnutes after being brought into the Ss
z Meanwhile Paynasters Campbell ! a who
was still In the office of the 8doctp NAG IS
iregalned consciousness and was able %to ifSs
give "
ihold,up 10 DR.. schofleld. . and Land ORC
aYeckey, of the Portage House, WI no wa
helping the physlct III said that mol ~ n
Ing unusual or suspicion us had occurred ~
during the y9de from Portage to tho place u
where the shooting took place, He and #
Raves had the money atchel In the sent
between them, Hayes was driving wit u S3g
both hands, while CaTnPball had Sor 81
hand on the satchel and the other IN his
left coat pocket, where he kent his re. Nd
yolyer This, IT. is said. was their usual
mode OF procedure on trips OF this kind,
About the hold-up Itself he could teH3 NJ
mt little. There was a. sudden binding y
flash from the wood to the right Of the
road He felt a sharp pain In his rlgh
shoulder. and becoming. 8 lddenly dlzAy,,i
found himself failing from MS seal ouI
over the left side Of tho buggy lie
struck the ground Just IN front o. the Is
rear wheel, which passed over him, ~ On tt
though only semi-consetouH at fhe time.
he said he remembered seeing three ZEN
rim out OF the woods, aT,proa oh the pusE II
and then scugry away agatn. He 90 ftc Il
give no description Of the men excent tp
say ha6 thought they {wer q Italians. Aftsrlt
his wounds had been tenlporarlly oFssssea'
3campbell was conveyed hN train 10 Altoo-. z
ma who're he was adnttts TO the C1ty s8
Hospital, .3al =. q. !. 3. II
married. His condition ~ critical Hays r.
was forty-riine. years old and unmarfse
Aoth wars old and Evs tsd sIat'talss e.