Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-09-23

20 take charge of the place until a
search warrant could be secured. All |
his done it was close on to o'clock,
1T: which time Mr.. Brennan left the
party and secured lunch before 60
ing to his home to retire.
Mr.. Brennan went to his office and
turned on the lights, turning them out
again as he was leaving for his home.
While doing this he heard a slight
in the hallway of the Brennan
but thought nothing of it.
Brennan Shot.
As Mr.. Brennan turned to leave the
Office proper, entering large vesti-
bule, which leads to the outer hall he
encountered the man. 1t was dark and
Mr.. Brennan could not see the individ-
ual in the vestibule, as the curtains in
the front Office were drawn. He felt
the revolver in the hands of the cul-
prit as 1t was placed against his chest.
in time to avoid the bullet penetrating
his body. He put his hand up and
threw the revolver off, the bullet there
by catching him in the feshy part of
the arm, cutting large hole in the
glass petition in back. Mr.. Brennan
lodged quickly behind the petition to
avoid another bullet or the possibili-
ty of another of the hoodlums whom
he feared might be close by. As he
did this he pulled his own thirty-eight
revolver and fired. He missed his
man, however, the bullet striking the
lower casing of the outside wall. Mr..
Brennan remained IN a dazed condition
FOR moment. He remembered how
ever the sound of something like the
riping Of clothes, but it was the tear
Ing of the screen in the window at the
top of the stairs which permitted the
| escape of the man who had just COM
mitsed the rash deed.
E~-t1t required jump of at least twenty
feet from: the window before the
ground was reached and just below the
window was a lot of rubbish, bricks
and some storm windows. That the
fellow was not injured in his daring
escaping stunt is indeed surprising
Mr.. Brennan recovered sufficiently to
get on the trail, shouting as he left the
building. He arrived around the cor
ner Of the alley off Kelley avenue, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets to see
his assailant run down the alley, bu,
could not get vivid description o1
him except that he was about five foot
and four or five inches in height.
In the meantime Attorney L. J.
Wehe wha was in a sound sleep in q
room off his offices, across the hal
from the Brennan offices, was aroused
and notified the chief of police thai
there was shooting in the building.
While everything was excitement as
result of the unusual occurrence still
Mr.. Brennan was not forgotten ant
was attended to Immediately by DR.
Peter Dahl who was summoned tt
dress the wound, which was not found
serious, and the effects will not prevent
rapid recovery or the possibility of any
thing dangerous resulting.
Although an effort to apprehend the
Eguilty one has been made little sue
cess has resulted. Several clues were
secured, but nothing has been brought
to light to serve the cause.
4: Barely Escaped.
An incident in connection with tn,
shooting which shows that had Mr.
Brennan raised his revolver more dam
age might have been done, in the fac
that Attorney L. ]. Wehe who wa
sleeping. ACROSS the hall might hav.
been shot, getting the full force o
the bullet as 1t penetrated the wall
Mr.. Brennan would not had to sho
more than a foot higher than he di,
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to catch Mr.. Wehe directly in tn,
head and probably had he shot hi
man, he might also have shot Mr.. We
he. The fact that Mr.. Brennan misse,
aim lis indeed lucky, preventing as
did further damage resulting.
i With all Of this excitement going Of
In our midst the natural query is th
reason1for It all and to one unfamila
with the conditions Of Devils Lake !
is indeed q plausible question, al
though the citizens here are familia
with the whole affair and need no an
swer to the question.
The Reason for u Al. NJ
The fact that the present admins
tration was elected on the "wfde-open'
policy is sufactent evidence for th,
conditions that existed. The peopl