Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-08
DETAILS 0F SHOOTING
 CONDUCTOR SIOWtLl

PHOENIX. April 7-S. s. Stowell. one of the best known conductors of the Phoenix and Eastern, was shot at Mesa by an unknown man. who was at first reported 10 be hobo. The wounded conductor was brought to the Sisters, hospital in precarious con dition. though hope of recovery was entertained.
 It was at first thought that the bullet had not entered he skull. but after striking him in the forehead had glanced. making only a flesh wound. That theory was based on the fact that the hat of the conductor, which was taken to the office of the sheriff by Deputy Woolf. who came tn town on the train bearing the wounded conductor. had two holes in the front of the brim. about five inches apart.
 But an examination at the hospital showed that the bullet had entered at least an inch. one of the holes in the hat brim can be explained only on the theory that the bullet split, one part glancing-
 The conductor retained conscious ness until he arrived at Tempe, when he fell into faint He was conscious at the hospital last night until he fell asleep under the influence Of an opiate.
 Conductor Stowell was in charge Of an inbound freight. The man who did the shooting got on the train at Webster. this side of Florence. He was carrying a bundle. When the train reached Mesa it ran upon a switch to allow the incoming motor car to pass. When it came to stop the conductor noticed the man in a coal car and ordered him to leave the train. Just then the motor passed and the conductor heard a shot and saw Conductor Stowell fall. The man then hurried down the track toward towR. pursued by the trainmen and several baseball players in the vicinity. He was brought to a stop and dis armed. 4 little further down was the bridge gang, some of whose members were awaiting him with revolyers The weapon with which the shooting was done was of thirty-eight calibre.
 After his arrest. the man said that the conductor had struck him He said that when he got on the tra n he paid a brakeman to let him ride to Phoenix. and when the conductor ordered him to leave the train and he replied that his way was paid, the conductor struck him, staggering him.
 That story is denied by the train men. who said that the shot was fired as soon as the conductor approached the car and ordered the man to leave.
 There is a suspicion that the man is more than hobo. and that he may have had something to do with the robbery of the station at Kelvin on Saturday night. About Sz0O was secured, of which $40 was the per sonal cash of II. NJ. Record. the agent. The safe was opened by knocking off the knob with a sledge hammer. aftes which the intricaeies of the ccmbina tion were solved with chisel.
 There were found in the bundle carried by the man who shot the con ductor a couple of hammers and taDeIine. The fact that he fired with out provocat:on leads the officer tt believe that he feared that he wa: suspected of the robbery.
 1t was also stated that there is no another conductor on the line who ii less pugnacious than Conductor Stow ell. and that the consideration ht shows hoboes is regarded as his on' weakness. Conductor StoweH is abou 34 years of age, married. and has tEt children