Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-04
SCOTT, WOUNDED,
IN FROM DESERT
MINER HAS BULLET HOLE IN
HIS THIGH
Shot From Ambush on New Years
Eve-He Is Now at Private
Hospital in Los
Angeles

With a bullet hole through his right
leg and In an enfeebled and weakened
condition resulting from the loss Of
blood, Walter Scott, the Death valley
mystery, who was waylaid I'm q lonely
mountain pass 140 miles north of Bar
stow on New Years eve, arrived in,
Los Angeles last night and is confined
to his bed in a private hospital, where
he viii remain for several weeks be-
fore recovering sufficiently to be able
to walk.
DIR. III. Gordon Bayless, the attend
| ing surgeon, said last night that
| 'Scotty's" condition is serious, vet he
anticipates no fatal results of the bull
let wound unless blood poisoning
should follow
since he left Los Angeles several weeks
ago for visit to his mine in Death
valley reads as a fairy tale but. with
all the attendant horrors and hair
raising escapades the widest magma
tion could picture for the edification
of the dime novel buyer.
Since he left Barstow on his Journey
over the mountains on his way to his
mine "Scotty' says he was trailed
ana his footsteps dogged by day and
by night by three desperate would-be
assassins and gold mine thieves.
That he was being trailed Scotty was
aware, and the story of his encounters
with these desperate characters was
told and retold around desert camp
fires.
Several days ago he left the vicinity
of his mine to return to Los Angeles,
and these same desperadoes again took
up the trail. Scotty was accompanied
DX his guide and Indian
Shot From Ambush
At about sundown New Years eve
Scotty and his companions were slowly
proceeding through the pass when,
without the slightest intimation that
his foes were in the vicinity, they were
startled by the discharge of Several
Volleys from guns i'm the hands oil
enemies concealed behind rocks and
at rather close quarters.
Although carrying guns with them
Scotty and his companions had not
loaded them, as it was deemed un-
necessary during the daytime. When
the bullets whistled about them they
sought shelter and hastily loaded then
| guns and returned the fire.
Several voleys were fired on both
sides. Scotty sustaining wound
| through his right leg. near the thigh.
and several shots were fired through
his clothing
Scotty and his companions won the
battle, however, although with what
results ScOtty will not explain but II
/ is probable thai the attacking party
suffered more severely than ID the
| attacked.
The point at, which the battle, oc-
Cured is 14O miles from Barstow and,
| although weak from loss of blood and
J experiencing excruciating pains con-
/ tinually, Scotty bandaged his wound
with towels and rode his mule into
Barstow, the trip requiring thirty
three hours in the saddle.
| Despite the pain to which he is sub
| jected, Scotty laughs and talks in a
happy vein with those about his bed
| side and significantly remarks, "They
nearly got me- but I do not expect
| them to bother me any further"
Stage Bookings Cancelled
The wound removes all possibility OF
| of ScOtty going on the stage for many
weeks and resulted in canceling all
bookings in the east. hol King said
, last night that it was psobable that
! the play will be first staged on the
coast as soon as Scotty RECEIVERS suf-
! ficiently to participate in his role
/ Scotty boldly charges that he knows
| the identity of his assaiiantse and from
whence and why they came to Call
! fornia. He says that it was in pur-
| suance of plot to murder him and
steal maps and charts that he was
| known TO possess which gave direc-
| tions as to how to so to the mines
Scotty will not make any definite
! statement of the battle, nor will he in
I innate the identity of his assailants.
Goes to Private Hospital
Upon arriving at Barstow Scotty
telegraphed to Rol King that he was
| slightly bent, but still in the ring, and
would arrive last night, requesting
that King arrange to meet him at the
station with an automobile and con-
| vey him TO a private hospital for
| treatment.
King arranged for the comfort and
! care of his friend and met the train
last night. Scotty occupied couch in
the Pullman, and as he attempted to
hobblc away from the train on
crutches he became so weak that he
| tainted momentarily.
| Scotty was conveyed to a private
l room and surgeon was summoned.
I An examination of the wound resulted
in the statement made by DR.. Bayless.
The wound was inflicted by steel
iacketed bullet, which coursed irregu-
iarly through Scottys right leg. The
bullet was recovered by Scotty and
was found to be flattened and mutt
lated.
1t is not believed by the physicians
that serious or fatal results will en-
sue, although the wound is too recent
for any definite statement, say the
surgeons.