The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-27
WHO WAS THE MAN
WITH NEUEbAUMER
Fact He Claimed to Be a De-
tective Gives Rise to
Speculation.
ELEMENT OF MYSTERY
in THE BOISE TRAGEDY
Father of Dead Girls Accepted
Lover StOutly Defends
Her Character.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, Jan. 26.-Physicians report
that Lafayette Gray. one OF Neuebaum-
ers victims, has twenty-four gunshot
wounds in his person, some OF them hav-
ing been made by the exit OF bullets from
the body. He has now one bullet in the
arm, four in the chest and one In the ab-
domen. Two bullets passed entirely
through the abdomen. Notwithstanding
the natural danger from such wounds
the patient continues to improve, and un-
Tess some unforeseen complications should
set In VIII recover
No Inflammation has set In. and with
each hour 1t becomes less liable to do so.
II Is thought now that the young man
VIII recover. though he is not yet out OF
danger.
Mrs. Gray. who suffers from an abdom-
mai wound, continues to improve and
VIII no doubt be entirely out OF danger
In a few days
Companion Was Detective.
II now transpires that tho man who
came TO Boise with Henry Neuebaur,er
and registered with him at the Angus the
Two taking connecting rooms was de-
tectlVe' or so he represented himself TO
some one who made his acquaintance He
stated he belonged to the Seattle office of
the Dakota Detective association on
me register he wlote his name as F. j
Maynard, but 1t is not known whether
tnut was his true name,
Some Peculiar Actions.
After a day Neuebaumer went to the
Lauraine. Maynard remaining at the An
gus until Friday or Saturday. The latter
accompanied Ncuebaumer to A hack that
called to take him away from the Angus
ana rode away with him II is said fhot
a man was seen To call on Neuebaumer
at the Lauraine at another time Wby
inc murderer and suicide should have
brought detective with him is din,cnIt
TO understand II fhp latEnr ha.
what he supposed was a legitimate err
rand his suspicious should have been
aroused when The man registered an as
sumed name. though the detective might
nave known his fellow traveller under that
name
But when the tragedy occurred. 1T would
ion on the journey here would nave male
himself known to throw what light he
could upon the affair
Several Theories Evolved.
From these conditions several theories
have been evolved. One is that Nauc
eaumer may have Intended when he came
to kidnap the girl for the purpose of get
ting her away from Gray or he may nsve
Intended simply To seek TO get into com
munieauon With her and seek to induce
her TO go away. In that event the dc
tectlye may have been employed sInniv
TO come mere and discover where she was
living. although such a procedure In Sc
cret would have beon suggestive to nm
ordinary mind that something was wrong
Evidently Changed Plan.
The fact that Miss Gray states tba,
Miss Powell received letter from Meme
banner asking her to meet him on Grover
street, where he would have cab In
waiting and that she refused TO sec him
suggests thnt something changed his or
lginal Intention in the matter Nona
banner did not purchase his sun until
Saturday, showing that his plan of using
such weapon did not develop until after
the Friday before the shooting
Gray Defends Dead Girl
Robert Gray. father OF Lafayetto ana
Lillian Cray, two OF tho victims OF Mon