Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-08-05
A BURGLAR SHOT.
Constable Mccoy Sho t S
John II. Gehl While At
tempting to Arrest
Him.

Between one and two O'Clock this
morning, Constable Mccoy shot and
atally wounded Il younI III VINO gives
us name As John II Gehl while at
tempting 20 arrest hin. The p~a.ticG.
lars Of the affair As We have been able
.earc them a-e Is follows:
Last night Belle Hobart. xho keeps a
house in Chiuatowu, notified Constable
Mccoy that several suspicious charac-
ters ~ere lurking about her house and
she feared they wouli break in while
she and her girls were gone tO lunch.
She asked Mccoy 10 come and stay
at the house while they were away.
About | o'clock Mccoy wect to tie
house and shortly after the xomeu
wen, 10 lunch Mccoy woke up i man
sleeping IN the house and told him what
was up and advised him IL get up aud
dress. The man did az. Shortly after
a rap vas heard on the tront door and
about the sane time another vas heard
on a ear wintox. \ key was thel
thrust N the back door and /. Vas then
broken open and a man entered. He
went Immediately to Miss tLybart's
trunk and raised the top. McCO
flashed his dark lantern on him and or
dered him 20 throw up hi hands. It.
stead OF obeyInG, he lodged ont Of the
door and rar. MCcny followed him
and commanded him 20 stop. put be
kept on running. Mccoy fret five OF
six shots aud the last one took effect.
Tue uan was then near Mr.. keysers
Old carpenter shop. about fifty yards
from Belle iiobart's. He stopped run
ming and walked over to the porch ot
the stop and laid dow. When Mccoy
got TO him be saw tina. he was badly
hurt and sent 'or the Sheriff and DR..
Hood. Dr.. Hood responded and had
the nal taken to the hospital.
This morning an operation was per.
formed and It Ess found that the bullet
entered his back on the right side Zeal
the kidneys and lodged npder the skin
about 81 inches 10 the right and about
u. inches above the navel, cutting the
kidneys and lower part OF the stomach
but striking 10 bones.
This forenoon District Attorney Hen.
dersoG went to the hospital and took the
mans statement. lie gave HE name aa
John II. Gshi, a ratiye % Holstein,
Germany. and said be would be %
years old % the 9th Of the coming DE
cember. lie has been in this country
over twelve years. His diary shog rs that
be vas IN California on the Ith OF July,
He said tina! he had worked on the GOV.
ernment irrigation ditch a lev days.
His statement Ut the shooting Is rs
followa:
was up tom last night trying to get
something to eat and got tho worst u it.
I went to .hh! house on that street. I
Just pushed the door open. | pushed
the back door open. I went in the
house. | lifted up the top Of the trunk
to get a dime TO get something 10 eat
on, Nobody was in the room when |
went 10. ! raised the Id - The trunk
and some one said: -'iat on. never
sas any WOTaL until | WIS shot. |
threw my headquarters up against the
door. -Four men wore with me. 10 reply
Ia the question Why dill you run, he
said: - man makes 4 mistake some
time and ia tiooish. | ough; to have
stayed have no one a. blame bu.
myself Tor the. Gchl refused TO give
the names u the men who wen, N the
house with him.
Constable McCoy koenly eerets the
necessity that compelled him TO shoot
this man, but feeIa that he vas acting in
the strict line oi his duty. In this he will
he upheld by every good citizen.
Gohl was alive between one aud two
.his afternoon, but his recovery ia c1
tremely doubtful.
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