The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-26
SALT LAKE YOUTH
SHOT IN MONTANA
Roy Yeager YiciOusly Assaulted
and Seriously Wounded by
Secret Enemy.
TROUBLE ORIGINATES IN
TWIN BRIDGES SALOON
Unfortunate Man Refuses to
Disclose Names of Rela-
tive or Enemies. (
Special 10 The Tribune.

special 10 The Tribune.
TWIN BRIDGES. Mont. June 25-Sat-
urday afternoon was the occasion OF one
OF the most bloody and cowardly deeds
ever known TO the inhabitants Of Twin
Bridges since The devs when men had TO
carry guns 70 protect their lives from
attacks by such towards as are the men
who were implicated In the affair Of Sat
urday.
Roy Yeas=r. young man who halls
from Salt Lake City, and who is en-
ployed as 2 COW puncher on Pollingers
cattle ranch. near this village, came into
town with some horses that were TO oe
shipped by rail- After completing the
loading Of the cattle. Yeager went TO the
bank and bad check cashed. and was
next seen in the saloon next to the Stark
hotel
About ? o'clock two strangers walked
into the saloon and ordered drinks. after
which Teager who was well under the
70 have a drink. to which they replied
that they never drank with a drunken
cowboy"
Yeager laughed and told them that they
might drink with worse people than COW
bows. Word after word followed until
the saloon was rapidly filling with men
who had heard the words from the out
side.
Yeager is a Young fellow who has made
friends With nearly everybody In town
since he has been here. and everybody
has 2 good word for the Mormon COW
puncher.' a nickname by which every
one knew him.
Trouble Begins
One of the strangers walked over 10
Yeager and Knocked him down with a
beer glass. cutting an ugly cash in his
Yeager. and he started for the fellow
who ran out In the street and across 10
! the store OF Bert Paige. Yeagsr started
10 cross after him, bur the other stranger
pulled revolver and shot him in the
! lsfi leg AS he was entering the door of
! tones: .Til lick either one Of YOU alone
IN a fair hst night, but two TO one amt
The two erapplad in the middle If the
| street, until separat ted by Fred Fake and
! Al Williams. who took Yeager who was
/ bleeding badly, up 10 DR. Jordsn's. where
/ the bullet was extracted and ne was made
| 70 stay until word could be gotten TO
| Mr. Pollnger
Men started out in all directions In
/ mitted the deed, and searched the town
! and vicinity high and low. but no trace
Of them could he found, until II became 50
| dark tho party had 70 give up the
| search.
Mr.. PolIinger's reply was soon received
| and stated he would Immediately send
men IN 10 bring young Yeager home
AS they broush, him through town.
! everybody wanted 10 help. but were told
no assistance was necessary.
Stopping AT the saloon again before
! they lef, for home the crowd soon dis
| peTsed and the party of cowboys started
! for home.
A Cowardly Shot.
AS they reached the station crossing 4
man ran from behind the storshouse OF
| J. +, Wullea, and before the others could
! interfere, shot young Yeager. the bullet
| passing through the neshy part of the
neck and nearly cutting the jugular vein.
Tho party disbanded. two carrying tho
dying man to the doctors and the rest in
hot pursuit OF the men.
Ieager is In very critical condition.
and everything possible is being done for
his comfort by his score OF friends In
the village.
Up to today no trace Of tire guilty
parties has been discovered but their
descriptions have been sent all over Mon
tana. Washington, Idaho and Wyoming.
and every effort will bs made TO capture
them.
The young man Is said TO have rela-
tives' I'm SAT- Lake City, but he refuses
10 reveal them. and SAYS ne knows OF no
one that would benefit by his DEATH save
one person whom he will not name.