The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-27
DETAILS OF THE
LOUX SHOOTING

At 1890 'clock yesterday morning
Peter Loux, the victim of Tuesdays
shooting at Kennedy, was brought in
TO the county hospital by George Will
lett, in one of Gutherie s wagons. The
wounded man was accompanied by his
wife and child
About half an hour later the party
of officials who went out Wednesday to
investigate the shooting arrived in
one of Haviland & Hoskins' autos,
bringing in Jake Leick and George
Fronhofer, who had been arrested on
suspicion of being implicated in the
affair. Both suspects are well known
In Winnemucca. For several years
Leick run the stage line between here
and Kennedy, and afterwards between
Winnemucca and Barrett Springs.
Tronhofer was employed in local
meat market for some time up to about
Q year ago, when he located a number
of claims at Barrett Springs, after
wards going to Rexall At the time of
the shooting he was employed as
watchman for Klopstock on the Gold
Note property.
Shot From Ambush.
For several days Loux and a man nam
ed Labigan had been working on the
Gold Note, but for what purpose is not
clear. Some say that Loux was simply
holding the property until he was paid
for doing last years assessment work,
while others claim that he jumped the
claims on the first day of the year and
was doing the location work. Early in
the afternoon tuesday, while the two
men were working at the location hole
they heard two shots, but paid no par
ticular attention to them At about
two o'clock they went to the upper
workings to eat lunch, and while thus
engaged two more shots were fred,
evidently coming from behind a rock,
distant so or IS yards. They were
hred in quick succession and one or
both took effect in Loux's head. An ex
animation showed two bullet holes, one
in the left ear and the other in the
back of the head. Whether these were
both made by one bullet, or by two,
has not been determined.
When Labigan heard the shots and
saw Loux pitch forward he started on
. run for Guthrie's ranch to give the
alarm. Securing help he returned to
She scene of the shooting, arriving at
midnight. Loux was found where he
Had fallen and was still alive, al
though he had lain there for ten hours
without attention. He was placed in
blanket and carried to his home.
From the time of their arrival at
Kennedy Wednesday until they left the
following evening District Attorney
Callahan and Deputy Sheriff Muller
out in the time investigating the cir
eumstanees of the shooting, taking
affdavits of witnesses who knew any
thing of the affair. From what they
could learn it was considered advisable
70 place Leick and Fronhofer under
arrest.
Case May Go Direct to Grand Jury.
At late hour this afternoon no
charges had been preferred against
Leick and Fronhofer. All the witnesses
In the case have been summoned for
Wednesday of next week, the day on
which the grand jury will meet AS
Loux ) condition is considered pre-
sarious, it is probable that no charge
will be placed against the two sus-
pects, but that the case will go direct
70 the grand jury. However, should
they attempt to secure their liberty by
writ of haheas corpus before the day
the gradn jury meets, it will become
necessary for District Attorney Gala
han to file charge in order to hold
them.
Judge Gilray, who has been retained
as counsel by Leick, states that as
soon as a charge is filed against his
client, application will be made for his
release on bond.
This morning Loux's condition is so
Guch improved that there is consider
Ell to be light chance for his recov
cry.