, 1908-04-13
SHOT BY
HERDER
R. B.. kINLEY OF SHEEP MOUNTAIN
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED BY
HARRY MONROE AT
RANCH TODAY.
Shooting Followed Disagreement
About Money Due for Wages, Mon
roe Having Been Discharged as
Sheep Herder-AssaiIant Arrested
and Wounded Man Brought Here
Wife Prevented second Assault.

R. B. Klnley. a prominent young
sheep owner and ranchman of Sheep
mountain, whose wife is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar S~odergreen, vas
shot / in the back and seriously wound
ed by a former employe, Harry Monroe,
at the ranch this morning, and the
wounded man and his assailant were
brought to town, arriving here a little
before l o'clock this afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs. Kinley were driven to the
Kuster hotel and Monroe was taken
to the county Jail, where he will be
held for preliminary examination on a
charge of assault with intent to COM
nit murder. Mr.. Kinley was brought
to the city by his wife and Drs. Ste
vens and McCollum, standing the long
ride in an automobile fairly well, and
is now resting as comfortably as cir
cumstances will permit at his room
at the hotel.
Assailant Arrested.
Young Monroe was overhauled about
three miles from the Kinley ranch by
Oscar Sodergreen, jr., the brother of
Mrs. Kinley, and a man named White.
who is employed at the ranch, and
there was considerable talk in the
neighborhood of lynch law had Mr..
Kinley's wound proved fatal, as was
feared before the arrival of the ply
sicians from this city. He was taken
back to the ranch and turned over to
County Attorney Downey, who went
from this city In an automobile, and
Sheriff Bath, who rode across country
from his ranch, having been notified
by telephone from this city of the
shooting. The young man made no
resistance and while he does not in
the least deny the attack, ne has little
to say.
Has Wooden Leg.
Monroe Is about 10 years old, coming
to Albany county from Hutchinson,
Kas., about three months ago and
entering the employ of Mr.. Kinley as
a sheep herder. When he was a small
boy he lost one leg under a car wheel
and wears a wooden leg. He has no
relatives here and Mr.. Kinley said he
wrote no letters while he stayed at his
ranch.
Shot Employer in Back.
Mr.. Kinley had complained that Mon
roe vas losing a good many sheep
and this morning the herder was dis
charged. In the settlement of the &C.
count a dispute arose, there being
about $40 involved. Kinley told Mon
roe that if he would skin some of the
dead sheep he would settle on his
terms, but the herder declined to do
this. He and Kinley were in the bunk
house at the ranch, when Kinley start.
to the door, and when the men were
not more than twenty or thirty feet
apart Monroe shot him employer with
a % calibre special rife. using smoke.
less powder. The ball struck Kinley
in the back, a little below the right
shoulder blade, and while it did not
penetrate the lung, the surgeons were
not able to locate it, the bullet having
evidently been DETECTED and lodging il
the tissues on the right side. The
wounded maj will be placed under the
X-ray tonight in an effort to locate the
bullet and the surgeons will then de
termine whether or not an operation
will be performed for its removal.
Made Second Attempt.
AS soon as the shot was fired Kin
ley wen into the house, calling to his
wife that he had been shot. She met
him az the door and took him to a bed
room. Monroe followed them into the
house and would have shot his EN-
ployer the second time. but was pre-
vented by Mrs. Kinley, who drove him
from the house.
Arrested by Sodergreen.
A man was sent to the Sodergreer
ranch, five miles away, where a tele
phone is in operation, and word was
sent to this city. Drs. Stevens and
McCollum were taken to the ranch by
Will Goodale in fifty minutes. County
Attorney Downey, Sheridan Downey
and Elmer Lovejoy were hurried to the
scene in another automobile, Mr.. Dow
ney's party meeting Sonny" Solder
green shortly after the latter had
overtaken Monroe and disarmed him
Deputy Sheriff Thirkeldsen went in {
buggy to intercept the fleeing prisoner
who was making his way rapid.
toward this city. Sheriff Bath hurried
across country and was on hand wher
the prisoner reached the Kinley rancl
again.
Wife Protected Wounded Man.
Mrs. Kinley says that but for he
the frenzied youth would have finished
his work, as he declared he had an
other cartridge or two and proposed t,
use them. She stood between he
wounded husband and his ~assailan
and prevented the latter from agail
using his gun.
Will Go to Hospital.
DR.. Stevens stated this afternoon
that, unless complications arose no