Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-05-30

AO~nS WHICH LuSy COnCAuOeu ne
would do in a short time.
After . short time Pete McNab,
bother-in-law of Phelps, who was
asleep there when the latter arrived
home, came out of the house and
informed the officers that Phelps
was wounded and needed the care of
doctor. DIR. Poynter was sent
for and by the time he arrived
Phelps, having ceased his raving,
the doctor and the officers entered
the house. An examination showed
that bullet from Browns gun had
entered Phelps right wrist and
running up the arm, lodged near
the elbow. The bullet was ex-
tracted and the wound properly
dressed. An officer kept guard
over Phelps until morning, when
he and Young Rohner were taken
to Paris and placed in Jail.
From statements made by both
Phelps and Rohner, after the
shooting, it appears that they got
the ideas into their heads that Cas-
ey was either a spotter or a Pmker-
ton detective, and they made up
their minds to ''get him." and
Brown also. They had no grounds
on which TO form such an opinion
of Casey, for they had seen him
only once before-about l5 minutes
prior to the shootIng-when they
met him in front of Winn Staley's
pool hall and with the usual threat
of shooting his heart out" they
made him shake hands with them.
Tuesday morning in talking
abuut the affair with a representa-
tive of the Examiner, Mr.. Casey
stated that he had arrived in Mont
pelier on freight train about an
hour before the shooting, coming
from Fossil where he had been
working with a grading outfit. He
went direct to the Grand restaur-
ant and after getting something 70
eat he started out to get q 25 cent
bed for the night. He called at the
Overland hotel, but not being able
to get q bed there for that price,
he started down the street and mei
Phelps and Rohner at the point
above stated. Realizing that the
men were drunk, he shook handi
with them and then went on at
tending to his own business. HI
, passed the Rose hotel, but seeini
no one in the Office, he went ol
down the street. Reaching tn
corner of 11th street he stopped 70
, probably a minute, then deciding
/ to return to the Rose and ascertain
if he could get bed. AS he passe
the stairway nj the Brennan
DAVIS block the two men steppe
out quickly and began firing. Case
says that he came here with ID
= intention of going to work fc
l JuG uoSblAA ~ =
After paying for his meal he ha
:" only Is cents left, and for that re.
son he wanted to get 25 cent be-
" if possible. Casey Is 90 years
age and is a man of good appea
y ance. He has two sisters living
" Newark, Ohio, and . brother
:" Cincinnati. They have not J
Al been informed of the affair. AS
is confident of recovering, he do
nc not care to let them know of it.
IN. Phelps has been i n the service
~ the Short Line as > brakeman n
he conductor for about two years =
ere half. Although he has been
,er the habit of ''getting on one" 6
casionally, he has never before be
in in any trouble. However, it
Ter said he always carried gun.
IL has > wife and baby.
the Young Rohner, who is held as
ing accessory to the shooting, is No
,ac- peIier boy but has never had 8
md serious trouble when under the
lei fiuence Of liquor.
the That they should have gotten
in notions in their heads last Saturd
uld night that there were spoilers
,ers detectives in town and deciding
ing l'sgat them," must have been Due