Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-25
"Gunplay' Maxwelrs Attorneys
Paint Bad Man With
WhteWash.
SAY RElDLE SHOT FIRST.
Rather Warm he Vicinity Of Helper
~ Bliss Makes Change for
His Health.

Through his attorneys, NJ. =. Branett
and & kng. the bad man has told
his story. There is a Wide difference
between the versions OF the two par
Elephants boz sundays battle The at
toruey for Maxwell saw Reidle shot
first and their fight when the affair
comes 60 trial viii be made upon a
plea OF self-defeuse.
Maxwell was taken before Justice
OF the Peace Mathis to answer TO q
complaint charging assault with
deadly weapon with intent Co commit
Wundor Monday, he WIS asked TO put
up $4,000 as bail for his liberty be-
tween now and oct. 10. the date Of his
preliminary hearing This amount was
promptly furnished by Mr.. Bramett.
general counsel FOR The Utah Fuel come
pany and Maxwell then came 90 salt
Lake. Feeling is running high against
him in the neighborhood OF Helper and
No was thought safer 90 remove the
cause Of irritation the bad man"
PUSHED" THROUGH WINDOW.
Upon reaching salt Lake Maxwell
Immediately became "a scarce quantity.
Ills attorneys did not dodge the press
az all and had a lengthy and detailed
story 90 tell OF the whole affair. First
they announced that their client is
not as badly hurt az was thought at
FIRST even. In jumping through the
scraped his nose. This was Thought TO
have been the mark made by Ca glanc-
ing bullet az first. His most serious
injury and practically the only one
IS in his right shoulder His side is
half paralyzed aud he carries his arm
Tn sling
DON'T LIKE NEWSPAPERS.
DIT Frank Fisk started 90 attend 20
Maxwelfs injuries but when the pa
tent learned his physician was prosi-
dent Of the company publishing the
Carbon County News the injured man
would no more Of his attention Max
would have no more OF his at
tenton. Maxwell has bitter
hatred OF newspapers and news
paper men and blames last sum
days shooting scrape TO the stories
printed recently about him He says
these stirred the feeling against him to
bursting point and. naturally. some
thing had 10 happen
REFORMED bad MAN"
Differences are pointed out by Rel
dies friends in The story MaxwelTs at-
tOrneys are now telling and the one
their client told right after the AFFAIR.
Both lawyers. Mr.. King and MI Brat
let, who by the way says his Interest
iu Maxwell is caused by the fact that
they are Interested iu mining property
together. say their client is not as bad
or black as he lis painted. they say be-
might have been "a bad 'un' al on,
time but he, they assert has under
gone "A complete reformation.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HIM
Mr. King said the shooting affair sun
day night was the climax of affairs
starting three weeks ago when Maxwell
came back from Nevada, where he had
been doing guard for the mining COM
panies during labor troubles he wore
a. badge which was am eye-sore TO the
union WOrkingmcn and railroad men OF
Helper and vicinity; then as OF upon
the fames came the various stories
about Maxwell. Just how the trouble
in the saloon started after midnight
sunday b. stu in doubt. "a dozen diff
ferent stories have been told and every
hour sees and hears e. new explanation
offered
THE TWO SIDES.
The defense says Paddy Mack enter
ed the saloon az Maxwell laid "a dollar
on the bar to buy "a drink. seeing this
Mack, say the attorneys sneerlngly re-
marked that Maxwell might as well
get rid of mis- sCab money as fast as
possible. Then O. fight nearly resulted
but was put or until later. Reid'e's
friends say MacK was out getting sub
sgriptions for fund Co aid the strk-
ing biographies and when he app
preached Maxwell The latter started {,
abuse Workingmeu with a series ot
oaths. ln this way the fight started.
says tho other side.
TWO SIDES CONTINUED.
Next m The regular order of events
are the stories of Rcidle's appearance.
MaNWell'- attorneys say the whole af-
fair was cousu raCv planned against
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