The daily sentinel., 1906-06-16

There are spectacular circumstanc-
es surrounding a shooting on Grand
avenue last night in which Mrs. Milas
Peterson formerly of Salt Lake City
and who is said to have come here
three months ago on account Of her
health, was shot through the shoul-
der, but not fatally, by bullet from
her own revolver.
The family have been in the city
only short time yet this was the sec
ond visit of an alleged burglar in
their home whose visit neither time
seemed to be for the purpose of ac-
quiring the booty usually sought by
the ordinary house thief.
Mrs. Peterson and daughter have
been living alone in the furnished
house which they rented when they
first came to the city and about ten
days ago Mrs. Peterson reported that
her house had been ramsacked by a
burglar. He did not seem to be in
search of money or silverware for he
passed up a pocketbook of money on
the mantel in one room and drawer
of silverware in the sideboard in
another room, yet nearly every letter
| that could be found about the house
either in Mrs. Peterson's private writ
| ing desk, her trunk or her daughters
trunk. was opened and taken out of
the envelope in search for something.
The Peterson home and their man
ner of living since they have been in
the city have been extremely modest
and unpretentious and not of the style
to attract a professional bprglar or
even an amateur thief.
When the shot was fired last night
and the scream of the woman was
heard Judge Carnahan who was at
the rear of his house, whose back
yard adjoins the back yard of the Pat
erson back yard He quickly ran ac-
ross into the rear of the other yard
and although he said he was on the
scene of the shooting not fifteen sec
onds after it occurred, he failed 10
I'catch sight of anyone leaving the
yard from the rear. A young man
| living next door in a house which
stands not ten feet away says he
| jumped out of bed the instant the
shot was fired as the windows in his
room were wide open and he thought
the shot was fired in his room. He
ran out of the house the instant he
was on his feet, without stopping to
put on any of his clothes attired in
his night gown and was at the home
where the shooting occurred Just as
| Mrs. Peterson who was then in the
front room was trying to eXtingulsh
the flames, which the burning powder
had lighted in her shirt waist He
said he could neither see nor heal
anyone leaving the house.
The police were notified at once
and Officers Wallis and O'Neil, Rogers
and Knowles responded to the sum
mons. Mrs. Peterson was asked Il
she had any idea who her assallah
had been or who he might De' Ou
she said that she did not. she salt
that she knew only one man in tn'
city. a Mr.. Arthur Hurston ana ask
ed the officers to bring him TO her a.
once, If he had not left town that sllt slt
wanted to see him. The ohcers st'I
ed out and found HurstOn near the La
Court hotel. When asked by the of
ficers where he had been he replle0
"Ob inst running around town. He
was told that a lady on Grand ave
aue wanted to see him and Sherlf
Knowles searching his pockets iouho
a nair of brass knuckles. He was no
fold of the shooting nor did he seen
to he over serious about the analT
when he entered the room wher'
tho wounded woman lay he seemed
10 he somewhat surprised. lie tol'
Mrs Peterson that he had been STOP
nod nv the officers and searched ~
n he had been.the one who had nrel
The shot and Mrs. Peterson then tol'
the officers that she had no susplc
ion of Mr.. Hurston when she sen
for him but that she just wanted .
COO him as he was an old trlenu
the family. and has frequently ueei
{" Mrs peterson and daughter cam
90 Grand Junction about tnIe
months ago from Salt Lake Clly CO.. 40,
-,oved into a furnished house at a.
Grand avenue Mrs. Peterson Is Sd y
~ have heart trouble and 1t was Il
ordar IN get into lower altitude ina
She came TO Grand Junction -,.t.,
"Mv daughter and were NlSl'inii ~
90 +ba home of a neighbor nearly az az
- evening. returning home ANU
Io.A5 we went in the front uoY s.
"a turned on the light in the 81,
sn r1om and my daughter sat uo%
chair | went on through 10 ~ ~
i-itchen and was just ehteIIns -,
dnorwav when a man contronteu i.iil li
ana saw him pointing my DIE Mn 5idn'
niated revolver toward me. ne ,,nn uluI III
: sav a word when he was poln.lns ',rc NJ,
& Seanon at me. l screamed at "a I"o /,
and he fred l was more ua1eT N a
sbe ana report and sight of the gun ;Iloers tps
stunned by the bullet stassT ass IN
hack a few steps and then ran anti G'
% os the house and it was not ,inbbo Gn5ii
Tad i ''is reached the home Of ,,gd neisdIOT
that nau ! felt the pain of the 5 wou5e; da; 81
,ro,,id seem that someone hau ue ~
w4usdd ,njued 10 rob me of something; ;o,n nm
% ha1ne the second time we nave iJon Jon
bvrpiaTs bv,r5 in the house YET ! obaris eps
| gnow Inc Of anyone who coulu "a d"csi can
FIch HnJ" feeling toward me ana 'nl ar,
so eoncaive what would attract p
| fessional burglar. .,o ave of mo
| I'VE were Just on the eve We ha
| inc hack to salt Lake city, noods we -
| haen ,n hacking our household 80 I'm he.
| b boxes all day and would ninS nave W
p ueadS TO leave Sunday evening iiS Snt es
| eI nniv in the house few MINI thing "