The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-15
ARCHIE FAME PAL
TALKS OF SHOOTING
James Wood Now Says He Is the
Man Who Accosted Night
WatchmaB.
HE HAD FIRST DENIED
KNOWLEDGE or AFFAIR
Wounded Man in Good Spirits
and Says He Will Get
Well.

james Wood, boiIermsker q helper
employed AT the Denver & Rio Grsnde
railroad shops. the man who was with
Archie Fame of TYLER. Tex, when Fame
WAS shot Sunday night by l.. NJ. Dun
can, the negro night watchman en-
pIoved by the james Kennedy COM
pany, was located Monday morning
rooming in tho Brooklyn hotel. 472l2
West Second South street. and was
taken to the police station Monday aft,
ernoon, where he was questioned about
the shooting.
According 10 Wood, he was the man
who had had the alteration with Dun
can which finally resulted in the shoot
ing of Fame, Wood said that the al
terca tion arose after he had spoken
to Duncan and had asked him If ho had
been IN o certain ''noodle JOINT.
Wood was told to go TO the office. oil
the county attorney Tuesday morning
and give information relative TO the
shooting. and hc promised TO do so. Ac-
cording to the detectives who have been
working on the case, both Wood and
Fame drew their wages and left their
lobs st the Denver & Rio Graude shops
Saturday afternoon with the statement
that they were going to leave the city.
Fame i'll Good Spirits.
Assistant County Attorney Bowman
went to St Mark s hospital Monday
afternoon upon hearing that Fame was
sinking rapidly and secured a deposi'
ion from the young man regarding the
shooting. Fame said that he and x
friend, whose name he refused 80 d.
vulge, but who was learned to be Wood,
were crossing the O. S. l., viaduct Sun
day night and that after turning north
FRO bn ppt l.
drcn near fire, Fame said that he
saw Duncan sitting near the fire, and
that he and his friend stepped forward
and asked Duncan if he had seen two
men cross over the Viaduct shortly be
fore Fame said that Duncan imme-
diately arose and without a word be-
gan TO shoot One Of the shots en-
tered the abdomen of the young man,
whcreupon he began TO run. he sand,
and rau distance of about fifteen feet,
when he fell to the ground, but was as
sisted to his feet by some strangers,
after which he walked to his room at
the Brooklyn rooming house.
Fame seemed in the best Of spirits
when seen by Assistant County Attor-
ney Bowman and laughed when asked
for the deposition. stating meanwhile
that he was not going to die. but was
going to got well. At the hospital, Fame
was reported as being in a serious con-
dition Monday night, but It was SAID
that has condition was slightly I'M
proved over what it was Monday morn
ing.
Suspicious Aroused.
One aspect Of the case is regarded
with suspicion by the police, When
Fame was being removed to the emer-
geucy hospital from his room Sunday
night, the police made every effort TO
discover who had shot him. and some
of the officers claim TO have spoken 10
Wood regarding the case. but say that
the young man denied all knowledge OF
the affair, stating that Fame had told
him he had been shot by negro. Al
the police station Monday afternoon
Wood admitted that he had been pres
ent at the shooting and also that he
had been in the Brooklyn hotel when
Fame was removed. He refused to dis
cuss his silence Of the night before re-
gardlng the shooting,
Faue's condition is being closely
watched by the county attorney. and
in the event that his condition should
become worse. his dying statement will
against Duncan, who IS being held pend
ing the outcome OF Fane's wounds.
Asked regarding the chances of Fame
recovering, DIR, j. L. Critchlow stated
Monday night that the man was III q
serious condition. with very little
chance Of recovering, due 10 the fact
that the intestines were punctured IN
five places, aud that the wounds were
aggravated by Fame walking SIX blocks
to his rooms after being shot Fame
was operated upon Sunday night after
the shooting, and the ball. which had
lodged in his back, extracted