The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-16
his vest pocket.

There is a mistake continued
Meadors, "in the whole matter If you
think that l returned the fire. l
was too scared to do any y.hing and
wanted to get out of the car the
quickest way possible. When l f.
nally got to the vestibule I learned
one thing l didn't know before, that
the trap leading to the ground can
be opened without opening the door
first. l had supposed before that the
car door had to swing open first. I'm
der the circumstances | didn't lose
any time in trying to figure which
was the proper way to open the door
and in much confusion l grabbed the
first thing that looked as though it
might be lever or something to let
me out. The trap opened, swung
the door open and | was on the
ground in short order, calling to my
partner to beat it,"
The meeting late Saturday after
noon in Sheriff Taylor's office was
the first which has taken place be-
tween McDuffee and the men who
played the part in the train hold-up,
under circumstances more favorable
than upon the first occasion. Meth
er the young prisoners, Meadors nor
McDuffee was able to recognize each
other. Deputy Sheriff James Estes
introduced Them and the trio shook
hands. ~s-. -
There was a silence for several
minutes which threatened to become
embarrassing and the two prisoners
shifted uneasily in their chairs and
Meadors puffed nervously on ci-
garette. The Heppner sheriff was
the first to speak and he did so in a
low voice as though speaking to
some children who had gone wrong
instead of addressing men who had
figured in a train hold-up.
Il am sorry for you boys" he de-
clared, that you have got into this
scrape."
mo one is more sorry than we
are responded Meadors who show
ed willing disposition to talk freely
with the officer. I'VE made "a mis-
take. So far as l am concerned this
was the first and last time for Albert
Meadors to figure in any such scrape
as that was"
Meadors then brought up the ques.
tion of who fired the shot that
wounded Deputy McDuffee. The pris
oner declared emphatically that al
though he got the automatic revol
yer from Manning's hand before the
latter collapsed under the fire of thu
deputy sheriff, only one chamber haC
been fired and that by Manning. TIL,
other gun which Manning also car
ried, Meadors said, had been practi
cally emptied although he was no
prepared to say how many chamber
had been fired. He said that whel
he got the automatic he immediatel,
left the car.
On the other hand, while McDuffe,
did not dispute the statement will
the young prisoner, the former de
clared later that despite the denia
of Meadors, he was sure that he i
the man who fired the bullet. Man
ming, says McDuffee, hit by the frs
bullet from the latter's gun, appar
emily had no idea of where to returl
the fire and according to the deput
sheriff held his guns so low as t
have made it impossible for a sho
/ to strike McDuffee. Meadors himsel
admitted that Manning apparentl
J took no aim when he fired back.
= Stoner, McDuffee thinks, is
, youth who could be easily led int
} wrong doing but he is not so sur
J about Meadors. He thinks Meador
: capable of doing some thinking fo
himself and would be hard to lea
Y into anything that he did not car
Q to enter.
e The prisoners shook hands wit
y McDutfee again before the latter's d,
n parture and wished him good lucl