The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-05-01
Affair at McGiII Remains
Mystery---StOry of
Wounded Brakeman
Verified by Movements
FACT THAT MAN KEPT HIS FEET
LED TO UNFORTUNATE CON-
CLUsIONs By OFFICERS. DE-
LAYING SEARCH FOR GUN MAN

Mystery surrounding the shooting
of Brakeman Patrick Conlon of the
Nevada Northern at McGill ON Thurs
day through Investigations made by
day through Investigations made by
the officers.
Conlon, at the Steptoe hospital,
was unable to throw any new light
on the matter. That there is n bullet
i'm his leg there Is no doubt, but
as yet IL has not been removed. III
will probably be located and taken
out today. when its character may
give the officers some help In solving
the problem.
A News reporter yesterday traced
Conlon's steps at McGill on Thurs
day evening and verified all the state
ments made by the brakeman. These
statements were at first discredited
by the McGill officers and reports
were current there which put the
brakeman in the light of probably
not having told all he knew concern
ing the matter. Conlon the News
learned was in the Campton Com
mercial Co. store at $50. Manager
West talked with him at that time.
Before 8 o'clock, he appeared in the
office of Structural Engineer Soren-
sen of the Steptoe Valley Smelling
and asked that a physician be tele-
phoned for. Previous to that time,
he had been at the office of the
livery stable across from the Camp
ton store and near where he says
he was shot At the stable he asked
that a doctor be telephoned for. Of
ficer Newman was present and asked
Conlon what was the matter. Con
Ion, who is short spoken man,
answered that 1t made no difference
what was the matter, and repeated
his request. The officer refused and
Conlon went to the Copper Club
saloon telephone booth. Officer
Holmes was there and the dialogue
that was had with Newman was re-
peated word for word with the same
result.
Leaving the saloon, Conlon walked
to the Office of Mr.. Sorensen. Asked
what was the matter with him, he
replied that he had been shot. Those
present doubted his statement but
stopped to examine him and upon
pulling his trouser down found the
wound. which by that time had bled
profusely. They then took immedi-
ate steps to find a doctor, going out
for him when the telephone failed
Later they called the officers, who
refused to believe his story until they
saw Conlon's leg They then declar-
ed that the man must have been un-
dressed when he was shot and that
the affair could not have occurred on
the street Examination of the
trousers and drawers worn by Conlon
however. disproved- the first theory
for holes corresponding with the To-
cation of the wound We're found IN
the clothing. The officers then went
to work ON the case, but found moth
ing.
The time between departure of
Conlon from the Campton store and
his appearance at the Sorensen of
flee after his call at the livery stable
and saloon, leaves no room for doubt
that he was shot within a few min
utes after leaving the store, as he
claims Theories as to who did the
shooting are now three in number
The first Is that the man was mis-
taken for someone else by an as
sassin lying under cover alongside
the road; the next that it was an
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