White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
DETECTIVE EDWARDS IS
SHOT BY THE OGDEN
BLACKHAhD GANG


marmaring that fhey did not give
him a chance. David Edwards. aged
= years. q Pinkerton detective is
lyfng On 3 cot at the Dee hospital a.
the result OF another and futile al
tempt to capture The ~blaeEhand ban
dis sho have f~errorized wealthy eItl-
tens q Ogden for the past three
Yezrs- The shooting Of Edwards oc-
CURED on West Seventeenth street
near fhe Oregon Short Line railroad
tracks Al As O'Clock Sunday morn
ing.
Only = week ago the blaekhanders
after making aeath threats. dgnamit-
&C ard greatly damaged the Leroy
Eeeles residence.
Disguised As Leroy r Eecles. Who
rad been called upon I deliver s.
eco = The blackhanaers. Edwards
vent 10 the lonely spot IN accordance
with Instructions received b. letter
and telephone 10 get the bandits
rather than deliver up the $1,000
from Eccies and $500 from Ralph z
Bristol. which he carried N . sateheL
He zas fully armed. but before he
was gwen a word OF warning. the
three Or four Eould-be murderers
concealed behind fences and bushes.
opened FIRE with shofguns. Kidding
hin with the steel bali-bearings
which their shotgun shells contained
n spite OF the injuries sustained
"a a result Of the eross-hre fusIllsde
from both sides OF the road. Edwards
raised himself from the ground and
empted both an automatic revolver
and shotgun in the direction OF his
assailants. As a result OF this game
ness. the detective was able 10 ave
the $500 IN gold which he had car
RED to the spot The shooting from
the sides OF the road continued even
after Edwards had fallen to the
ground. Residents Of the neighbor-
hood estimate that in a. not less
than twenty shots we're fred
That the bandits were determined
70 secure the money even after tney
had shot down Edwards in cold blood
is indicated By the fact that n shot
vas fred al z. W Blair. another
Plnkerton detective. who had ridden
in a buggy win Edwards 70 Seven
tecnth street and Washington avenue
and wss waiting al the corner when
he heard the first shots. As the horse
reached the point where the wounded
detective Nas lying IN the road. a re-
YolYer bullet whizze1 close 4 Blair
head. He fired several shots. bat II
Is not believed that either be OF Ed
wards wounded any OF the bandits.
Although the spot where Edwards
was shot Is nearly in front OF two
residences, the homes Of Mrs. Addis
Nechesney. 422 West Seventeenth.
and Hyrum Price. 41s West Seven
teenth, 1t Is also out in the open 50
far as surrounding territory Is con-
cerned. A ditch and embankment At
the north side OF the road furnished
an excellent fertilization. but il i
thought that at least two OF the
bandits fred from a position inside
the fence OF the Mcchesney front
yard.
Reaching the corner Of Washing
ton avenue and Seventeenth street
shortly before 4 O'Clock. Blai-
was left with the horse and buggy.
while Edwards proceeded on foot. ae-
cording to instructions. west on
/ Seventeenth street. He wore a long
black o~vereost, which concealed a
sawed-on shotgun swung from his
shoulder. He carried the satchel
containing the money in his left hand
while he clasped an automatic re-
vclver in his right hand, eoncealing
the weapon in his pocket. There Is
only one electric light In the whole
distance between washington avenue
and the railroad tracks. Edwards
had passed under this light and had
reached a point within 400 feet Of
the railroad crossing before he saw a
person or was halted.
The exact details OF what occurred
then will not be known unless Ed
wards owe From his brief
statement following the shooting. IL
has been learned that he came upon
a man standing near the middle of
the road, but at the north side and
directly in front of an open gate
leading into the McChesney yard.
The detective declares that he was
not more than twenty feet from the
man when he made the discovery.
Realizing that he was covered" by